)
At the recent 34th session of the World Heritage Committee in Brazil, it was confirmed that a section of the historic architecture of the Shaolin Temple, known as “The Center of Heaven and Earth”, in Dengfeng city, Henan province, has been added to the UNESCO World Heritage list.
This is the second time that a group of Chinese Buddhist temples have been recognized as World Heritage sites; a site at Wutai Mountain was the first. There are currently 39 historic sites in China that have been included as part of UNESCO World Heritage project. The newly recognized historic site is the third World Heritage site in Henan, following the Longmen Grottoes and Yin Xu.
Related Links
Five Chinese Attractions Named World Heritage Sites
West Lake to be Included in the 2011 UNESCO World Heritage List
Warning：The use of any news and articles published on eChinacities.com without written permission from eChinacities.com constitutes copyright infringement, and legal action can be taken.
Keywords: shaolin world heritages site what are china’s world heritage sites china world heritage sites
All comments are subject to moderation by eChinacities.com staff. Because we wish to encourage healthy and productive dialogue we ask that all comments remain polite, free of profanity or name calling, and relevant to the original post and subsequent discussion. Comments will not be deleted because of the viewpoints they express, only if the mode of expression itself is inappropriate.
Please login to add a comment. Click here to login immediately.
Sign up with
Google
