Xidi

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Xidi 西递村
Village
Gate in front of the town of Xidi
Coordinates: 29°54′12″N 117°59′46″E / 29.9033°N 117.9960°E / 29.9033; 117.9960
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Anhui
Prefecture-level city	Huangshan
County	Yi
Town	Xidi Town [zh]
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Official name	Ancient Villages in Southern Anhui – Xidi and Hongcun
Type	Cultural
Criteria	iii, iv, v
Designated	2000
Reference no.	1002

Xidi
"Xidi" in Simplified (top) and Traditional (bottom) Chinese characters
Traditional Chinese	西遞
Simplified Chinese	西递
Literal meaning	"Western Post"
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Xīdì Wade–Giles Hsi1-ti4 IPA [ɕí.tî] Wu Suzhounese Si-tî Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Sāi-daih Jyutping Sai1-dai6 Southern Min Tâi-lô Se-tē

Xidi (Chinese: 西递) is a village in Xidi Town (西递镇), Yi County, Huangshan City^[1][2] of the historical Huizhou region of Anhui province, China. Xidi and the nearby town of Hongcun are known for their exceptional preservation of rural Anhui architecture and city planning during medieval China, and together they were declared the "Ancient Villages in Southern Anhui" World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2000.^[3][4]