Cultural Landscape of Hangzhou | China

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West Lake Cultural Landscape of Hangzhou is a UNESCO World Heritage site. The site, comprising the West Lake and the hills surrounding its three sides, has inspired famous poets, scholars and artists since the 9th century. It comprises numerous temples, pagodas, pavilions, gardens and ornamental trees, as well as causeways and artificial islands.

Nuorilang Waterfall | China

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Located 400km from Chengdu, the capital city of Sichuan, Nuorilang Waterfall is favorably located in the central Jiuzhaigou Vally. At an altitude of 2365 meters, it is one of the biggest Travertine waterfalls in China. With a height of 20 meters and a width of 270 meters, Nuorilang Waterfall is the widest fall in China.

Jiuzhaigou Valley Scenic and Historic Interest Area is a UNESCO World Heritage site.

The Three Pagodas in Dali | China

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The Three Pagodas in Dali is located at the foot of Mt. Cangshan and facing Erhai Lake.

Dali Chanshan Mountain and Erhai Lake Scenic Spot is on the list of UNESCO Tentative World Heritage sites.

Peking Man Site | China

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Peking Man Site at Zhoukoudian is a Pleistocene hominid site on the North China Plain. This site is located about 42 km south-west of Beijing. Adequate water supplies and natural limestone caves in this area provided an optimal survival environment for early humans.

Peking Man Site at Zhoukoudian is a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Danxia Landscape | China

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China Danxia is the name given in China to landscapes developed on continental red terrigenous sedimentary beds influenced by endogenous forces (including uplift) and exogenous forces (including weathering and erosion). source: https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1335/

China Danxia is a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Archaeological site of Yin Xu | China

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The archaeological site of Yin Xu, close to Anyang City, some 500 km south of Beijing, is an ancient capital city of the late Shang Dynasty (1300 - 1046 BC). It testifies to the golden age of early Chinese culture, crafts and sciences, a time of great prosperity of the Chinese Bronze Age.

Yin Xu is a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Kizil Grottoes | China

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The Kizil Cave complex is believed to be the earliest major Buddhist cave complex in China, located in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. The development of this cave complex dates back tot the 3rd and 8th centuries A.D. There are 236 known cave temples carved into the cliff from east to west, spanning a length of 2 kilometers.

The grottoes are part of UNESCO World Heritage site Silk Roads: the Routes Network of Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor. The Silk Roads were an interconnected web of routes linking the ancient societies of Asia, the Subcontinent, Central Asia, Western Asia and the Near East, and contributed to the development of many of the world's great civilizations.

Temple of Confucius | China

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Confucius was a Chinese philosopher and politician. The Temple of Confucius in Qufu, Shandong Province, is the largest and most renowned temple of Confucius in East Asia. Built to commemorate him in 478 B.C., the temple has been destroyed and reconstructed over the centuries; today it comprises more than 100 buildings.

Temple and Cemetery of Confucius and the Kong Family Mansion in Qufu is a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Humble Administrator's Garden | China

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The Classical Gardens of Suzhou are a group of gardens in Suzhou region, Jiangsu province, China. 

Spanning a period of almost one thousand years, these gardens, most of them built by scholars, standardized many of the key features of classical Chinese garden design with constructed landscapes mimicking natural scenery of rocks, hills and rivers with strategically located pavilions and pagodas.

Classical Gardens of Suzhou is a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Yuanyang Rice Terraces | China

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The Yuanyang Rice Terraces are located on the southern slopes of Ailao Mountain in Yuanyang County (part of Honghe Hani Autonomous Prefecture) and in the south of Yunnan Province.

The Hani people's ancestors came to this steep mountain area 2,500 years ago. In their struggle against the difficult terrain they successfully established the terraces, where they grew rice in order to make a living.

Cultural Landscape of Honghe Hani Rice Terraces is a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Yancheng Coastal Wetlands | China

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The Yancheng Coastal Wetlands is the largest coastal wetlands nature reserve in China. The reserve harbors a great diversity in plant species and is an important wintering habitat for many bird species, especially the red crowned crane.

Migratory Bird Sanctuaries along the Coast of Yellow Sea-Bohai Gulf of China (Phase I) is a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Longmen Grottoes | China

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The Longmen Grottoes, a Buddhist cave complex located 13 kilometers south of Luoyang in China's Henan province, The caves were carved into the steep limestone cliffs of Mount Longmen and Mount Xiang. The Longmen Caves were continuously built during 400 years until the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127).

In total, more than 2,300 grottoes and niches, 100,000 Buddhist statues, ranging in size from several centimeters to over 17 meters, and over 2,800 inscriptions were carved into the cliffs at the site, making it the largest such complex in China.

Longmen Grottoes is a UNESCO World Heritage site. (ID-no 1003)

Mount Sanqingshan National Park | China

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Mount Sanqingshan National Park is located in the northeast of Jiangxi Province, central China. The park is known for its granite peaks and pillars, many of which resemble human or animal silhouettes.

Mount Sanqingshan National Park is a UNESCO World Heritage site.

The Grand Canal | China

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The Grand Canal is a vast waterway system in the north-eastern and central-eastern plains of China, running from Beijing in the north to Zhejiang province in the south. Creating the world’s largest and most extensive civil engineering project prior to the Industrial Revolution.

The Grand Canal is a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Koguryo Kingdom | China

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The ancient kingdom of Goguryeo was located in present-day northeast China, southern Russian Maritime province and the northern and central parts of the Korean peninsula. Together with Baekje and Silla,  Goguryeo was one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea.

Capital Cities and Tombs of the Ancient Koguryo Kingdom is a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Hailongtun Tusi Fortress | China

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Tusi Sites is a UNESCO World Heritage site. Located in the mountainous areas of south-west China, this site encompasses remains of several tribal domains whose chiefs were appointed by the central government as ‘Tusi’, hereditary rulers from the 13th to the early 20thcentury. China has 101 tusi sites, of which three were inscribed on the Unesco World Heritage list.

Chengjiang Fossil Site | China

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The Chengjiang Fossil Site, located in the Province of Yunnan, China, conserves fossil remains which are of exceptional significance. It is one of the best-preserved sites of Cambrian fauna, revealing 540 million years old marine organisms.

Chengjiang Fossil Site is a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Fanjingshan | China

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The Fanjingshan is the highest peak of the Wuling Mountains in southwestern China, at an elevation of 2,570 m. Fanjingshan is considered a sacred mountain of Chinese Buddhism.

The isolated Wuling Mountain Range is known as “the gene database of China” due to its rich biodiversity.

Fanjingshan is a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Mount Wudang | China

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The Wudang Mountains consist of a small mountain range in the northwestern part of Hubei, China. They are home to a famous complex of Taoist temples and monasteries associated with the god Xuanwu.

Ancient Building Complex in the Wudang Mountains is a UNESCO World Heritage site. The site contains Taoist buildings from as early as the 7th century. 

Chengjiang Fossil Site | China

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The Chengjiang Fossil Site, located in the Province of Yunnan, China, conserves fossil remains which are, according to UNESCO, of exceptional significance. 

Chengjiang Fossil Site is a UNESCO World Heritage site.