What are the three characteristics of folk houses in southern Anhui? What are the "three wonders" and "three sculptures" of Xidi?

Answer: (1) The characteristics of folk houses in southern Anhui can be summarized as three. First, high walls and deep courtyards, white walls and tiles. On the one hand, it can prevent thieves, on the other hand, it is also the need of psychological safety. Secondly, the houses in southern Anhui are introverted quadrangles with a deep courtyard as the center, surrounded by high walls. Rain falls from four roofs and flows into the courtyard, commonly known as "four waters return to the hall", which also vividly reflects the mentality of Huizhou merchants that "rich water does not flow to outsiders". Thirdly, the architectural parts of the houses in southern Anhui, such as the gatehouse, the hall, the hall, the kiss on the roof, the flying chair (there are chairs around the patio), the high-walled deep house and the lattice window, are also very Huizhou-style architectural features.

(2) Xidi's "Three Musts" representing the architectural style of Huizhou-style dwellings refer to dwellings, ancestral halls and memorial archways; "Three Carvings" refers to wood carving, stone carving and brick carving; It has been well preserved in Xidi.

Xidi is known as "the epitome of China traditional culture" and "China Ming and Qing Folk House Museum".