China's World Heritage Sites +1! Have You Visited These World Heritage Sites in Hebei?

September 17

China’s World Heritage nomination

“Pu’er Jingmai Mountain Ancient Tea Forest Cultural Landscape”

was successfully inscribed on the World Heritage List

China’s total number of World Heritage sites has risen to 57

Among these 57 World Heritage sites

Our Hebei Province has 4

Come and check them out

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The Great Wall

Known as “China’s first military engineering project in ancient times”

Stretching across 15 provinces, municipalities, and autonomous regions

Including Hebei, Beijing, Tianjin, etc.

It was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1987

Within Hebei Province, there are existing sections

From the Warring States, Qin, Han, Northern Wei

Northern Qi, Tang, Jin, and Ming dynasties

The Great Wall passes through 9 prefecture-level cities

59 counties (cities, districts)

Among them, the Ming Great Wall in Hebei

Starts from Laolongtou at Shanhai Pass in the east

Extends to Mashi Pass in Huai’an County in the west

And reaches Wu’an in Handan in the south

With a total length of 1,338.63 kilometers

The wall consists of 1,153 sections

Including 5,388 individual structures

302 passes and forts

And 156 related relics…

The Chengde Mountain Resort and Its Outlying Temples

The Chengde Mountain Resort

was first built in 1703

and took 89 years to complete

through the reigns of Emperors Kangxi, Yongzheng, and Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty.

It is the largest existing classical imperial garden in China.

Surrounding the resort are

the Eight Outlying Temples—

a cluster of imperial temples that blend

architectural styles of Han, Manchu, Mongol, Tibetan, and other ethnic groups,

embodying the essence of ancient Chinese architectural art.

Exquisite in craftsmanship and grand in scale,

they exude an imperial aura.

In 1994,

the Chengde Mountain Resort and its outlying temples

were inscribed on the World Heritage List.

Imperial Tombs of the Ming and Qing Dynasties

Built during the Ming and Qing dynasties in China,

the imperial tomb complexes—

Xianling Tomb, Eastern Qing Tombs, and Western Qing Tombs—

were inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2000.

The Ming Xiaoling Tomb, the Ming Tombs (2003),

as well as the Yongling, Fuling, and Zhaoling Tombs of the Qing Dynasty (2004),

were added as extensions

to the World Heritage List.

The Eastern Qing Tombs, located in Tangshan City,

are the largest, most complete,

and best-laid-out imperial mausoleum complex in China.

First built in 1661,

they feature the widest existing stone memorial archway

with mortise-and-tenon imitation wood structure,

the underground palace of Emperor Qianlong’s Yuling Tomb,

renowned as a “treasure house of stone carving art” and “underground Buddhist hall,”

as well as lifelike stone statues

and the “Five-Tone Bridge,” which rings like a golden bell when struck.

The Western Qing Tombs are located in Yi County, Baoding.

They are the last imperial mausoleum complex of the Qing Dynasty.

There are a total of 14 tombs.

It is the best-preserved

and most complete in terms of tomb architecture types

among ancient royal mausoleums.

Here, you can find the world’s largest

triangular stone archway complex,

the only echo wall and echo stone in ancient tombs,

and the world’s largest nanmu dragon-carving hall…

The Grand Canal

It connects five major water systems from north to south,

Flows through eight provinces and cities,

And is the earliest excavated,

Largest in scale,

And longest man-made river in the world.

In 2014, it was inscribed on the World Heritage List.

The Grand Canal (Hebei section) stretches 530 kilometers in total,

Including the North Canal, South Canal, Wei Canal,

Wei River, and the Yongji Canal ruins.

It flows through Langfang, Cangzhou, Hengshui,

Xingtai, and Handan—five cities in total.

Among them, the Cangzhou–Hengshui segment of the South Canal,

The Xiejia Dam in Lian Town, Dongguang County, Cangzhou,

And the Huajiakou rammed earth embankment in Jing County, Hengshui—

Together known as “two points and one section”—

Are listed as World Heritage sites.

The National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holidays are coming soon.

During this break,

why not embark a World Heritage journey?

A guide to China’s 57 World Heritage sites—

save it quickly

and see which one you want to visit most.

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