本文中作者对几年来所从事中国碉楼研究的研究对象给予定义;对研究的缘起及既往研究成果进行介绍;并且依据全国实地调查成果,对中国碉楼的主要类型及其分布进行简要论述。 In this paper, the author defines the research object of Chinese towers in the past few years, introduces the origins of the research and previous research results, and briefly discusses the main types and distribution of Chinese towers based on the field survey results in China.