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Miao Nationality Villages in Southeast Guizhou Province (T)
Zoë Sheng Chinese-Canadian - 30-Oct-20
With the countless Miao villages around the country I must have visited a dozen already. Miao minority has become one of the most popular tourist ones due to their festive dances and especially the dress and silver jewelry headdresses. The nomination only specifies a certain portion of villages in the southeast of Guizhou, where according to the 2000 census 48% of the Miao clans live. Currently the site doesn't specify which exact village (it says 21 villages) but rather a range of where these villages are. I went to two of these for sure: Datang and the biggest one - Xijiang aka Xijiang Qianhu. I will focus on the latter because I feel that is more likely to be inscribed even with the very commercial nature that has befallen it.
Read OnArchaeological Sites of the Ancient Shu State (T)
Zoë Sheng Chinese-Canadian - 01-Nov-20
This may be China's top tentative site, culturally. The main reason it's taking a backseat it probably because there are still lots of discoveries to be made. There are three sites to this place: Jinsha Museum in the west part of Chengdu, Joint Tombs of Boat-shaped Coffins are in Chengdu as far as I understand but I did not try to visit them, Sanxingdui in the nearby city of Guanghan. I have only been to the museums because they seem worth checking out.
Jinsha, easily reached by metro, nowadays only opens at 9am (I say this because a lot of info online is [...]
Read OnDong Villages (T)
Zoë Sheng Chinese-Canadian - 28-Oct-20
The name "Dong Villages" is misleading because there are probably thousands of these spread around the country. There is a detailed list of nominated villages shared across Guizhou, Guangxi and Hunan. You will see the different styles of buildings, especially the roofs, from the railway station already. Stunning, especially at night. I also respect how the architecture of the Dong people has been retained and spread unto the land to let you think you have entered their territory - not something simply to "please" the minority which would be easy to think looking at the government's checkered past and present
Read OnHaitan Scenic Spots (T)
Zoë Sheng Chinese-Canadian - 24-Oct-20
Disclaimer: this is a review for a now 20 year old tentative listing which will by all accounts be withdrawn or rewritten and probably best forgotten. The current document does not really explain well what to look out for at these scenic spots and sound a bit like a tourism ad ("best scenes in the country" say what?!). The beaches aren't bad but the water isn't as clean as you might expect if you have been to Thailand or the Caribbean, or maybe it is exactly what you expect from a beach in China?! I visited Haitan Wan (bay) which is the most touristy of them all. Touristy also means the food is generally overpriced although accommodation isn't too bad. With the geology aspect totally irrelevant and the beaches ordinary it's more of a tourist trap than any potential WHS
Read OnGuizhou Triassic Fossil Sites (T)
Zoë Sheng Chinese-Canadian - 23-Oct-20
You are probably thinking the same as me: another fossil site? Have you been to any WHS for fossils and you will know they are mighty boring. We have one in Canada which isn't half bad due to the tour guide explaining things well and you even get to hold a fossil as cool as you might think that is, and the Swiss - Italian Monte San Giorgio is pretty scenery to make it worth the trip, but similar to the Chinese site in Yunnan - Chengjiang Fossil Site - which gets one of the LOWEST ratings on this site, there is really not much worth seeing here. Disclaimer: The TWHS consists of 4 sites and I visited the Guanling Biota far south of Guiyang but I am very sure the others won't be much different
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Visited WHS
Rating StatsCalakmul 5Petra 5Potosi 5Rapa Nui 5Huanglong 4.5Shirakami-Sanchi 4.5Shiretoko 4.5Teotihuacan 4.5Victoria Falls 4.5Al-Hijr 4Baalbek 4Bagan 4Fujisan 4Le Morne 4Matera 4Pergamon 4Red Fort 4Redwood 4Sanchi 4Uluru 4Agra Fort 3.5Alto Douro 3.5Copan 3.5Delos 3.5Dong Phayayen 3.5Garajonay 3.5Golestan Palace 3.5Hiraizumi 3.5Jeju 3.5Kinabalu Park 3.5Koguryo Kingdom 3.5Las Medulas 3.5Longmen Grottoes 3.5Mistaken Point 3.5Mogao Caves 3.5Mount Etna 3.5Mount Hamiguitan 3.5Pico Island 3.5Pimachiowin Aki 3.5Potala Palace 3.5Québec 3.5Rideau Canal 3.5Shark Bay 3.5Sucre 3.5Taxila 3.5Vall de Boi 3.5Wadi Rum 3.5Albi 3Bisotun 3El Tajin 3Hampi 3Ivrea 3Kujataa 3Morelia 3My Son 3Mystras 3Olympia 3Orange 3Pompei 3Sigiriya 3Vat Phou 3Vegaøyan 3Yazd 3Ajanta Caves 2.5Anuradhapura 2.5Banska Stiavnica 2.5Byblos 2.5Carlsbad Caverns 2.5Castel del Monte 2.5Chaîne des Puys 2.5Fujian Tulou 2.5Gelati Monastery 2.5Grand Pré 2.5Hollókö 2.5Karlskrona 2.5Koguryo Tombs 2.5Kulangsu 2.5Lut Desert 2.5Lübeck 2.5Mahabalipuram 2.5Mount Taishan 2.5Mount Wutai 2.5Mtskheta 2.5Nan Madol 2.5Naples 2.5Nesvizh 2.5Old Rauma 2.5Palenque 2.5Pattadakal 2.5Persian Garden 2.5Ping Yao 2.5Qinghai Hoh Xil 2.5Querétaro 2.5Reims 2.5Rohtas Fort 2.5Røros 2.5Sian Ka'an 2.5Takht-i-Bahi 2.5Taputapuātea 2.5Tiwanaku 2.5Trang An 2.5Visby 2.5Willemstad 2.5Yungang Grottoes 2.5Al Ain 2Anjar 2Bagerhat 2Camagüey 2Lima 2Paquimé 2Pearling 2Provins 2Quirigua 2Shushtar 2Susa 2Troy 2Tyre 2Vigan 2Zamosc 2Bahla Fort 1.5Ban Chiang 1.5Campeche 1.5Chaco Culture 1.5Cienfuegos 1.5Gammelstad 1.5Gonbad-e Qâbus 1.5Historic Jeddah 1.5Ibiza 1.5Island of Patmos 1.5Kaesong 1.5Levuka 1.5León Cathedral 1.5Maymand 1.5Nalanda 1.5Namhansanseong 1.5Panamá 1.5Quedlinburg 1.5Robben Island 1.5Rock Art of Alta 1.5Stećci 1.5Surtsey 1.5Tabriz Bazaar 1.5Tsodilo 1.5Wudang Mountains 1.5Zacatecas 1.5Dengfeng 1Gyeongju 1Qalhat 1Tequila 1Aapravasi Ghat 0.5Abu Mena 0.5Al-Ahsa Oasis 0.5Battir 0.5Hortobágy 0.5Kuk 0.5Lumbini 0.5Luther Memorials 0.5Mir Castle 0.5Peking Man Site 0.5Sammallahdenmäki 0.5Sheki 0.5Taos Pueblo 0.5Valparaiso 0.5Yin Xu 0.5Reviewed WHS
- Willemstad
- Belize Barrier Reef
- Ruins of León Viejo
- Coiba National Park
- Franciscan Missions in the Sierra Gorda
- Teotihuacan
- Archipiélago de Revillagigedo
- Chan Chan
- Sucre
- Tierradentro
- Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works
- ǂKhomani Cultural Landscape
- Kakadu National Park
- Taxila
- Migratory Bird Sanctuaries
- Chiribiquete National Park
- Vegaøyan
- Antigua Naval Dockyard
- Mistaken Point
- Pimachiowin Aki
- Aasivissuit - Nipisat
- Ilulissat Icefjord
- Paris, Banks of the Seine
- Fagus Factory
- Mount Wutai
- Lumbini
- Al-Hijr
- Tarnowskie Góry Lead-Silver Mine
- Koguryo Kingdom
- Safi al-Din Ensemble in Ardabil
- Susa
- Robben Island
- Fossil Hominid Sites
- Barberton Makhonjwa Mountains
- Hyrcanian Forests
- Takht-e Soleyman
- Ancient Thebes
- Lake Malawi
- Gonbad-e Qâbus
- Abu Mena
- Maymand
- Pasargadae
- Qinghai Hoh Xil
- Rock Art in the Hail Region
- Qalhat
- Champaner-Pavagadh
- Petra
- Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River
- Xidi and Hongcun
- Al-Ahsa Oasis
- Khangchendzonga National Park
- Nalanda
- Manas Wildlife Sanctuary
- Chengjiang Fossil Site
- Alto Douro
- Hubei Shennongjia
- Struve Geodetic Arc
- Plain of Jars
- Zuojiang Huashan Rock Art
- Hidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region
- Chief Roi Mata's Domain
- Gunung Mulu
- Liangzhu Archaeological Site
- Sigiriya
- Phong Nha - Ke Bang
- Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution
- First Coffee Plantations
- Yakushima
- Wood Buffalo National Park
- Papahanaumokuakea
- Mount Hamiguitan
- Medina Azahara
- Kladruby nad Labem
- Fanjingshan
- Okinoshima Island
- Mount Wuyi
Visited TWHS
Reviewed TWHS
- Miao Nationality Villages in Southeast Guizhou Province (T)
- Archaeological Sites of the Ancient Shu State (T)
- Dong Villages (T)
- Haitan Scenic Spots (T)
- Guizhou Triassic Fossil Sites (T)
- Lingqu Canal (T)
- Mountain-top Hotel and Television Transmitter Ještěd (T)
- Protected area of Lake Atitlán: multiple use (T)
- Tak'alik Ab'aj National Park (T)
- Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo's Home-Study Museum (T)
- Town of Chichicastenango (T)
- The Cuenca Mirador (T)
- Bawomataluo Site (T)
- Tianzhushan (T)
- Volcan Masaya National Park (T)
- Las Pozas, Xilitla (T)
- Historic Center of the Port City of Odessa (T)
- Paper Mill at Velké Losiny (T)
- Eise Eisinga Planetarium (T)
- Virgilio Barco Library (T)
- Plantations in West Curacao (T)
- Auckland Volcanic Fields (T)
- The Episcopal See of Egara and its pictorial decoration (5th-8th centuries) (T)
- Talayotic Culture of Minorca (T)
- Salt Mines of Maras (T)
- Tatacoa Desert (T)
- Breiðafjörður Nature Reserve (T)
- Taihang Mountain (T)
- Hima a rock art site in Najran (T)
- Aires volcaniques et forestières de la Martinique (T)
- Phare de Cordouan (T)
- Ancienne chocolaterie Menier à Noisiel (T)
- Baquedano Street (T)
- Moravian Church Settlements (T)
- Bonaire Marine Park (T)
- Archaeological and Historical National Park of Pueblo Viejo, La Vega (T)
- City Hall, Georgetown (T)
- St.Georges Anglican Cathedral (T)
- Rock Art of St. Vincent and the Grenadines (T)
- Mývatn and Laxá (T)
- City of Azúa de Compostela (T)
- Parque Nacional Jaragua (T)
- Arte Rupestre Prehispanico en Republica Dominicana (T)
- Historic zone of Basseterre (T)
- Primeros Ingenios Coloniales Azucareros de América (T)
- The Glorious Kakatiya Temples and Gateways (T)
- Central Park (T)
- Sitio Arqueológico de la Villa La Isabela (T)
- Seville Heritage Park (T)
- White Sands National Monument (T)
- Bradyseism in the Flegrea Area (T)
- Minoan Palatial Centres (Knossos, Phaistos, Malia, Zakros, Kydonia) (T)
- Colchis Wetlands and Forests (T)
- Großglockner High Alpine Road / Großglockner Hochalpenstraße (T)
- Archipelago of la Maddalena and Islands of Bocche di Bonifacio (T)
- Greek Archaeological ensemble in Empúries, l'Escala, Girona (T)
- Priorat-Montsant-Siurana paysage agricole de la montagne méditerranéenne (T)
- Sites funéraires et mémoriels de la Première Guerre mondiale (Front Ouest) (Belgium) (T)
- The Neanderthal fossil sites of Wallonia (T)
- Hôpital Notre-Dame à La Rose - Lessines (T)
- Çanakkale (Dardanelles) and Gelibolu (Gallipoli) Battles Zones in the First World War (T)
- Dzongs: the centre of temporal and religious authorities (T)
- Early Farmsteads of the Cape Winelands (T)
- Ramagrama, the relic stupa of Lord Buddha (T)
- The monasteries of the Arab Desert and Wadi Natrun (T)
- Voormalige Nazorgkolonie en Sanatorium Zonnestraal (T)
- Sungai Buloh Leprosarium (T)
- The Hadrianic city of Italica (T)
- Huangguoshu Scenic Area (T)
- The Natural-Historical Landscape of Izeh (T)
- The Cultural Landscape of the Central Region in the Emirate of Sharjah (T)
- Sacred Sites associated with Phajo Drugom Zhigpo and his descendants (T)
- Augustow Canal (T)
- Sultan Bayezid II Complex: A Center of Medical Treatment (T)
- Aizanoi Antique City (T)
- Phra That Phanom, its related historic buildings and associated landscape (T)
- Ayvalık Industrial Landscape (T)
- Historic quarters and monuments of Rosetta/Rachid (T)
- Wooden Structures of Liao Dynasty (T)
- ShuDao (T)
- Ngwenya Mines (T)
- Welwitschia Plains (T)
- Human Rights, Liberation Struggle and Reconciliation: Nelson Mandela Legacy Sites (T)
- Yıldız Palace Complex (T)
- Nuruosmaniye Complex (T)
- al Dimaniyyat Islands Nature Reserve (T)
- Alisadr Cave (T)
- Trans-Iranian Railway (T)
- Seljuk Caravanserais on the route from Denizli to Dogubeyazit (T)
- Hamoun Lake (T)
- Ras al Had Turtle Reserve and the Heritage Site of Ras al Jinz (T)
- The Persian House in Central plateau of Iran (T)
- Persian Caravanserai (T)
- The Collection of Historical Bridges (T)
- The Zandiyeh Ensemble of Fars Province (T)
- Zozan (T)
- Salt Domes of Iran (T)
- Asbads (windmill) of Iran (T)
- Group of Monuments at Mandu, Madhya Pradesh (T)
- Royal Manas National Park (RMNP) (T)
- Monuments and Forts of the Deccan Sultanate (T)
- Al Bidya Mosque (T)
- Evolution of Temple Architecture - Aihole-Badami- Pattadakal (T)
- Ekamra Kshetra - The Temple City, Bhubaneswar (T)
- Ancient Ruin of Drukgyel Dzong (T)
- Iconic Saree Weaving Clusters of India (T)
- Worship wooden architecture (17th -18th centuries) in Polesye (T)
- Tr’ondëk-Klondike (T)
- Gombak Selangor Quartz Ridge (T)
- Mining Historical Heritage (T)
- Mediterranean Wind Mills (T)
- Pharaon Island (T)
- Fagaloa Bay - Uafato Tiavea Conservation Zone (T)
- Ring of cenotes of Chicxulub Crater, Yucatan (T)
- Yukon Ice Patches (T)
- Limes Romanus - The Roman antique monuments on the Middle Danube (T)
- Prehistoric Cave Sites in Maros-Pangkep (T)
- Gaya Tumuli (T)
- The Ipolytartnóc Fossils (T)
- Kangjingun Kiln Sites (T)
- Ras Mohammed (T)
- Valle Salado de Añana (T)
- Qinghai Lake (T)
- The Wine in Iberia (T)
- Monastery of Santa María de La Rábida and the Columbus Memorial Places in Huelva (T)
- Amami-Oshima Island, Tokunoshima Island, the northern part of Okinawa Island and Iriomote Island (T)
- The Ancient Waterfront Towns in the South of Yangtze River (T)
- Vertical Vegetation Landscape and Volcanic Landscape in Changbai Mountain (T)
- SanFangQiXiang (T)
- Žatec – the Hops Town (T)
- Maijishan Scenic Spots (T)
- Kvetera Church (T)
- The Dunejec River Gorge in the Pieniny Mountains (T)
- Salterns (T)
- The Four Sacred Mountains as an Extension of Mt. Taishan (T)
- Ancient Porcelain Kiln Site in China: The Yue-Kiln Site at Shanglin Lake (T)
- The President Coolidge (T)
- Jinfushan Scenic Spot (T)
- Marine Protected Areas of American Samoa (T)
- The Complex of Yen Tu Monuments and Landscape (T)
- The Djavolja Varos (Devil's Town) Natural Landmark (T)
- Baiheliang Ancient Hydrological Inscription (T)
- Asuka-Fujiwara : Archaeological sites of Japan's Ancient Capitals and Related Properties (T)
- Stone Buddhas and Pagodas at Hwasun Unjusa Temple (T)
- Hua Shan Scenic Area (T)
- The Sado complex of heritage mines, primarily gold mines (T)
- The Alligator Sinensis Nature Reserve (T)
- Sites of Hongshan Culture (T)