What are the world heritage sites in Hebei Province?

The following 4 sites in Hebei Province are included in the World Heritage List:

1. Chengde Summer Resort and surrounding temples

Selected in 1994

Address: Chengde, Hebei

Chengde Summer Resort is the summer palace of the Qing Dynasty. It is located in Hebei Province and was built from 1703 to 1792 AD. It is a huge complex composed of many palaces and other buildings used to handle government affairs and hold ceremonies. Temples and royal gardens with different architectural styles are cleverly integrated with the surrounding lakes, pastures and forests. The Summer Resort not only has high aesthetic research value, but also retains rare historical relics from the late feudal society in China.

2. The Great Wall

Selected in 1987

Address: Starting from Shanhaiguan, Bohai Bay in the east, to Jiayuguan in Gansu Province in the west

Approx. In 220 BC, Qin Shihuang, who unified the world, connected some intermittent fortifications built earlier into a complete defense system to resist invasion from the north. In the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644 AD), construction continued, making the Great Wall the longest military facility in the world. Its cultural and artistic value is comparable to its historical and strategic importance.

3. Qingdong Tombs and Qingxi Tombs

Selected time: 2000

Address: Zunhua, Hebei, Yixian, Hebei

The Eastern Tombs of the Qing Dynasty are the most important tombs of emperors and concubines of the last dynasty in China. They are also the largest and most complete ancient imperial mausoleum building in China. There are only five imperial mausoleums built - Shunzhi's mausoleum, Kangxi's Jingling mausoleum, and Qianlong's mausoleum. Yuling Mausoleum in Xianfeng, Huiling Mausoleum in Tongzhi, as well as four Queen Mother Tombs in the East (Ci'an) and West (Cixi), five Concubine Gardens, and a Princess Mausoleum, totaling 14 queens and 136 concubines.

The Western Tombs of the Qing Dynasty are the mausoleums of four emperors since the Yongzheng period of the Qing Dynasty. There are 14 mausoleums in total, including the Tailing Mausoleum of Yongzheng, the Changling Mausoleum of Jiaqing, the Muling Mausoleum of Daoguang and the Mausoleum of Guangxu. Chongling. In addition, there are three empress mausoleums and several gardens for princesses and concubines.

4. Grand Canal

Selected time: 2014

Address: Cangzhou, Hebei

The Hebei section of the Grand Canal starts from Langfang and Xianghe County in the north From the intersection with Beijing, it reaches Jianzhong, Linxi County, Xingtai City in the south, and flows through five cities including Langfang, Cangzhou, Hengshui, Xingtai and Handan, with a total length of nearly 600 kilometers. Luo Zhewen, one of the "Three Canal Elders", once commented that the Hebei section of the Grand Canal has clear lines and a complete system. It has a relatively complete artificial river channel and embankment system, which represents the characteristics of the Grand Canal heritage in northern my country. "Its original ecology is very Obviously, this is unmatched by the Grand Canal in other regions. "This is true in the two heritage sites of the Grand Canal in our province - Huajiakou Rammed Earth Works and Lienzhen Xiejiaba, as well as the canal section from Cangzhou to Dezhou. There is a concrete manifestation.

Extended information:

World Cultural Heritage is an international convention initiated by the United Nations and implemented by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization to preserve outstanding and universal sites for mankind around the world. natural or cultural places of sexual value. World cultural heritage is the highest level of cultural protection and inheritance, and world cultural heritage belongs to the category of world heritage.

World heritage is divided into four categories: world cultural heritage, world cultural landscape heritage, world cultural and natural dual heritage, and world natural heritage. Non-governmental organizations such as the International Committee on Cultural Monuments and Historic Places, as cooperating organizations with UNESCO, participate in the selection, management and protection of World Heritage.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-World Cultural Heritage