Cultural World Heritage sites in China

42 of the 61 properties of China are inscribed only under cultural criteria (i)–(vi), from Imperial Palaces of the Ming and Qing Dynasties in Beijing and Shenyang (1987) to Jingdezhen Handicraft Porcelain Industry Sites (2026).

Cultural 42

Site	Year	Type	Criteria
Imperial Palaces of the Ming and Qing Dynasties in Beijing and Shenyang	1987	Cultural	i ii iii iv
Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor	1987	Cultural	i iii iv vi
Mogao Caves	1987	Cultural	i ii iii iv v vi
The Great Wall	1987	Cultural	i ii iii iv vi
Zhoukoudian site	1987	Cultural	iii vi
Ancient Building Complex in the Wudang Mountains	1994	Cultural	i ii vi
Chengde Mountain Resort and its outlying temples	1994	Cultural	ii iv
Temple and Cemetery of Confucius and the Kong Family Mansion in Qufu	1994	Cultural	i iv vi
World Heritage Sites in Tibet	1994	Cultural	i iv vi
Lushan Quaternary Glaciation National Geopark	1996	Cultural	ii iii iv vi
Ancient City of Ping Yao	1997	Cultural	ii iii iv
Classical Gardens of Suzhou	1997	Cultural	i ii iii iv v
Old Town of Lijiang	1997	Cultural	ii iv v
Summer Palace	1998	Cultural	i ii iii
Temple of Heaven	1998	Cultural	i ii iii
Dazu Rock Carvings	1999	Cultural	i ii iii
Ancient Villages in Southern Anhui - Xidi and Hongcun	2000	Cultural	iii iv v
Imperial Tombs of the Ming and Qing Dynasties	2000	Cultural	i ii iii iv vi
Longmen Grottoes	2000	Cultural	i ii iii
Qingchengshan-Dujiangyan National Park	2000	Cultural	ii iv vi
Yungang Grottoes	2001	Cultural	i ii iii iv
Capital Cities and Tombs of the Ancient Koguryo Kingdom	2004	Cultural	i ii iii iv v
Historic Centre of Macao	2005	Cultural	ii iii iv vi
Yinxu	2006	Cultural	ii iii iv vi
Kaiping Diaolou and Villages	2007	Cultural	ii iii iv
Fujian Tulou sites	2008	Cultural	iii iv v
Mount Wutai	2009	Cultural	ii iii iv vi
Historic Monuments of Dengfeng in “The Centre of Heaven and Earth”	2010	Cultural	iii vi
West Lake Cultural Landscape of Hangzhou	2011	Cultural	ii iii vi
Xanadu	2012	Cultural	ii iii iv vi
Cultural Landscape of Old Tea Forests of the Jingmai Mountain in Pu’er	2013	Cultural	iii iv v
Honghe Hani Rice Terraces	2013	Cultural	iii v
Grand Canal	2014	Cultural	i iii iv vi
Silk Roads: the Routes Network of Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor	2014	Cultural	ii iii v vi
Tusi Sites	2015	Cultural	ii iii
Rock Paintings of Hua Mountain	2016	Cultural	iii vi
Gulangyu	2017	Cultural	ii iv
Liangzhu site	2019	Cultural	iii iv
Quanzhou: Emporium of the World in Song-Yuan China	2021	Cultural	iv
Central Axis of Beijing	2024	Cultural	i iii iv vi
Western Xia Mausoleums	2025	Cultural	ii iii
Jingdezhen Handicraft Porcelain Industry Sites	2026	Cultural	ii iii iv vi

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