Ancient songs of Miao people
A kind of poetry legend, mainly about the genesis of the world and the Miao people, is very popular in these areas, and people call it the "ancient song."
The Temple of Heaven (Beijing)
The largest existing complex of ancient sacrificial buildings in China; masterpiece of China's royal sacrificial buildings complex and one of the best symbolic illustrations of Chinese cosmology.
Mt. Wuyi (Wuyishan City, Fujian province)
Located south of Wuyishan City, Fujian province, with an area of 70 sq. km, the area has what is probably the largest, most typical and best-preserved humid subtropical native forest in the world.
Dazu rock carvings (Chongqing)
The Dazu Rock Carvings are located in Dazu county, Chongqing Municipality. The construction began in 650, and continued into the 17th century.
Yangge
Yangge is a representative collective folk dance that combines music, dance and feats, with a long history and diversified forms, each distinguished by different manipulations of the silk handkerchiefs and different movements of the feet.
Jingxi Taiping drum dance
The Taiping drum dance is a folk dance that originated among the common people who used it as a form of self-entertainment.
Clay figurine
Clay figurine is one of antiquated folk arts in China. The clay is taken as raw material and manually kneaded into a figurine and the sculptures are mainly the characters and animals.
Festive lanterns
The frameless lanterns from the town of Xianju are especially light -- in both senses of the word -- because they don't have frames.
Yangliuqing New Year woodprints
The New Year woodprint is a unique art form in China that boasts a long history and far-reaching influence.
The old town of Pingyao (Central Shanxi province)
The old town of Pingyao lies in Pingyao county in central Shanxi province. It was constructed during the reign of King Xuan of the Western Zhou Dynasty (C.827-782B.C.) and has been a county seat ever since the establishment of the prefecture-and-county system in ancient China.
Wuqiao acrobatics
Acrobatic art has a wide foundation in Wuqiao, and almost each village has acrobats. Wuqiao county is internationally recognized as the birthplace of Chinese acrobatics. Acrobatic art has a wide foundation in Wuqiao, and almost each village has acrobats.
The temple, family cemetery and family mansion of Confucius (Kong-zi) in Qufu (Qufu, Shandong province)
The temple, family cemetery and family mansion of Confucius (Kong-zi) in Qufu, over 2,000 years old, are links with China's most famous sage and educator. Covering 140,000 sq. m, the site boasts over a hundred halls, towers, pavilions and other buildings clustering around 9 courtyards.
The Historic Center of Macao
"The Historic Center of Macao" includes the oldest Western architectural heritage on Chinese soil today. Together with Macao's traditional Chinese architecture, it stands witness to successful East-West cultural pluralism and architectural traditions.
The Great Wall (North China)
The construction of the segments which later made up the Great Wall began during the Spring and Autumn Period and lasted into the Warring States Period (c. 7th century BC-4th century BC). Many feudal states built hundreds of li of wall fortifications as boundaries.
Peking Man site at Zhoukoudian
An important Paleolithic site, this site was first excavated in 1927, in a cave on Dragon Bone Hill at Zhoukoudian, southwest of Beijing. In 1929, skull fossils of Peking Man were discovered here, providing concrete evidence for the existence of primitive man in the Beijing area and marking a milestone in the history of paleo-anthropology.
