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watch tower 望樓。

watch-and-wait policy

For , the rooms , though a beautiful scene to look at , and adorned with every device of decoration that the taste and skill of the time could achieve , were , in truth , not a sound business ; considered with any reference to the scarecrows in the rags and nightcaps elsewhere and not so far off , either , but that the watching towers of notre dame , almost equidistant from the two extremes , could see them both , they would have been an exceedingly uncomfortable business - if that could have been anybody s business , at the house of monseigneur 因為這些房間盡管漂亮豪華,具有當時最高雅最精美的設計和裝飾,實際上已是搖搖欲墜。考慮到別的地方那些衣衫襤褸戴著睡帽的窮漢們的存在他們離此不遠,巴黎圣母院的高塔差不多就在兩極的正中,從那里可以眺望到這兩處,這些華屋已成了令人極其不安的地方-一若是大人府第里也有人負責研究這個問題的話。

Ma wat wai was originally a walled village with brick walls constructed on the four sides and a watch tower on each corner . however owing to past developments , most of the walls and all four corner towers were demolished leaving only this very historic entrance tower 麻笏圍原本四周建有磚墻,四角則建有更樓,但現時大部分圍墻及四個更樓已遭拆卸,只留下這極具歷史價值之門樓。

Some years after the declaration of the gate house of kun lung wai as a monument , the managers of the walled village further agreed to the protection of the enclosing walls and corner watch towers under the antiquities and monuments ordinance 覲圍門樓公告為古跡后數年,圍村司理進一步同意將該村的圍墻及四角更樓列為古跡。

Constructed on a raised platform with a watch tower at its entrance , the village has a row of eight houses and was built by a hakka family surnamed wong approximately 150 years ago 上村位于西貢郊野公園內,該村建于一高出地面的平臺上,于入口處筑有塔樓。村內共有一排八所并列的房舍,由黃姓的客家人于一百五十年前所建。

Scattered around are the fish watching pavilion , falls watching pavilion , peach blossom land pavilion , and the falls watching tower . here one can watch thousand feet spring and 桃花溪四周可看到的景點有觀魚亭觀瀑亭桃源亭和觀瀑樓,還可以看到百丈泉,人字瀑以及天都峰,蓮花峰,朱砂峰紫云峰和紫巖峰。

Such historical cultural relics find no peers in the world , especially sanminli village , jinjiagli village , zili village and fang clan watch tower , majinglong village cluster 其中,以三門里村落、錦江里村落、自力村村落與方氏村落、馬降龍村落群為代表。

The city wall was built with large granite slabs and incorporated six watch towers and four gateways . the south gate was officially recognised as the “ main gate “ 城墻用花崗石條構筑,有六座了望臺和四道城門,南門為正門。

The walls and watch towers were then in a dilapidated condition , which were subsequently fully restored in 1994 with funding from the government 當時圍墻及更樓部分已倒塌,修繕工程由政府資助,于一九九四年完成。

The diaolou are classified according to their main functions : night watch towers , residential towers and communal towers 碉樓根據主要功能的不同可以分為:烽火碉,家碉和寨碉。

At the east end of yuanbo island is a bird - watching tower and visitors can observe the birdlife of the yellow sea 元寶島的東端有觀鳥臺,游人可在此觀賞黃海水域各種水鳥生態。

Enclosing walls and corner watch towers of kun lung wai kun lung wai san wai , lung yeuk tau , fanling 覲圍圍墻及更樓(粉嶺躍頭覲圍(新圍) )

The watch towers are ingeniously built using the magic number “ 9 “ 角樓在建筑的時候,神奇而巧妙的運用了“九“這個數字。

Today , the wall , the watch tower and the moat are still in sight 城墻望樓城外壕仍清晰可辨。

Watch tower : make your pirates feel safe from invasion 哨塔:幫助你抵御入侵。

Enclosing walls and corner watch towers of kun lung wai 粉嶺躍頭覲圍圍墻及更樓