The top ten must-visit attractions in Kaiping: Kaiping Diaolou Cultural Tourism Area, Guangdong Chikan Ancient Town Overseas Chinese International Tourism Resort, Zili Village Diaolou Group, Liyuan Diaolou Group, Majianglong Diaolou Group, Chikan European Style Street, Jinjiangli Diaolou Group,

Chikan South Tower, Chikan Film and Television City, and Tianxia Granary.

1. Kaiping Diaolou Cultural Tourism Zone is located in the southwest of the Pearl River Delta in Guangdong Province, the hometown of overseas Chinese, the hometown of architecture, the hometown of art and the hometown of diaolou - Kaiping City, with a total area of ??1,438 acres, mainly including: Zili Village, a world cultural heritage site

The watchtowers, Majianglong ancient village and Chinese overseas Chinese gardens are unique.

2. Guangdong Chikan Ancient Town Overseas Chinese International Tourism Resort is located on the banks of the Tanjiang River in the central part of Kaiping City, Guangdong Province.

Chikan Ancient Town, which has a history of 370 years of opening a port and building a market, was developed by the Shangbuguan people and the Xiabu Situ people who lived together at the east and west ends of the ancient town. It has more than 600 arcades and was named a Chinese historical and cultural name in 2007.

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For hundreds of years, due to the healthy competition between the Guan and Situ clans, the architectural style and folk life of Chikan Ancient Town have blended Chinese and Western elements. With its unique overseas Chinese culture and family management system, Chikan has developed into a unique and important commercial port in Lingnan.

3. The Zili Village Watchtower Group is located in Tangkou Town, Kaiping City, and is one of the world cultural heritage sites.

The natural environment of the village is beautiful, with ponds, lotus ponds, rice fields and grasslands scattered among them. They are in perfect contrast with numerous watchtowers and residences. They are so beautiful that they form an idyllic and poetic agricultural ink painting with misty spring scenery, and a Western-style castle with a unique Lingnan rural atmosphere.

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There are 15 watchtowers in Zili Village with different styles, exquisite shapes and rich connotations. They are outstanding representatives of Kaiping watchtowers in their heyday.

4. Liyuan Diaolou Group Liyuan is a national AAAAA-level tourist attraction. It is a garden villa built by Mr. Xie Weili, an overseas Chinese in the United States, in the early 20th century. Based on the Grand View Garden depicted in "A Dream of Red Mansions", it cleverly combines the charm of classical gardens with European and American contemporary

The popular villa architectural features are integrated and present a unique architectural art beauty, which is first-rate among private gardens built by overseas Chinese in China.

5. The Majianglong Diaolou Group is located in the southeast of Baihe Town, Kaiping City, and 20 kilometers northeast of Kaiping City. It is composed of five natural villages, Yong'an, Nan'an, Hedong, Qinglin, and Longjiang. It was built by the Huang and Guan families in the late Qing Dynasty and

It was built in the early years of the Republic of China.

Majianglong Village is backed by the majestic Baizu Mountain and faces the mirror-clear Tanjiang River. The five natural villages are like a chain of beads, scattered among the green mountains and green waters.

Immerse yourself in the place, with sparse green bamboos, shady trees, birds singing and the fragrance of flowers, it feels like a paradise.

6. Chikan European Style Street Chikan is famous for its ancient buildings that combine Chinese and Western styles and its simple folk customs. Among them, the unique ancient buildings on Dixi Road are particularly famous.

This nearly 400-meter-long building is a combination of Chinese and Western architectural styles. It was built here by Chikan overseas Chinese from Europe and America who brought back architectural drawings from abroad and combined them with Kaiping's local architectural art.

These buildings not only pay attention to the beauty of the shape, but also consider the sturdiness and practicality of the building. Therefore, a large number of building materials are imported. While preserving the local traditional architectural style, they also transplant Western European buildings to the land of their hometown to form a

It has a unique style of Chinese and Western buildings that are rich in cultural charm, so this area is also called "European Style Street".

7. Jinjiangli Diaolou Group There are three attractive watchtowers in Jinjiangli Diaolou Group, namely Shengfeng Tower, Jinjiang Tower and Ruishi Tower, which is known as the "First Tower in Kaiping".

Ruishi Tower was built around 1923 AD, with a height of 9 stories and 25 meters. It is the tallest existing watchtower in Kaiping and is also a typical watchtower that can be lived in and defended.

Ruishi Building embodies the culmination of Kaiping Diaolou construction techniques. Both the overall shape and the carving of details inside the building are extremely exquisite. The interior decoration of the building adheres to the Lingnan architectural style, benefiting from the strong financial resources of Kaiping overseas Chinese, and the furniture is made of rosewood and other materials.

The materials used at that time have withstood the test of Lingnan's hot and humid climate for more than a hundred years, but it has been well preserved and has almost never been repaired. It is really a rare architectural heritage.

8. Chikan South Tower is located in Tengjiao Village, Chikan Town, Kaiping City. It is adjacent to Tanjiang River in the south and Donglong Highway in the north. It is at the junction of water and land transportation from Sanbu to Chikan, and the terrain is dangerous.

In 1912, the Situ family built this building to prevent thieves.

The building is 19 meters high with 7 floors and covers an area of ??29 square meters. It has a reinforced concrete structure and is equipped with rectangular gun holes on each floor. The sixth floor is an observation deck equipped with machine guns and searchlights.

9. Chikan Film and Television City Chikan Film and Television City is located in the town of Chikan Town, Kaiping City, Guangdong Province. It was built in 2004 and covers an area of ??more than 6,000 square meters. The overall building was designed and constructed according to the plot and scenes of the TV series "Three Family Alleys".

The buildings include the "foreign comprador" Chen family's foreign house, the mansion of the feudal landlord He family, and the Zhou family's residence of the small bourgeoisie. They were built entirely in accordance with the architectural style of the 1920s.

The film and television city is cleverly integrated with the famous arcade-style ancient buildings in the east, enriching the architectural culture and historical connotation of the "European Style Street" and making this ancient city even more charming.