Kaiping & Taishan Diaolou and Villages Tour

Kaiping and Taishan are well known as the hometown of overseas Chinese in Southern China. Diaolou structures were built from the time of the Ming Dynasty to the early 20th century, reaching a peak in the 1920s and 1930s, with the financial aid of overseas Cantonese, when there were more than three thousand of these structures. Today, approximately 1800 Diaolous remain standing in Kaiping, and approximately 500 in Taishan. Today few of these villages and Diaolous have been recently restored, and some of them became quite a famous tourist destination as Li Yuan garden, Zilicun, Majanlong in Kaiping. But we will take you to the unexplored village and visit their original diaolous.

Itinerary
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Stop At: Taishan, Taishan, Guangdong

The first stop we pull up to a countryside style restaurant try the famous Claypot Eel Rice and Steamed Minced Pork Balls as lunch.

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Mei's Grand Courtyard, Duanfen Town, Taishan 529000 China

The second stop is Mei's Grand Courtyard, jump out to explore the historic old architectures with us. This is a nice stop to absorb some culture and history of overseas Chinese building nice complex back home to families and honoring heritage & traditions.

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Taishan, Taishan, Guangdong

Continue to the Fu village and explore one of the most impressive watchtowers which were built in the early 1920s. They are built by returning Chinese migrants who incorporated Western-inspired features in their design. Inspect the different styles of the towers close up, and head inside to absorb the interiors and bird’s-eye views from the rooftops.

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Watchtower Group of Zili Village, Zili Village, Tangkou Town, Kaiping 529361 China

The Diaolou in Kaiping city has been turned into a tourist location heavily since it became a UNESCO site. The Diaolous were no different than the ones you see on the side of roads in Kaiping and Taishan regions, but they were better maintained. If you would like to visit the better-maintained Diaolou in Kaiping, please let us know, we also can arrange it or have a mixture of both.

Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes