Kaiping

Kaiping County in Guangdong province has many diaolous mainly built in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Dialous are watchtowers that were used for protection against roving bandits. Thousands of people from Kaiping travelled to and lived in other countries and bringing back with them ideas about western building styles, and then melded these with local architectural styles, both as dialous and residences. See UNESCO site and this detailed article

This post show examples of the villages, diaolous, and residences in this part of China.

Jinjianli

I like the complex outline of this building which is so different from traditional Chinese architecture.

Li Garden

This magnificent set of buildings and garden was built in in 1936 by Mr. Xie Weili, a Chinese emigrant to the United States.

Zili Village

A village set in rice fields - very picturesque