Ancient Villages in Southern Anhui – Xidi and Hongcun

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Ancient Villages in Southern Anhui – Xidi and Hongcun are exceptionally well-preserved traditional Chinese rural settlements famed for their Ming–Qing era Hui-style architecture, intricate water systems, and culturally rich village layouts recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf UNESCO World Heritage Site
cultural heritage site
historic rural settlement
architecturalStyle Hui architecture
associatedWith Confucian clan culture
Hui
surface form: Hui merchants
country China
culturalRegion Huizhou
governedBy China
surface form: People's Republic of China
hasPart Hongcun
Yixian
surface form: Xidi
hasSignificantFeature ancestral halls
artificial ponds and canals
clan-based village organization
elaborate wooden carvings
stone-paved lanes
traditional drainage systems
whitewashed walls and black-tiled roofs
hasViewOf agricultural fields
mountainous landscape
heritageTheme merchant culture of Huizhou
traditional Chinese rural settlement
inscriptionYear 2000
knownFor Hui-style architecture
Ming–Qing era buildings
ancestral halls and clan-based structures
traditional water management systems
well-preserved village layout
languageOfLocalCommunity Chinese
locatedIn Anhui
surface form: Anhui Province

eastern China
surface form: Eastern China

Xuancheng
surface form: Southern Anhui
locatedNear Huangshan
surface form: Huangshan (Yellow Mountain)
mainReligionTradition Chinese folk religion
Confucianism
partOf Ancient Huizhou villages
World Heritage Sites in China
surface form: Chinese World Heritage Sites
period Ming dynasty
Qing dynasty
preservationStatus well-preserved
recognizedBy UNESCO
tourismType cultural tourism
heritage tourism
UNESCOSiteId 1002
UNESCOWorldHeritageCategory Cultural
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria (iii)
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Anhui hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSite Ancient Villages in Southern Anhui – Xidi and Hongcun