A 10-day adventure in South China's Guangdong province

Day 10

Kaiping Diaolou Cultural Tourism Area

Located to the southwest of the Pearl River Delta in South China’s Guangdong province, the Kaiping Diaolou Cultural Tourism Area is a famous scenic spot integrating overseas Chinese culture, gardening art, Chinese and western architecture, cultural relics and historical sites, an original ecological environment, and folk customs. It is also a base for scientific education.

The scenic area is comprised of three scenic spots, namely the classic Liyuan Garden, the diaolou (a multi-storey watchtower) complex in Zili village, and the ancient village of Majianglong.

In the tourism area, the elegant and unique gardens, the traditional and simple folk dwellings, and the diaolou complex fused with Chinese and Western architectural styles are perfectly combined with the surrounding mountains and rivers, ponds, fields, and rice paddies, forming a unique cultural landscape.

Favored with a long history and profound cultural resources, Kaiping Diaolou is honored as "a masterpiece by overseas Chinese" and "a stunning architectural art gallery". It was inscribed as one of the World Cultural Heritages by UNESCO in June 2007.