MAP OF CULTURAL SITES 8
CHINESE DYNASTIES 10
INTRODUCTION 12
IMPERIAL PALACES AND GARDENS 28
1 PALACE MUSEUM 28
2 IMPERIAL PALACE IN SHENYANG 36
3 SUMMER MOUNTAIN VILLA AND TEMPLES 40
4 TEMPLE OF HEAVEN 46
5 SUMMER PALACE 50
IMPERIAL MAUSOLEUMS 60
6 EMPEROR QIN SHI HUANG'S TOMB AND THE ARMY OF TERRACOTTA WARRIORS 60
7 XIAOLING TOMB OF THE MING DYNASTY 66
8 XIANLING TOMB OF THE MING DYNASTY 70
9 THIRTEEN TOMBS OF THE MING EMPERORS 74
10 EASTERN TOMBS OF THE QING DYNASTY 82
11 WESTERN TOMBS OF THE QING DYNASTY 86
PALACES AND TEMPLES 94
12 POTALA PALACE 94
13 JOKHANG TEMPLE 100
14 NORBULINGKA SUMMER PALACE 106
15 TASHILHUNPO MONASTERY 110
16 CONFUCIAN TEMPLE AND FOREST AND THE KONG FAMILY MANSION 116
17 ANCIENT BUILDING COMPLEX ON WUDANG MOUNTAIN 122
CLASSICAL GARDENS AND TOWERS 132
18 CLASSICAL GARDENS OF SUZHOU 132
19 YELLOW CRANE TOWER 136
20 TENGWANG PAVILION 140
21 YUEYANG TOWER 142
LOCAL-STYLE DWELLINGS 148
22 OLD TOWN OF LIJIANG 148
23 ANCIENT CITY OF PINGYAO 154
24 OLD-STYLE VILLAGES IN SOUTHERN ANHUI 160
25 ANCIENT TOWN OF ZHOUZHUANG 166
26 VICTORIA HARBOUR,HONG KONG 170
27 KAIPING DIAOLOUS 174
28 KEJIA TULOUS 180
CULTURAL RELICS 190
29 THE GREAT WALL 190
30 MAWANGDUI TOMBS 196
31 DUJIANGYAN IRRIGATION SYSTEM 200
32 SANXINGDUI 206
33 SITE OF BEIJING MAN 210
34 HISTORIC CENTRE OF MACAO 214
ART OF GROTTOES 224
35 DAZU ROCK CARVINGS 224
36 LONGMEN GROTTOES 230
37 MOGAO CAVES 236
38 YUNGANG GROTTOES 240
NATURAL AND CULTURAL HERITAGE 250
39 TAISHAN 250
40 EMEISHAN AND THE GRAND BUDDHA 258
41 HUANGSHAN 264
42 WUYISHAN 266
INDEX 270