Ancient Residences in Shanxi and Shaanxi Provinces

Ancient Residences in Shanxi and Shaanxi Provinces is part of the Tentative list of China in order to qualify for inclusion in the World Heritage List.

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Bei Zhao

China - 29-Nov-12 -

4 largest and well-protected courtyards among tens were selected as tentative WH sites. Some of them are used as site of movie industry sometimes. They are not too far away from each other. Suggest to pick-up 1~2 to visit ans you may feel repetitive to go through each of them.

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Site Info

Full Name
Ancient Residences in Shanxi and Shaanxi Provinces
Country
China
Added
2008
Link
By ID

Site History

2008 Revision

Includes former TWHS Historical Residential Courtyards in Dingcun (1996)

2008 Revision

Includes former TWHS Shanxi Businessmens Courtyard Houses(2008)

2008 Added to Tentative List

Site Links

Unesco Website: Ancient Residences in Shanxi and Shaanxi Provinces

Locations

The site has 3 locations

Ancient Residences in Shanxi and Shaanxi Provinces (T)
Ancient Residences in Shanxi and Shaanxi Provinces: Ancient Building Cluster in Dingcun Village (T)
Ancient Residences in Shanxi and Shaanxi Provinces: Ancient Building Cluster in Dangjiacun Village (T)
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