From the perspective of resource form and identity characteristics， there is a differentiated pedigree of village governance in rural areas of China， but the academic circles usually examine it in the elite research tradition of grassroots governance， ignoring the external institutional changes and the "de-elitism" of village governance， thus obscuring the empirical fact that "ordinary people govern villages". According to the investigation， ordinary people's governance of villages has the connotation of weak development of behavior orientation， public orientation of action value and external empowerment of authoritative sources. From the perspective of generative logic， the grass-roots government has strongly shaped the village-level governance situation with the help of the institutional channel of the bureaucratic system， which is mainly manifested in the over-dense governance tasks， the compliance of governance methods and the governance oriented to "the organization"， thus deconstructing the original part-time space and value motivation of the village governance elite. In contrast， the salary and career promotion of village cadres have structural adaptability and value appeal to ordinary villagers. "Ordinary people governing villages" promotes the democratic operation of village-level governance power and optimizes the talent team of village cadres， but there are also problems of suspended relationship between cadres and masses and high cost of village governance. In this regard， it is necessary to find the social foundation of village governance， promote the gradient distribution of the main structure of village governance with institutional empowerment and rule innovation as the starting point， and realize the coordination of the main bodies of village governance.