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1、开平碉楼英文导游词CulturalcommunicationfromKaipingDiaolou1、KaipingisasmallcityinGuangdongProvince,about100kilometerstothesouthwestofGuangzhou,withanareaof1659squarekilometersandapopulationof680thousand.2、KaipingDiaolouislistedbytheChineseStateCouncilasakeyculturalrelicprotectedbythestate.It

2、stotalnumberamountedto3,300inthepeakyears（最高纪录年份）andnowtheregisterednumberis1833.3、Thesewell-preservedtowersarealsoelegantandbeautiful,andhavebeennominatedfortheinclusioninUNESCO’s（联合国教科文组织）listofWorldHeritage（遗产）sitessince2004.Anditwaslistedasaworldculturalheritagelistin2007.4、5、T

3、heyaredifferent，andcanbedividedintothreetypes:12communaltowers,residentialtowersandnightwatchtowers.?communaltowers：arejointlybuiltbyseveralfamiliesforuseastemporaryrefuge(避难)?residentialtowers：arebuiltbyindividualrichfamilyforlive?nightwatchtowers：usedasfortified（防御）residence,andw

4、atchtowerforguardingagainstbandits(土匪).6、KaipingDiaolouisthewitnessforcultureoftheearlyChineseimmigrants.IthaslongbeenknownasthenativelandofagreatmanyoverseasChinese,andChinesepeoplehavingastrongfeelingofwistfullongingforhome.sotheoverseasChinesefromKaiping,nomatterhowlongthey12had

5、beenawayandhowfartheywereawayfromhome,wouldcomebacktobuyapieceofland、tobuildtheirhouseandtogetmarried.7、YoumaywonderwhythesereturnedoverseasChinesehadtheirhousesbuiltintoastructureofawatchtower.Well,thereasonsareclear.First,publicorderatthattimewasbadandbanditry（土匪）wasarealheadache

6、andthebetter-offreturnedoverseasChinesefamiliesnaturallybecametargetsforrobbery;second,theKaipingareaisastretchoflow-lyinglandandfoldswereafrequentoccurrence.So,thesesolidandhigh-risebuildingsweregoodbothfordefenseagainstbanditsandforrefugefromthefloods.8、KaipingDiaoloucontainfollo

7、wCharacteristics?Builtofstone,brick（砖）orconcrete?thicksolidwalls?smallandnarrowirondoorsand12windows?Embrasures（炮眼）onthewalls?observationtoweronthetop8、ThestylesofKaipingDiaolouabsorbmanywesternarchitecture.Gothicarchitecture（哥特式建筑）Architecturalfeatures：PointedArch（尖肋拱顶）、FlyingButt

8、ress（飞扶梯）AncientGreekarchi