People's Republic of China
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Beijing is identified as the capital of China in the available data. Geographic records consulted also list the name Beijing; the information gathered here does not describe neighborhoods or sights.
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Chikan is a historic town beside the Tanjiang River, with commercial streets and qilou buildings featuring covered walkways. Its centre offers an urban perspective on Kaiping’s migration history.
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Kaiping, in Guangdong, brings together villages and diaolou towers once used as homes, shelters and lookouts. Their architecture blends local solutions with influences linked to emigration, amid houses, paths and farmland.
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Liyuan is a historic garden associated with Kaiping’s emigrant community. Its ornamental setting offers a different perspective from the defensive homes in nearby villages.
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Majianglong is a rural village in Kaiping where diaolou towers sit among homes and vegetation. Its more dispersed layout offers a way to see how the architecture fits into village life.
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Ruishi Lou is a nine-storey diaolou in Jinjiangli, noted for its scale and for combining Greek-style columns with Lingnan grey decoration.
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Yinglong Lou in Sanmenli is a restrained defensive diaolou, described by the municipal administration as Kaiping’s oldest surviving example, more than four centuries old.
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Zilicun, also called Zili, is a village where diaolou towers stand among rice fields, ponds and homes. The setting reveals the links between architecture, defence and the productive landscape.
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