The Qinba Mountain Area, which cross the geographic space from north to south, is the central reservoirs and national green lung in China. Due to the topographical conditions, the Qinba Mountain Area has gradually become a distressed area, experiencing enormous conflict between internal environmental protection and socioeconomic development. In the present study, the authors first analyze the layout-related conflict between ecological protection and urban-rural development, as well as the disconnection of green development and urban-rural construction that Qinba Mountain Area faces, and then put forward an "ecology pilot, green-oriented" development strategy. With the "ecology pilot" strategy, the authors delineate the ecological security pattern in the Qinba Mountain Area to realize integration of the living environment with the population, industry, and urban and rural space distribution. With the "green-oriented" strategy, the authors sum up the urban and rural layout mode, construct transportation supporting system and special systems , as well as propose a "green-oriented" model for urban and rural living environment, which can help to achieve the green development of urban and rural living environment in the Qinba Mountain Area and can also provide reference for the construction of urban and rural living environment throughout China.