碉楼 Diaolou "The watchtower"
December 3rd 2015 For me these Diaolou or Watchtowers were a great discovery, to escape from the guangzhou hustle and bustle.
The diaolou are fortified multi-storey towers, that were built by returning Chinese immigrants from North America and other parts of southeast Asia.
The Diaolou were constructed at the beginning of the 20th century and there were more than 3,000 of these structures spread allover the p
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