🇨🇳 China · Temple complex
Beishan Grottoes Dazu
Tang to Southern Song · Late Tang to Song Sichuan Buddhist (Wei Junjing to Zhao Zhifeng line)
UNESCO Beishan's 290-niche scholar's cliff 2 km north of Dazu with Song filial piety reliefs.
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🇨🇳 China · Temple complex
Tang to Southern Song · Late Tang to Song Sichuan Buddhist (Wei Junjing to Zhao Zhifeng line)
UNESCO Beishan's 290-niche scholar's cliff 2 km north of Dazu with Song filial piety reliefs.
🇨🇳 China · Temple complex
Northern Wei (Northern Dynasties) · Northern Wei royal Buddhist (Toba Wei imperial atelier under Tanyao)
13.7-m open-fronted seated Buddha of Yungang's Five Tanyao west series — most iconic Wei colossus.
🇨🇳 China · Pyramid
Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) · Old Kingdom / Middle Kingdom
Koguryo — Tomb of the General East (Ji'an, Liaoning) in Jilin, Ji'an, Koguryo Tomb of General, China is a Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) pyramid att…
🇨🇳 China · Temple complex
Neolithic (regional) · Neolithic
Outer Henan Citadel A — Henan, Erlitou (54-27) at Henan, Erlitou, China is a Neolithic (regional) temple complex of the Neolithic tradition, built c. 200 CE for citadel and associated settlement.
🇨🇳 China · Rock-cut
Bronze to Iron Age (2000 BCE–300 CE) · Rock-cut tradition
Dunhuang — Mogao Cave 96 Ancillary Corridor in Gansu, Dunhuang, Mogao, China is a Bronze to Iron Age (2000 BCE–300 CE) rock_cut attributed to Rock-cut trad…
🇨🇳 China · Rock art
Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period rock art
Xianren Cave Early Pottery Horizon in Jiangxi, Xianren Cave, China is a Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) rock art attributed to Multi-period rock art.
🇨🇳 China · Cave
Upper Palaeolithic (35000–12000 BP) · Upper Palaeolithic
Yungang Cave 20 Seated Buddha Plinth in Shanxi, Datong, China is a Upper Palaeolithic (35000–12000 BP) cave attributed to Upper Palaeolithic.
🇨🇳 China · Tumulus
Bronze Age (2200–800 BCE) · Bronze Age
Anyang Yin Xu Fu Hao Tomb North Niche in Henan, Anyang, China is a Bronze Age (2200–800 BCE) tumulus attributed to Bronze Age.
🇨🇳 China · Tumulus
Western Han (202 BCE–9 CE; Tomb 1 168 BCE Lady Dai) · Han Chinese (Changsha Kingdom)
Changsha Mawangdui excavated 1972–74, Lady Dai mummy 2100 yrs, 3000 objects and Mawangdui Silk Texts (Tao Te Ching).
🇨🇳 China · Archaeological wonder
Ming Dynasty 1372–1540 CE (major 1484 rebuild) · Ming Han Chinese
Ming western gateway fortress (1372–1540) on Hexi Corridor terminus of Great Wall, 33,500 m² bastioned rammed-earth and brick rectangle abutting Qilian foothills and Black Mountain gorge.
🇨🇳 China · Cave
Paleolithic to Early Neolithic (20000–7500 BCE; pottery 12000 BCE) · Xianrendong–Diaotonghuan culture (world's earliest pottery)
Xianrendong Cave is the type site for the world's earliest pottery (12000 BCE) — 20 000-year stratigraphy with oldest pottery sherds, wild rice phytoliths (12000 BCE), and Paleolithic tools in…
🇨🇳 China · Rock-cut
Northern Wei to Song (Six Dynasties to Tang) · Northern Wei Tuoba Sinicized Buddhist; Tang Chinese
Northern Wei 5 caves 774 icons 503–520 with emperor–empress procession as Bodhisattva and Tang thousand Buddhas.
🇨🇳 China · Rock art
Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) · Multi-period rock art
Yinshan Rock Art Tiger Leaping Panel in Inner Mongolia, Yinshan, China is a Upper Palaeolithic to Iron Age (30000 BCE–500 CE) rock art attributed to Multi-period rock art.
🇨🇳 China · Ancient village
Neolithic to Iron Age (6000 BCE–500 CE) · Neolithic
Hemudu Rice Field Wooden Piles in Zhejiang, Yuyao, China is a Neolithic to Iron Age (6000 BCE–500 CE) ancient village attributed to Neolithic.
🇨🇳 China · Temple complex
Neolithic Hongshan (4700–2900 BCE; ritual peak 3500 BCE) · Hongshan culture (Liao River painted pottery, jade)
Niuheliang is Hongshan culture's ritual centre (4700–2900 BCE) — Goddess Temple with clay female figurine, 16 altar platforms, and 30 stone-cairn tombs with jade pig-dragons on Yanshan piedmont.
🇨🇳 China · Ancient city
Shang · Shang (Late)
Yinxu (Anyang) - Ruins of Yin in Henan Province, China is a Shang ancient city attributed to Shang (Late) culture. Inscribed UNESCO World Heritage Site (ID 1114).
🇨🇳 China · Megalith
Chalcolithic (regional) · Chalcolithic
Great Xi an Terrace Central — Xi an (56-22) at Xi an, China is a Chalcolithic (regional) megalithic of the Chalcolithic tradition, built c. 800 CE for terrace and associated settlement.
🇨🇳 China · Earthwork
Bronze Age (regional) · Bronze Age
Northern Xi an Enclosure A — Xi an (56-40) at Xi an, China is a Bronze Age (regional) earthwork of the Bronze Age tradition, built c. 1200 BCE for enclosure and associated settlement.
🇨🇳 China · Earthwork
Neolithic to Mississippian (3000 BCE–1400 CE) · Neolithic / Woodland
Liangzhu — Mojiaoshan Platform North Terrace in Zhejiang, Hangzhou, Liangzhu, China is a Neolithic to Mississippian (3000 BCE–1400 CE) earthwork attributed…
🇨🇳 China · Ancient city
Neolithic Baodun (2700–2000 BCE; walled 2500 BCE) · Baodun culture (Sichuan Chengdu Plain, Sanxingdui precursor)
Chengzishan is a Baodun culture walled town (2700–2000 BCE) — earliest walled site on the Chengdu Plain (pre-Sanxingdui), 10-ha rectangular walled settlement with rammed-earth wall.
🇨🇳 China · Ancient village
Neolithic Majiabang (7000–5800 BCE) · Majiabang culture (Taihu Lower Yangtze rice)
Majiabang is the type site of Majiabang culture (7000–5800 BCE) — earliest Lower Yangtze rice paddy village with pile-dwelling houses, jade, and Hemudu-type black pottery on the Taihu plain.
🇨🇳 China · Ancient village
Neolithic Shuangdun (7300–5600 BCE) · Shuangdun culture (Huai River painted pottery, carved symbols)
Shuangdun is Shuangdun culture's type site (7300–5600 BCE) on the Huai River — 10-ha village with stamped pottery with 600+ carved symbols (proto-writing, 7300 BCE).
🇨🇳 China · Megalith
Period Late Holocene · Regional culture Asia-Megalith
Mural Hall Asia 22 — China Region 10 in China Region 10, China is a Neolithic megalithic with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
🇨🇳 China · Megalith
Period Iron Age · Regional culture Asia-Megalith
Hillfort Rampart Asia 109 — China Region 1 in China Region 1, China is a Neolithic megalithic with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
