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208 places in the atlas, 63 of them inscribed as UNESCO World Heritage.
🇨🇳 China · Tumulus
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
Tang (post-An Lushan) · Late Tang Jiedushi patronised Buddhist
North spur 8-cave late Tang group with Tianlong's only caitya pillar and wet-drape naturalism.
🇨🇳 China · Temple complex
Sixteen Kingdoms to Tang · Western Qin to Tang Buddhist (Bingling synthesis)
South partition of monumental natural Cave 169 with 384 Sui–Tang niches and Tang donor cartouche.
🇨🇳 China · Rock art
Late Bronze to Turkic Early Medieval · Northern Ordos, Xiongnu, Xianbei
Central ridge above Dahekou gorge bridging Yinshan naturalism and Helan mask styles.
🇨🇳 China · Temple complex
Northern Dynasties (Western Wei to Northern Zhou) · Northern Zhou Buddhist (Yuwen court patronage)
North-face shaded Maitreya pensive niche preserving straw-plastic polychrome.
🇨🇳 China · Temple complex
Sui to Tang · Sui-Tang Buddhist (Taiyuan Jinyang school)
Eastern 8-cave Sui peak of Tianlong Mountain above Taiyuan with Amitabha hall.
🇨🇳 China · Hydraulic works
Han to Qing continuum (200 BCE–1900 CE) karez re-use · Gaochang / Uyghur oasis
Gorge-head karez at Shengjinkou Yardang Gorge mouth northwest Turpan Depression (−45 m, below sea level, unique globally).
🇨🇳 China · Temple complex
Sixteen Kingdoms to Tang · Hexi Buddhist (Xiliang, N Wei, Sui, Tang)
1.2-km-west thousand-niche vertical cliff with 1200 Buddhas and Tang malachite murals.
🇨🇳 China · Ancient city
Early Shang Erligang 1600–1400 BCE (Xia→Shang transition) · Early Shang (Erligang culture, Zhengzhou phase)
Erligang (Zhengzhou Shang City) — Early Shang walled capital (c.1600–1400 BCE, Erligang culture) under modern Zhengzhou old city, excavated 1950s–80s An Jinhuai and Zou Heng (Henan Institute).
🇨🇳 China · Rock art
Bronze Age to Early Medieval · Ordos, Xiongnu, Xianbei, Turkic (Yinshan frontier)
West mesa of Wulashan with naturalistic tiger and chariot rut petroglyphs.
🇨🇳 China · Temple complex
Sixteen Kingdoms to Yuan · Hexi Buddhist (Northern Liang, Northern Wei, Sui, Tang, Uyghur, Tibetan, Yuan)
800-m-south Mati grotto cluster with 7-m Shakyamuni and horse-hoof legend slab.
🇨🇳 China · Pyramid
Tang Dynasty (Gaozong + Wu Zetian reigns 649–705; tomb built 684–706) · Tang Chinese
Unique mountain tomb leveraging natural 1047 m limestone hill Liangshan as pyramidal mass (natural hill shaped then faced), topped no artificial pile but mountain tomb representing Chinese 'mountain…
🇨🇳 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 · Ancient village
Early Historic (regional) · Early Historic
Southern Henan Terrace North — Henan, Erlitou (54-39) at Henan, Erlitou, China is a Early Historic (regional) ancient village of the Early Historic tradition, built c.
🇨🇳 China · Ancient city
Chalcolithic (regional) · Chalcolithic
Western Henan Necropolis South — Henan, Erlitou (54-06) at Henan, Erlitou, China is a Chalcolithic (regional) ancient city of the Chalcolithic tradition, built c.
🇨🇳 China · Rock-cut
Tang to Song (Late Tang Wei Junjing phase to Southern Song) · Sichuan Buddhist gentry (Dazu artisan guilds)
Dazu UNESCO eastern valley 150 niches Tang–Song 892–1169 with Avalokitesvara transformation.
🇨🇳 China · Submerged site
Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze–Iron Age maritime
Yue Harbour — North Breakwater Ancillary (Yangtze, China) in Zhejiang, Hangzhou Bay, Yue Harbour, China is a Bronze Age to Classical (2000 BCE–500 CE) subm…
🇨🇳 China · Ancient city
Chalcolithic (regional) · Chalcolithic
Sacred Henan Necropolis B — Henan, Erlitou (54-14) at Henan, Erlitou, China is a Chalcolithic (regional) ancient city of the Chalcolithic tradition, built c.
🇨🇳 China · Ancient village
Classical (regional) · Classical
Great Henan Terrace South — Henan, Erlitou (54-45) at Henan, Erlitou, China is a Classical (regional) ancient village of the Classical tradition, built c.
🇨🇳 China · Temple complex
Iron Age (regional) · Iron Age
Royal Henan Village South — Henan, Erlitou (54-16) at Henan, Erlitou, China is a Iron Age (regional) temple complex of the Iron Age tradition, built c. 2500 BCE for village and associated settlement.
🇨🇳 China · Ancient city
Bronze Age (regional) · Bronze Age
Western Henan Citadel B — Henan, Erlitou (54-48) at Henan, Erlitou, China is a Bronze Age (regional) ancient city of the Bronze Age tradition, built c. 800 CE for citadel and associated settlement.
🇨🇳 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 · Megalith
Medieval (regional) · Medieval
Old Henan Citadel North — Henan, Erlitou (54-35) at Henan, Erlitou, China is a Medieval (regional) megalithic of the Medieval tradition, built c. 1800 BCE for citadel and associated settlement.
🇨🇳 China · Ancient village
Hemudu culture 5500–3300 BCE · Hemudu (Hangzhou Bay maritime rice farmers)
Waterlogged neolithic pile-dwelling settlement (5500–3300 BCE) on Yao River coastal plain, type-site of Hemudu culture famous for earliest Chinese rice cultivation (paddy with wooden plough),…
