What are the eight world heritages?

Ten famous world cultural heritages in China

1. The Great Wall of Wan Li

The Great Wall, also known as the Great Wall of Wan Li, is an ancient military defense project in China. It is a tall, solid and continuous long wall to limit the actions 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 "the bonfire plays princes" that happened in Haojing, the capital, originated from this. After Qin destroyed the six countries and unified the world, Qin Shihuang connected and repaired the Warring States Great Wall, which was called the Great Wall of Wan Li. In December 1987, 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 tourist area. 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. It is praised by the world as "a fairyland on earth" and "the first wonder mountain in the world", and is known for its strange pines, strange rocks, sea of clouds, hot springs and so on. It has always enjoyed the reputation that "the Five Mountains return without looking at the mountains, and the Huangshan Mountain returns without looking at the mountains".

3. 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 7 large and small palaces and more than 9, 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. Shenyang Forbidden City is one of the two remaining palace buildings in China, covering an area of more than 6, square meters, with 114 ancient buildings and more than 5 rooms. It has been well preserved so far and is an ancient site with rich historical and cultural connotations. It was listed as a world cultural heritage in 24.

4. Terracotta Warriors and Horses of Qin Shihuang

Terracotta Warriors and Horses of Qin Shihuang, a world cultural heritage, is one of eight wonders of the world's national 5A-level tourist attractions and a national key cultural relics protection unit. Based on the Terracotta Warriors and Horses of the First Qin Dynasty, the museum is a ruins museum built on the original site of the Terracotta Warriors and Horses Pit, and it is also a larger ancient military museum in China. The pit of Qin Terracotta Warriors was discovered in 1974-1976, and the Museum of Qin Shihuang Terracotta Warriors was opened to the public at home and abroad in 1979. 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

The West Lake in Hangzhou is a national 5A-level tourist attraction, a world cultural heritage, a famous tourist attraction in China and also known as a paradise on earth. The West Lake is located in the center of Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province. It is divided into lakeside area, central area, Beishan area, Nanshan area and Qiantang area. The mountains in the scenic area are all less than 4 meters high, and they are surrounded on the south, west and north sides of the West Lake. Among them, Wu Shan and Baoshi Mountain have two arms, one is south and the other is north, which extend to the urban area, forming a beautiful spatial outline of Hang Cheng. The total area of the scenic spot is 49 square kilometers, including 6.5 square kilometers of the lake, with the lake as the main body. It was formerly called Wulin Water, Qiantang Lake and Xizi Lake, and was called West Lake in the Song Dynasty.

6. Potala Palace in Lhasa

The Potala Palace is the largest and most complete ancient palace complex in Tibet, with the highest altitude in the world. The Potala Palace is the quintessence of ancient Chinese architecture, the fifth set of landscape patterns on the back of RMB 5 yuan banknotes, a national AAAAA-level tourist attraction and a world cultural heritage. The main landscape of Potala Palace is composed of palaces, murals and stupas. The main scenic spots are pagbalha Kang, the White House Deyang Mansion, Cuochin Siping Cuonu, Wuzi Jiapi, its Virtue Danji, Duikuolakang, Potala Palace Treasures Museum and so on.

7. Suzhou Gardens

Suzhou Gardens is one of the representative schools of classical architecture in China. The garden architectural styles represented by Humble Administrator's Garden, Lingering Garden, Master's Garden and Huanxiu Mountain Villa have influenced the architectural style of the whole city in the south of the Yangtze River, and the classical gardens such as Humble Administrator's Garden, Lingering Garden and Lion Forest are listed in the world cultural heritage list. As of August 7, 218, the total number of gardens in Suzhou reached 18. The unique gardening techniques of Suzhou gardens bring us the artistic position of "enjoying the scenery without going out of the city, and enjoying the nymphs while living in the downtown area".

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 is also known as the four famous gardens in China along with chengde mountain resort, Humble Administrator's Garden and Lingering Garden. The Summer Palace, formerly known as Qingyi Garden, is located in the western suburbs of Beijing, 15 kilometers away from the urban area, covering an area of about 29 hectares, adjacent to Yuanmingyuan. It is a large-scale landscape garden based on Kunming Lake and Wanshou Mountain, and based on the West Lake in Hangzhou, drawing on 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 City

Longmen Grottoes are located in the Yiqie Canyon, 6 kilometers south of Luoyang City. Because it is located in the south of the capital, the ancient emperors planned to be the "real dragon emperor", so it was also called "Longmen". Here, green mountains and green waters are shining, and caves on the cliffs of the East and West Mountains on both sides of the Yi River are dotted and dense as beehives. In 1961, the State Council announced Longmen Grottoes as the first batch of key cultural relics protection units in China. In November 2, UNESCO listed Longmen Grottoes in the World Heritage List. In January 26, it was jointly awarded the National Civilized Scenic Area by the Central Civilization Office, the Ministry of Construction and the National Tourism Administration.

1. Dazu Stone Carving in Chongqing

Dazu Stone Carving is a bright pearl in the art treasure house of China Grottoes. It is as famous as Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes as Yungang Grottoes and Longmen Grottoes. It is a representative of the stone carving art in Bashu area and an outstanding representative of the late grottoes art in China. It is a masterpiece of China Grottoes Art, pushing China Grottoes Art to a new peak, making an important contribution to the innovation and development of China Grottoes Art, and it is a model of secularization and life of later Grottoes Art.. At the same time, it adds a new page to the history of China Tantric Buddhism in terms of subject matter, which vividly reflects the great development and changes of Buddhist folk beliefs in China. It was listed in the World Heritage List in 1999.