A comparison between hong cun and Pingyao ancient city in the west of southern Anhui (that is, the similarities and differences between them)?

Xidi hong cun was built in the Northern Song Dynasty, mainly in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, with obvious Huizhou style. Huizhou architecture combines the aura of Huizhou landscape and the essence of customs and culture, with unique style, rigorous structure and exquisite carving. Whether it is the planning concept of villages and towns, or the comprehensive application of plane space treatment and architectural sculpture art, it fully embodies the distinctive local characteristics. In particular, folk houses, ancestral temples and memorial archways are the most typical, and they are known as "three wonders of Huizhou ancient buildings". In the overall layout, it stands by the mountain, ingenious and natural; In the plane layout, the scale is flexible and changeable; In terms of spatial structure and utilization, it is rich in modeling and pays attention to the beauty of rhythm, with the horse head wall and small blue tile as the most distinctive features; In the comprehensive application of architectural carving art, it integrates stone carving, wood carving and brick carving, which is magnificent.

Xidihong Village is the layout of bionics. Hongcun is a "bull-shaped" village, and Xidi is a gossip geomantic omen. It mainly reflects the ancient villages of Huizhou architecture famous for the rise of Huizhou merchants in Ming and Qing Dynasties.

The ancient city of Pingyao has a relatively large area, with walls and gates. Although it is also a Ming and Qing architecture, it is mainly brick and stone, with counties and streets. Known as the living specimens of ancient buildings in China.

Both are Ming and Qing architecture.

Details can be checked by Baidu itself, and the two can be compared by themselves.