Xi Jia Shan houses, is a typical feudal manor in Southern, is self-sufficient natural economy of feudal products and physical evidence, its long history, well-preserved, in southern Sichuan and the country are extremely rare. History of the development of residential construction since the late Ming and social history is a part of Sichuan folk, customs history, known as the "living fossil of Chinese folk architecture", "Divine essence of folk architecture", the study of the history of Chinese folk architecture, folk art history, folk customs in Southern history and social history are of high value, the eve of good mountain houses located Jiang'an at 18 kilometers southeast of the city. Ming Wanli forty years (1 Jia Xi Xi Jia Shan mountain residential dwellings 612 years) to build, through clear, several large repairs during the Republic of China, has been preserved. Houses sit south to north, south Anyuan mountains shallow hill north of the layers, there are "thousands of hand, mountains to North Korea," the momentum. An area of 68,000 square meters, construction area of 10,000 square meters. 123 houses for Kakeyama Chuan Dou wood structure, Shen Yuan walls, cornices Daiwa, ancient trees, the shade of tall bamboo Maolin among the beautiful scenery, charming.
In 1996, the eve of good mountain houses by the State Council announced the fourth installment of the national cultural heritage.