In the context of rural revitalization, the rural cultural scenes is an important entry point for interpreting the inherent logic of rural social transformation and development. The constituent elements of the rural cultural scenes system include natural ecological environment, social and cultural environment, diverse subject environment, and governance system. Its spatiotemporal evolution has important characteristics such as nonlinearity, self-organization and hetero-organization, and joint driving forces from internal and external dynamics. Based on the investigation of the development of Z village in Yueyang City, Hunan Province, the spatiotemporal evolution mechanism of rural cultural scenes can be divided into three processes: life-oriented, production-oriented, and ecology-oriented. To optimize the evolution order of rural cultural scenes, it is possible to start with spatial empowerment, revitalizing the rural cultural scenes. At the same time, by reshaping the order, cultivating diverse subjects, and activating the life and ecological aspects of rural cultural scenes. The theoretical analysis of the spatiotemporal evolution of rural cultural scenes aims to enrich and deepen the theory of cultural scenes and rural evolution research, and provide theoretical support and practical reference for rural transformation, development, and revitalization.