Heritage sites recognized |
http://www.sina.com.cn 2003/07/15 09:40 上海英文星报 |
THREE additional Chinese sites have been added to the World Heritage List by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco). Unesco declared Shisanling in Beijing and Mingxiaoling in Nanjing (Imperial Tombs of the Ming and Qing Dynasties (1368-1911)) as new cultural site and the Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Province a new natural site in their list released on July 3. China now has 29 sites listed as either natural or world heritage treasures on the World Heritage List. The Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan is a protected area consisting of seven geographical clusters of protected areas within the boundaries of the Three Parallel Rivers National Park. It is located in the mountainous northwest of Yunnan Province, the 1.7-million-hectare site features sections of the upper reaches of three of the great rivers of Asia: the Yangtze (Jinsha), Mekong and Salween run roughly parallel, north to south, through steep gorges which, in places, are 3,000 metres deep and are bordered by glaciated peaks more than 6,000 metres high. The site is one of the key centres of Chinese bio-diversity. It is also one of the richest temperate regions of the world, in terms of bio-diversity. The Imperial Tombs of the Ming and Qing Dynasties were inscribed on the World Heritage List in 2000. The properties inscribed this year as an extension consist of two distinct burial sites of Ming Dynasty emperors. Xiaoling is one of the 13 imperial tombs. The tombs provide outstanding evidence of Chinese beliefs and traditions from the 14th onward and significant examples of architecture and applied arts, designed in keeping with the Chinese concepts of geomancy "fengshui". |
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