Henan Province
Gongyi Stone Cave Temple - Luoyang City
Luoyang city of Han and Wei Dynasties - Luoyang City
City of the Sui and Tang Dynasties - Luoyang City
White Horse Temple - Luoyang City
Han'gu Pass and Xiaohan Ancient Path in Han Dynasty Shaanxi Province
Site of the Chang'an City of Han Dynasty - Xi'an City
Mao Imperial Mausoleum of Han Dynasty and Tomb of Huo Qubing - Xingping City
Tomb of Zhang Qian - Hanzhong City
the Dagoba of Kumarajiva - Xi'an City
Site of the Chang'an City of Tang Dynasty - Xi'an City
Xingjiao Temple Pagoda (Xuan Zang's Dagoba) - Xi'an City
The Underground Chamber of Famen Temple - Baoji City
Daqin Monastery Pagoda - Xi'an City
Zhao Imperial Mausoleum - Xianyang City
Qian Imperial Mausoleum - Xianyang City
Great Buddha Temple Grottoes in Bin County - Xianyang City
Xi'an Mosque - Xi'an City
Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region
Historic City of Guyuan - Guyuan City
Cemetery of Northern Dynasties and Sui and Tang Dynasty in Guyuan - Guyuan City
Site of Kaicheng - Guyuan City
Mount Xumi Grottoes - Guyuan City
Gansu Province
Maijishan Grottoes- Immortal Cliff Grottoes - Tianshui City
Shuiliandong (Water Curtain Cave) Grottoes- Lashao Temple - Tianshui City
Bingling Temple Grottoes- Xia Temple - Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture
Site of Yunen Gate and Hecang City - Dunhuang City
Suoyang City Site and Tomb Complex - Jiuquan City
Camel City Site and Tomb Complex - Zhangye City
Guoyuan- Xincheng Tomb Complex - Jiayuguan City
Great Buddha Temple - Zhangye City
Mati Temple Grottoes- Jiata Temple and Qianfo (thousand Buddhas) Cave - Zhangye City
Yulin Grottoes - Jiuquan City
Xuanquanzhi Site - Dunhuang City
Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region
Ancient City of Jiao River - Turpan City
Ancient City of Gaochang and Astana Cemetery - Turpan City
Taizang Tower - Turpan City
Buddha Subash Temple Site - Aksu Area
Ancient City of Loulan - Ba YinGuoLeng
Mongolia Autonomous Prefecture
Niya Site - Hetian Area
Kizil Grottoes - Aksu Area
Kumtula Grottoes - Aksu Area
Simsem Grottoes - Aksu Area
Bezeklik Grottoes - Turpan City
Toyuk Grottoes - Turpan City
Mehmud Qeshqeri Tomb - Kashgar City
Sea Route of the Silk Road
Ningbo City
Quanzhou City
The Silk Road is the ancient trade route that starts in the old capital of Chang'an, the present-day Xi'an city and the center of politics, economy, and culture in a long period of ancient China. It refers to the overland commercial route connecting Asia, Africa and Europe, which goes over the Longshan Mountain, follows Hexi Corridor, passes Yumenguan Pass and Yangguan Pass, reaches Xinjiang, stretches along the oasis and the Pamir Plateau, enters the Central Asia, crosses Central Asia, Western Asia and Southern Asia, and then leads to Africa and Europe. It also served as an important trunk road where the economic, political and cultural exchanges between the Orient and the West were taking place. In its very first beginning the function of the trade route is to transport silk, the fine, delicate, elegant and portable goods, representing the civilization of ancient China which enjoyed advanced agriculture and well-developed handicraft industry. Therefore, when the name of "Silk Road" was first given by the German geographer Ferdinand Freiherr von Richthofen in the 1870s, it was widely accepted.
Source: UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List
Quanzhou was once the largest maritime post in China before the Ming Dynasty. Thanks to Phoebe of Hong Kong.
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