Violent protests erupted earlier this month when their negotiator, Xue Jinbo, died in police custody.
A villager told the BBC that police have surrounded the village’s waterfront and food supply is limited.
Meanwhile the local Communist Party head has lashed out at the villagers for talking to foreign reporters.
There have been simmering protests over land seizures in the village, in Guangdong province, since late September.
Residents say officials have sold off their land to developers and failed to compensate them properly. They also believe Mr Xue was killed by police – who say he died of a “sudden illness”.
They say they plan to petition the Lufeng city government on Wednesday to demand a solution to the problem.
One villager, nicknamed Ah Kim, told the BBC that residents were determined to march to the city despite numerous phone calls from “people working for the government” telling them to hold off.
But another resident, Yang Semao, who is head of the villagers’ temporary committee, said they would send representatives to negotiate with officials in Lufeng if certain conditions were met.