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China World Cultural & Natural Heritage List

How many cultural experiences have you lived? Have you ever come to China to enjoy its wonders? No matter what you are interested in, whether it is cultural relics, natural heritages or the combinations of both, in China you will unexpectedly find pleasant surprise.

Time Location Cultural and Natural Heritage
1987 Beijing Great Wall
1987 Beijing Forbidden City (Imperial Palace of the Ming and Qing Dynasties)
1987 Beijing Peking Man Site at Zhoukoudian
1987 Xian Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor
1987 Shandong Mount Taishan
1987 Dunhuang Mogao Caves
1990 Anhui Yellow Mountain
1992 Chengdu Jiuzhaigou Valley Scenic and Historic Interest Area
1992 Chengdu Huanglong Scenic Area
1992 Zhangjiajie Wulingyuan Scenic and Historic Interest Area
"Oh, What a long journey the Great Wall is!"        "The figures of the terra-cotta warriors in the Terra-cotta Army Museum"        "The wonderful snow scenery of Mount Huangshan has to be seen to be believed."
1994 Chengde Chengde Mountain Resort and its Eight Outer Temples
1994 Shandong Confucius Temple and Cemetery of Confucius, and the Kong Family Mansion in Qufu
1994 Hubei Ancient Building Complex in the Wudang Mountains
1994,2000,2001 Tibet Potala Palace, Jokhang Temple, Norbulingka, Lhasa
1996 Jiangxi Lushan National Park
1996 Sichuan Mount Emei Scenic Area, including Leshan Giant Buddha
1997 Yunnan Old Town of Lijiang
1997 Shanxi Ancient City of Ping Yao
1997,2000 Jiangsu Classical Gardens of Suzhou
An early Tang Dynasty statue of a Bodhisattva is carved in relief inside the Maogao Caves.        The panoramic view of the magnificent Potala Palace in Lhasa        The grandeor and magnificence of the Forbidden City in Beijing
1998 Beijing Summer Palace, an Imperial Garden in Beijing
1998 Beijing Temple of Heaven: an Imperial Sacrificial Altar in Beijing
1999 Fujian Mount Wuyi
1999 Chongqing Dazu Rock Carvings
2000 Chengdu Mount Qingcheng and the Dujiangyan Irrigation System
2000 Huangshan Ancient Villages in Southern Anhui - Xidi and Hongcun
2000 Luoyang Longmen Grottoes
2000 Beijing Imperial Tombs of the Ming and Qing Dynasties (Ming Tombs, Eastern Qing Tombs, Western Qing Tombs)
2001 Datong Yungang Grottoes
2003 Yunnan Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas
Three Deities: Sakyamuni, Samantabhadra, Manjusri and 88 Buddhas (Song Dynasty) in the Dazu Rock Carvings        The well-preserved ancient villages in southern Anhui        Hall of Prayer for Good Harvest in the Temple of Heaven, Beijing
2004 Liaoning Shenyang Imperial Palace (Imperial Palace of the Ming and Qing Dynasties)
2004 Liaoning, Jilin Capital Cities and Tombs of the Ancient Koguryo Kingdom
2005 Macao Historic Centre of Macao
2006 Sichuan Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries (Wolong Panda Reserve)
2006 Henan Yin Xu
2007 Yunnan,Guizhou, Chongqing South China Karst (comprising Shilin Karst, Libo Karst and Wulong Karst)
2007 Guangdong Kaiping Diaolou and Villages
2008 Fujian The Earth Buildings
2008 Jiangxi Sanqing Mountain
2009 Shanxi Mt. Wutai
2010 Dengfeng, Henan Historic Monuments of Dengfeng in 'The Centre of Heaven and Earth' (including Shaolin Temple, the Observatory, Songyang Academy, Taishi Towers, Zhongyue Temple, etc. )
2010 Fujian, Hunan, Guangdong, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Guizhou China Danxia Landform (comprising Taining County of Fujian, Langshan Mountain of Hunan, Danxia Mountain of Guangdong, Dragon and Tiger Mountain of Jiangxi, Jianglang Mountain of Zhejiang, Chishui of Guizhou )
2011 Hangzhou, Zhejiang Hangzhou West Lake Cultural Landscape (with an area of 43.3 square meters including 'The Ten Attractions of West lake', ten important cultural remains, Dragon Well Tea Garden, etc)


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