Diaolou are fortified multi-storey towers, built by returning Chinese immigrants. The diaolou served as housing and as protection against forays by bandits.
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- Taken on April 27, 2009
- K'ai-p'ing-hsien, Guangdong, CN
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surgeprotector24 51 months ago | reply
Saw it on Olympus E-System community. Great shot of a very fascinating subject, definitely haven't seen anything like this before. instant fave :-) !
gingiber 50 months ago | reply
I really like this photo, I saw it on the Olympus E-system community. What an amazing place, the buildings don't look real.
kevinpoh 50 months ago | reply
Yeah... taken using e-620 and did a HDR processing. It was a cloudy when photo was taken.
billybones1918 50 months ago | reply
nicely done
Jeremy Tan, KL 50 months ago | reply
Nice Work
norvegia2005sara 50 months ago | reply
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Phoenix Han 50 months ago | reply
Beautiful capture, as seen in 中国国家地理/Chinese National Geography :
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Ventura Carmona 50 months ago | reply
This photo is a good sample in the flickr. It is awarded the flickr Award!
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Tobsen212 49 months ago | reply
Wow, impressive!
AWESOME!
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fshani 49 months ago | reply
AWESOME! seen in :
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Aelin Quan 49 months ago | reply
AWESOME! seen in :
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artland 40 months ago | reply
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called artland, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
bukhaari 40 months ago | reply
Brilliant! Seen in
Graham_CS 24 months ago | reply
Nice shot! Great minds must think alike!
R-Joy's Photos 21 months ago | reply
I learnt about these when a friend of mine visited them ... such interesting architecture! Great shot!