Chinese highlights
cultural relics and historical sites
World Cultural and Natural heritage Sites
11-1:the great wall snaking endlessly across the mountains
11-2:the mutianyu section of the great wall, near bejing
12-1: Old dragon’s head at shanhaiguan pass
12-2 the badaling section of the great wall
13-1 jiayuan pass, at the western end of the ming dynasty section of the great wall
13-2: the jinshanling section of the great wall
15-1:sunrise over the forbidden city
15-2: the hall of supreme harmony
16-1: wumen (meridian gate) once served as the “arch of triumph” for some of the qing emperors
16-2: corner watchtower
17-1: the emperor’s throne in the palace of celestial purity
17-2: section of the nine-dragon screen
19-1: painted scupture of the buddha(midtang dynasty)
19-2: painted sculpture of the buddha (northern wei dynasty)
19-3 exterior of the mogao grottoes
20-1: patterned caisson(sui dynasty)
20-2: hunting seene from a grotto mural (northern wei dynasty)
21-1: amitabha (mid-tang dynasty)
21-2 zhang yichao on a pilgrimage ( late tang dynasty)
22-1: the qin shihuang’s mausoleum is 55.05 m in height and 2000 m in circum lerence
23-1: kneeling archer
23-2: bronze horses and carriage
24: chariot driver
25: excavation of the terracotta amy
26: the caves where remains of peking man were discovered
27-1: bone of an animal slaughtered by peking man (left ) and traces of fire
27-2: reconstructed head of peking man
27-3: evidence that peking man knew the use of fire
28: the eighteen bends of
29: the rock which flew here and the wudafu pines