Abstract: The Tibetan Buddhist temples play important roles in Tibetan society whose features include high elevation,fragile ecological environment,unique ethnic and religious culture and underdeveloped economy.Each temple produces profound effect on living and production space pattern as well as social relationship of its surrounding villages. The villages vigorously support the development of temples.So,the temples make a long and highly relevant symbiotic relation,which present as corresponding spacial patterns and evolution mechanism.This study take Dongzhulin Temple located in plateau and mountainous environment as case to analyses the symbiotic relation between Tibetan Buddhist temple and its surrounding villages via qualitative study,questionnaire and GIS.The research result shows:different from other social space,the religiosity play irreplaceable functions on the formation and evolution of social space in Tibetan areas.The symbiotic relation between temple and villages have profound historical foundation,the religious belief as their a link,which make a interaction from ancient times to the present. In history,central and local government give the privileges to the temple for governing social and sacred space.On the one hand, the temple enlarged its influences on villages and other secular space via its authority and religiousness.On the other hand,the temple absorbed capitals, goods and other secular resources to maintain its survival and development. Because the villagers highly depend on temple in their religious life,the villages as secular space are willing to accept the influence came from temple as sacred space.The villagers voluntary supply the secular resources to the temple,its items include donation and gift.The flowing of faith,doctrine,materials and wealth maintain the development of the symbiotic space.With the society development,the means of livelihood,symbiotic factors and :religious piousness are undergoing changes.The natural terrain environment, distance,identity for temple,villagers` income and age form the spacial variation of circles and density.But,the symbiotic space and relation pattern between temple and villages have never been changed.