What is cultural heritage? Chinese

The Great Wall was built more than 2000 years ago during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. After the Qin Dynasty unified China, it became the Great Wall of Wan Li. It is the greatest construction project in the history of human civilization, an ancient military defense project in China, and a tall, solid and continuous long wall that restricts enemy riding.

Wan Li Great Wall, with the city wall as the main body and a large number of defense systems combining cities, fortifications, pavilions and boundaries, starts from Shanhaiguan in the east and Jiayuguan in the west, with a total length of about 6,700 kilometers, mainly distributed in 15 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities; The existing cultural relics of the Great Wall include the Great Wall, trenches/trenches, single buildings, customs castles and related facilities, totaling more than 43,000 places (blocks/sections).

2. Forbidden City in Ming and Qing Dynasties (Beijing Forbidden City, Shenyang Forbidden City)

The Forbidden City in Ming and Qing Dynasties is one of the most famous palace buildings in China and a monument in the architectural history of China. It refers to two buildings, the Forbidden City in Beijing and the Forbidden City in Shenyang. The Forbidden City in Beijing was listed on the World Heritage List on 1987, and the Forbidden City in Shenyang was also listed as its expansion project in 2004.

The Forbidden City in Beijing is the imperial palace of China in Ming and Qing Dynasties, formerly known as the Forbidden City. It is the essence of ancient palace architecture in China. Centered on the three halls, there are more than 70 large and small palaces and more than 9,000 houses. It is one of the largest and relatively well-preserved ancient wooden structures in the world. Shenyang Forbidden City is one of the two existing palace buildings in China, covering an area of more than 60,000 square meters, with more than 500 rooms in ancient buildings 1 14, which has been well preserved so far.

3. Qin Shihuang Terracotta Warriors Museum

The Museum of Terracotta Warriors and Horses of Qin Shihuang is located in Qinling Town, Lintong District, Xi, Shaanxi Province, and was built in 1975. It is a site museum based on the Terracotta Warriors and Horses of Qin Shihuang, and it is a larger ancient military museum in China.

Terracotta Warriors and Horses of Qin Shihuang are world cultural heritage. The discovery of terracotta warriors and horses is known as the eighth wonder in the world and a great discovery in the archaeological history of the 20th century. The Museum of Terracotta Warriors and Horses of Qin Shihuang has three pits, No.1, No.2 and No.3, in which a large number of terracotta warriors, horses and bronze weapons are buried.

4. Wudang Mountain

Wudang Mountain is a famous Taoist shrine in China, the first batch of national key scenic spots and a world cultural heritage. Known as "unparalleled scenery since ancient times, the first fairy mountain in the world."

Wudang Mountain stretches for 800 miles, and the main peak Tianzhu Peak is 1, 6 12 meters above sea level. It stands at the top of the peaks, surrounds the surrounding mountains, and inclines from all directions to the main peak, forming a unique natural wonder of "seventy-two peaks facing the top and twenty-four streams running". In addition, Wudang Mountain has 36 rocks, 1 1 caves, 3 pools, 9 springs and 10 pools, as well as wonders such as "Tianzhu Xiaoqing", "Reflection of Golden Temple", "Crow catching food" and "Musk deer leaping stream".

5. Potala Palace in Lhasa

The historical complex of Potala Palace in Lhasa is also called Potala Palace-Jokhang Temple-Norbulingka World Cultural Heritage. 1994, the Potala Palace was listed on the World Heritage List as a cultural heritage. In 2000 and 20001year, Jokhang Temple and Norbulingka were listed as the expansion projects of Potala Palace, and together with Potala Palace, they were called the historical buildings of Potala Palace in Lhasa.

Potala Palace is a palace-castle complex. Because of its long architectural history, national aesthetic characteristics of architecture and its special value in studying Tibetan social history, culture and religion, it has become a world-famous scenic spot and the essence of ancient architecture in China.

6.Gulangyu Island

Gulangyu Island covers an area of about 1.88 square kilometers and has a pleasant climate. It is known as the "sea garden" because of its unique scenery and the saying that "it is a waste of time to play in Xiamen".

There are more than a thousand buildings in Gulangyu Island, Xiamen, which combine Chinese and western cultures to present the artistic atmosphere of "World Architecture Expo" to the world. It also retains the tradition of music culture, and has a piano museum and an organ museum. The profound accumulation of music culture makes Gulangyu enjoy the reputation of "piano island" and "hometown of music".

7. Suzhou gardens

Suzhou Classical Gardens, also known as Suzhou Gardens, can be traced back to the Spring and Autumn Period and is one of the representative schools of classical architecture in China. The garden architecture style represented by Humble Administrator's Garden, Lingering Garden, Master Garden and Huanxiu Mountain Villa has influenced the architectural style of the whole Jiangnan city.

Suzhou Garden is a "literati garden" with profound cultural background. By using unique gardening techniques, pavilions, terraces, buildings, pavilions, springs, stones, flowers and trees are combined to create a harmonious living environment between man and nature in the city, which constitutes the overall characteristics of Suzhou classical gardens.

8. Summer Palace Scenic Area

The Summer Palace, formerly known as Qingyi Garden, was built in the 15th year of Qing Qianlong. It is located in the western suburbs of Beijing, and is known as the four famous gardens in China together with chengde mountain resort, Humble Administrator's Garden and Lingering Garden. It is a large-scale landscape garden with Kunming Lake and Wanshou Mountain as the background and Hangzhou West Lake as the basis, drawing lessons from the design techniques of Jiangnan gardens. It is also a well-preserved royal palace, known as the "Royal Garden Museum" and a national key tourist attraction.

9. Longmen grottoes

Longmen Grottoes is a treasure house of large stone carving art in the world, with many statues. It was rated as "the highest peak of stone carving art in China" by UNESCO, and it is also a world cultural heritage. Together with Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes and Yungang Grottoes, it is called the three largest grottoes in China.

Longmen Grottoes were excavated during the reign of Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty, and were built on a large scale in the Eastern Wei, Sui, Tang and Song Dynasties for more than 400 years. Today, there are 2345 grottoes, more than 654.38 million statues and more than 2800 inscriptions. Among them, Longmen Twenty is the essence of Weibei calligraphy, and Chu Suiliang's A Que Buddhist Shrine Monument is a model of regular script art in the early Tang Dynasty.

10, Chongqing Dazu Stone Carving Scenic Area

Chongqing Dazu Stone Carving Scenic Area is as famous as Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes, Yungang Grottoes and Longmen Grottoes, and it is the general name of the grotto art in Dazu County, which mainly focuses on cliff statues. There are more than 50,000 religious stone carvings in 74 places in the scenic spot, which are religious cliff stone carvings in the late Tang Dynasty and early Song Dynasty. Mainly Buddhism, combining Confucianism and Taoism, especially the cliff statues of Beishan and Baoding Mountain.

Dazu stone carving is a model of China's late grotto sculpture art, which is rare in the world for its grand scale, exquisite art and rich content. Dazu stone carving has distinctive national characteristics, high historical, scientific and artistic value, and occupies a decisive position in the history of ancient grottoes art in China. It is known as the magical pearl of oriental art at home and abroad and is a unique treasure house of world cultural heritage.