The South Anhui ancient villages, with Xidi and Hongcun as their representatives, are located east of Yixian County, Anhui Province. Xidi measures 13 hectares in area with a history of more than 950 years, and now has 3 ancestral temples, 1 honorific archway and 224 civilian residences dating back to fourteenth century to nineteenth century. Still having preserved typical Ming-Qing ancient village stylish pattern to date, Xidi has the repute of “Living Museum of Ancient Civilian Residences”. First built in 1131, Hongcun now has 137 Ming-Qing ancient buildings existing in it. In 2000, they were inscribed in the “World Cultural Heritage List”. Village Village Village
