World Heritage Site Kaiping Diaolou And Villages Royalty-Free Stock Image

Kaiping has traditionally been a region of major emigration abroad, and a melting pot of ideas and trends brought back by overseas Chinese. As a result, many diaolou incorporate architectural features from China and from the West. The towers built in the beginning of the 20th century were mainly paid from money, of chinese abroad in North America. Some of the structures were never claimed by their investors.