![cover image](https://wikiwandv2-19431.kxcdn.com/_next/image?url=https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/%25E6%25B5%25B7%25E9%25BE%2599%25E5%25B1%25AF_%25E6%259C%259D%25E5%25A4%25A9%25E5%2585%25B3.jpg/640px-%25E6%25B5%25B7%25E9%25BE%2599%25E5%25B1%25AF_%25E6%259C%259D%25E5%25A4%25A9%25E5%2585%25B3.jpg&w=640&q=50)
List of castles in China
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a list of castles in China. As feudalism in China had been largely superseded by centralised nation states since the Qin Dynasty from 221 BC, most Chinese castles were not intended as residences of the nobility, but are more properly described as either fortresses or fortified vernacular and religious structures. These can include fortified communal residences, private fortified residences of large landowning families, military purposed fortresses, and fortified religious architecture, especially in Tibetan regions (Dzongs). As such, the list can be broadly classified into these few categories.
![Thumb image](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/%E6%B5%B7%E9%BE%99%E5%B1%AF_%E6%9C%9D%E5%A4%A9%E5%85%B3.jpg/640px-%E6%B5%B7%E9%BE%99%E5%B1%AF_%E6%9C%9D%E5%A4%A9%E5%85%B3.jpg)