Abstract:The healing effect of urban green space on the physical and mental health of urban residents is influenced by the type of green space, as well as the preference of urban residents for urban green space landscape. In order to reveal the interactions, our study takes Xiaoxihu Park in Xianyang City as an example and classifies six types of green space (dense forest-grass structure space, compound structure space, sparse forest-grass structure space, gray waterfront hard space, gray-green semi-waterfront hard space, and green waterfront hard space) based on the field survey. VR devices were used as visual carriers. Virtual reality was used instead of actual scenes, the Brief Mood Scale (POMS) was used as a psychological healing index, brain waves, skin electrical (SCL), blood pressure, and heart rate were used as physiological healing indexes, and landscape preference was used as a landscape perception evaluation tool to study the differences in healing in different types of green spaces and to investigate the relationship between preference and environmental healing effects. The results show that:(1) Different types of green spaces can effectively enhance the level of emotional state and facilitate the awakening and healing of physiological indicators.(2) There is no significant difference in the level of landscape preference and psychological healing benefits among the six types of green spaces, but there are significant differences in the healing benefits of SCL and low pressure as sensitive physiological indicators in different environments, with gray waterfront hard spaces having significant healing effects on SCL and green waterfront hard spaces having significant healing effects on low pressure. (3) Psychological healing and physiological healing were not completely synchronized in a short period of environmental perception, and psychological and emotional healing was only significantly correlated with the change of low pressure. (4) Preference level was significantly negatively correlated with psychological healing, and the preference score of green space with a single layer of dense forest and grass structure was the lowest, but the psychological healing benefit was the best. The above findings are intended to provide a theoretical basis and reference for the construction of healing environments in urban parks in the future.