Three Lives of a Kaiping Diaolou
Kaiping’s towers served as communal refuges, fortified homes and watchpoints; their different roles make the village landscape legible.
Kaiping is a county-level city within Jiangmen. Its UNESCO-listed serial heritage property combines selected towers, villages and surrounding landscape; it does not cover all of Jiangmen.
Kaiping’s towers served as communal refuges, fortified homes and watchpoints; their different roles make the village landscape legible.