China has a glorious culture and a long history, and China is full of colorful cultural landscapes. China is one of the countries with the most cultural heritage in the world. The most worthwhile cultural landscapes in China's provinces, municipalities and districts are as follows:
Heilongjiang: Sophia Square
Sophia Square, consisting of the Church of St. Sophia, the Synagogue and the Square of Architecture. Built in 1907, Sophia Church is the best-preserved Byzantine building in China and the largest Orthodox church in China. Sophia Square is famous at home and abroad for its unique architectural landscape and European style.
Jilin: Changchun Puppet Manchu Imperial Palace
The Puppet Manchu Imperial Palace Museum is the court of Puyi in the puppet manchukuo, a historical witness of the 14th year of Japanese colonial rule in northeast China, and a landmark complex of urban changes in Changchun in modern times. Now it is a national first-class museum and a national patriotism education demonstration base, and the museum has a collection of more than 70,000 cultural relics, mainly: imperial court relics of the puppet Manchu period, modern and modern japanese cultural relics, northeast modern cultural relics, folk cultural relics, calligraphy and painting, carving, non-hereditary works, etc.
Liaoning: Imperial Palace in Shenyang
Shenyang Imperial Palace, also known as Shengjing Imperial Palace, was built in the tenth year of the Mandate of Heaven (1625) of the Qing Dynasty, built in the first year of the Qing Dynasty (1636), for the early Qing Dynasty imperial palace, the main buildings on the East Road are the Great Government Hall and the Ten Kings Pavilion, which is the place where the emperor holds the grand ceremony and the office of the Eight Banner Ministers. The Middle Road was a place where the emperor carried out political activities and where his concubines lived. The West Road is the place where the Qing Emperor "toured the east" of Shengjing, read books, watched plays, and stored the "Four Libraries of the Whole Book". In terms of architectural art, it integrates Han, Manchu and Mongolian architectural art, and has high historical and artistic value. The Imperial Palace in Shenyang is one of the only two remaining imperial palace complexes in China.
Inner Mongolia: Mausoleum of Genghis Khan
The Mausoleum of Genghis Khan is located in the Bayinchang hug grassland in the territory of Yijinholuo banner in Ordos City, and is the resting place of the soul of the great historical man Genghis Khan. Covering an area of 10 square kilometers, with the Mausoleum of Genghis Khan as the core, it has formed the overall layout of the sacrificial cultural area, historical and cultural area, folk culture area, grassland sightseeing area and leisure resort area, and is a tourist attraction with the theme of Genghis Khan culture and Mongolian culture.
Hebei Province: Chengde Mountain Resort and Waiba Temple
Chengde Mountain Resort was founded in 1703, is the world's existing grand scale of the royal garden, a brilliant milestone in the history of Chinese gardens, but also a masterpiece of classical Chinese garden art, and Chengde Wai Eight Temple is the northeast of the summer resort eight Tibetan Buddhist temples generally called, including Puren Temple, Pushan Temple, Puning Temple, Anyuan Temple, Putuo Zongcheng Temple, Statue Temple, Sumire Fushou Temple, Guangyuan Temple.
Beijing: Forbidden City, Beijing
The Forbidden City in Beijing is the imperial palace of the Ming and Qing dynasties in China, covering an area of about 720,000 square meters, with a construction area of about 150,000 square meters, more than 70 large and small palaces, and more than 9,000 houses.
The buildings in the Forbidden City in Beijing are divided into two parts: the outer court and the inner court. The center of the outer dynasty is the Taihe Hall, the Zhonghe Hall, and the Bohol Hall, collectively known as the Three Great Halls, which are the places where the state holds great ceremonies. The left and right wings of the three main halls are supplemented by two groups of buildings, the Wenhua Hall and the Wuying Hall. The center of the inner court is the Qianqing Palace, the Jiaotai Palace, and the Kunning Palace, collectively known as the Later Three Palaces, which are the main palaces where the emperor and empress live. This is followed by the Imperial Garden. The rear three palaces are lined with the east and west six palaces on both sides, which is the place where the queen concubines live and rest. On the east side of the East Sixth Palace are Buddhist hall buildings such as the Heavenly Vault Treasure Hall, and on the west side of the West Sixth Palace are Buddhist hall buildings such as the Zhongzheng Hall.
The Forbidden City in Beijing is one of the largest and best-preserved wooden structures in the world and is a World Heritage Site.
Tianjin: Dule Temple
Shanxi: Wutai Mountain, Shanxi
Mount Wutai in Shanxi is the ashram of Manjushri Bodhisattva, ranking first among the four famous Buddhist mountains with its long history and culture and grand temple complex. It is also a Buddhist dojo where green temples and yellow temples coexist, and the perennial Buddhist activities will bring the scenic spot into a real Buddhist world, where the ancient Buddhist architecture accounts for about 70% of China.
Shandong: Three holes
Qufu Sankong Tourist Area is a world cultural heritage and a national scenic spot, consisting of three ancient architectural complexes in Qufu: Confucius Temple, Confucius House and Konglin. "Confucius Temple" is a shrine dedicated to Confucius, which is the second largest existing ancient building complex in China after the Forbidden City, and can be called a model of large-scale ancestral temple architecture in ancient China; Confucius House is the place where the descendants of Confucius's descendants live; "KongLin" is the burial place of Confucius and his descendants, and is a large-scale and well-preserved clan tomb group and artificial garden on the mainland.
Sankong is a place where literati and scholars from all over the world come to make pilgrimages.
Jiangsu: Suzhou Garden
Suzhou Garden is a general term for classical Chinese gardens located in Suzhou, including humble administrator's garden, Lingering Garden, Master of Nets Garden and Huanxiu Villa, Canglang Pavilion, Lion Forest, Coupling Garden, Art Garden and Retreat Garden, which is a world cultural heritage.
The unity of classical gardens and gardens in Suzhou is a kind of creation for human beings to attach themselves to nature, pursue harmonious coexistence with nature, beautify and improve their living environment. It has a unique historical position and high artistic value in the history of gardening in the world.
Shanghai: Site of the First Congress of the Communist Party of China
Zhejiang: Lingyin Temple
Hangzhou Lingyin Temple, also known as Yunlin Temple, backed by the North Peak, facing Feilai Peak, was founded in the first year of the Eastern Jin Dynasty (326), one of the most famous temples in China, and the well-known Jigong monks practiced here to become a Buddha. Lingyin Temple is mainly composed of the Hall of the Heavenly King, the Hall of The Great Treasure, the Hall of medicine, the Hall of law, and the Hall of Huayan as the central axis, and the two sides are accompanied by five hundred Luohan Hall, Jigong Hall, Huayan Pavilion, Great Compassion Building, Abbot Building and other buildings, and the current abbot is Master Guangquan.
Fujian: Fujian Tulou Tourist Area
Fujian Tulou is the world's unique mountain residential building, mainly distributed in Longyan and Zhangzhou two regions, known as the world's architectural wonders, the world cultural heritage, and the most famous are: Nanjing County's Tianluokeng Tulou Group (four dishes and one soup), Hakka Tulou boutique Zhencheng Lou, Tulou Wang Chengqi Lou, magnificent Fuyu Lou, swamp and Gui Lou.
Jiangxi: Lushan
Lushan mountain is a World Cultural Heritage Site. It is a famous mountain of education, a famous mountain of culture, a famous mountain of religion, and a famous mountain of politics. In history, more than 1,500 literary giants have ascended to Lushan Mountain, leaving behind more than 4,000 poems and songs and a large number of calligraphy and painting works.
Lushan mountain is the perfect combination of history and culture and beautiful natural landscapes.
Anhui: Xidihong Village
Anhui Southern Ancient Village Scenic Area, located in Yi County, Huangshan City, Anhui Province, represented by Xidi Village and Hongcun, is one of the two more representative ancient villages in the southern part of Anhui. Xidi Village covers an area of nearly 13 hectares, has a history of more than 950 years, the existing ancestral hall 3, 1 archway, 224 ancient houses, the village has been well preserved in the typical Ming and Qing Dynasty ancient village style, has been called "living ancient house museum". Hongcun was founded in 1131 AD, and there are 137 existing Ming and Qing ancient buildings, which is a typical representative of the late culture of China's feudal society, and concentrates on the characteristics of the Huipai residential houses with exquisite craftsmanship.
Guangdong: Kaiping Diaolou
Hainan: Big and small cave days
Daxiaodongtian is the southernmost Taoist cultural tourism resort in the mainland and the oldest scenic spot in Hainan Province. The Big and Small Dongtian Scenic Area is known as the first scenic spot in Qiongya with its beautiful seascape, mountain view and stone scenery. In addition to the "Small Cave Heaven", "Diaoyutai", "Haishan Wonders", "Immortal Feet", "Test Sword Peak" and other historical poems and cliff carvings, there are also landscapes such as the Dragon King of the South China Sea, the Small Cave Heaven, the Millennium Immortal Pine, and the South China Sea Shen'ao, which have a history of more than 800 years and are famous Taoist cultural scenic spots. Known as the South China Sea Immortal Island, it has attracted many people who seek immortality. According to historical records, the famous Immortal Taoist priest of the Song Dynasty, the White Jade Toad of the Five Ancestors of the Southern Sect, because of the joy of the Nanshan Shenxiu, retreated here, built a Taoist temple, and spread the Taoist cultural and philosophical ideas.
Hunan: Fenghuang Ancient City
Fenghuang Ancient City, is a Miao, Tujia mainly ethnic minority gathering place, but also the national historical and cultural city, the total area of the ancient city of about 10 square kilometers, the city's existing cultural relics and ancient buildings 68, 116 ancient ruins, Ming and Qing Dynasties characteristic residential buildings more than 120, the main attractions include Chen Dounan Residence, Shen Congwen Former Residence, Xiong Xiling Former Residence, Yang Family Ancestral Hall, Tian Family Ancestral Hall, etc.
Hubei: Wudang Mountains
Wudang Mountain is a famous Taoist holy land in China, one of the first batch of national key scenic spots, and also a world cultural heritage, known as "the first immortal mountain in the world since ancient times". Wudang Mountain has formed a unique natural wonder of "seventy-two peaks facing the big top, twenty-four streams of water flowing". In addition, Wudang Mountain also has 36 rocks, 11 caves, 3 pools, 9 springs, 10 pools, as well as "Tianzhu Xiaoqing", "Reflection of the Golden Temple", "Crow Feeding", "Fragrant Musk Leaping Stream" and other wonders.
Henan: Longmen Grottoes
Longmen Grottoes is the world's large-scale treasure house of stone carving art, "the highest peak of Chinese stone carving art", is also a world cultural heritage, Longmen Grottoes was excavated during the Years of Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty, and then went through the Eastern Wei, Sui, Tang, Song and other dynasties, continuous large-scale construction for more than 400 years, there are 2345 cave niches, more than 100,000 statues, more than 2800 inscriptions.
Shaanxi: Terracotta Warriors
The Terracotta Warriors and Horses of Qin Shi Huang is a world cultural heritage, and the discovery of the Terracotta Warriors and Horses is hailed as the eighth wonder of the world and a great discovery in the archaeological history of the twentieth century. The Terracotta Warriors and Horses Museum of Qin Shi Huang has a total of three terracotta pits no. 1, 2 and 3, which are buried with a large number of pottery figurines, pottery horses, bronze weapons and so on.
Ningxia: Tomb of the Western Xia Kings
Gansu: Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes
Gansu is a province with many cultural monuments, Mogao Grottoes, Jiayuguan, Maijishan, Kuntong Mountain, Labrang Temple are all famous at home and abroad, and Mogao Grottoes are even more outstanding.
Dunhuang Mogao Caves, commonly known as the Thousand Buddha Caves, was built in the Pre-Qin period of the Sixteen Kingdoms, and is also a relatively large-scale and well-preserved treasure house of Buddhist art in the world. Mogao Caves is about 1,600 meters long from north to south, and there are 735 caves, 45,000 square meters of murals, and 2,415 clay painted sculptures. The Mogao Caves are divided into two districts, the south and north, of which the southern area is the place of Worship of the Buddha, and the north area is the place where the monks practice, live, and bury.
Xinjiang: The ancient city of Kashgar
Qinghai: Taal Temple
Tibet: Potala Palace
Sichuan: Qingcheng Shandu Jiangyan
Qingcheng Mountain is known as "Qingcheng Tianxia You" reputation, Qingcheng Mountain is divided into Qingcheng Qianshan and Qingcheng Houshan, Qianshan has beautiful scenery, many cultural relics and monuments; Houshan natural scenery is mysterious and beautiful, primitive and gorgeous like a paradise, is one of the famous mountains of The Fourth Avenue in China.
Dujiangyan is a world cultural heritage, a world natural heritage, a world irrigation engineering heritage, is the world's oldest, the only surviving grand water conservancy project characterized by no dam, known as the "world's living water conservancy museum".
Chongqing: Dazu stone carvings
Guizhou: Qingyan Ancient Town
Yunnan: The ancient city of Lijiang
Guangxi: Yangmei Ancient Town
Taiwan: National Palace in Taipei
Hong Kong: Wong Tai Sin Temple
Macau: Ruins of St. Paul's