Towers in bamboo
The Majianglong view.
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A group of five small villages of the Huang and Guan families in Baihe town, whose towers and houses hide among dense bamboo groves near the river and hills; it is one of the four areas UNESCO added to the World Heritage List in 2007 as part of «Kaiping Diaolou and Villages». Most of its towers and houses were built in the early twentieth century with money from emigrants in America and Canada, so grey towers with Western balconies and domes peer out of the bamboo while the farmhouses keep their quiet rural character; in some, visitors can see the barrels of English cement that builders used at the time. It is calmer and less crowded than Zili and suits a walk along the shady paths between the villages. Tickets cost about CNY 60, it is open from 8.50 am to 5.30 pm, and it is included in the combined Kaiping ticket, per visitor guides.
The Majianglong view.
Between the villages.
From the building days.
Baihe town, Kaiping, Guangdong
Zili is better known, with bigger towers in open fields, while Majianglong is quieter, its towers hidden in bamboo groves; both fit in one day with the free shuttle.