Shanxi folk house is an important genre of Chinese traditional folk architecture. Among the houses in Shanxi, the richest and most gorgeous houses are those in the Fenhe River Basin. The most representative houses in the Fenhe River Basin are located in Qixian County and Pingyao County. The common features of Shanxi residential houses and traditional residential houses in other areas of China are living together in groups, building in north to south, focusing on internal lighting; bearing on wooden beams, brick, stone, and earth retaining walls; centering on halls, carving beams and decorating roofs,etc.  By they, you can also see the cave dwellings in Luliang Province of Shanxi Province.

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