Summarization of the World Culture and Nature Heritage Sites in

China

The number of the signatory states has reached 145 since the Convention of the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage was passed by UNESCO in Paris in Oct. 16, 1972. became the signatory state of the Convention in 1985. The first World Cultural and Natural Heritage list was declared in 1987. There are 582 items was announced in 22 lists from 1987 to 1998. And there are 21 items in China. Another two items were declared to be world cultural and natural heritage in December of 1999. They are Wuyi of Province and the Dazu Grottoes of Chongqing. The entire items site in many provinces in China as follows:

Declared Provinces Items in

The Imperial Palace ? culture? 1987

Great Wall ? culture? 1987

Beijing Remains of Peking Man at ? culture? 1987

The ? culture? 1998

The ? culture? 1998

Hebei Chengde Resort and ? culture? 1994 Province Surrounding Temples

Shanxi The Ancient City of ? culture? 1997

Province

Jiangsu The Classical Gardens of Suzhou ? culture? 1997 Province

Anhui The Mountain ? culture and nature? 1990 Province

Fujian ? culture and nature? 1999 Province

Jiangxi Mount Lushan ? culture? 1996 Province

Mount Taishan ? culture and nature? 1987 Shandong Temple of , Mansion of ? culture and Province 1994 Confucius and Confucian Woods nature?

Hubei Ancient Building Groups on the ? nature? 1994 Province Wudang Mountain

Hunan Wuling Yuan ? nature? 1992 Province

Chongqing Dazu Grottoes ? culture? 1999

Sichuan Nine-Village Valley ? nature? 1992

Province Huang Long ? nature? 1992

Mount Emei and the ? culture and nature) 1996 Giant Buddha

Yunnan The Ancient City of ? culture? 1997 Province

Xizang

Autonomous ? culture? 1994

region

Shanxi Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang ? culture? 1987 Province

Gansu Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang ? culture? 1987 Province