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Titre The Diaolou of Kaiping (1842-1937)
Auteur Patricia R.S. Batto
Mir@bel Revue China perspectives
Numéro no 66, july- august 2006
Rubrique / Thématique
Society
Résumé anglais Situated in western Guangdong province, the xian of Kaiping was one of the centres of Chinese emigration in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. This article is concerned with the diaolou built there at the end of the Empire and in the early years of the Republic. These fortified buildings were built with money from emigrants, trying to protect their village at a time when public order was very uncertain. They are notable for their combination of Chinese and Western architectural features.
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