Check In at These 'World Heritage Sites' in China—The First One Will Shock You!
The May Day holiday is just around the corner. I bet everyone is going crazy staying at home. The world is so big—let's take a trip and see it. And there are really many fun and spectacular scenic spots in China. As of now, China has 48 World Heritage sites!
World Heritage: recognized by UNESCO and the World Heritage Committee as rare and irreplaceable assets of humanity, they are cultural relics and natural landscapes of outstanding universal value acknowledged by all mankind.
Located in Taiping Town, Jiangkou County, Tongren City, Guizhou Province, Fanjing Mountain features primeval wildness. The mountain is majestic with overlapping peaks and cascading waterfalls.
Iconic attractions include: Red Cloud Golden Summit, Moon Mirror Mountain, Ten Thousand Volumes of Scriptures, Nine Dragon Pool, Phoenix Mountain, etc. It is also a Buddhist sacred site, one of China's five famous Buddhist mountains, with many related cultural relics.
Located in Xingshan County, Yichang City, Hubei Province, it is said to be named after the ancient Shennong who built ladders to collect herbs on the mountain. With thousands of peaks and valleys, heavenly carved canyons, natural caves, high mountain plains, and vast seas of blue sky, it forms a series of landscape paintings.
Main attractions include Shennong Peak, Scenic Pass, Lookout Tower, Little Dragon Pool, Big Dragon Pool, Golden Monkey Ridge, etc., known for its primitive mystery.
Danxia is a landscape formed on extremely thick sediments in fault basins on the active continental margin of the West Pacific. It mainly consists of red sandstone and conglomerate, fully reflecting the systematic value of Danxia landforms in China's subtropical humid region.
It includes Chishui Danxia in Guizhou, Taining Dajin Lake in Fujian, Langshan in Hunan, Danxiashan in Guangdong, Longhushan in Jiangxi, Jianglangshan in Zhejiang, each a beautiful tourist attraction.
Located in the west of Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Qinghai Province, it is a nature reserve with relatively well-preserved primitive ecological environment, mainly protecting rare wild animals such as Tibetan antelope, wild yak, Tibetan wild donkey, Tibetan gazelle, and their habitats.
Due to its dangerous natural environment and inaccessibility, it has a unique natural landscape.
Located halfway up the mountain at the foot of Bogda Peak, Fukang City, Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, at an altitude of 1980 meters, it is a natural alpine lake with a crescent-shaped surface.
Tianchi Lake Scenic Area is centered on Tianchi Lake, characterized by complete four vertical natural landscape belts, snow-capped mountains and glaciers, and alpine lakes, integrating snow mountains and cultural landscapes, with a unique style.
Located in Jiuzhaigou County, Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, surrounded by towering snow peaks, clear and colorful lake water, colorful waterfalls, surging rapids, and lush green forests.
Blue skies, bright sunshine, fresh air, and ancient villages and plank roads dotted among them form a harmonious and beautiful picture, always regarded as 'sacred mountain and holy water' by local Tibetan compatriots.
