Kaiping watchtowers witness the political, economic and cultural development of Kaiping city. They not only reflect the history of overseas Chinese people's hard work and defending the homeland, but also a living museum of modern architecture, a unique art gallery. It can be said, as a town of overseas Chinese, architecture and art, the feature Kaiping has been sharply expressed by these watchtowers. Welcome to travel when you go to Guangzhou for the 114th Canton Fair .
As more than 200 items in the country stand in the waiting list for application for World Heritage status, the application project of Kaiping Diaolou and Villages was initiated only six years ago.
Moreover, it is now the youngest World Cultural Heritage site in China, claiming a relatively short history of barely over a century. What is the unique charm that helped it successfully qualify as World Heritage? Let's follow our reporter Wu Jia to find out more.
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