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World heritage sites in China Imperial Palaces of the Ming and Qing Dynasties in Beijing and Shenyang   Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor   Mogao Caves   Mount Taishan   Peking Man Site at Zhoukoudian   The Great Wall   Mount Huangshan   Huanglong Scenic and Historic Interest Area   Jiuzhaigou Valley Scenic and Historic Interest Area   Wulingyuan Scenic and Historic Interest Area   Ancient Building Complex in the Wudang Mountains   Historic Ensemble of the Potala Palace, Lhasa 7   Mountain Resort and its Outlying Temples, Chengde   Temple and Cemetery of Confucius and the Kong Family Mansion in Qufu   Lushan National Park   Mount Emei Scenic Area, including Leshan Giant Buddha Scenic Area   Ancient City of Ping Yao   Classical Gardens of Suzhou   Old Town of Lijiang   Summer Palace, an Imperial Garden in Beijing   Temple of Heaven: an Imperial Sacrificial Altar in Beijing   Dazu Rock Carvings   Mount Wuyi   Ancient Villages in Southern Anhui – Xidi and Hongcun   Imperial Tombs of the Ming and Qing Dynasties   Longmen Grottoes   Mount Qingcheng and the Dujiangyan Irrigation System   Yungang Grottoes   Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas   Capital Cities and Tombs of the Ancient Koguryo Kingdom   Historic Centre of Macao   Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries - Wolong, Mt Siguniang and Jiajin Mountains   Yin Xu   Kaiping Diaolou and Villages   South China Karst   Fujian Tulou   Mount Sanqingshan National Park   Mount Wutai Intangible cultural heritage (living heritage) in China  Qiang New Year festival   Traditional Li textile techniques: spinning, dyeing, weaving and embroidering       Traditional design and practices for building Chinese wooden arch bridges   China engraved block printing technique   Chinese calligraphy        Chinese paper-cut       Chinese traditional architectural craftsmanship for timber-framed structures       Farmers’ dance of China’s Korean ethnic group       Gesar epic tradition       Grand song of the Dong ethnic group   Hua’er       Manas        Mongolian art of singing: Khoomei       Nanyin        Regong arts        Sericulture and silk craftsmanship of China        The Dragon Boat festival   The Mazu belief and customs   The art of Chinese seal engraving)       The craftsmanship of Nanjing Yunjin brocade   The traditional firing technology of Longquan celadon   The traditional handicrafts of making Xuan paper       Tibetan opera   Xi’an wind and percussion ensemble       Yueju opera)       Kun Qu Opera   The Guqin and its Music     The Uyghur Muqam of Xinjiang       Urtiin Duu - Traditional Folk Long Song in China and Mongolia   Links • the world heritage sites in china • unesco: world heritage • historic towns (world heritage) • world heritage sites: pictures, from galenfrysinger.com • world heritage sites: other pictures, from galenfrysinger.com • world heritage sites in china, a guide from the tourochina agency • unesco: intangible heritage of humanity Links in other languages                (4) (1) (2) Same category in a different destination Albania Algeria Andorra Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Balearic islands (Spain) Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda (UK) Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia-Herzegovina Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Canary islands (Spain) Cape Verde Cayman Islands (UK) Chad Chile Colombia Congo Corsica (France) Costa Rica Côte d'Ivoire Crete (Greece) Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France French Guiana French Polynesia Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Guadeloupe & St-Martin Guam (USA) Guatemala Guernsey/Jersey Guinea Guyana Haiti Hawaii (USA) Honduras Hong Kong (China) Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Korea (south) Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Macau (China) Macedonia Madeira and Azores (Portugal) Malawi Malaysia Mali Malta Martinique (France) Mauritania Mexico Moldova Monaco Mongolia Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Netherlands Netherlands Antilles & Aruba New Caledonia (France) New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Papua Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Puerto Rico (USA) Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Kitts & Nevis Saint Lucia Samoa Sardinia (Italy) Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia and Montenegro Sicily (Italy) Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands South Africa Spain Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Taiwan Tanzania Thailand Togo Trinidad & Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turks and Caicos (UK) Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Venezuela Vietnam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe