Kaiping Watchtowers is a special type of vernacular architecture in China

Kaiping Watchtowers in Kaiping City, Guangdong Province, is a special type of vernacular architecture in China, is a set of defense, housing, and Chinese and Western architectural art in one of the multi-storey tower building. Based on available empirical Kaiping Watchtowers have produced in the late Ming Dynasty (16th century) at the latest to develop into the late 19th century early 20th century architectural image of the performance of a unique group of overseas Chinese history, social patterns and cultural traditions. The buildings of this class of large-scale, many kinds of unique shape of the distribution of villages in Kaiping City. Featuring Chinese and Western houses, a variety of ancient Greek, Roman and Islamic styles. Most people like Kaiping Diaolou, Welcome to travel when you go to Guangzhou for the 114th Canton Fair .
An increasing number of travelers are heading for Kaiping, a small city 122 kilometers southwest of Guangzhou, to see the 1,833 fortress-fashioned residences scattered around 15 towns.

Retaining a harmonious relationship with the surrounding agricultural landscape, the Diaolou testify to the final flowering of local building traditions that started in the Ming period in response to local banditry.