When the chinese emigrants saved some wealth overseas , they returned home or sent money to their families to build a diaolou 当中国移民在海外逐渐积累了一些产业，他们陆续回到故乡并出资为家乡建筑碉楼。
They have been listed as protected cultural relics at the state level , and application for the status of world cultural heritage has been filed in 开平碉楼已被列为国家文物保护单位，正积极申报世界文化遗产。
Sitting in mirs bay like two watchtowers , kang lau shek watches over the south china sea and has become a landmark of tung ping chau 屹立大鹏湾畔，形如碉楼的更楼石，前瞻海天一色的南中国海，是东平洲的地标。
Kaiping is so special because of its fortified , multi - story , gray edifices , called diaolou , which vaguely resemble medieval castles 开平因其星罗棋布，多元故事的古老建筑群而富有特色，这种类似古老城堡的建筑叫碉楼。
Today , 1 , 833 of the 3 , 000 diaolou built are still standing , although they remain in scattered states of conservation or neglect 现存碉楼1833座，最多时达3000多座，现存碉楼零散得分布在城乡，有些被保护，有些被遗弃。
The watchtowers of kaiping , which focus the culture of the overseas chinese have been under good repair and protection , and their rich connotations have been delved into 对集中反映侨乡文化的开平碉楼进行修缮、保护，并挖掘其丰富内涵。
They aren ' t as old as the mogao grottos of dunhuang or as popular as pingyao ? but the diaolou of kaiping in guangdong province are still a fascinating site to visit 它们没有敦煌莫高窟古老也没有平遥闻名遐尔，但广东省开平市的碉楼依然是观光的绝佳去处。
The second part will summarize the chariteristics of kaiping ' s modern watchtower local house which distinct it from other tracditional local house in other areas in our country 第二章：通过对开平典型的碉楼民居的实例调研、测绘与分析，综述开平近代碉楼民居区别于我国其它地区传统乡土民居的特色。
A small lofty room , with its window wide open , and the wooden jalousie - blinds closed , so that the dark night only showed in slight horizontal lines of black , alternating with their broad lines of stone colour 庄园有个圆顶的碉楼，这间房伸在碉楼里，不大，但天花板很高，窗户敞开，木质的百叶窗紧闭，因此黑暗的夜只表现在宽阔的石头背景的浅黑色水平条纹上。
The author analyzes the construction , shape , scale , classification and function of qiang ' s bunker under the theory of folklore , trying to reveal us the profound national nature consisted in the bunker and explore the value of the qiang ' s bunker 笔者运用民俗学的理论从分析羌族碉楼的建造、形状、规模、类别、功能入手，揭示了碉楼所蕴涵的深层次民族文化内涵，探讨了羌族碉楼的价值。
