Taoping Qiang Village Fortress
Taoping Qiang Village is located in Li County, Aba Prefecture of Sichuan Province, 180 km west of Chengdu. It is known as the "Ancient Oriental Fortress" for its aged stone houses and the two 9-storey hexahedral watchtowers of 30m high on the slope, which amazingly survived weather erosion, wars and frequent earthquakes for centuries.