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Kaiping Diaolou
Fortified watchtowers built by returning overseas Chinese in the 1920s and 30s, mixing Greek columns, Islamic arches and Byzantine domes in rural Guangdong paddy fields.
16 km · about 20 min drive
Guangdong, China · Asia
Changsha is worth a stop: 20 minutes from Taishan, 16km from Kaiping Diaolou.
Changsha is a city located in Guangdong, China. With a population of 688,242, it is an important destination in Asia.
On a road trip, Changsha sits in China, where you drive on the right. It's in the Asia/Shanghai time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Changsha to your route.
Kaiping (simplified Chinese: 开平; traditional Chinese: 開平), alternately romanized in Cantonese as Hoiping, in local dialect as Hoihen, is a county-level city in Guangdong Province, China. It is located in the western section of the Pearl River Delta and administered as part of the prefecture-level city of Jiangmen. TheRead more
surrounding area, especially Sze Yup (四邑), are often venerated with the title "qiaoxiang" (侨乡), for they are the ancestral homelands of many overseas Chinese, particularly in the United States. Kaiping has a population of 748,777 as of 2020 and an area of 1,659 square kilometres (641 sq mi). The locals speak a variant of the Sze Yup dialect.
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Changsha is located in Guangdong, China, Asia. The coordinates are 22.3812 latitude, 112.6849 longitude.
Changsha has a population of approximately 688,242 people, making it a city in China.
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Fortified watchtowers built by returning overseas Chinese in the 1920s and 30s, mixing Greek columns, Islamic arches and Byzantine domes in rural Guangdong paddy fields.
16 km · about 20 min drive
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