甘熙故居又称甘熙宅第、甘家大院,俗称“九十九间半”,始建于清嘉庆年间,是中国最大的私人民宅,与明孝陵、明城墙并称为南京明清三大景观,具有极高的历史、科学和旅游价值,是南京现有面积最大,保存最完整的私人民宅。甘熙故居并非徽派建筑,也不是完全的苏式建筑,而是和南京高淳、六合等地一样,有着南京自己的建筑风格,整个建筑反映了金陵大家仕绅阶层的文化品位和伦理观念。建筑的布局严格按照封建社会的宗法观念及家族制度而布置,讲究子孙满堂、数代同堂,致使宅第的规模庞大、等级森严,各类用房的位置、装修、面积、造型都具有统一的等级规定。 Gan Xi' s former residence, also known as the Gan Xi house, ganjia compound, commonly known as " ninety - nine and a half", was founded in the Qing Jiaqing period, is China's largest private residential buildings, and Ming tomb and Ming walls and called Nanjing Ming and Qing dynasties three landscape, has extremely high historical, scientific and tourism value, is the largest existing area of Nanjing, the most complete private residential houses.