last update 14-november-2007

China october 2007 - Zili: diaolou


[Hugo's bookmarkfile] [reisfoto's] [China October 2007]
diaolou in the fields
at the back of Zili.

diaolou
in feb 2007 the diaolou near Kaiping, Guangong provice are elected as World Heritage Site by Unesco.

diaolou
most of the diaolou are build at the beginning of the past century, by chinese coming back from overseas countries.

from the higher neigbour
about 1800 of these towers remain, most build with concrete.

diaolou in the rice
they are used to protect families from robbers and high waters

tilted diaolou
the tower of Pisa is nothing compared to this.

'lighthouse' diaolou
the diaolou are designed with lots of western influences.

[Hugo's bookmarkfile] [reisfoto's] [China October 2007]