Diaolou is a special residential building in China. What is its history?

The watchtower is mainly formed to defend against war or banditry, similar to the watchtower during the war, with small and high windows and organic guns.

China has different styles, as well as the styles of houses where people live, because of geographical conditions and lifestyles in many different places, because they have many nationalities and vast territories. The watchtower was built in the 1930s, and it has a strong regional distribution, so it was named after it looked like a watchtower. Its formation and development are the result of the interaction of natural and social environment. It reflects the traditional cultural characteristics of the local people.

In other places, people have different architectural styles and artistic pursuits for different purposes (such as war and national defense). The most prominent one should be Kaiping, Jiangmen, Guangdong, which should represent many watchtowers. ? After the Opium War, Kaiping people had to live on a large population and had some industries. During the civil war, due to the convenient land and water transportation, overseas Chinese and their relatives returned home one after another, and their relatives and returned overseas Chinese lived relatively comfortably. Bandits are concentrated in Kaiping.

Because in many looting, some people rescued the looters and placed them in the watchtower, which effectively resisted the looting of criminals. Everyone thinks that the watchtower has played a role in preventing thieves. In order to ensure the safety of people and property, they vigorously built watchtower-style buildings. The walls of this tower are thick and strong. Please don't break the wall and don't be afraid of fire. The windows of the tower are small, with iron bars, window sashes and surrounding iron gates. And open the shooting hole of the building.

The modeling of Kaiping Diaolou is the most representative, and the construction of Diaolou has become a major feature of China architecture, which has been passed down by local people to this day. So the wisdom of the ancients is infinite.