著名建筑学大师梁思成曾将山西省称为“古代建筑的宝库”。它不仅拥有现存最早的中国古代木构建筑——五台山佛光寺大殿,其民居建筑也独具特色。山西民居从布局上看,有四合院、楼阁式、排排房、窑洞等;按建筑材料来分,有土体民居、木架结构体系民居、砖木混合结构民居等。其中四合院、楼阁式、排排房等庭院建筑形式分布最广, Famous architect Liang Sicheng once called Shanxi Province “the treasure house of ancient architecture.” It not only has the oldest existing Chinese ancient wooden architecture - Wutai Temple Hall, its residential buildings are also unique. Shanxi residential layout from the point of view, a courtyard, pavilions, rows of houses, cave and so on; according to the building materials to points, there are soil houses, wooden structure of residential buildings, brick and concrete mixed-use residential buildings. One courtyard, pavilions, rows of rooms and other courtyard buildings are the most widely distributed,