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214 places in the atlas, 63 of them inscribed as UNESCO World Heritage.
🇨🇳 China · Rock art
Neolithic to Medieval (Hongshan to Liao-Jin) · Hongshan, Lower Xiajiadian, Ordos and Khitan Liao
Eastern Yinshan steppe granite with 3000 Neolithic–Khitan images, Hongshan–Yinshan bridge.
🇨🇳 China · Rock art
Bronze Age to Mongol (Xixia 1038–1227 peak) · Northern nomads (Proto-Mongolic, Xiongnu, Xianbei, Xixia Tangut, Mongol)
Helan southernmost Huaishan 800 ibex and shaman faces on Yellow River Tengger bend, Bronze–Xixia patina.
🇨🇳 China · Rock art
Longshan Late Neolithic to Eastern Han (2500 BCE–200 CE) · Haidai Longshan (Dongyi) to Han Chinese Buddhist
Lianyungang 15-m General Cliff with 70 Longshan faces and earliest Han Buddha 68 CE overlay on Yellow Sea granite.
🇨🇳 China · Rock art
Bronze Age to Tibetan Empire (Shang-Zhou to Tubo) · Qiang, Proto-Tibetan, Tibetan Bon
Garzê red cliff 300 figures yak-sun Qiang-Tibetan 1500 BCE–8th c. CE.
🇨🇳 China · Rock art
Neolithic to Medieval Chinese (Majiayao to Western Xia) · Northern Neolithic, Ordos Bronze, Xiongnu and Tangut
Ningxia southern Helan fringe cliffs with 1200 images Neolithic to Xixia, Ordos interface.
