World Heritage in China

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Discuss: Forum topic about China .
Blog: Top Tips for travelling to China as a WH traveller.
Relevant websites and news articles:
Blog: Top Tips for travelling to China as a WH traveller.
Relevant websites and news articles:
- China wants Japan's notorious World War II germ warfare experimentation Unit 731 to be designated a UNESCO World Heritage site. (08-02-2010)
- Police arrest 26 for damaging Niuheliang Archaeological Site, a prospective World Heritage site. (21-02-2008)
- Rouran Zhang, Chinese Heritage Sites and their Audiences (2020)
- Haiming Yan, World Heritage Craze in China (2018)
World Heritage Sites
Site | Inscribed | Type | Reviews | Visitors | Rating |
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Ancient Tea Plantations of Pu'er | 2023 | Cultural | 3 | 16 | 2.89 |
Badain Jaran Desert | 2024 | Natural | 1 | 6 | 3.05 |
Beijing Central Axis | 2024 | Cultural | 4 | 192 | 3.2 |
Chengjiang Fossil Site | 2012 | Natural | 7 | 45 | 1.86 |
China Danxia | 2010 | Natural | 3 | 91 | 3.41 |
Classical Gardens of Suzhou | 1997 | Cultural | 8 | 313 | 3.76 |
Dazu Rock Carvings | 1999 | Cultural | 10 | 90 | 3.97 |
Dengfeng | 2010 | Cultural | 5 | 107 | 3.58 |
Fanjingshan | 2018 | Natural | 1 | 29 | 3.55 |
Fujian Tulou | 2008 | Cultural | 6 | 99 | 3.92 |
Grand Canal | 2014 | Cultural | 10 | 260 | 3.07 |
Great Wall | 1987 | Cultural | 14 | 673 | 4.52 |
Hani Rice Terraces | 2013 | Cultural | 4 | 58 | 3.88 |
Huanglong | 1992 | Natural | 4 | 86 | 4.1 |
Huangshan | 1990 | Mixed | 6 | 142 | 4.03 |
Hubei Shennongjia | 2016 | Natural | 2 | 31 | 2.88 |
Imperial Palace | 1987 | Cultural | 11 | 651 | 4.26 |
Imperial Tombs | 2000 | Cultural | 10 | 392 | 3.36 |
Jiuzhaigou Valley | 1992 | Natural | 3 | 94 | 4.38 |
Kaiping Diaolou | 2007 | Cultural | 7 | 114 | 3.38 |
Koguryo Kingdom | 2004 | Cultural | 2 | 37 | 3.19 |
Kulangsu | 2017 | Cultural | 4 | 127 | 3.13 |
Liangzhu Archaeological Site | 2019 | Cultural | 4 | 48 | 3.23 |
Longmen Grottoes | 2000 | Cultural | 7 | 159 | 4.02 |
Lushan National Park | 1996 | Cultural | 3 | 75 | 3.07 |
Macao | 2005 | Cultural | 12 | 405 | 3.2 |
Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor | 1987 | Cultural | 8 | 369 | 4.2 |
Migratory Bird Sanctuaries China | 2019 | Natural | 4 | 21 | 2.77 |
Mogao Caves | 1987 | Cultural | 5 | 97 | 4.44 |
Mount Emei, including Leshan Giant Buddha | 1996 | Mixed | 6 | 172 | 3.97 |
Mount Qingcheng and Dujiangyan | 2000 | Cultural | 4 | 113 | 3.61 |
Mount Sanqingshan | 2008 | Natural | 3 | 59 | 3.64 |
Mount Taishan | 1987 | Mixed | 7 | 121 | 3.87 |
Mount Wutai | 2009 | Cultural | 4 | 75 | 3.78 |
Mount Wuyi | 1999 | Mixed | 4 | 81 | 3.64 |
Mountain Resort, Chengde | 1994 | Cultural | 4 | 107 | 3.76 |
Old Town of Lijiang | 1997 | Cultural | 11 | 197 | 3.66 |
Peking Man Site | 1987 | Cultural | 7 | 122 | 2.35 |
Ping Yao | 1997 | Cultural | 8 | 150 | 3.7 |
Potala Palace | 1994 | Cultural | 11 | 130 | 4.43 |
Qinghai Hoh Xil | 2017 | Natural | 2 | 24 | 3.25 |
Quanzhou | 2021 | Cultural | 3 | 67 | 3.59 |
Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries | 2006 | Natural | 4 | 140 | 3.53 |
Silk Roads: Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor | 2014 | Cultural | 9 | 312 | 3.14 |
Site of Xanadu | 2012 | Cultural | 2 | 26 | 2.24 |
South China Karst | 2007 | Natural | 8 | 201 | 4.03 |
Summer Palace | 1998 | Cultural | 9 | 570 | 3.96 |
Temple of Heaven | 1998 | Cultural | 12 | 568 | 3.81 |
Temple, Mansion and Cemetery of Confucius | 1994 | Cultural | 7 | 130 | 3.5 |
Three parallel rivers of Yunnan | 2003 | Natural | 6 | 106 | 3.63 |
Tusi Sites | 2015 | Cultural | 4 | 44 | 2.9 |
West Lake | 2011 | Cultural | 6 | 257 | 3.42 |
Wudang Mountains | 1994 | Cultural | 3 | 50 | 3.77 |
Wulingyuan | 1992 | Natural | 5 | 88 | 4.31 |
Xidi and Hongcun | 2000 | Cultural | 6 | 118 | 3.65 |
Xinjiang Tianshan | 2013 | Natural | 3 | 60 | 3.44 |
Yin Xu | 2006 | Cultural | 3 | 69 | 3.39 |
Yungang Grottoes | 2001 | Cultural | 3 | 139 | 4.2 |
Zuojiang Huashan Rock Art | 2016 | Cultural | 3 | 39 | 2.59 |
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Recent Reviews
- Grand Canal Bernard Joseph Esposo Guerrero The Philippines - 11-May-25 -
- Old Town of Lijiang Shwabb1 - 20-Mar-25 -
- Kaiping Diaolou Mo-han Je China & Finland - 13-Mar-25 -
- Migratory Bird Sanctuaries China Philipp Peterer Switzerland - 03-Feb-25
- The Ancient Waterfront Towns in the South of Yangtze River (T) Philipp Peterer Switzerland - 03-Feb-25 -
- Xinjiang Tianshan Alejandro Lau China - 30-Dec-24 -
- Longmen Grottoes KngAlaric USA - 20-Jan-25 -
- Ancient Tea Plantations of Pu'er Alex Goh Malaysia - 29-Dec-24 -
- Beijing Central Axis Tony H. Finland - 10-Dec-24 -
- Summer Palace Tony H. Finland - 08-Dec-24 -