江门五邑侨乡建筑形成的年代主要在本世纪初开设海关商贸活动大增到日本入侵时约40年时间；侨乡建筑的资金主要来源于华侨对家乡的支持；侨乡建筑主要分三大类──以商贸活动为主的沿河、沿街骑楼式建筑；用于居住的别墅、洋楼、与碉楼，还有各类的公共建筑，如词堂、教堂、学 The age of the construction of overseas Chinese homes in Jiangmen Wuyi was mainly at the beginning of this century, when customs and trade activities were greatly increased to about 40 years after Japan’s invasion; the funds for overseas Chinese hometown construction were mainly from overseas Chinese’s support for their hometowns; Classes—Arcades and street arcades based on trade activities; villas, Western-style houses, and towers for residential use; and various types of public buildings such as vocabulary, church, and learning