UNESCO World Heritage Sites in China (Jan 10 update)

This entry is a summary of the UNESCO World Heritage sites in China that we have visited. You can look at the descriptions in the photos to understand the place.

We think they are the best sites to visit in China. Every visit is very educational and you get to know a little bit more about China. There are 38 sites in China so far. We will add on as we visit the other sites. We are writing about the trips in seperate entries later on.

We are staying in Beijing so those sites in the city are easy for visiting. For the rest, we plan the travelling schedules around visiting these sites.

The 19 sites visited so far.....

Beijing
1) Summer Palace
2) Imperial Palaces of the Ming and Qing Dynasties
3) Imperial Tombs of the Ming and Qing Dynasties
4) Temple of Heaven
5) The Great Wall

Macao
6) Historic Centre of Macao

Henan
7) Longmen Grottoes
8) Yin Xu

Jiangsu
9) Classical Gardens of Suzhou

Shandong
10) Temple and Cemetery of Confucius and the Kong Family Mansion
11) Mount Taishan

Shanxi
12) Ancient City of Ping Yao
13) Yungang Grottoes
14) Mount Wutai

Shaanan
15) Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor

Sichuan
16) Mount Qingcheng and the Dujiangyan Irrigation System
17) Mount Emei Scenic Area and Leshan Giant Buddha Scenic Area

Chongqing
18) South China Karst
19) Dazu Rock Carvings


Update: Dec 09, No 20 site visited

We visited the Peking man site at Zhoukoudian, Beijing. Quite difficult to find the place if you did not have your own transport. This is one of the smallest World Heritage site so far but good educational tour. Besides, the show the location where the Peking man skull was found and the Peking man's enviroment at the time, they also show you the others places where there were other such significant in China.

Update: Jan 10, No 21-23 visited

Our holidays this Dec 09 / Jan 10 in Jangxi and Anhui give us the chance to visit 3 World Heritage sites Lushan Mountain, Sanqingshan Mountain and Xidi / Hongcun Villages.

The 2 mountains were difficult to climb as it was winter and both places were snowing before our visit. We managed to visit both but the pace was very slow as the ground were covered with ice.

Lushan was still covered in snow and the view from the top was pretty with the mountains above the clouds at the spot where Chairman Mao had visited and taken photo.

Sanqingshan Mountain has many interesting natural granite sculptures resembling gods, animals and other features. These were easy to recognise while walking up the mountain.

Xidi and Hongcun village tour was easy and interesting to understand the lifestye and thoughts of the community around the region the last 100 years which the 2 villages represents. The Anhui merchants were at one point playing a key economic role in the country.

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