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1、KaipingDiaolou(theWatchtower-likeHouses) KaipingisasmallcityinGuangdongProvince,about100kilometerstothesouthwestofGuangzhou,withanareaof1659squarekilometersandapopulationof680thousand.IthaslongbeenknownasthenativelandofagreatmanyoverseasChinese,thenumbertottinguptoorev
2、enmorethanitsdomesticpopulation.TheChinese,youknow,areanostalgicpeoplehavingastrongfeelingofwistfullongingforhome,sotheoverseasChinesefromKaiping,nomatterhowlongtheyhadbeenawayandhowfartheywereawayfromhome,wouldcomebacktobuyapieceoflandtobuildtheirhouseandtogetmarried.T
3、hosehousesbuiltbythereturnedoverseasChineseduringthelate19thandearly20thcenturiesareallwatchtower-like,withthicksolidwalls,smallandnarrowirondoorsandwindows,andevenwithembrasuresonthewallsandanobservationtoweronthetop. YoumaywonderwhythesereturnedoverseasChinesehadthei
4、rhousesbuiltintoastructureofawatchtower.Well,thereasonsareclear.First,publicorderatthattimewasbadandbanditrywasarealheadacheandthebetter-offreturnedoverseasChinesefamiliesnaturallybecametargetsforrobbery;second,theKaipingareaisastretchoflow-lyinglandandfoldswereafrequen
5、toccurrence.So,thesesolidandhigh-risebuildingsweregoodbothfordefenseagainstbanditsandforrefugefromthefloods. So,“KaipingDiaolou”isapropernameofthemulti-storieddefensivecountryhousesofthereturnedoverseasChineseinKaipingCity.Builtofstone,brickorconcrete,thesebuildingsdis
6、playafusionofChineseandforeignarchitecturalanddecorativeforms,andreflectthesignificantroletheseemigrantKaipingpeoplehadplayedinthedevelopmentofthecountriestheyresided,inSouthAsia,Australasia,NorthAmericaandotherregionsoftheworld. KaipingDiaolouislistedbytheChineseState
7、Councilasakeyculturalrelicprotectedbythestate.Itstotalnumberamountedto3,300inthepeakyearsandnowtheregisterednumberis1833,andtwentyofthebetteronesareinscribedontheWorldHeritageListbyUNESCO.Org(UnitedNationsEducational,ScientificandCulturalOrganization).Thesebuildingstake
8、threeforms:communaltowerjointlybuiltby.Severalfamiliesforuseastemporaryrefuge,residentialtowerbuiltbyindividua
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