What are the cultural heritage sites in Asia? What are the world s Chinese cultural heritages?

From 17 October to 21 November 1972, UNESCO held its 17th session in Paris and adopted the Convention for the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage.

The definition of cultural heritage is clarified: 1. Cultural relics: buildings, inscriptions and paintings, components or structures of an archaeological nature, inscriptions, caves and associations of outstanding universal value from the historical, artistic or scientific point of view; 2. Architectural complex:

Groups of stand-alone or connected buildings of outstanding universal value from a historical, artistic or scientific point of view, in terms of uniform distribution of architectural patterns or in combination with the scenery of the environment; 3. Sites: places of outstanding universal value from the historical, aesthetic, ethnographic or anthropological perspectives of human engineering or natural and human joint engineering and archaeological sites. The top 10 cultural heritage sites are the most representative.

The world cultural heritage of China is introduced as follows:

1. The Forbidden City in Beijing. The Forbidden City in Beijing, formerly known as the Forbidden City, is located in the center of Beijing's central axis and is the essence of ancient Chinese court architecture. It is one of the largest and most well-preserved wooden structures in the world.

2. Summer Palace. Summer Palace, a royal garden during the Qing Dynasty in China, formerly known as Qingyi Garden. It is a large-scale landscape garden built on Kunming Lake and Wanshou Mountain, based on Hangzhou West Lake, and absorbed the design techniques of Jiangnan garden, and is also the most intact royal palace garden, known as the "Royal Garden Museum", and is also a national key tourist attraction.

3. The Great Wall. The Great Wall (greatest wall), also known as the Great Wall, was an ancient Chinese military defense project, a tall, strong and continuous wall used to limit the movement of enemy cavalry. On March 4, 1961, the Great Wall was announced as the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units.

In December 1987, the Great Wall was listed as a World Heritage Site.

4. Temple of Heaven. The Temple of Heaven is a world cultural heritage, a national key cultural relics protection unit, a national AAAAA-level tourist attraction, and a demonstration site of a national civilized scenic tourist area. In the south of Beijing, on the east side of Yongdingmennei Street in Dongcheng District.

It covers an area of about 2.73 million square meters. The Temple of Heaven was built in the eighteenth year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty (1420), and was rebuilt during Qianlong and Guangxu in the Qing Dynasty. It is a place for the emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties to worship the emperor and pray for a bumper harvest.

5. Zhoukoudian Peking Man Site. Zhoukoudian Ruins Museum is located at the foot of Zhouqingnakoudian Keel Mountain, Fangshan District, southwest of Beijing, and is a museum of ancient human relics, which was founded in 1953. In 1929, Mr. Pei Wenzhong, a Chinese paleoanthropologist, excavated the first complete fossil skull of "Peking Man" in Changshan, a dragon bone, which shocked the world.

China's world cultural heritage includes the Great Wall, the Forbidden City, the Mogao Grottoes, the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor and the Terracotta Warriors and Horses Pit, and the ruins of Zhoukoudian.

1. The Great Wall. The Great Wall, also known as the Great Wall, was a military fortification in ancient China, a tall, strong and continuous wall used to limit the movement of enemy cavalry. The Great Wall is not a simple isolated city wall, but a defense system with the city wall as the main body and a large number of cities, barriers, pavilions and beacons.

In 1987, the Great Wall was listed as a World Heritage Site.

2. The Forbidden City. The Forbidden City in Beijing was the imperial palace of the Ming and Qing dynasties of China, formerly known as the Forbidden City, and is located in the center of Beijing's central axis. It is one of the largest and most well-preserved wooden structures in the world. In 1987, it was listed as a World Cultural Heritage Site.

3. Mogao Grottoes.

The Mogao Grottoes, commonly known as the Thousand Buddha Caves, are located in Dunhuang at the western end of the Hexi Corridor. It is the world's largest and richest Buddhist art site. In 1987, the Mogao Grottoes were listed as a World Heritage Site.

4. Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang and Terracotta Warriors and Horses Pit.

Located in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang and the Terracotta Warriors and Horses Pit are known as "one of the wonders of the world". The Terracotta Warriors and Horses Pit is located on the east side of the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang and is a large burial pit of the Qin Mausoleum. In 1987, the Mogao Grottoes were listed as a World Heritage Site.

5. Zhoukoudian ruins.

The Zhoukoudian Ruins, also known as the "Zhoukoudian Peking Man Ruins", is located in Beijing and is an important Paleolithic site in North China. It is not only a rare historical evidence of human society on the Asian continent in ancient times, but also sheds light on the course of human evolution. In 1987, the ruins of Zhoukoudian were listed as a world cultural heritage.

The above content reference: Encyclopedia - Zhoukoudian Ruins.

1. The Great Wall.

Honors: Beijing, a world cultural heritage, is regarded by the world as a symbol of China along with the Terracotta Warriors, the first military project in ancient China, and one of the world's great ancient architectural wonders.

2. Mount Tai. Honor: Tai'an, Shandong, the first of the five mountains, the dual heritage of world culture and nature, "Mount Tai sunrise, sea of clouds jade plate, sunset and sunset, Yellow River Golden Belt" four wonders famous all over the world.

3. Huangshan. Honors: Huangshan Mountain, Anhui Province, a dual heritage of world culture and nature, a global geopark, and a suspended judgment is known as the first strange mountain in the world. People in the world say, "The return of the five mountains does not look at the mountains, and the return of the Yellow Mountain does not look at the mountains."

4. Mount Emei-Leshan Giant Buddha.

Honors: Leshan, Sichuan, known as the "Paradise of Buddhism", the dual heritage of world culture and nature, can observe the sea of clouds, sunrise, Buddha light, holy lamp, golden temple, golden Buddha six wonders.

5. The Ming and Qing dynasties sold the palace.

Honors: Beijing-Shenyang Forbidden City, the world's largest and most complete existing ancient wooden structure complex, the first of the world's five major palaces, and an unparalleled masterpiece in the history of Chinese architecture.

China's World Cultural Heritage is as follows:

1. The Great Wall.

The Great Wall is a great military building in China, it is a huge scale, and is known as a great miracle in the history of ancient human architecture.

2. Guilin landscape.

Guilin's strange mountains and beautiful waters have attracted countless literati and writers, who have written many popular poems and articles, carved more than 2,000 stone carvings and wall scripts, and left many historical sites here. These unique cultural landscapes have made Guilin get the praise of "visiting the mountains like reading history, and seeing the mountains like watching pictures".

3. Forbidden City. The Forbidden City in Beijing, also known as the Forbidden City, was the imperial palace of the Ming and Qing dynasties, located in the center of Beijing. The Forbidden City is 750 meters wide from east to west and 960 meters long from north to south, with an area of 720,000 square meters, the largest in the world.

4. West Lake in Hangzhou.

There are as many as 36 lakes named after West Lake in ancient China, among which Hangzhou West Lake is the most famous. West Lake is a historic and world-famous scenic destination, full of historic sites, beautiful landscapes and pleasant scenery.

5. Suzhou Garden.

The history of Suzhou gardens can be traced back to the garden of King Wu in the spring and autumn of the 6th century B.C., and the private garden was first recorded in the Eastern Jin Dynasty (4th century).

6. Huangshan, Anhui Province.

The Huangshan Mountains start from Dazhang Mountain in Jixi County in the east, Yangzhan Ridge in Yixian County in the west, Taiping Lake in the north, and Huizhou Mountains in the south. The main peak is Lotus Peak, with an altitude of meters. Mount Huangshan is one of the famous scenic spots in China and a tourist attraction in the world.

7. Three Gorges of the Yangtze River.

The collective name of Qutang Gorge, Wu Gorge and Xiling Gorge in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River in China is referred to as the Three Gorges. It is one of the top 10 scenic spots in China, and it is also the first of the top 40 tourist landscapes in China. The Three Gorges of the Yangtze River starts from the White Emperor City in Fengjie, Chongqing in the west, and reaches the Nanjin Pass in Yichang, Hubei Province in the east, and is the most beautiful and magnificent landscape gallery on the Yangtze River.

8, Sun Moon Lake.

Sun Moon Lake is Taiwan's "Tianchi", with a circumference of 35 kilometers and a water area of more than 9 square kilometers, it is the largest natural lake in the province and one of the few famous alpine lakes in the country. Its place is surrounded by mountains around the lake, the lake water is clear and blue, and there are natural islands in the lake, which are round like pearls, forming the beautiful landscape of "green mountains hugging clear water, Mingtan hugging green pearls".

9. Summer Resort.

The summer resort and the surrounding temples are a closely related organic whole, and at the same time have a strong contrast of different styles, the summer resort is simple and elegant, and the surrounding temples are resplendent with gold. Due to the existence of many groups of historical and cultural heritage, Chengde has also become the first batch of 24 historical and cultural cities in the country.

10. Qinling Terracotta Warriors.

The Terracotta Warriors and Horses of Qinling Tomb, located at the northern foot of Lishan Mountain, 5 kilometers away from Dong Nianxiang, Lintong District, Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province, is the burial pit of the mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor in Chinese history, and is known as one of the eighth wonders of the world. The Terracotta Warriors and Horses Burial Pit is the world's largest underground military museum.