Magnificent Diaolou of Zili Village

When I was doing my research about Kaiping’s daiolou’s. One of the places that kept coming up was Zili Village. It seems that it is the place to go to see the daiolou. I was imagining a simple village with the diaolou all around. Well, it is mostly true, except that there is an entrance fee into Zili Village. I wasn’t expecting that a village itself would have an entrance fee for visitors. Then again, the village where the Chengyang Wind and Rain Bridge was also had an entrance. I guess it is a way for them to earn money too.
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