开平碉楼始建于清初,大量兴建在20世纪二三十年代,目前尚存1466座。这些碉楼是旧时广东华侨为防御盗匪,由海外侨胞筹资回乡兴建的。开平地势低洼,河网密布,常有洪涝之忧,其所辖新会、台山、恩平、新兴四县边远交界之地,向来有“四不管”之称,社会秩序较为混乱。因此,明朝后期就有乡民建筑碉楼,作为防涝防 Kaiping Diaolou was first built in the early Qing Dynasty, a large number of construction in the twenties and thirties of the 20th century, there are still 1466 seats. These towers were built by Guangdong overseas Chinese in the past for their defense against banditry and by overseas Chinese. Low-lying Kaiping, river networks, there is always the worry of floods, its jurisdiction Xinhui, Taishan, Enping, emerging four counties out of the border areas, has always been “four regardless of ”, the social order is more chaotic. Therefore, the late Ming Dynasty villager building towers, as a flood prevention