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🇨🇳 China · Ancient city

Yinxu (Anyang) - Ruins of Yin

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 · Pyramid

Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor & Terracotta Army

Qin Dynasty · Qin / Han-precursor

Unopened earthen pyramid mound of Qin Shi Huang (259–210 BCE) with 600 pits, ~8000 terracotta warriors, chariots, weapons protecting subterranean bronze palace described by Sima Qian with mercury…

🇨🇳 China · Rock-cut

Tianlongshan Grottoes — Southern Peak South Caves

Eastern Wei–Northern Qi–Tang (Six Dynasties to Tang) · Eastern Wei Xianbei sinicized; Tang Shanxi Buddhist

Shanxi 25 caves 534–907: south peak Cave 11 Maitreya assembly with thin-line and Japanese-return Bodhisattva.

🇨🇳 China · Archaeological wonder

Imperial Tombs of the Ming and Qing Dynasties

Imperial Tombs of the Ming and Qing Dynasties (simplified Chinese: 明清皇家陵寝; traditional Chinese: 明清皇家陵寢; pinyin: Míng Qīng Huángjiā Língqǐn) is the designation under which the UNESCO has included…

🇨🇳 China · Submerged site

Shi Cheng – Lion City of Qiandao Lake

Tang to 1959 (208 CE – 1959, walls 1546–1563 Ming) · Sui/Tang / Ming / Qing Chinese

Ming county seat intentionally submerged 1959 for hydro-reservoir — stone lions, city wall and Qing mansions intact under 26–40 m fresh water.

🇨🇳 China · Rock art

Lianyungang Jiangjunya Rock Art — Mount Kongwang

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

Dahekou III East Baiyin Rock Art

Late Neolithic to Bronze · Majiayao, Qijia, Siba (Gansu corridor Neolithic–Bronze)

2025 east-bank Yellow River deer paintings opposite Dahekou west bank pecked panels.

🇨🇳 China · Rock art

Dahekou II — Yellow River East Bank Baiyin Petroglyphs

Neolithic to Bronze Age · Majiayao, Qijia, Xindian

Baiyin east bank Yellow River 3000–4000 yr deer and ibex paintings/petroglyphs, 2025-discovered.

🇨🇳 China · Rock art

Helan Mountains South Gorge — Helankou South Rock Art Park II

Bronze Age to Medieval · Xiongnu, Xianbei, Dangxiang Tangut, Mongol

Helankou south branch with 312 panels, Western Xia sun masks and tiger-bharal frieze, 1000 BCE–1200 CE.

🇨🇳 China · Rock-cut

Yungang Grottoes — Western Caves Extension (Caves 26–40)

Northern Dynasties (Northern Wei late) · Tuoba Wei (Xianbei) Buddhist with Han artisan school

UNESCO Yungang western 15-cave zone 494–525 with central-pillar and collapsed colossus.

🇨🇳 China · Rock-cut

Mati Si East Grottoes — Sunan Upper Cliff Temples

Sixteen Kingdoms to Yuan · Northern Liang, Tibetan, Uyghur, Western Xia Tangut, Mongol

Sunan east conglomerate cliffs 12 caves with 33 Heavens 7-storey pagoda and pillar hall, 420 CE–Yuan.

🇨🇳 China · Rock-cut

Matisi Grottoes — Southern Sunan Secondary Cliff

Sixteen Kingdoms to Tang (Northern Liang 420 peak) · Hexi Corridor mixed Han–Tibetan Buddhist (Juqu Mengxun lineage)

Mati Si southern 12-cave cliff 420 CE Thousand-Buddha with hoof-print legend and hanging plankway.

🇨🇳 China · Rock-cut

Kizil Caves — Western Valley Extension (Western Kizil)

Early Medieval Central Asian (Tocharian B) · Tocharian Buddhist (Kucha Kingdom) with Gandhara influence

Kucha Tocharian western 42-cave valley 400–700 CE diamond ceilings and lapis blue, German-removal archive.

🇨🇳 China · Rock art

Dahekou Rock Paintings

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 · Submerged site

Shicheng Submerged Lion City South Gate

Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) · Bronze Age–Classical

Shicheng Submerged Lion City South Gate in Zhejiang, Qiandao Lake, China is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–300 CE) submerged city attributed to Bronze Age–Classical.

🇨🇳 China · Ancient village

Zhaobaogou

Zhaobaogou 5400–4500 BCE → Hongshan 4700–2900 → Lower Xiajiadian · Zhaobaogou (Liao Neolithic, post-Xinglongwa)

Type-site for Zhaobaogou culture (c.5400–4500 BCE, post-Xinglongwa) on the Aohan plain adjacent to Xinglongwa near Chifeng — 1.5 ha village with 18 pit houses and rich artistic pottery, excavated…

🇨🇳 China · Cave

Dunhuang Mogao Cave 257 Jataka Panel

Upper Palaeolithic (35000–12000 BP) · Upper Palaeolithic

Dunhuang Mogao Cave 257 Jataka Panel in Gansu, Dunhuang, China is a Upper Palaeolithic (35000–12000 BP) cave attributed to Upper Palaeolithic.

🇨🇳 China · Rock-cut

Tianlongshan South Caves — Heavenly Dragon South Peak

Eastern Wei to Tang · Han Chinese Buddhist, Northern Dynasties, Tang cosmopolitan

Taiyuan south peak 13 caves with Tang Manshan Pavilion Maitreya 4 m and stolen apsaras digital-reunion, 534–907 CE.

🇨🇳 China · Cave

Longmen Guyang Cave North Wall

Upper Palaeolithic (35000–12000 BP) · Upper Palaeolithic

Longmen Guyang Cave North Wall in Henan, Luoyang, China is a Upper Palaeolithic (35000–12000 BP) cave attributed to Upper Palaeolithic.

🇨🇳 China · Ancient village

Kuahuqiao

Kuahuqiao culture 8000–7000 BP (8500–7700 calendar BCE) → Hemudu · Kuahuqiao (Lower Yangzi pre-Hemudu)

Pre-Hemudu pile-dwelling village (c.8000–7000 BP, 6000–5500 BCE) at Xiaoshan wetland south of Hangzhou — Kuahuqiao excavated 1990–93 by Zhejiang Institute, revealing earliest dugout canoe in China…

🇨🇳 China · Rock-cut

Yungang West Caves — Wuzhou Mountain Western Annex

Northern Wei (Northern Dynasties) · Tuoba Xianbei-Han Buddhist imperial

Yungang western annex 5 caves with Cave 12 music pavilion and 10k-buddha niches, 453–494 Northern Wei Tanyao.

🇨🇳 China · Rock art

Huaishan Central Helan Rock Art

Early Bronze to Western Xia (Tangut) · Zhukaigou, Ordos, Han, Western Xia (Tangut)

Zhongwei Huaishan central terrace with naturalistic ibex and Western Xia inscriptions.

🇨🇳 China · Tumulus

Mawangdui Han Tomb 1 East Chamber

Bronze Age (2200–800 BCE) · Bronze Age

Mawangdui Han Tomb 1 East Chamber in Hunan, Changsha, China is a Bronze Age (2200–800 BCE) tumulus attributed to Bronze Age.

🇨🇳 China · Temple complex

Maijishan North Niche 135

Northern Dynasties (Western Wei to Northern Zhou) · Northern Zhou Buddhist (Yuwen court patronage)

North-face shaded Maitreya pensive niche preserving straw-plastic polychrome.