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China

People's Republic of China

CapitalBeijing
RegionEastern Asia
CurrencyCNY
Official languagesChinese
Access to the seaYes
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Diaolou tower beside rice fields and a pond in Zili, Kaiping
China · City or town

Kaiping

Kaiping brings together diaolou towers, villages, farmland and water across four heritage areas. Its interest lies in reading defensive architecture alongside rural life and the memory of emigrant communities, rather than visiting an isolated tower.

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Ruishi Lou
China · Place of interest

Ruishi Lou

Ruishi Lou is a nine-storey diaolou in Jinjiangli, suited to visitors who want a focused look at vertical architecture and ornamentation shaped by Kaiping’s emigrant communities.

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Yinglong Lou
China · Place of interest

Yinglong Lou

Yinglong Lou is a diaolou in Sanmenli, presented by the municipal administration as Kaiping’s oldest preserved example, with more than four centuries of history and restrained defensive architecture.

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Zilicun
China · Place of interest

Zilicun

Zili, also known as Zilicun, is a group of diaolou towers and homes among rice fields, ponds and farmland. It allows visitors to observe the defensive, residential and productive roles of Kaiping’s landscape in one walk.

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