China World Cultural Heritage List

10 In the China List of World Cultural Heritage, Wan Li Great Wall, Huangshan Mountain, Forbidden City in Ming and Qing Dynasties, Terracotta Warriors and Horses of Qin Shihuang, West Lake in Hangzhou, Potala Palace in Lhasa, Suzhou Garden, Summer Palace, Longmen Grottoes in Luoyang and Dazu Stone Carvings in Chongqing.

Wan Li Great Wall 1

The Great Wall of Wan Li, also known as the Great Wall of Wan Li, is a tall, solid and continuous long wall, which is used to limit the riding action of the enemy. The Great Wall is not a simple isolated wall, but a defense system with the wall as the main body and a large number of cities, obstacles, pavilions and landmarks.

The history of the construction of the Great Wall can be traced back to the Western Zhou Dynasty, and the famous allusion "bonfire plays princes" that happened in the capital Haojiang originated from this. 1987 65438+February, the Great Wall was listed as a world cultural heritage.

2. Huangshan Mountain

Huangshan Mountain is a world cultural and natural heritage, a world geological park and a world biosphere reserve. It is a national-level scenic spot and a national civilized scenic spot. Together with the Yangtze River, the Great Wall and the Yellow River, it is an outstanding representative of China's magnificent mountains and rivers and splendid culture. Known by the world as "fairyland on earth" and "the first wonder mountain in the world", it is also known as the "five wonders" of strange pine, strange rocks, sea of clouds, hot springs and winter snow.

3. The Forbidden City in Ming and Qing Dynasties

The Forbidden City in Beijing is the imperial palace of China in Ming and Qing Dynasties, formerly known as the Forbidden City. It is located in the center of Beijing's central axis and is the essence of ancient court architecture in China. The Forbidden City in Beijing is centered on three halls, with more than 70 large and small palaces and more than 9,000 houses. It is one of the large-scale and well-preserved ancient wooden buildings in the world, and was listed as a world cultural heritage in 1987.

4. Terracotta Warriors and Horses of Qin Shihuang

The Terracotta Warriors and Horses, a world cultural heritage, is one of eight wonders of the world, a national 5A-level tourist attraction and a national key cultural relic protection unit. Based on the Terracotta Warriors and Horses of Qin Shihuang, this museum is a site museum built on the original site of Terracotta Warriors and Horses Pit, and it is also a large-scale ancient military museum in China. The discovery of terracotta warriors and horses is known as the eighth wonder in the world and a great discovery in the archaeological history of the twentieth century.

5. West Lake in Hangzhou

Hangzhou West Lake is a national 5A-level tourist attraction, a world cultural heritage and a famous tourist attraction in China, also known as paradise on earth. West Lake is located in the center of Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, and is divided into Hubin District, Central District, Beishan District, Nanshan District and Qiantang District.

Wu Shan and Baoshi Mountain are surrounded by lakes on three sides, one south and one north, and extend to the urban area, forming a beautiful spatial contour line of Hang Cheng. The total area of the scenic spot is 49 square kilometers, including 6.5 square kilometers of lakes.

6. Potala Palace in Lhasa

Potala Palace is the highest place in the world and the largest and most complete ancient palace complex in Tibet. Potala Palace is the essence of ancient architecture in China, a national AAAAA tourist attraction and a world cultural heritage. The main landscape of Potala Palace consists of palaces, murals and spires. The main attractions are pagbalha Kang, Deyang House, Potala Palace and Treasure Hall.

7. Suzhou gardens

Suzhou Garden is one of the representative schools of classical architecture in China. The garden architectural styles represented by Humble Administrator's Garden, Lingering Garden, Master Garden and Huanxiu Mountain Villa have influenced the architectural styles of the whole Jiangnan city, and classical gardens such as Humble Administrator's Garden, Lingering Garden and Lion Forest have been listed in the World Cultural Heritage List.

8. Summer Palace

The Summer Palace is the Royal Garden Museum, a national key cultural relic protection unit, a world heritage and a world-famous tourist attraction. It, together with chengde mountain resort, Humble Administrator's Garden and Lingering Garden, is called the four famous gardens in China. The Summer Palace, formerly known as Qingyi Garden, is located in the western suburbs of Beijing, about 0/5km away from the urban area/kloc-0, covering an area of about 290 hectares and adjacent to Yuanmingyuan.

It is a large-scale landscape garden with Kunming Lake and Wanshou Mountain as the background and Hangzhou West Lake as the basis, drawing lessons from the design techniques of Jiangnan gardens. It is also a well-preserved royal palace, known as the "Royal Garden Museum" and a national key tourist attraction.

9. Longmen Grottoes in Luoyang

Longmen Grottoes is located in Yiche Canyon, 6 kilometers south of Luoyang. Because it is located in the south of Beijing, ancient emperors planned to regard it as the "real dragon emperor", so it was also called "Longmen". Here, the green mountains and green waters shine brightly, and the caves on the cliffs of the east and west mountains on both sides of the Yi River are dotted like honeycombs.

196 1 year, the State Council announced Longmen Grottoes as the first batch of key cultural relics protection units in China. In June 2000, Longmen Grottoes was listed on the World Heritage List by UNESCO.

10, Chongqing Dazu stone carving

Dazu Stone Carving is a bright pearl in the art treasure house of China Grottoes. It is as famous as Yungang Grottoes and Longmen Grottoes as Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes. It is a representative of stone carving art in Bashu area and an outstanding representative of China's late grottoes.

It is a masterpiece of China grotto art, pushing China grotto art to a new peak, making an important contribution to the innovation and development of China grotto art, and it is a model of secularization and life of later grotto art. 1999 is listed in the World Heritage List.