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The word Tower very often associates with qualities that are imposing, strong and controlling. Towers are generally built for gaining advantage of height and to create favourable condition for self-protection. It also helps to keep watch and to gain extra time for preparation.

To serve its purpose, it is often closed in, with no or very few small windows. Big windows will impair the act of self-defense and assist easier attack from the enemies.

In the Chinese culture, harmony plays an important part. Man and nature must be compatible. Therefore it is important to acknowledge the need of harmony and balance between man, heaven and earth. Human beings for the betterment of the world must maintain this balance.

Chinese Towers culturally are built at a height so as to get close to the natural element; this close contact will enhance the harmony that exists in the law of nature. Chinese towers differ in terms of spirit, style and feature in comparison with towers in the west. Chinese towers are wide open, so that air circulates and infiltrates the space both inside and outside the tower. On ascending the tower along the spacious corridors one can get different views of the natural surroundings. The level-oriented eaves, the corridors and balustrades around each floor, greatly reduce the soaring kinetic potential of the overall vertical form. This enables the viewing of the vast land from time to time. The architecture of the notched-curved roof and the rounded corners of the tower blends into the natural surrounding. The towers are beautifully inlaid with symbols of nature, so as to become part of the universal yearnings of people. This is an expression of man and nature which translates the human spirit into these towers.