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Imperial Kiln Sites of Jingdezhen (T)
Zoë Sheng Chinese-Canadian - 07-Jan-21

As I descend to hell..oh, wrong review, although one could think by the picture on the right that's where I was heading. Jingdezhen kiln sites are by no means a visit to anything such, and in fact they are quite enjoyable.
Having previously thought that the site should be akin (akiln?) to the sites in Korea and that it should be a join inscription I find that China has more to offer than the Korean "counterpart". In truth, both places have a large claim to their porcelain heritage but I suppose China's (the word CHINA is supposed to come from Jingdezhen because they make fine China) is much bigger. I wouldn't place it at the same level as the silk road but if you think about how the porcelain industry at the time was a huge thing and put China on the map, obviously it was already on the map but everyone wanted fine porcelain from China and it got traded around the world
Read OnNanxi River (T)
Zoë Sheng Chinese-Canadian - 06-Jan-21

"Charming scernery" (sic), to quote the crappy description of the 2001 documentation. Honestly, this place isn't great even if the description would be updated. I also do not believe the ENTIRE river would be inscribed but only the "better" parts north of Wenzhou which happens to be east of the much better Yandang Mountain, and thus I would call this inscription attempt either a future expansion (assuming Yandang is inscribed first which it should) or a feeble attempt to inscribe a very mediocre place. Now that this long sentence came to a close I'll say something clearer: the pictures look nice but the scenic areas aren't really that nice.
Read OnYandang Mountain (T)
Zoë Sheng Chinese-Canadian - 17-Dec-20

Yandang Mountains is awesome, you should go visit. End of review.
Oh, you expect me to write more? It has been a few years since my visit and I hadn't even noticed it was on the Tentative list without any review. The listing is a little old - clocking in at almost 20 years without any update, the official description gives you some idea of the place but is still not very good, and there seems to be no movement on this becoming a World Heritage site since then.
The main attraction are the rock formations. To the average person, and thus most tourists, there isn't much detail going into the rock formations type being rhyolitic volcanic rocks
Read OnThe concept of the lenticular historical town core of Kosice City (T)
Zoë Sheng Chinese-Canadian - 17-Dec-20

A shoutout to Martina to say "Hey, I visited your hometown", and I think you should be proud to able to call it home. In fact, Košice is a lovely town center. And for tourists: easy access from hotels, parking, shops, lovely gardens planted around the centre, fountain, a big Gothic cathedrals, many good bars and restaurants - my picture shows it just shows an ideal town. That's probably what the people who want to nominate this as world heritage had in mind too. Sorry, a little overeager. The whole core thing also doesn't seem unique enough and if it would be a front-runner for this concept in any way that would make it very, very niche
Read OnHistoric Monuments and Sites of Ancient Quanzhou (Zayton) (T)
Zoë Sheng Chinese-Canadian - 15-Dec-20

In my quest to cover every Chinese TWHS in the list I...wait, what? Already 2(!) reviews for Quanzhou?! I guess I don't need to add more than a thumbs up.
All jokes aside, it's no surprise Quanzhou has already been visited and reviewed due to the inscription attempt in 2018. It was first recommended not be inscribed but then overturned to have another look in 2020 (delayed until 2021 due to Covid-19). Normally the politics behind these inscriptions are not pleasant to read about because it all deals with cooperations between countries, favours (in this case Tunisia writing a referendum to have it inscribed) and plain old ass kissing. To compare, Saudi Arabia had the same situation with Al-Ahsa Oasis and after debating and all sorts of haggling within the nation's representatives it was eventually inscribed as world heritage site (referendum by Kuwait)
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Visited WHS
Rating StatsAngkor 5Calakmul 5Florence 5Petra 5Potosi 5Rapa Nui 5Rome 5Vicenza 5Dolomites 4.5Dubrovnik 4.5Ephesus 4.5Everglades 4.5Giant's Causeway 4.5Granada 4.5Great Wall 4.5Ha Long Bay 4.5Huanglong 4.5Shirakami-Sanchi 4.5Shiretoko 4.5Sintra 4.5Teotihuacan 4.5Tugendhat Villa 4.5Victoria Falls 4.5Al-Hijr 4Baalbek 4Bagan 4Brugge 4Budapest 4Cordoba 4Cuzco 4Fujisan 4Istanbul 4Kotor 4L'viv 4Le Morne 4Matera 4Meteora 4Paphos 4Pergamon 4Prague 4Red Fort 4Redwood 4Sanchi 4Segovia 4Seville 4Uluru 4Verona 4Aachen Cathedral 3.5Agra Fort 3.5Alto Douro 3.5Avignon 3.5Ayutthaya 3.5Bordeaux 3.5Butrint 3.5Chichen-Itza 3.5Copan 3.5Delos 3.5Dong Phayayen 3.5Ferrara 3.5Fontainebleau 3.5Garajonay 3.5Golestan Palace 3.5Haeinsa Temple 3.5Hiraizumi 3.5Hué 3.5Imperial Palace 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 3.5Mérida 3.5Nikko 3.5Pico Island 3.5Pimachiowin Aki 3.5Potala Palace 3.5Québec 3.5Ravenna 3.5Rhodes 3.5Rideau Canal 3.5Shark Bay 3.5Siena 3.5Skocjan Caves 3.5Sucre 3.5Taxila 3.5Telc 3.5Thingvellir 3.5Uxmal 3.5Vall de Boi 3.5Valletta 3.5Vienna 3.5Wadi Rum 3.5Warsaw 3.5Westminster 3.5Albi 3Arequipa 3Assisi 3Avila 3Bamberg 3Belem 3Belfries 3Bisotun 3Bryggen 3Corfu 3El Tajin 3Elvas 3Hampi 3Hoi An 3Ivrea 3Kujataa 3Kyiv 3Morelia 3My Son 3Mystras 3Olympia 3Oporto 3Orange 3Pienza 3Pompei 3Puebla 3Riga 3Sigiriya 3Split 3Tallinn 3Tarraco 3Toledo 3Urbino 3Vat Phou 3Vegaøyan 3Vilnius 3Yazd 3Ajanta Caves 2.5Anuradhapura 2.5Banska Stiavnica 2.5Blenheim Palace 2.5Boyana Church 2.5Byblos 2.5Carlsbad Caverns 2.5Castel del Monte 2.5Chaîne des Puys 2.5Cuenca 2.5Curonian Spit 2.5Fujian Tulou 2.5Gelati Monastery 2.5Grand Pré 2.5Hollókö 2.5Ironbridge Gorge 2.5Karlskrona 2.5Koguryo Tombs 2.5Kulangsu 2.5Luang Prabang 2.5Lut Desert 2.5Lyon 2.5Lübeck 2.5Mahabalipuram 2.5Medina Azahara 2.5Mount Taishan 2.5Mount Wutai 2.5Mtskheta 2.5Nan Madol 2.5Nancy 2.5Naples 2.5Nesvizh 2.5Old Rauma 2.5Palenque 2.5Pattadakal 2.5Persian Garden 2.5Ping Yao 2.5Potsdam 2.5Qinghai Hoh Xil 2.5Querétaro 2.5Reims 2.5Rohtas Fort 2.5Røros 2.5Salamanca 2.5Salzburg 2.5Sian Ka'an 2.5Syracuse 2.5Takht-i-Bahi 2.5Taputapuātea 2.5Tiwanaku 2.5Torun 2.5Trang An 2.5Visby 2.5Vlkolinec 2.5Willemstad 2.5Yungang Grottoes 2.5Úbeda and Baeza 2.5Al Ain 2Anjar 2Aquileia 2Aranjuez 2Arles 2Bagerhat 2Caceres 2Camagüey 2Corvey 2Cracow 2Dengfeng 2Evora 2Genoa 2Graz 2Kandy 2Le Havre 2Lima 2Macao 2Modena 2Mostar 2Paquimé 2Pearling 2Provins 2Quirigua 2Shushtar 2Susa 2Trebic 2Trier 2Trogir 2Troy 2Tyre 2Vigan 2Vézelay 2Zamosc 2Bahla Fort 1.5Ban Chiang 1.5Burgundy 1.5Campeche 1.5Centennial Hall 1.5Chaco Culture 1.5Champagne 1.5Cienfuegos 1.5Gammelstad 1.5Gonbad-e Qâbus 1.5Historic Jeddah 1.5Holasovice 1.5Ibiza 1.5Imperial Tombs 1.5Island of Patmos 1.5Jelling 1.5Kaesong 1.5Kernavë 1.5Lake District 1.5Levuka 1.5León Cathedral 1.5Liverpool 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 1.5Zollverein 1.5Gyeongju 1Qalhat 1Tequila 1Aapravasi Ghat 0.5Abu Mena 0.5Al-Ahsa Oasis 0.5Battir 0.5Beemster Polder 0.5Hortobágy 0.5Kuk 0.5Lumbini 0.5Luther Memorials 0.5Mir Castle 0.5Peking Man Site 0.5Sammallahdenmäki 0.5Schokland 0.5Sheki 0.5Stari Grad Plain 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
- Imperial Kiln Sites of Jingdezhen (T)
- Nanxi River (T)
- Yandang Mountain (T)
- The concept of the lenticular historical town core of Kosice City (T)
- Historic Monuments and Sites of Ancient Quanzhou (Zayton) (T)
- Poyang Nature Reserve (T)
- 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 (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)