这里说的『聚族而居』,族不一定指种族,居也不必同居。族在这里指一个小社群,因共同语言和利益而声息相通,以便近亲互助。佛山聚族而居的古建筑群,与现代某些聚落不同的是,不但不是以共同体的形式拒绝融入主流文化,反而是研究当时主流文化的典型代表。 The term “living together as a group” here does not necessarily refer to race, nor to living together. Here, a family refers to a small community that communicates with each other because of their common language and interests so that they can become close relatives. Different from some of the settlements in modern times, the ancient buildings inhabited by Foshan not only refuse to be integrated into the mainstream culture in the form of a community, but rather represent the typical representative of the mainstream culture at the time.