1, Xidi is an outstanding representative of ancient Chinese village.
Xidi to maintain a complete prototype of the ancient village, with excellent harmony with nature, architecture and landscape design a unified, constitute a unique cultural landscape style, has a significant regional cultural identity, is a traditional village in southern Anhui has a very high value and comprehensive the overall value of the ancient village, is the most distinctive features and style, examples of the cultural village is to study the regional culture and history of the living fossil.
2, Xidi emblem is based on cultural background, has the typical characteristics of local culture of the ancient village.
Huizhou is a process, Zhu Neo-Confucianism in detail one of hair, is a culture of "high density" areas, known as the "etiquette of the Gang", "Southeast Zou Lu." Since the rise and rise of Huizhou merchants, for Xidi provide a solid economic base. Since then, study of malpractice, humanities Yu, the excellence forth in large numbers, there heyday in culture, architecture, art, drama, medicine, abacus, geomancy, etc., have been developed to a higher level.
Xidi ancient village falls on siting, layout, construction, decoration and so on has the following characteristics:
① to Feng Shui theory to guide the location of the village layout, pillow mountain surface water to form a "pillow mountain, ring of water, surface screen" of the ideal operating environment. Xidi particular emphasis on the application of water in line with villages in the construction of the basic conditions and more emphasis on the needs of the village environment;
② The Hu family and kinship as a link, is a surname the family lived in the same family;
③ revered Confucian emphasis on education, focusing on construction of cultural facilities, there are ancestral temple, College, through the arch, garden outlet of architectural and cultural atmosphere of full-bodied;
④ architectural style, the type system of structured unity, building a rich combination of diverse, mainly of wood structure, to brick, tile, stone, wood as the main material;
⑤ architectural decoration in brick, wood, stone mainly refined carving delicate, with a high artistic level, auditorium Jieyou reflect the owner of taste, aspirations of the church name, couplets, furnishings, etc., pay attention to create a courtyard garden;
⑥ to Cheng Zhu Neo-Confucianism the concept of the rule of regulating people's thinking, behavior, and moral standards;
⑦ village construction funds mainly come from the outside given the surname Hu family, business, career gained enormous wealth.
3, Xidi is a treasure house of folk architecture.
Ming and Qing architecture as the main residence Xidi ancient architectural complex, not only inherited the formation of this region for thousands of years achievements of historic buildings, and also because membership Huizhou Huizhou merchants and courtiers and foreign exchanges, learn from other parts of the motherland, the art of architecture results formed its own unique artistic style. Xidi ancient dwellings in the "Heaven and Man" ideology of domination under the integration with the surrounding environment. Color, white walls and gray tiles, simple and elegant; gables, high and low scattered, colorful, turning static to dynamic, playing a Pentium undulating movement; courtyard, compact and accommodation, Chen Mu-sun, night view of l'etoile, light, soft, quiet comfort; beams, grand and sublime, the type system structured; sculpture, carving thin strand, rich and colorful. Xidi is an amazing architectural art museum.
2000 UNESCO expert assessment mission Xidi declared world cultural heritage of ancient villages, the evaluation is: "Xidi the most prominent is the natural environment, Xidi a long history, there have been coordinated with the natural coexistence, the relationship survived. West handed save so many beautiful old houses and ancestral halls, surprising. these old buildings have high artistic value. Xidi also to protect the picturesque scenery of the ancient streets and alleys, Water Street. These are also rare in the world , if Xidi in Japan, then certainly by the State as a protected village, in Germany, is true. " Also pointed out that the northern edge of damaged housing Xidi more, should strengthen the repair.
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