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World Heritage Sites In China

As of 2008, 37 noteworthy Chinese sites were inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritages List. 26 of these were inscribed as World Cultural Heritage Sites, while seven were inscribed as World Natural Heritage Sites, and four were inscribed as both Cultural and Natural Heritage Sites. To focus the foreign visitor's attention on these heritage sites, a catalogue of all of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites located in China is listed below, with links to specific web pages that provide in-depth information concerning each heritage site.

List of World Heritage Sites in China

Name	Year of Recognition	Category	Location	Name	Year of Recognition	Category	Location
Great Wall of China	1987	Cultural Heritage	Beijing	Terracotta Army	1987	Cultural Heritage	Xi'an
Mogao Grottoes	1987	Cultural Heritage	Dunhuang	Peking Man Site at Zhoukoudian	1987	Cultural Heritage	Beijing
Forbidden City, Shenyang Imperial Palace	1987	Cultural Heritage	Beijing	Potala Palace	1994	Cultural Heritage	Lhasa
Chengde Summer Palace	1994	Cultural Heritage	Chengde	Ancient Building Complex in the Wudang Mountains	1994	Cultural Heritage	Hubei
Temple and Cemetery of Confucius and the Kong Family Mansion	1994	Cultural Heritage	Shandong	Lushan National Park	1996	Cultural Heritage	Jiujiang
Lion Grove, Humble Administrator Garden, Lingering Garden, Garden of Master of the Nets	1997	Cultural Heritage	Suzhou	Pingyao Ancient Town	1997	Cultural Heritage	Pingyao
Old Town Lijiang	1997	Cultural Heritage	Lijiang	Summer Palace	1998	Cultural Heritage	Beijing
Temple of Heaven	1998	Cultural Heritage	Beijing	Dazu Rock Carvings	1999	Cultural Heritage	Chongqing
Xidi Village and Hongcun Village	2000	Cultural Heritage	Anhui	Imperial Tombs of the Ming and Qing Dynasties	2000	Cultural Heritage	Beijing
Longmen Grottoes	2000	Cultural Heritage	Luoyang	Qingchengshan Mountain and Dujiangyan Irrigation Project	2000	Cultural Heritage	Sichuan
Yungang Grottoes	2001	Cultural Heritage	Datong	Capital Cities and Tombs of the Ancient Koguryo Kingdom	2004	Cultural Heritage	Jilin
Historic Centre of Macau	2005	Cultural Heritage	Macau	Yin Xu	2006	Cultural Heritage	Henan
Kaiping Diaolou and Villages	2007	Cultural Heritage	Jiangmen	Fujian Tulou	2008	Cultural Heritage	Fujian
Huanglong Scenic and historic Interest Area	1992	Natural Heritage	Sichuan	Jiuzhaigou Valley Scenic and Historic Interest Area	1992	Natural Heritage	Jiuzhaigou
Wulingyuan Scenic and Historic Interest Area	1992	Natural Heritage	Zhangjiajie	Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas	2003	Natural Heritage	Yunnan
Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries: Wolong , Mt Siguniang and Jiajin Mountains	2006	Natural Heritage	Chengdu	South China Karst	2007	Natural Heritage	South China
Mount Sanqingshan National Park	2008	Natural Heritage	Shangrao	Mount Taishan	1987	Cultural and Natural Heritage	Shandong
Mount Huangshan (Yellow Mountain)	1990	Cultural and Natural Heritage	Anhui	Mount Emei Scenic Area and Leshan Giant Buddha	1992	Cultural and Natural Heritage	Sichuan
Mount Wuyi	1999	Cultural and Natural Heritage	Xiamen

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