Jiangmen Travel Recommendations for 2024 (Updated in Apr)
Chikan Ancient Town Travel Recommendations for 2024 (Updated in Apr)
Without leaving Guangzhou, there is an ancient town with arcade buildings in Dongguan within 2 hours!!!
I never thought that there would be such a secluded ancient town built by the water two hours drive from Dongguan, with retro arcade streets, clan ancestral halls, trams shuttling through the streets, and swaying boats in the Tanjiang River...
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This place full of cultural heritage is perfect for relaxing and enjoying a slow life on weekends and holidays.
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✅Recommended check-in points
1⃣️Tram
Take a tram at the 'Chikan Town Station', which will take you through the retro arcades in 30 minutes, creating a full atmosphere.
2⃣️Rowing boat
Take a rowing boat on the Tanjiang River, passing by every household, and experience the charm of the Nanling water town.
3⃣️Workshop Street
The retro arcade buildings on both sides, plus the plaques and graffiti at the door, wait for a tram, and every shot is a great scene.
4⃣️Peace Square
Go to the market, watch performances, visit the church, feed pigeons, full of life.
5⃣️Chizi Square
There are dragon boat races in the afternoon, and you can watch the national tide lion dance and fountain light show performances in the evening, which are full of fun.
6⃣️Dongdi Road, Xidi Road
A super photogenic riverside road, with arcade buildings on one side and rowing boats on the river on the other, it's simply too beautiful.
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✅What to do in the ancient town?
🔸Kayaking
🔸National tide lion dance
🔸Cantonese opera performance
🔸Wing Chun performance
🔸River lantern blessing
🔸Dragon boat race
🔸Chikan fire dragon dance
🔸Music fountain light show
🔸Tram, rowing boat
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✅About accommodation
If you want to experience a slow life, it is recommended to stay in the ancient town, which also includes 2 tickets and breakfast, free shuttle bus, free parking and free reservation for morning tea guests, which is a good deal.
I stayed at the Meitang Hotel, the exterior is retro arcade style, the interior is American retro style, very comfortable, the roof is also equipped with an outdoor romantic swimming pool, which is very photogenic.
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✅About food
In the morning, you must experience Chikan Cantonese morning tea, a whole street of food, full of life, various desserts, mixed noodles, rice, etc., for morning tea you can try shrimp dumplings, chicken feet are very good.
For lunch and dinner, you can choose Nanyuan Restaurant for Hunan cuisine, or Xinglong Beef Hot Pot.
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🚧Address: Chikan Overseas Chinese Ancient Town, Kaiping, Jiangmen
⏰Time: Open all day
🚅Transportation: Take the high-speed train from Dongguan Humen Station to Kaiping South Station for 1.5 hours, and then take a taxi for 20 minutes to arrive.
GEORGE JIMENEZ
Speaking of Chikan, the feelings for it originated from letting the bullet fly this movie. The ancient city of Chikan, without the tranquility of Lijiang, without the beauty of the phoenix, without the warmth of Wuzhen, has its unique depth. It can be an ancient town with stories. There is no affair, no drunken dreams, but it has a unique overseas Chinese culture in Guangdong Province. Whether in the field of architecture or at the spiritual level, it has seen past events in South China. Its cultural history has unlimited connotations. Chikan is built along the Tanjiang River. The south bank is a village, and the north bank is a city. It is a unique arcade building, far more than the huge foreign buildings in Kaiping Old Street. On the east bank of the embankment along the river, the Zhonghua Road, which is parallel to it, is sandwiched between two roads and there is a small road called Two Roads. This is a three-horizon parallel with the river, and there are many vertical roads crossing them. Form the road network of the city. Chikan Town has a quaint taste of Chinese and Western. Therefore, it is called "the fifth ancient town in China". Old tree, old building. Slate paved road, square column window, square ruler, solid wood bed. The lengthy and deep tone of the gray, the architectural style of the combination of Chinese and Western, the tower building built along the river, there is no gorgeous, no publicity, and there is no way to talk about the amazing word. For hundreds of years, silently watching the other side of the river,
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You must visit the ancient town of Chikan in Jiangmen at least once! "A small ancient town, half a history of overseas Chinese"
This is not Wuzhen, it is "Jiangmen Chikan Ancient Town"
Jiangmen—is the famous capital of overseas Chinese hometowns!
It has a century-old arcade ancient town, watchtowers and ancient streets divided by water, with Nanyang style on one side and Lingnan charm on the other. Be sure to visit when you have time
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Journey to the Ancient Towns of Southern Guangdong (Part 4): A Night Tour of Chikan Overseas Chinese Ancient Town
The sunset glow of Chikan Overseas Chinese Ancient Town is beautiful, but even more dazzling than the sunset is the night market of Chikan Overseas Chinese Ancient Town.
The night view is the soul of the beauty of Chikan Overseas Chinese Ancient Town. As night falls, the entire ancient town lights up with twinkling lights, shining like stars.
The market, held at Peace Square and Station Front Square, has numerous stalls offering everything one might need. There are barbecue stalls, live comic experiences, hand-mixed cocktails, and a dazzling array of goods.
Strolling through the night market of Chikan Overseas Chinese Ancient Town, one can hear the bustling crowd, see the wisps of cooking smoke; or sit in the tents of the cool market, chatting and enjoying the moonlight, deeply feeling the 'golden market' atmosphere of the ancient town, which is very pleasant.
At this time, taking a tram or rowing boat for a night tour of the ancient town is a good choice.
The clanging tram will take you through the streets and alleys of the ancient town, appreciating the night view that is completely different from the daytime. The unique night lighting makes the whole European-style street warm and romantic.
At night, Chikan's ancient commercial port uses visual techniques such as light shows and architectural art lighting to create a beautiful and magnificent scene of light and shadow. The various styles of arcade buildings are illuminated by lights, making them appear even more exquisite and elegant.
Chikan Overseas Chinese Ancient Town
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Kaiping Diaolou Travel Recommendations for 2024 (Updated in Apr)
Kaiping Diaolou
Kaiping Diaolou is a building left by overseas Chinese in the 1920s and 1930s. It combines living and defensive functions and is a precious world heritage.
The main features of Kaiping Diaolou include:
- Mixed style: The architectural style is wild with delicacy, mixed with Chinese and Western styles, which is a major feature of Kaiping Diaolou.
- Combination of local and Western: After two anti-bandit operations, the Kaiping area has been relatively stable, and the appearance of cottage-style buildings is also a combination of local and Western.
- Decorations reflect the changes in the times: The decorations of the buildings reflect the changes in the times and also declare the new thoughts and interests of the building owners.
wren_8496
Architectural landmarks you can't miss in Kaiping
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Kaiping Diaolou and Villages is located in Kaiping, Jiangmen Guangdong China. It's a UNEsCO World Heritage Site.
There are 3 important buildings in the village. The communal towers were built by several families and used as temporary refuge, residential towers built by individual rich families and used as fortified residences, and watch towers.
Transportation Take Tangkou - Magang Special Line from Kaiping downtown area and get off at Zilicun.
From Shenzhen : Take a long distance bus or provincial bus from Louhu CoCh Station to Kaiping directly. The bus schedules are 10:50, 14:55, 16:25 and 19:50. Ticket Fare: ¥130
Place name:
Yangkuo World Heritage Corridor
Tangkou Liyuan Kaiping Jingmen Guangdong
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Nman UnliTravel
Kaiping is nicknamed 'the home of overseas Chinese' as huge numbers of emigrants left this area beginning in the late nineteenth century. Many settled abroad and Taishanese, the local language, is still spoken around the world. Others returned home with both wealth and inspiration. They imported what were then new western inventions like flush toilets and radios and built houses in their home villages inspired by the architecture they'd seen in Europe and the Americas.
The most distinctive of their buildings are diaolou, fortified towers crowned with ostentatious baroque or neoclassical penthouses. They served both as residences and defence against bandits. They can be found in various places, but especially in Kaiping, where they are recognised as a Unesco world heritage site. Many are scattered singly or in pairs throughout the countryside but there are a few diaolou clusters where you can see many in a small area and even climb up a few of them, as well as seeing the Republic of China period furnishings inside. The surroundings are very rural, not much changed a century after these eccentric towers were raised.
Kaiping is an easy day- or weekend-trip from Guangzhou. From Kaiping Railway Station it's easiest to get a taxi to one of the diaolou clusters.
Be sure to taste the local speciality baozaifan, rice cooked in a clay pot until the bottom gets crusty, served with various toppings.
#leaveyourmark #urbanexplorer #lightthecity #kaiping #taishan #jiangmen #guangdong #diaolou #architecture #historicallandmarks #unesco
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Stevebeck
Kaiping 开平,this is how does Guangdong small provincial city looks like. Mostly people arrive here to take buses and immediately transfer to Dialou scenic spots located in several villages around Kaiping city.
Kaiping at a glance is very calm place where life is slow and peaceful existence. Good is typical Guangdong food but offered for lowest price.
#holidayvacation#wintergetaway#staycation#tripinspired
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Four Points By Sheraton Guangdong Heshan Fangyuan Travel Recommendations for 2024 (Updated in Apr)
Less than an hour's drive from Foshan, you can get to the natural oxygen bar
It's less than an hour's drive from Foshan
You can easily get to Sheraton Jiangmen Heshan Hotel
It's a treasure hotel in my collection list!
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🌳Because it's close to Dayan Mountain and Gulaoshui Village, surrounded by mountains and rivers, the natural coverage here is very high, making people feel like they are in a natural oxygen bar! It's a good place for vacation and relaxation around💕
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🔸Room
The garden suite I stayed in is over 70 square meters, with a spacious living room and bedroom separated, a desk, a sofa, a large bathtub, a cloakroom, and a balcony. When you wake up and open the window, you can see the blue sky and white clouds!☁️
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🔸Afternoon tea
A Christmas afternoon tea!! Snowman⛄️, 🎁gift box, reindeer🦌 Christmas tree root... various Christmas-shaped cakes, the fruit tree is so cute that it's against the rules!!💖Enjoy the atmosphere in front of the Christmas tree with coffee☕️
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🔸Dinner
The Juyi Xuan Chinese restaurant on the second floor is elegant in style. This time we tried the winter dishes: kelp bud stewed ribs to clear the heart and lungs, the sauce is rich and flavorful black bamboo mutton pot, the five grains and cereals cooked sea cucumber has a refreshing taste, we all like it very much💕
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🔸Photo
1⃣️ Outdoor lawn white church⛪️
2⃣️Windmill lawn
3⃣️The stairs in front of the gym
4⃣️The transparent glass window of the lobby water bar
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🔸Facilities
Indoor and outdoor children's playground, game room, outdoor garden, indoor and outdoor swimming pools, gym! By the way, you can go to the mineral pool for a soak! It's healing under the starry sky~
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⛪️Sheraton Jiangmen Heshan Hotel
🚗No.1, Yanyun Road, Shaping Street, Heshan, Jiangmen
Evelyn Beaumont
An art tour with nature Today, Xuan Xuan came to the outdoor garden of Four Points by Sheraton, Heshan, Guangdong. The children followed the teacher to paint in the blue sky, so it makes sense!
Lewan_Diary.
New Spring Outing around Guangzhou and Foshan | The Natural Oxygen Bar in the City
This time, I chose the He Shan Sheraton Four Points Hotel🏨
Located at the foot of Dayan Mountain⛰️, it's only an hour's drive from Guangzhou
It's truly a natural oxygen bar🌳 that's hard to find in the city
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Book a garden-view suite, and the view is quite impressive🌃
Wake up in the morning, stretch on the balcony, and take a deep breath of fresh air
The hotel room also has a large bathtub🛁, take a hot bath
Sip a drink slowly🥤, and enjoy the relaxation of your body😎
The hotel's facilities are fully equipped for both adults and children
There are indoor & outdoor swimming pools🏊, a gym🏋️, dry and wet saunas, a children's ball pool🛝, and a game center, etc...
Take a walk in the outdoor garden, and you might even encounter an outdoor wedding💒
Small and exquisite, the white wedding dress and mint green lawn look very beautiful
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The hotel's dining options include a buffet breakfast and a seafood buffet dinner
The lobby bar's exquisite afternoon tea features elements of the Year of the Dragon🍊
There's also a Cantonese restaurant with great dishes👍
Recommended is the clear soup radish and beef brisket, sweet and delicious
You can experience a variety of different tastes of food within the hotel😋
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Recharge yourself these two days🔋
To welcome the arrival of the new week in the best condition
If you haven't decided where to go for the New Year🧨 holiday
Come here for a cozy and relaxing New Year's journey!
📍He Shan Sheraton Four Points Hotel
🅿️Self-driving is more convenient, and parking is free
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Guangzhou Outskirts Tour | New Year's Romantic Getaway Destination, Comfortable and Luxurious!
Have you thought about where to go for the New Year?
The Sheraton Heishan Fangyuan Hotel, located at the foot of the Dayan Mountain near Jiangmen, Guangzhou, is surrounded by green mountains and waters!
It's very suitable for couples and family vacations, just a 1-hour drive from Guangzhou city center, and the transportation is so convenient~
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The facilities are complete, with indoor heated swimming pools, outdoor swimming pools, gyms, banquet halls, meeting rooms, and various venues to meet different traveler needs~
And there's also a Western restaurant with Cantonese buffet breakfast + seafood buffet dinner or a Chinese restaurant with classic Cantonese dishes!
The Cantonese dishes are definitely worth a try today,
The lobby bar's afternoon tea, the atmosphere of the Year of the Dragon is there~
There are also many places to check in and take photos outdoors,
Like this outdoor lawn, and the romantic church⛪️, the windmill also has a story to tell,
Regarding the children's playground, it is also very complete, with slides, ball pits, claw machines, small trains, etc., both indoors and outdoors
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Our room type was a double balcony mountain view suite,
70 square meters, the living room is very spacious,
The bed is especially soft, and the double balcony allows you to fully enjoy the fresh air~
The bathroom even has a bathtub with a built-in TV, watching TV while taking a bath is just too amazing!!
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🏠Sheraton Heishan Fangyuan Hotel
📍Location: No. 1 Yanyun Road, Shaping Street, Heshan, Jiangmen
🚗Transportation: Self-driving is more convenient (free parking for guests)
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Naqing Peninsula Geological Ocean Park Travel Recommendations for 2024 (Updated in Apr)
Naqing Peninsula Geological Park
Located around 45km from Yangjiang city, we arrived to explore this nice Naqing Geological Ocean Park. When you park your car and buy ticket, which is 98rmb, you can enjoy inside for a few hours. Dogs are allowed to enter too but need to be on leash.
Walking around cost, relaxing on 3 different beaches, climbing rocks and getting little bit of Greek magic is what you can expect inside. There is also a restaurant so if you are hungry you can eat some local food.
If you want to spend night or few days at this location it's possible because they have hotel and many room options.
#exploring #china #guangdong #beach #park
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Nanao Peninsula Geological Ocean Park | Strolling through Guangdong's 'Little Greece'
Nanao Peninsula Geological Ocean Park | Strolling through Guangdong's 'Little Greece'
📍 Nanao Peninsula Geological Park
This place really cures my heart no matter how many times I go 😌. Nanao Peninsula Geological Park is located on the southwest side of Nanjing County, Fujian. The winding trails 🛤️ in the scenic area, set against the azure sea and blue sky, offer a panoramic view of the ocean and sky, leaving a profound visual experience for visitors.
Walking along the trail, sometimes if you're lucky, you can even see white dolphins 🐬. The trail passes through several beaches 🏖️ with fine and clean sand, sitting and watching the waves 🌊 and listening to the sound of the waves hitting the rocks 🪨 is particularly healing 😍. Little kids picking up shells 🐚 and digging for crabs 🦀️, and a bunch of cute crabs gather on the rocks, having a great time.
Lover's Lane is a characteristic spot in Nanao Peninsula Geological Park, and I think the scenery is also quite nice. There's a signpost with '520' 🪧 which is great for taking photos, and the pictures turn out beautifully.
Along the way, you can walk to the shooting base, which is a wedding photography paradise with various dreamy and different styles of scenes. When the weather is good, the blue sky and white clouds are the best filters.
We stayed at the Nanao Peninsula Geological Ocean Park Hotel 🏨. The service from the front desk lady was very good, someone escorted us to our room. The room was quite nice overall, and they thoughtfully prepared special toothbrushes for children, family bathrobes, umbrellas 🌂, Evian water, fruit, candy, coffee, tea 🍵, and so on.
PRESLEY BENSON
There is a blue that belongs to Naqin Peninsula
✨There is a blue that belongs to Naqin Peninsula
A spontaneous two-day trip to Taishan
🚃Route: Drive from Foshan for two and a half hours to reach Naqin Peninsula (pictures one to five), and visit the Southeast Asian style village on the second day (pictures six to nine).
🌆Accommodation: Stay at the Naqin Peninsula Geological Ocean Park Hotel, 880 yuan per night. Includes park tickets, with multiple re-entries allowed. The hotel has a swimming pool (but it is said to be seawater, with the smell of disinfectant, probably filtered) including two breakfasts, some rooms can see the sea, we didn't book a sea view room, but it's also very close to the seaside, about a ten-minute walk.
After getting off the highway, it takes about half an hour to drive to Naqin Peninsula, the scenery along the way is very beautiful, making one's mood pleasant.
👐The most worthwhile part of the entire scenic area is the seaside plank road, built along the coast on the side of the mountain, very clean, where you can directly overlook the entire sea, and every casual shot is very beautiful, making one can't help but continuously exclaim how piu-liang it is and also appreciate the special landforms (rocks of various shapes).
👐We were most fortunate to see white dolphins! Near the dolphin-watching pavilion, we saw several white dolphins frolicking around. It is recommended to start walking on the plank road after four o'clock in the afternoon to see the beautiful sunset. On the second day, we went to the Southeast Asian style village, which has a Southeast Asian feel, but there isn't much fun or good food
🍱Cuisine: For lunch on the first day, we had the famous Taishan eel rice, which was very fragrant and nice. In the evening, we had seafood near the hotel, recommended Haiwang, the seafood is very fresh! The shrimp meat is firm and sweet, and the crabs are also sufficiently plump. Overall, eating didn't feel like being ripped off haha! Because the development level is not deep, so the local customs are simple, and the prices are not expensive (it's quite cheap to buy drinks, swimwear outside the scenic area) the environment is also comfortable and clean, and the landscape has retained its original feel. Overall, it's quite worth a visit.
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Mid-Autumn National Day must choose Naqin Peninsula super detailed guide
Day trip from Jiangmen to Naqin Peninsula🏖️
This self-driving trip was very pleasant for me! Here is my itinerary guide:
🚗 Travel:
I drove from Yangjiang to Naqin Peninsula, about an hour's drive, relatively close.
🎫 Tickets:
The group purchase price is 93 yuan/person, and the on-site purchase is 98 yuan/person. Although I couldn't group purchase because I didn't book in advance, the price difference is not big and still acceptable. Remind friends who have plans to book in advance, you can save some fees.
📸 Photography:
I like to take pictures, so I left plenty of time. I started taking pictures and playing from one or two in the afternoon until more than six o'clock, the time is very ample. Each photo point is very beautiful, suitable for taking big pictures. In addition, the wedding photography base is also a good place to take pictures, but be careful to give priority to them when you encounter a wedding photography team.
🦀 Eating and drinking:
Although I didn't mention food recommendations this time, I can enjoy food in Yangjiang on the way back.
It seems to have had a wonderful day trip, fully enjoying the natural scenery and the fun of taking pictures. Hope to have fun!🚗🌞📷
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Watchtower Group of Zili Village Travel Recommendations for 2024 (Updated in Apr)
Kaiping Diaolou | Jiangmen is not only known for its rapid development, but also for its World Cultural Heritage
In Kaiping, Jiangmen, a 90-minute drive from Zhuhai, I felt as if I had traveled back to a century ago. Amidst the pastoral charm of Lingnan, towering diaolous with various styles are interspersed. Time seems to have frozen at a certain moment in the past, allowing us to glimpse fragments of history.
Zili Village Diaolou Cluster
If I could only visit one place, I would choose Zili Village. Its uniqueness lies not only in its exquisite appearance but also in the serene and beautiful natural scenery that surrounds it. Walking along the country lanes, with neat rice fields on the side and lotus ponds interspersed, the tranquil beauty of rural life is overwhelming. The tall diaolous with different appearances are scattered throughout the countryside. Currently, only three diaolous in the entire village are open to the public, with the most conspicuous being the 'Mingshi Lou', which fans of the movie 'Let the Bullets Fly' will definitely recognize at first glance, built in 1925. Not only is the exterior exquisite, but the interior furniture and decorations are also well preserved. You can also go up to the panoramic terrace on the top floor, where the view is superb.
Address: Zili Village, Tangkou Town, Kaiping City Zili Village Diaolou Cluster
RoamingReflections
Travel through a century and encounter the ancient village of the world
♨️ Zili Village is located in Jiangmen City, Guangdong, and is known as the "Diaolou Village".
📌 Address: Tangkou Town, Kaiping City, Jiangmen, Guangdong Province
🌈Strolling here, you can enjoy the beautiful rural scenery and experience the peaceful village life. 📸If you love photography, ✨️then this place is definitely your paradise, ✨️because every angle can produce a masterpiece!🌃
💰 Admission: Zili Village 78 yuan, Liyuan 100 yuan, Majianglong 50 yuan, single attraction ticket valid for the day; Liyuan + Zili Village combo ticket 150 yuan; Diaolou Cultural Zone combo ticket (including Liyuan, Zili Village, Majianglong, Jinjiangli) 180 yuan;
‼️Valid for two days
⏰️Business hours: 9:10 - 17:50.
😘Other information: Zili Village is only 6 kilometers away from Chikan Ancient Town, which can be visited together.
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Kaiping Diaolou and Chikan Ancient Town Day Tour
First stop: Morning tea in Goose City: The tea is delicious, the dim sum is tasty, the environment is beautiful, the service is enthusiastic, and the key point is that it's not expensive.
Second stop: Pioneer Bookstore Granary, a great place for photos;
Third stop: Li Garden, the combination of Chinese and Western architecture and decoration is breathtaking;
Fourth stop: Self-reliance Village Diaolou: The beauty of history, well worth the trip;
Fifth stop: Chikan Ancient Town: The main attraction is the architecture, another great place for photos.
The schedule is tight, yet the visit is satisfying; it's convenient for self-driving with easy parking.
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World Cultural Heritage - Kaiping Diaolou
Kaiping Diaolou and villages are located in Kaiping City, Jiangmen City, Guangdong Province. They are multi-storey tower-style buildings that integrate defense, living, and Chinese and Western architectural art. The Diaolou was built in the mid-16th century in the late Ming Dynasty. The early Diaolou was mainly traditional Chinese residential buildings, built by overseas Chinese.
From the end of the 19th century to the beginning of the 20th century, a large number of Chinese workers who traveled to the United States and Canada built Diaolou after accumulating some industries. They also brought back the architectural styles of other countries, incorporating elements of Western architecture such as ancient Roman and Greek columns, Byzantine dome roofs, mountain flowers, and Baroque architectural styles, and the architectural styles of the Byzantine and Gothic periods in the Middle Ages in Europe. The architectural shape is mostly upper and lower simple, which is a combination of Chinese and Western architectural art.
The Kaiping Diaolou Cultural Tourism Area is mainly composed of Liyuan, Zili Village Diaolou Group and Majianglong Diaolou Group. At its peak, there were more than 3,000, and in the 21st century, there were more than 1,800 well-preserved Diaolou in Kaiping, scattered in various villages. In 2007, Kaiping Diaolou and villages were included in the 'World Heritage List'.
Kaiping Diaolou can be divided into green brick buildings, mud buildings, stone buildings, and reinforced concrete buildings according to building materials; according to location and function, they can be divided into watchtowers, public buildings, and residential buildings. The watchtower is also known as the lantern tower or the watchtower. It is generally funded by the whole village and is located at the entrance of the village or outside the mountain. It is used for lookout and sentry. The Fang's Lighthouse and the South Gate North Gate Tower are the most representative.
The public building is a Diaolou built by the whole village or several villagers. For example, the Yinglong Building in Sanmenli Village and the Tianlu Building in Majianglong Village have simple Diaolou shapes, few external decorations, and strong defense. When an accident occurs, the villagers hide in the building, so the public building is generally located in the middle or side of the village. The residential building is funded by the owner alone, with complete living facilities, beautiful appearance, both living and defense functions, mostly 4-5 floors, the most numerous, built behind the village.
Among the many types of Diaolou, residential buildings are the most numerous and common. The scenic area also preserves the watchtowers represented by Fang's Lighthouse and the public buildings represented by Yinglong Building. Most of the existing Diaolou buildings are made of reinforced concrete. The indoor space is mostly narrow, and in order to save expenses, the floors are mostly covered with wooden boards; there are windows opening downwards on the surrounding walls, equipped with iron windows; on the roof, in order to accurately warn, there are protruding square or round corner castles, equipped with shooting holes.
In the Diaolou, the gate is the only way in and out. The door panel is made of heavy steel plate. There are usually three or four locks inside the door. There is an iron gate outside the door. Above the door, there is a small hole, which is very strong.
The Kaiping Diaolou Group is a classic work of integrating Chinese and Western architecture. We contemporary people appreciate them, they are very artistic, and they shine with the surrounding rural landscape, witnessing the prosperity and prosperity of the local area for hundreds of years.