What are the legacies of China?

Question

What are the legacies of China?

Answer 1

In July 2003, the Three Parallel Rivers in Yunnan Province, the Ming Tombs of Beijing Municipality and the Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum of Nanjing were added to the World Heritage List of Cultural Sites as part of Ming and Qing Imperial Mausoleums. (See Land and Natural Resources chapter for China's World Heritage List of Natural Sites.) By the end of 2003, there were 29 World Heritage Sites in China, of which 21 were cultural heritage sites, 4 were natural sites and 4 cultural and natural sites. In 2004, China will make the first large-scale renovations on six world cultural heritage sites in Beijing — the Ming Tombs, the Great Wall, the Forbidden City, the Temple of Heaven, the Summer Palace, and "Peking Man" Ruins at Zhoukoudian, which will be completed before 2008 as planned. Apart from that, China has a rich non-material cultural heritage, one of the richest in the world. Kunqu Opera and the art of playing the guqin, a seven-stringed zither, are among UNESCO's list of masterpieces of Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity. UNESCO also designated 2002-2003 as the year to celebrate the millennial anniversary of the Chinese Tibetan epic King Gesar, the longest epic in the world.

文化遗产 Cultural Legacy  

承德避暑山庄 Chengde Summer Resort & Its Surrounding Temples in Hebei  

西藏布达拉宫 The Potala Palace in Tibet Autonomous Region  

长城 The Great Wall  

重庆大足石刻 Dazu Carved Stone in Chongqing  

四川都江堰和青城山 Dujiang Weirs and Qingchengshan Mountain in Sichuan Province  

高句丽 The Capital Cities and Tombs of the Ancient Koguryo Kingdom  

故宫 The Palace Museum  

云南丽江古城 The Lijiang Ancient City in Yunnan  

河南洛阳龙门石窟 The Luoyang Longmen Grottoes  

江西庐山风景区 Lushan Mountain Scenic Spots, Jiangxi Province  

明清皇陵 Royal Mausoleum of Ming and Qing Dynasties  

敦煌莫高窟 The Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes  

山西平遥古城 The ancient city of Pingyao  

秦始皇陵兵马俑 Emperor Qin Shihuang's Mausoleum  

三孔 Confucius Temple and Confucius mansion and Confucius tomb  

苏州留园 Liuyuan（Lingering Garden）  

苏州网师园 Wangshiyuan  

苏州拙政园 Zhuozhengyuan  

北京天坛 The Temple of Heaven in Beijing  

湖北武当山古建筑群 The Ancient Architectural Complex in Wudang Mountain, Hubei  

安徽皖南古村落--西递、宏村 Ancient Villages at Xidi and Hongcun in South Part of Anhui Province  

北京颐和园 The Summer Palace in Beijing  

云冈石窟 Yungang Grottoes  

周口店 Zhoukoudian  

四川峨眉山一乐山大佛 Ermeishan Mountain

Natural Legacy  

In December of 1990, Anhui Huangshan Mountains Scenic Spot was collected into "Directory of World Cultural and Natural Heritage"  

安徽黄山风景区 Anhui Huangshan Mountains Scenic Spot  

庐山 Lushan National Park  

山东泰山 Taishan Mountain in Shandong Province  

福建武夷山风景名胜区 Fujian Wuyi Mountains Tourist Resort  

四川九寨沟风景名胜区 Jiu Zhaigou Scenic Spot in Sichuan Province  

“三江并流”自然景观 Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan  

湖南武陵源风景名胜区 Wulingyuan Tourist Site in Hunan

Answer 2

Great Wall of China!

Really good orange chicken! :]

Having the most people and ethnic groups on earth O_O

300,000 couples married on the 2008 Beijing Olympics day.

Umbrella.

Abacus.

Compass.

Gunpowder.

Their movies usually end sadly!

They had a law of only having 1 child!

Pandas! ^_^

Shanghai has the fastest train system on earth!

The HUGE Forbidden City!

Terra-cotta army.