From Unesco heritage sites to a famous birdwatching spot named by Ba Jin, here are five places to visit in Jiangmen

The city boasts the Kaiping Diaolou and Villages, which was listed as a Unesco World Heritage Site in 2007, as well as Birds’ Paradise, a natural wetland park

It is one of nine in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong that make up the Greater Bay Area along with Hong Kong and Macau

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Gu Dou Hot Spring in Xinhui, Guangdong. Photo: Dustin Shum

Published: 3:00pm, 25 Jul 2021Updated: 3:00pm, 25 Jul 2021

The city of Jiangmen, which is the hometown of many Chinese now living abroad, boasts many tourist attractions that showcase rich cultural traditions and long history.

From Unesco-designated World Heritage Sites to a famous birdwatching location whose name was coined by the famous Chinese writer Ba Jin, here are five of the best-known attractions in the city, one of nine in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong that make up the Greater Bay Area along with Hong Kong and Macau.

Kaiping Diaolou and Villages

Kaiping Diaolou and Villages is located in the county-level city of Kaiping, and was listed as a Unesco World Heritage Site in 2007.

The multi-storeyed defensive village houses were built to fend off local bandits and can be traced back to the late Ming dynasty. They became widespread during the early 20th century as overseas Chinese returned to Jiangmen, combining Western architectural styles with local rural traditions.

The watchtowers are described by Unesco as displaying “a complex and flamboyant fusion of Chinese and Western structural and decorative forms”.

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