Horizontal inscribed boards are the main form for working people to long for and pursue a better life, and are an important carrier of traditional culture. From the perspectives of sociology, architecture and ecological folklore, this article analyzes the intrinsic relationships between people’s values, neighborhoods, customs and horizontal inscribed boards, and interprets the decorative value, human value and modern value of horizontal inscribed boards through preliminarily studying the cultural connotation of horizontal inscribed boards in Jiuxia Village.