Major Historical and Cultural Sites in Shaanxi - National Parks of China

270 Major Historical and Cultural Sites Protected at the National Level in Shaanxi (batches 1–8, named by the State Council 1961–2019; 2 of them cross provincial borders, such as the Great Wall and the Grand Canal). Dots are coloured by category; click one to jump to its entry. See also Shaanxi and all provinces.

Weinan (60)

Tomb and Shrine of Sima Qian 司马迁墓和祠
Ancient tombs · second batch (1982)
Tomb of the Western Han historian Sima Qian and the shrine later built for him.
Xiyue Temple 西岳庙
Ancient buildings · third batch (1988)
Also called the Huayue Temple, a place for worshipping the Western Peak, Mount Hua; moved to its present site in the Eastern Han, with present buildings of the Ming and Qing.
Qiaoling Mausoleum 桥陵
Ancient tombs · third batch (1988)
Tomb of Emperor Ruizong of Tang, Li Dan, with Feng Mountain as the tomb, an underground palace cut into the mountainside and a surrounding enclosure wall.
Wei Great Wall Site 魏长城遗址
Ancient sites · fourth batch (1996)
Great Wall built by the Wei state in the Warring States period, first built in the 19th year of King Hui of Wei (358 BC) and used to defend against Qin attacks.
Yongling Mausoleum 永陵
Ancient tombs · fourth batch (1996)
Joint cemetery of Yuan Baoju, Emperor Wen of Western Wei, and Empress Yifu, with a round mound and one stone carving surviving before the tomb.
Dayu Temple in Hancheng 韩城大禹庙
Ancient buildings · fourth batch (1996)
A Yuan-dynasty temple for worshipping Yu the Great.
Tianshuigou Site 甜水沟遗址
Ancient sites · fifth batch (2001)
A Paleolithic site.
Yuanjunmiao–Quanhucun Site 元君庙—泉护村遗址
Ancient sites · fifth batch (2001)
A prehistoric Neolithic site.
Jingshicang Site 京师仓遗址
Ancient sites · fifth batch (2001)
Also called Huacang, a large Western Han granary site near the confluence of the Yellow River and the Wei River.
Liangzhou Site 良周遗址
Ancient sites · fifth batch (2001)
An ancient site of the Qin and Han period.
Tomb and Temple of Cang Jie 仓颉墓与庙
Ancient buildings · fifth batch (2001)
The tomb and temple commemorating Cang Jie, a figure of the legendary age, with the temple in front and the tomb behind, repaired many times in the Ming and Qing.
Hancheng Puzhao Temple 韩城普照寺
Ancient buildings · fifth batch (2001)
A Yuan dynasty temple building.
Hancheng Confucian Temple 韩城文庙
Ancient buildings · fifth batch (2001)
A Ming dynasty building, the most complete surviving Confucian temple in Shaanxi.
Hancheng City God Temple 韩城城隍庙
Ancient buildings · fifth batch (2001)
A City God temple whose main buildings were built in the Ming.
Dangjia Village Ancient Building Complex 党家村古建筑群
Ancient buildings · fifth batch (2001)
A village founded 670 years ago whose courtyard houses are typical of Hancheng dwellings; farming and commerce were equally important in the Qing, giving it the name "Little Hancheng".
Chengcheng City God Temple Spirit Tower 澄城城隍庙神楼
Ancient buildings · fifth batch (2001)
Only the spirit tower of the City God temple survives, commonly called the Music Tower, rebuilt in the 10th year of Wanli of the Ming (1582), made up of a central tower and east and west towers.
Hengzhen Site 横阵遗址
Ancient sites · sixth batch (2006)
An ancient Neolithic site.
Liangdaicun Site 梁带村遗址
Ancient sites · sixth batch (2006)
A Western Zhou ancient site.
Jingjin Temple Pagoda 精进寺塔
Ancient buildings · sixth batch (2006)
A pavilion-style hollow brick pagoda begun in the reign of Emperor Suzong of the Tang and repaired in the 7th year of Qingli of the Northern Song (1047); only the pagoda remains after the temple was destroyed.
Bailiang Shousheng Temple Pagoda 百良寿圣寺塔
Ancient buildings · sixth batch (2006)
Also called the Bailiang Pagoda, a square close-eaved brick pagoda of thirteen stories with a remaining height of about 32 meters.
Fawang Temple 法王庙
Ancient buildings · sixth batch (2006)
A temple complex of the Song to Qing periods.
Beiying Temple 北营庙
Ancient buildings · sixth batch (2006)
A Guandi Temple begun in the Jin and named for its proximity to the Beiying barracks; one of the five camp temples of the ancient city of Hancheng.
Jade Emperor and Houtu Temple 玉皇后土庙
Ancient buildings · sixth batch (2006)
A temple enshrining the Jade Emperor and the earth goddess Houtu.
Bluestone Hall of Xuanwu Temple 玄武庙青石殿
Ancient buildings · sixth batch (2006)
A Ming-dynasty hall built of bluestone.
Qing'an Temple Pagoda 庆安寺塔
Ancient buildings · sixth batch (2006)
Also called the Laihua Pagoda, begun in the Tang, repaired in the Northern Song and rebuilt in the 37th year of the Ming Jiajing reign (1558); a nine-story hollow brick pavilion-style pagoda 30 meters high.
Fengtu Yicang Granary 丰图义仓
Ancient buildings · sixth batch (2006)
A Qing-dynasty storage building.
Site of the Weihua Uprising 渭华起义旧址
Modern historic sites · sixth batch (2006)
Includes the Weihua Uprising command post, the CPC East Shaanxi Special Committee and the revolutionary activity sites of Liu Zhidan; the uprising was led by the Communist Party in east Shaanxi in 1927.
Nansha Site 南沙遗址
Ancient sites · seventh batch (2013)
Ancient site from the Neolithic to the Shang dynasty.
Xiaheixi Site 下河西遗址
Ancient sites · seventh batch (2013)
Ancient site of the Neolithic and Han periods.
Shi'er Liancheng Beacon Tower Site 十二连城烽火台遗址
Ancient sites · seventh batch (2013)
Beacon tower site from the Eastern Zhou to the Ming dynasty.
Zhengyi Canal Granary Site 徵邑漕仓遗址
Ancient sites · seventh batch (2013)
Canal granary site from the Spring and Autumn period to the Western Han.
Tongguan Ancient City 潼关故城
Ancient sites · seventh batch (2013)
Ancient city site of the Tang to Ming dynasties.
Yaotou Kiln Site 尧头窑遗址
Ancient sites · seventh batch (2013)
An ancient kiln site dating from the Tang dynasty onward.
Yongyuanling 永垣陵
Ancient tombs · seventh batch (2013)
Tomb related to the Former Zhao of the Sixteen Kingdoms; the occupant is unknown and may be the father of Liu Yao, emperor of the Former Zhao.
Northern Zhou Chengling 北周成陵
Ancient tombs · seventh batch (2013)
Tomb of Yuwen Tai, posthumously honored as emperor of the Northern Zhou; it has a round mound and, in front, a Song stele and a Qing stele.
Tomb of Li Chongjun 李重俊墓
Ancient tombs · seventh batch (2013)
Tang-dynasty tomb of Li Chongjun.
Tang Huiling 唐惠陵
Ancient tombs · seventh batch (2013)
Also called the Tomb of the Yielding Emperor, tomb of Li Xian, eldest son of Emperor Ruizong of Tang and elder brother of Emperor Xuanzong.
Li Family Cemetery 李氏家族墓地
Ancient tombs · seventh batch (2013)
A Qing-dynasty family cemetery.
Fayuan Temple Pagoda 法源寺塔
Ancient buildings · seventh batch (2013)
The only surviving Tang dynasty multi-storied brick pagoda of Fayuan Temple, hollow and octagonal with seven stories, 27.3 meters high.
Huiche Temple South Pagoda 慧彻寺南塔
Ancient buildings · seventh batch (2013)
Built in the 1st year of the Zhenguan reign of the Tang (627), originally eleven stories; the top two stories collapsed in the great Jiajing earthquake of the Ming; the temple is gone and only this pagoda remains.
Luoshan Temple Pagoda 罗山寺塔
Ancient buildings · seventh batch (2013)
Also called Daibao Pagoda, a multi-storied hollow brick pagoda on the east peak of Ruluo Mountain; the temple no longer exists.
Chongshou Temple Pagoda 崇寿寺塔
Ancient buildings · seventh batch (2013)
Also called the North Temple Pagoda, built in the 3rd year of the Shaosheng reign of the Northern Song (1096), a square dense-eaved brick pagoda of thirteen stories, 45 meters high.
Daxiang Temple Pagoda 大象寺塔
Ancient buildings · seventh batch (2013)
Also called the Longwang Temple Pagoda, a Song dynasty solid square dense-eaved brick pagoda; the temple was destroyed during the War of Resistance against Japan.
Hancheng Jiulang Temple 韩城九郎庙
Ancient buildings · seventh batch (2013)
Commonly called Jiulang Temple, a Yuan dynasty temple honoring Zhao Wu, Cheng Ying and Gongsun Chujiu.
Great Buddha Hall of Qingshan Temple 庆善寺大佛殿
Ancient buildings · seventh batch (2013)
The Yuan-dynasty Great Buddha Hall in Qingshan Temple, popularly called East Temple, in the middle of Jincheng Avenue.
Sanqing Hall of Ziyun Temple 紫云观三清殿
Ancient buildings · seventh batch (2013)
The Sanqing Hall of a Yuan dynasty Daoist temple, moved to its present site in 2001.
Heyang Confucian Temple 合阳文庙
Ancient buildings · seventh batch (2013)
Only Dacheng Hall, Minglun Hall and Zunjing Pavilion survive; Dacheng Hall was rebuilt in the 2nd year of the Hongwu reign of the Ming (1369).
Huizhao Temple Pagoda 慧照寺塔
Ancient buildings · seventh batch (2013)
Commonly called Xiagui Pagoda, said to have been begun in the Jin, repaired in the Song, destroyed in the great Jiajing earthquake of the Ming and repaired in the 9th year of the Wanli reign (1581).
Bridge on a Bridge 桥上桥
Ancient buildings · seventh batch (2013)
A two-tier stone arch bridge over the Chishui River; the lower bridge was built in the 6th year of the Kangxi reign of the Qing (1667), and another bridge was added on top in the 12th year of the Daoguang reign (1832).
Yuxiu Bridge 毓秀桥
Ancient buildings · seventh batch (2013)
Commonly called South Bridge, a ten-span stone arch bridge over the Chan River, built in the Qing dynasty.
Former Residence of Yang Hucheng 杨虎城旧居
Modern historic sites · seventh batch (2013)
Former residence of Yang Hucheng, completed in 1934.
Liujiawa Site 刘家洼遗址
Ancient sites · eighth batch (2019)
An Eastern Zhou site discovered in 2016, identified as the capital site and cemetery of the later period of the ancient Rui state, covering about 3 square kilometers.
Hongnong Yang Family Cemetery 弘农杨氏家族墓地
Ancient tombs · eighth batch (2019)
Cemetery of the Yang family from the Han to the Northern Wei.
Yang Zhen Family Cemetery 杨震家族墓地
Ancient tombs · eighth batch (2019)
Cemetery of the family of Yang Zhen of the Eastern Han.
Fuping Wanhu Temple Pagoda 富平万斛寺塔
Ancient buildings · eighth batch (2019)
A Tang-dynasty pagoda.
Pucheng Haiyuan Temple Pagoda 蒲城海源寺塔
Ancient buildings · eighth batch (2019)
A Jin-dynasty pagoda.
Heyang Qianjin Pagoda 合阳千金塔
Ancient buildings · eighth batch (2019)
A Ming-dynasty pagoda.
Liuzhi Guandi Temple 柳枝关帝庙
Ancient buildings · eighth batch (2019)
A Guandi temple of the Ming and Qing periods.
Mazhuang Huayan Temple 马庄华严寺
Ancient buildings · eighth batch (2019)
A temple from the Ming to the Republic of China period.
Pucheng Examination Hall 蒲城考院
Ancient buildings · eighth batch (2019)
A Qing-dynasty examination hall building for the imperial examinations.

Xi'an (57)

Giant Wild Goose Pagoda 大雁塔
Ancient buildings · first batch (1961)
Built under the direction of Xuanzang in the third year of the Yonghui reign of the Tang (652) to keep the scriptures he brought from India; now a seven-story square brick pagoda.
Small Wild Goose Pagoda 小雁塔
Ancient buildings · first batch (1961)
Also called the Jianfu Temple Pagoda, a dense-eave brick pagoda first built in the Jinglong years of the Tang; originally fifteen stories, it has thirteen after an earthquake damaged its top in the Ming, and is about 43.3 meters tall.
Xingjiao Temple Pagodas (including other buildings of Xingjiao Temple) 兴教寺塔（包括兴教寺其他建筑物）
Ancient buildings · first batch (1961)
Han Buddhist temple built around the Tang-dynasty Xingjiao Temple pagodas; its halls were destroyed by war in the Qing and rebuilt in the Republican period.
Xi'an City Wall 西安城墙
Ancient buildings · first batch (1961)
City wall around the Ming and Qing city of Xi'an, mainly built in the Hongwu years of the Ming, about 13.74 kilometers around, made up of the wall, gates, barbicans, watchtowers, corner towers and a moat.
Xi'an Beilin (Forest of Steles) 西安碑林
Cave temples and stone carvings · first batch (1961)
Stele museum on the former site of the Xi'an Prefecture Confucian temple, holding many ancient steles, epitaphs and stone carvings.
Banpo Site 半坡遗址
Ancient sites · first batch (1961)
Yangshao-culture village site six to seven thousand years old, a typical Neolithic village site in the Yellow River basin.
Fenghao Site 丰镐遗址
Ancient sites · first batch (1961)
Collective name for the Western Zhou capitals Fengjing and Haojing, Fengjing built by King Wen of Zhou and Haojing by King Wu, facing each other across the Feng River.
Epang Palace Site 阿房宫遗址
Ancient sites · first batch (1961)
Unfinished palace first built in the 35th year of the First Emperor of Qin (212 BC); a group of rammed-earth foundations is now identified as the site.
Han Chang'an City Site 汉长安城遗址
Ancient sites · first batch (1961)
Capital site of the Western Han, with a city circuit of 63 li and an area of about 36 square kilometers, containing the palace areas of Changle Palace, Weiyang Palace and others.
Daming Palace Site 大明宫遗址
Ancient sites · first batch (1961)
Palace city in the northeast of Tang Chang'an, first built in the eighth year of the Zhenguan reign (634); the largest of the three palace complexes of Tang Chang'an, where Tang emperors long conducted court affairs.
Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang 秦始皇陵
Ancient tombs · first batch (1961)
Tomb of the First Emperor of Qin, with inner and outer enclosure walls and accompanying tombs and pits; the Terracotta Army pits to the east were discovered in 1974, and the underground palace has not been excavated.
Sites of the Xi'an Incident 西安事变旧址
Modern historic sites · second batch (1982)
Memorial sites of the Xi'an Incident, comprising eight buildings including Zhang Xueliang's residence, Yang Hucheng's Zhiyuan villa, the Xincheng Yellow Building and the Wujian Hall.
Lantian Man Site 蓝田猿人遗址
Ancient sites · second batch (1982)
Place where fossils of the Lantian subspecies of Homo erectus were found, dating to the middle Pleistocene and the early Paleolithic.
Site of the Eighth Route Army Xi'an Office 八路军西安办事处旧址
Modern historic sites · third batch (1988)
Office of the Eighth Route Army in Xi'an from 1937 to 1946, the earliest established and longest lasting of the Eighth Route Army and New Fourth Army offices nationwide, now a memorial hall.
Xi'an Great Mosque 西安清真寺
Ancient buildings · third batch (1988)
Also called the Huajue Lane Great Mosque, with five courtyards along an east-west axis and the prayer hall at the far west; traditionally first built in the first year of the Tianbao reign of the Tang (742), with the present layout from the Ming and Qing.
Duling Mausoleum 杜陵
Ancient tombs · third batch (1988)
Tomb of Emperor Xuan of Han, Liu Xun, on Honggu Plateau, looking south toward the Zhongnan Mountains.
Jiangzhai Site 姜寨遗址
Ancient sites · fourth batch (1996)
Neolithic settlement site about 6,000 years old, mainly of the Banpo and Miaodigou types of the Yangshao culture.
Sui Daxing and Tang Chang'an City Site (including Qinglong Temple Site) 隋大兴唐长安城遗址（包括青龙寺遗址）
Ancient sites · fourth batch (1996)
Site of Sui Daxing and Tang Chang'an, the capitals of the Sui and Tang and then the largest city in the world.
Baqiao Site 灞桥遗址
Ancient sites · fourth batch (1996)
Site of an ancient bridge over the Ba River, a key route from ancient Chang'an to the east.
Huaqing Palace Site 华清宫遗址
Ancient sites · fourth batch (1996)
Site of a Tang imperial detached palace, with palaces, bath pools and gardens built using the hot springs of Mount Li; named Huaqing Palace in the sixth year of the Tianbao reign (747).
Fawang Pagoda of Xianyou Temple 仙游寺法王塔
Ancient buildings · fourth batch (1996)
Brick pagoda first built in the first year of the Renshou reign of the Sui (601), the only Sui-dynasty brick pagoda surviving in China.
Xi'an Bell Tower and Drum Tower 西安钟楼、鼓楼
Ancient buildings · fourth batch (1996)
Time-keeping and alarm structures of the Ming Xi'an prefectural city; the Bell Tower was first built in the 17th year of the Hongwu reign (1384) and moved to its present site in the tenth year of the Wanli reign.
Shuilu Convent 水陆庵
Ancient buildings · fourth batch (1996)
Ming-dynasty convent expanded from the Shuilu Hall of Wuzhen Temple, with over 3,700 statues in its halls.
Kangjia Site 康家遗址
Ancient sites · fifth batch (2001)
A Neolithic Longshan culture site; the surviving remains measure about 420 m east-west and 460 m north-south.
Laoniupo Site 老牛坡遗址
Ancient sites · fifth batch (2001)
A large site with mainly Shang culture deposits, also containing Yangshao and Shaanxi Longshan remains.
Yueyang City Site 栎阳城遗址
Ancient sites · fifth batch (2001)
An important city site from the Warring States to the Han, with the Shichuan River flowing through the northern and central parts of the old city.
East Wei Bridge Site 东渭桥遗址
Ancient sites · fifth batch (2001)
The site of an ancient bridge over the Wei River, said to have been built by Emperor Gaozu of Han to link Chang'an and Yueyang, an ancient transport facility leading north.
Kumarajiva Sheli Pagoda 鸠摩罗什舍利塔
Ancient buildings · fifth batch (2001)
The reliquary pagoda of the Later Qin eminent monk Kumarajiva, a Tang building, a stone-carved octagonal pavilion-style pagoda imitating wood.
Gongshu Hall 公输堂
Ancient buildings · fifth batch (2001)
Built in the Yongle reign of the Ming, originally called Yuanyuan Hall, only the main hall survives; it was built to commemorate Lu Ban.
Shandao Pagoda of Xiangji Temple 香积寺善导塔
Ancient buildings · fifth batch (2001)
Xiangji Temple is the birthplace of Pure Land Buddhism; the Shandao Pagoda is the larger of the two Tang brick pagodas in the temple, a square multi-story brick pagoda.
Xi'an City God Temple 西安城隍庙
Ancient buildings · fifth batch (2001)
The largest City God temple in Shaanxi and the northwest, governing the City Gods of the northwestern provinces; its main hall is the only hip-roofed building in Shaanxi.
Bayun Pagoda 八云塔
Ancient buildings · fifth batch (2001)
Also called Ruiguang Pagoda, a brick-and-wood dense-eaved pagoda first built in the 2nd year of Jinglong of the Tang (708), originally thirteen stories and now eleven, 36 m high.
Zhongyang Palace Zuan Stele Forest 重阳宫祖庵碑林
Cave temples and stone carvings · fifth batch (2001)
The stele forest in Zhongyang Palace, one of the three ancestral courts of Quanzhen Taoism, where its founder Wang Zhongyang practiced and was reburied.
Eastern Qin Mausoleums 秦东陵
Ancient tombs · sixth batch (2006)
The royal mausoleum area of the Qin state in the Warring States, found in 1986, on the western foot of Mount Li, covering about 24 square kilometers in all.
Ming Tombs of the Princes of Qin 明秦王墓
Ancient tombs · sixth batch (2006)
The tombs of Zhu Shuang, Prince of Qin, second son of the Ming founder, and of 13 later princes, with tombs of heirs, consorts and commandery princes.
Chang'an Shengshou Temple Pagoda 长安圣寿寺塔
Ancient buildings · sixth batch (2006)
A relic pagoda in Shengshou Temple on South Wutai Mountain; the temple was begun in the Sui and rebuilt in the Northern Song, while the pagoda was built in the Tang.
Chang'an Huayan Temple Pagodas 长安华严寺塔
Ancient buildings · sixth batch (2006)
Two Tang pavilion-style brick pagodas on Shaoling Plateau: the pagoda of Chan master Du Shun, first patriarch of the Huayan school, and that of the National Master Qingliang, the fourth patriarch.
Zhaohui Pagoda 昭慧塔
Ancient buildings · sixth batch (2006)
Also called the Gaoling Pagoda or Sanyang Pagoda, a Tang pagoda named for the Tang-dynasty Zhaohui Cloister.
Daqin Temple Pagoda 大秦寺塔
Ancient buildings · sixth batch (2006)
An octagonal seven-story pavilion-style pagoda nearly 50 meters high, the earliest surviving remains of a Daqin Temple (Nestorian church) in China.
Yisushe Theater 易俗社剧场
Modern historic sites · sixth batch (2006)
The theater used by the Yisushe, founded in 1912, one of the earlier modern-style theaters surviving in China.
Yangguanzhai Site 杨官寨遗址
Ancient sites · seventh batch (2013)
Large central settlement site of the middle-late Yangshao culture in the Guanzhong region, covering about 800,000 square meters.
Yuhuazhai Site 鱼化寨遗址
Ancient sites · seventh batch (2013)
Prehistoric settlement site with mainly Yangshao culture remains, covering about 75,000 square meters.
Xiyu Site 西峪遗址
Ancient sites · seventh batch (2013)
Ancient site of the Neolithic and Qin-Han periods, on a loess terrace on the northern foot of the Qinling Mountains; it has been archaeologically excavated twice.
Jianzhang Palace Site 建章宫遗址
Ancient sites · seventh batch (2013)
Detached palace built by Emperor Wu of Han southwest of Chang'an city; foundations of several palace halls and the Taiye Pool site remain.
Yuanqiu Altar Site 圜丘遗址
Ancient sites · seventh batch (2013)
Also called the Tang Altar of Heaven, first built in the Sui dynasty as the place where Sui and Tang emperors sacrificed to Heaven; the altar remains survive.
Tomb of Empress Dou 窦皇后陵
Ancient tombs · seventh batch (2013)
The tomb of Empress Dou of the Western Han, on Bailu Plateau in Baqiao District, next to Emperor Wen of Han's Baling; listed as a national key cultural relics protection unit in 2013.
Western Han Family Cemetery on Fengqi Plateau 凤栖原西汉家族墓地
Ancient tombs · seventh batch (2013)
A large family cemetery from the mid-to-late Western Han to the Wang Mang period, identified as the family tomb of Zhang Anshi, a senior minister under Emperor Xuan of Han; it is the only Han marquis-level family cemetery fully excavated to date.
Tomb of Empress Dowager Bo 薄太后陵
Ancient tombs · seventh batch (2013)
Also called Hannanling, the tomb of Empress Dowager Bo, mother of Emperor Wen of Han, named for lying south of Emperor Wen's Baling.
Lantian Lü Family Cemetery 蓝田吕氏家族墓地
Ancient tombs · seventh batch (2013)
Tomb group of the Lü family of the mid-late Northern Song, burying the Neo-Confucian Lü Dalin and others; the cemetery has an ancestral hall, spirit way and stone carvings.
Jingde Pagoda 敬德塔
Ancient buildings · seventh batch (2013)
Also called the Baolin Temple Pagoda, a Song dynasty multi-storied brick pagoda on the site of Baolin Temple; the temple was destroyed in the 1st year of the Tongzhi reign of the Qing.
Daxuexi Lane Mosque 大学习巷清真寺
Ancient buildings · seventh batch (2013)
Second in size only to the Great Mosque of Huajue Lane and known with it as the east and west great mosques, said by its stele record to have been founded in 705.
Dongmafang Site 东马坊遗址
Ancient sites · eighth batch (2019)
An ancient site from the Warring States period to the Western Han.
Zhongwei Bridge Site 中渭桥遗址
Ancient sites · eighth batch (2019)
Site of an ancient bridge from the Qin to the Tang dynasty.
Xi'an Erlong Pagoda 西安二龙塔
Ancient buildings · eighth batch (2019)
A square Tang-dynasty brick pagoda commonly called the feng shui pagoda; its temple is unknown, the upper part was demolished in the 1960s and it was reinforced in 2006.
Huxian Huayang Temple Dongyue Offering Hall 户县化羊庙东岳献殿
Ancient buildings · eighth batch (2019)
An offering hall of a temple of the Yuan to Qing periods.
Revolution Park 革命公园
Modern historic sites · eighth batch (2019)
Built in 1927 to commemorate the soldiers and civilians who died in the defense of Chang'an (the "Two Tigers Defending Chang'an"); one of the oldest parks in Xi'an.
Former Headquarters of the Red 25th Army at Gepai Town 葛牌镇红25军军部旧址
Modern historic sites · eighth batch (2019)
Former headquarters of the Red 25th Army in 1935.

Xianyang (36)

Maoling Mausoleum 茂陵
Ancient tombs · first batch (1961)
Tomb of Emperor Wu of Han and the largest Western Han imperial mausoleum, with a flat-topped square pyramid mound; the tomb of Huo Qubing is one of its satellite tombs.
Tomb of Huo Qubing 霍去病墓
Ancient tombs · first batch (1961)
Tomb of the Western Han general Huo Qubing, east of Maoling; an earth mound with a large group of stone carvings before it.
Zhaoling Mausoleum 昭陵
Ancient tombs · first batch (1961)
Tomb of Emperor Taizong of Tang, Li Shimin, built against Jiuzong Mountain; the largest of the eighteen Tang mausoleums of the Guanzhong region.
Qianling Mausoleum 乾陵
Ancient tombs · first batch (1961)
Joint tomb of Emperor Gaozong of Tang, Li Zhi, and Wu Zetian, built against Liang Mountain, with a majestically conceived layout.
Shunling Mausoleum 顺陵
Ancient tombs · first batch (1961)
Tomb of Lady Yang of Rong, mother of Wu Zetian, who was posthumously honored as Empress Dowager Zhongxiao in the Wu Zhou period and the tomb renamed Mingyi Mausoleum.
Dafosi Grottoes 大佛寺石窟
Cave temples and stone carvings · third batch (1988)
Tang-dynasty grottoes now part of the World Cultural Heritage site "Silk Roads: the Routes Network of Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor," the first World Cultural Heritage site in Xianyang.
Main Hall of Zhaoren Temple 昭仁寺大殿
Ancient buildings · third batch (1988)
Main hall of a temple built in the Zhenguan years of the Tang to commemorate soldiers killed in the war against Xue Ju and Xue Renguo.
Qin Xianyang City Site 秦咸阳城遗址
Ancient sites · third batch (1988)
Capital site from the Warring States to the Qin, to which Duke Xiao of Qin moved the capital in 350 BC; remains such as Xianyang Palace No. 1 have been excavated.
Changling Mausoleum 长陵
Ancient tombs · third batch (1988)
Joint cemetery of Emperor Gaozu of Han, Liu Bang, and Empress Lü in separate tombs of one enclosure, square in plan, both tombs shaped like inverted bowls.
Head of the Zhengguo Canal 郑国渠首遗址
Ancient sites · fourth batch (1996)
Head of an irrigation canal in Guanzhong begun in the first year of King Zheng of Qin (246 BC) at the end of the Warring States, dug under the direction of the Han hydraulic engineer Zheng Guo; the canal was over 300 li long.
Ganquan Palace Site 甘泉宫遗址
Ancient sites · fourth batch (1996)
Qin-dynasty detached palace, repeatedly enlarged by Emperor Wu of Han, an important Han summer retreat and travel palace for governing.
Tailing Mausoleum 泰陵
Ancient tombs · fourth batch (1996)
Joint cemetery of Yang Jian, Emperor Wen of Sui, and Empress Dugu.
Sanyuan City God Temple 三原城隍庙
Ancient buildings · fifth batch (2001)
First built in the 8th year of Hongwu of the Ming (1375), the best preserved City God temple in Shaanxi.
Tai Pagoda 泰塔
Ancient buildings · fifth batch (2001)
A multi-story brick pagoda imitating wood construction, first built in the 4th year of Jiayou of the Northern Song (1059), octagonal and seven stories, 53 m high.
Jingyang Chongwen Pagoda 泾阳崇文塔
Ancient buildings · fifth batch (2001)
Commonly called the Tiefosi Pagoda, first built in the 19th year of Wanli of the Ming (1591), a multi-story brick pagoda, octagonal with thirteen stories, 87.2 m high.
Binxian Kaiyuan Temple Pagoda 彬县开元寺塔
Ancient buildings · fifth batch (2001)
Also called the Binxian Pagoda, a brick-and-wood multi-story pagoda first built in the 5th year of Huangyou of the Northern Song (1053), octagonal with seven stories, 47 m high.
Wuling Temple Pagoda 武陵寺塔
Ancient buildings · sixth batch (2006)
The only surviving Song-dynasty octagonal pavilion-style brick pagoda of Wuling Temple, which was begun in the Northern Wei.
Xianyang Confucian Temple 咸阳文庙
Ancient buildings · sixth batch (2006)
Also called the Xianyang Kong Temple, begun in the 4th year of the Ming Hongwu reign (1371), now the Xianyang Museum.
Nianzipo Site 碾子坡遗址
Ancient sites · seventh batch (2013)
Ancient site from the Neolithic to the Western Zhou.
Ancient Tai State Site 古邰国遗址
Ancient sites · seventh batch (2013)
Found in 1956 on the second terrace of the north bank of the Wei River, with a total area of about 750,000 sq m; identified as the site of the ancient Tai state in 1988.
Zhengjiapo Site 郑家坡遗址
Ancient sites · seventh batch (2013)
Ancient site of the Shang dynasty.
Qin Straight Road Starting Point Site 秦直道起点遗址
Ancient sites · seventh batch (2013)
Starting point site of the Qin-dynasty Straight Road.
Shahe Ancient Bridge Site 沙河古桥遗址
Ancient sites · seventh batch (2013)
Ancient bridge site of the Qin and Han periods.
Anren Porcelain Kiln Site 安仁瓷窑遗址
Ancient sites · seventh batch (2013)
Porcelain kiln site of the Song to Yuan dynasties.
Hanyunling 汉云陵
Ancient tombs · seventh batch (2013)
Also called Yunling, the tomb of Consort Zhao (Lady Gouyi), mother of Emperor Zhao of Han, south of Ganquan Palace.
Xingningling 兴宁陵
Ancient tombs · seventh batch (2013)
Tang-dynasty tomb.
Yongkangling 永康陵
Ancient tombs · seventh batch (2013)
Tomb of Li Hu, grandfather of Emperor Gaozu of Tang.
Qingfan Temple Pagoda 清梵寺塔
Ancient buildings · seventh batch (2013)
Commonly called the Xingping North Pagoda, a Tang multi-storied hollow brick pagoda; Qingfan Temple was begun in the 1st year of the Zhenguan reign of the Tang, and only the pagoda survives.
Baoben Temple Pagoda 报本寺塔
Ancient buildings · seventh batch (2013)
Commonly called Wugong Pagoda, a Song dynasty Buddhist pagoda; the temple was converted by Emperor Taizong of the Tang from his mother's villa.
Wugong City God Temple 武功城隍庙
Ancient buildings · seventh batch (2013)
A City God temple built in the Ming and repaired many times in the Qing and modern times; the complex covers 8.5 mu.
Beidu Iron Pagoda 北杜铁塔
Ancient buildings · seventh batch (2013)
Also called the Thousand Buddha Iron Pagoda or Fuchang Temple Iron Pagoda, cast in the Wanli reign of the Ming; Fuchang Temple is gone and only the iron pagoda remains.
Revolutionary Site of the Anwubao Wartime Youth Training Class 安吴堡战时青年训练班革命旧址
Modern historic sites · seventh batch (2013)
Site of a school established by the Communist Party of China during the War of Resistance to train young cadres.
Hongdao Academy 宏道书院
Modern historic sites · seventh batch (2013)
The site of an academy, on Beicheng Shuyuan Lane, Chengguan Subdistrict, Sanyuan County town.
Tombs of the Kings of Qin at Xianyang 咸阳秦王陵
Ancient tombs · eighth batch (2019)
Tombs of the Kings of Qin of the Warring States period.
Jinchuanwan Grottoes 金川湾石窟
Cave temples and stone carvings · eighth batch (2019)
Tang-dynasty grottoes carved with Three Stages sect scriptures; because few Three Stages texts survive, their academic value is high.
Malan Revolutionary Site 马栏革命旧址
Modern historic sites · eighth batch (2019)
A revolutionary site of 1939-1949.

Baoji (27)

Zhouyuan Site 周原遗址
Ancient sites · second batch (1982)
Cradle of the Zhou people, with Mount Qi to the north and the Wei River to the south; for a long time in the Western Zhou it was a political and religious center.
Qin Yongcheng Site 秦雍城遗址
Ancient sites · third batch (1988)
Site of the capital of the Qin state from the Spring and Autumn to the mid-Warring States period; Duke De of Qin moved the capital here in 677 BC, and it remained the capital for over two hundred years.
Sui Renshou Palace and Tang Jiucheng Palace Site 隋仁寿宫唐九成宫遗址
Ancient sites · fourth batch (1996)
Detached palace ordered built by Emperor Wen of Sui in the 13th year of the Kaihuang reign (593), renamed Jiucheng Palace in the Tang.
Cishan Temple Grottoes 慈善寺石窟
Cave temples and stone carvings · fifth batch (2001)
Buddhist grottoes first carved in the Renshou reign of the Sui, mostly carved in the Sui and Tang, with twelve caves and six niches on the cliff.
Beishouling Site 北首岭遗址
Ancient sites · sixth batch (2006)
A Neolithic tribal site of 5100 to 3790 BC, covering about 60,000 square meters.
Fenghuangshan Site 凤凰山遗址
Ancient sites · sixth batch (2006)
Also known as the Zhougong Temple site, which yielded over 11,000 Western Zhou oracle bones and is tentatively identified as the cemetery of the Duke of Zhou's family.
Yangjiacun Site 杨家村遗址
Ancient sites · sixth batch (2006)
A Western Zhou ancient site.
Famen Temple Site 法门寺遗址
Ancient sites · sixth batch (2006)
Also called Ashoka Temple, with a pagoda built to enshrine a Buddha finger-bone relic and the temple built because of the pagoda, called the "ancestor of pagodas and temples in Guanzhong"; some hold that it was first built in the late Eastern Han.
Taiping Temple Pagoda 太平寺塔
Ancient buildings · sixth batch (2006)
A timber-imitating pavilion-style Buddhist pagoda built in the 3rd year of Yuanyou of the Northern Song (1088), octagonal with nine stories and 28 meters high.
Duke of Zhou Temple 周公庙
Ancient buildings · sixth batch (2006)
An ancient building complex of the Ming and Qing periods.
Fufeng City God Temple 扶风城隍庙
Ancient buildings · sixth batch (2006)
Begun in the 3rd year of the Ming Hongwu reign (1370) and enlarged and repaired several times in the Ming and Qing; now the Fufeng County Museum.
Yang Xun Stele 杨珣碑
Cave temples and stone carvings · sixth batch (2006)
A Tang-dynasty stele.
Shuigou Site 水沟遗址
Ancient sites · seventh batch (2013)
Ancient site from the Neolithic to the Warring States period.
Yijiapu Site 益家堡遗址
Ancient sites · seventh batch (2013)
Ancient site of the Neolithic and Shang periods.
Qiaozhen Site 桥镇遗址
Ancient sites · seventh batch (2013)
Ancient site of the Neolithic and Western Zhou periods.
Zhaojiatai Site 赵家台遗址
Ancient sites · seventh batch (2013)
Ancient site of the Shang and Western Zhou periods.
Rujiazhuang Site 茹家庄遗址
Ancient sites · seventh batch (2013)
Ancient site of the Western Zhou period.
Chengshan Palace Site 成山宫遗址
Ancient sites · seventh batch (2013)
Palace site of the Qin and Han periods.
Tomb of Li Maozhen 李茂贞墓
Ancient tombs · seventh batch (2013)
Tomb of Li Maozhen of the Five Dynasties period.
Jingguang Temple Pagoda 净光寺塔
Ancient buildings · seventh batch (2013)
A pagoda begun in the 12th year of the Yuanhe reign of the Tang (816); the temple is gone, and one pagoda and one scripture pillar survive.
Jintai Temple 金台观
Ancient buildings · seventh batch (2013)
Built in the late Yuan and early Ming and famous for the Wudang school founder Zhang Sanfeng having practiced Daoism here, a well-preserved Daoist building complex.
Xuechi Site 血池遗址
Ancient sites · eighth batch (2019)
An ancient site of the Qin and Han periods.
Sunjia Nantou Storage Site 孙家南头仓储遗址
Ancient sites · eighth batch (2019)
A storage site of the Western Han.
Liuxiang City Site 柳巷城遗址
Ancient sites · eighth batch (2019)
A city site of the Han and Wei periods.
Shigushan Cemetery 石鼓山墓地
Ancient tombs · eighth batch (2019)
A Western Zhou cemetery.
Tomb of the Duke of Qin at Taigongmiao 太公庙秦公墓
Ancient tombs · eighth batch (2019)
Tomb of a Duke of Qin of the Spring and Autumn period.
Former Baoji Shenxin Cotton Mill 宝鸡申新纱厂旧址
Modern historic sites · eighth batch (2019)
Former site of a cotton mill of 1941-1943.

Yan'an (26)

Yan'an Revolutionary Sites 延安革命遗址
Modern historic sites · first batch (1961)
Revolutionary sites including Phoenix Mountain, Yangjialing, Zaoyuan and Wangjiaping, relics of the CPC Central Committee's base from 1937 to 1947.
Mausoleum of the Yellow Emperor 黄帝陵
Ancient tombs · first batch (1961)
Said to be the clothes-and-cap tomb of the Yellow Emperor; temple sacrifices began in the fifth year of the Dali reign of the Tang (770), and it has been the place where emperors and notable people through the ages honored the Yellow Emperor.
Wayaobao Revolutionary Site 瓦窑堡革命旧址
Modern historic sites · third batch (1988)
Revolutionary site at Wayaobao where the CPC Central Committee was based in 1935.
Zhongshan Grottoes 钟山石窟
Cave temples and stone carvings · third batch (1988)
Caves first cut in the fourth year of the Zhiping reign of the Northern Song (1067); five caves survive, with Cave 4 the main one, holding 16 Buddha statues in the round.
Site of Yanyi Well 延一井旧址
Other · fourth batch (1996)
Site of a Qing-dynasty oil well.
Site of the Luochuan Conference 洛川会议旧址
Modern historic sites · fifth batch (2001)
The site where the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party held the Luochuan Conference in 1937.
Shihong Temple Grottoes 石泓寺石窟
Cave temples and stone carvings · sixth batch (2006)
A cave temple of the Sui to Ming periods.
Wan'an Chanyuan Grottoes 万安禅院石窟
Cave temples and stone carvings · sixth batch (2006)
A Song-dynasty cave temple.
Wuqi Revolutionary Site 吴旗革命旧址
Modern historic sites · sixth batch (2006)
The site where in October 1935 the CPC Central Committee led the Shaanxi-Gansu Detachment of the Red Army to Wuqi Town on the Long March and entered the northwest Soviet area.
Bao'an Revolutionary Site 保安革命旧址
Modern historic sites · sixth batch (2006)
The residence of the CPC Central Committee from July 1936 to January 1937, now in Zhidan County.
Longwangchan Site 龙王辿遗址
Ancient sites · seventh batch (2013)
Ancient Paleolithic site.
Yangjiafenshan Site 杨家坟山遗址
Ancient sites · seventh batch (2013)
Ancient Paleolithic site.
Qin Straight Road Site, Yan'an Section 秦直道遗址延安段
Ancient sites · seventh batch (2013)
Section of the Qin-dynasty Straight Road within Yan'an, passing through Huangling, Fu County, Ganquan, Zhidan and other counties.
Tiebiancheng Site 铁边城遗址
Ancient sites · seventh batch (2013)
Ancient city site of the Northern Song period.
Pagoda of Kaiyuan Temple 开元寺塔
Ancient buildings · seventh batch (2013)
A Tang-dynasty Buddhist pagoda.
Baishan Temple Pagoda 柏山寺塔
Ancient buildings · seventh batch (2013)
Commonly called Zhiluo Pagoda, an early Northern Song octagonal dense-eaved brick pagoda of eleven stories, 43.3 meters high.
Fuyan Yuan Pagoda 福严院塔
Ancient buildings · seventh batch (2013)
Commonly called Dongcun Pagoda, a Song dynasty octagonal multi-storied brick pagoda of thirteen stories, 30.2 meters high.
Wanfeng Pagoda 万凤塔
Ancient buildings · seventh batch (2013)
Also called the Xingguo Temple Pagoda, a Song dynasty octagonal multi-storied brick pagoda, repaired in the Ming; the temple is gone.
Qingliang Mountain Wanfo Cave Grottoes and Glazed Pagoda 清凉山万佛洞石窟及琉璃塔
Cave temples and stone carvings · seventh batch (2013)
Grottoes and a glazed pagoda of the Song, Yuan and Ming periods.
Lushanmao Site 芦山峁遗址
Ancient sites · eighth batch (2019)
A very large prehistoric settlement site of the Longshan period, shaped like the character "山", with a distribution area of over 2 million square meters.
Chengtai Grottoes 城台石窟
Cave temples and stone carvings · eighth batch (2019)
Grottoes of the Song and Jin periods.
Former Headquarters of the Eighth Route Army 359th Brigade at Jinpenwan 金盆湾八路军三五九旅旅部旧址
Modern historic sites · eighth batch (2019)
Former headquarters of the Eighth Route Army 359th Brigade, 1941-1944.
Former Shaan-Gan-Ning Border Region High Court 陕甘宁边区高等法院旧址
Modern historic sites · eighth batch (2019)
Former site of the Shaan-Gan-Ning Border Region High Court, 1941-1949.
Former Shaan-Gan-Ning and Jin-Sui Joint Defense Army Headquarters in Yan'an 延安陕甘宁晋绥联防军司令部旧址
Modern historic sites · eighth batch (2019)
Former headquarters of the Shaan-Gan-Ning and Jin-Sui Joint Defense Army, 1942-1947.
Former Residence of the US Army Observation Group in Yan'an 美军驻延安观察组驻地旧址
Modern historic sites · eighth batch (2019)
Former residence of the US Army Observation Group in Yan'an, 1944-1947.
Zhang Side Memorial Site 张思德牺牲纪念地
Modern historic sites · eighth batch (2019)
Memorial site where Zhang Side died in 1944.

Yulin (21)

Tongwan City Site 统万城遗址
Ancient sites · fourth batch (1996)
Capital site of the Great Xia state in the early 5th century, also called Baichengzi; the only capital city site left in China by the Xiongnu.
Fuzhou City 府州城
Ancient buildings · fourth batch (1996)
Ancient city in Fugu County built on a small hill beside the Yellow River, its walls following the terrain in a boot shape with a circumference of 2,320 meters, dating from the Five Dynasties to the Qing.
Baiyunshan Temple 白云山庙
Ancient buildings · fifth batch (2001)
On Baiyun Mountain on the west bank of the Yellow River, first built in the 33rd year of Wanli of the Ming (1605) and rebuilt and enlarged in the 2nd year of Yongzheng of the Qing; fifty-six ancient buildings survive.
Yangjiagou Revolutionary Site 杨家沟革命旧址
Modern historic sites · fifth batch (2001)
A revolutionary site where the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party was stationed in 1947 to 1948.
Shimao Site 石峁遗址
Ancient sites · sixth batch (2006)
A Neolithic site built around 2300 BC and abandoned around 1800 BC, containing inner and outer cities and other remains.
Shiluoluoshan Site 石摞摞山遗址
Ancient sites · sixth batch (2006)
An ancient Neolithic site.
Lijiaya City Site 李家崖城址
Ancient sites · sixth batch (2006)
An ancient city site of the Shang to Zhou periods, in Qingjian County.
Ancient City of Linzhou 麟州故城
Ancient sites · sixth batch (2006)
Also called Yangjia City, the seat of ancient Linzhou on Yangchengshan, dating from the Tang to the Ming.
Wubu Stone City 吴堡石城
Ancient buildings · sixth batch (2006)
A stone-built walled town of the Ming to Qing periods.
Yulin Garrison City 榆林卫城
Ancient buildings · sixth batch (2006)
A walled city of a Ming frontier garrison, dating from the Ming to the Qing.
Panlongshan Ancient Building Complex 盘龙山古建筑群
Ancient buildings · sixth batch (2006)
An ancient building complex of the Ming dynasty.
Jiang Family Manor 姜氏庄园
Ancient buildings · sixth batch (2006)
A manor building of the Qing dynasty.
Yinzhou Ancient City 银州故城
Ancient sites · seventh batch (2013)
Ancient city site of the Qin, Han and Tang periods.
Dailaicheng City Site 代来城城址
Ancient sites · seventh batch (2013)
City site of the Song, Ming and Qing periods.
Zoumaliang Han Tombs 走马梁汉墓群
Ancient tombs · seventh batch (2013)
Han-dynasty tomb group.
Yangqiaopan Han City Site and Cemetery 杨桥畔汉代城址与墓地
Ancient tombs · seventh batch (2013)
Han-dynasty city site and cemetery; the city site is thought possibly to be the ancient city of Yangzhou.
Hongmen Temple Pagoda 鸿门寺塔
Ancient buildings · seventh batch (2013)
Also called the Xiangling (Ringing Bell) Pagoda, a dense-eaved brick pagoda built in the Taiding reign of the Yuan (1324-1328); the temple is gone.
Qixing Temple 七星庙
Ancient buildings · seventh batch (2013)
Also called Haotian Palace, an all-brick building made up of a front court and a main hall with a hip-and-gable roof.
Suide Dang Family Manor 绥德党氏庄园
Ancient buildings · seventh batch (2013)
A manor of the Qing to Republican periods.
Mizhi Chang Family Manor 米脂常氏庄园
Ancient buildings · eighth batch (2019)
A manor building of the Qing to the Republic of China period.
Site of the Xiaohe Meeting 小河会议旧址
Modern historic sites · eighth batch (2019)
Site of the Xiaohe Meeting of 1947.

Hanzhong (20)

Shimen Gate of the Baoxie Road and Its Cliff Inscriptions 褒斜道石门及其摩崖石刻
Ancient buildings · first batch (1961)
Composed of the Baoxie Road remains, the Shimen site and the Shimen inscriptions; the original site was submerged after the Shimen Reservoir was built, and the "Thirteen Inscriptions of Shimen" and other carvings were moved to the Hanzhong Museum.
Tomb of the Martial Marquis 武侯墓
Ancient tombs · fourth batch (1996)
Tomb of Zhuge Liang at the foot of Dingjun Mountain; he was posthumously titled Loyal and Martial Marquis, hence the name.
Longgangsi Site 龙岗寺遗址
Ancient sites · sixth batch (2006)
A comprehensive cultural site on the south bank of the Han River, containing Paleolithic and Neolithic cultures, a Han tomb group and temple buildings.
Lijiacun Site 李家村遗址
Ancient sites · sixth batch (2006)
An early Neolithic site more than 7,000 years old, whose culture may be a forerunner of the Yangshao culture.
Tomb of Zhang Qian 张骞墓
Ancient tombs · sixth batch (2006)
The tomb of Zhang Qian, Marquis of Bowang of the Western Han, confirmed by excavation in 1938 to 1939 and inscribed in 2014 as a related site of the "Silk Road" World Heritage property.
Tomb and Shrine of Cai Lun 蔡伦墓和祠
Ancient tombs · sixth batch (2006)
The tomb and shrine of Cai Lun of the Eastern Han; the tomb mound is in the north and the shrine to its south, with Qing-dynasty buildings in the shrine area, in Longting Town, Yang County.
Kaiming Temple Pagoda 开明寺塔
Ancient buildings · sixth batch (2006)
Built in the Kaiyuan era of the Tang and repaired in the 1st year of Qingyuan of the Song, 27 meters high with 13 stories, the oldest ancient brick pagoda in southern Shaanxi.
Wumen Weir 五门堰
Ancient buildings · sixth batch (2006)
An ancient water-conservancy project of the Yuan dynasty.
Zhang Liang Temple 张良庙
Ancient buildings · sixth batch (2006)
An ancient building complex of the Ming to Qing periods.
Lingyan Temple Cliff Inscriptions 灵岩寺摩崖
Cave temples and stone carvings · sixth batch (2006)
Cliff inscriptions from the Han to the Republic.
Hejiawan Site 何家湾遗址
Ancient sites · seventh batch (2013)
Ancient Neolithic site.
Baoshan Site 宝山遗址
Ancient sites · seventh batch (2013)
An ancient site of the Neolithic and Shang periods.
Ningqiang Qiang People's Cemetery 宁强羌人墓地
Ancient tombs · seventh batch (2013)
Cemetery of the Qiang people of the Song to Qing dynasties.
Hanzhong East Pagoda 汉中东塔
Ancient buildings · seventh batch (2013)
A Southern Song brick pagoda, originally on the site of Jingming Temple; an iron lion found on the top bears the inscription "4th year of Qingyuan".
Juehuang Hall of Liangma Temple 良马寺觉皇殿
Ancient buildings · seventh batch (2013)
A brick-and-wood hall built in the 2nd year of the Zhongtong reign of the Yuan (1261), five bays wide with a hip-and-gable roof.
Zhiguo Temple 智果寺
Ancient buildings · seventh batch (2013)
A temple of the Yuan, Ming and Qing periods.
Mianxian Wuhou Temple (including Wuhou Tomb) 勉县武侯祠（包括武侯墓）
Ancient buildings · seventh batch (2013)
A shrine to Zhuge Liang with his tomb, near the battlefield of the Shu Han and Cao Wei campaign for Hanzhong.
Qingmuchuan Old Street Building Complex 青木川老街建筑群
Modern historic sites · seventh batch (2013)
A group of old street buildings formed in the Qing dynasty.
Wei Family Manor at Qingmuchuan 青木川魏氏庄园
Modern historic sites · seventh batch (2013)
A manor complex built between 1927 and 1934.
Site of National Northwest Associated University 国立西北联合大学旧址
Modern historic sites · eighth batch (2019)
A university formed during the War of Resistance by reorganizing National Xi'an Temporary University, set up in April 1938 and later split several times; its site is in Chenggu County.

Tongchuan (10)

Yaowangshan Stone Carvings 药王山石刻
Cave temples and stone carvings · first batch (1961)
The place in China with the most Northern Dynasties, Sui and Tang votive steles preserved; in the Ming the medical books of Sun Simiao were carved on five steles on the mountain, which gave it the name Yaowangshan (Medicine King Mountain).
Huangbu Town Yaozhou Kiln Site 黄堡镇耀州窑遗址
Ancient sites · third batch (1988)
Celadon kiln site of the Tang to Yuan, begun in the Tang and flourishing in the Song, representative of northern celadon.
Yuhua Palace Site 玉华宫遗址
Ancient sites · fifth batch (2001)
An early Tang detached palace, first built in the seventh year of Wude (624) as Renzhi Palace and enlarged in the Zhenguan reign.
Yaoxian Confucian Temple 耀县文庙
Ancient buildings · fifth batch (2001)
First built in the Jiayou reign of the Northern Song and repaired in the Yanyou reign of the Yuan; the Lingxing Gate, Ji Gate and Dacheng Hall survive, on 5,700 square meters.
Shende Temple Pagoda 神德寺塔
Ancient buildings · sixth batch (2006)
Also called the Yaoxian Pagoda, below Bushou Plateau; the original temple was Longhua Temple in the Northern Wei, renamed Shende Temple in the Tang, destroyed by war at the end of the Northern Song and rebuilt in the Jin.
Duiyu Palace Site 祋祤宫遗址
Ancient sites · seventh batch (2013)
Palace site of the Qin to Western Han.
Chongxing Temple Pagoda 重兴寺塔
Ancient buildings · seventh batch (2013)
Commonly called Tongchuan Pagoda, a Northern Song hexagonal dense-eaved brick pagoda of seven stories; the temple is gone.
Yanchang Temple Pagoda 延昌寺塔
Ancient buildings · seventh batch (2013)
A Song dynasty Buddhist pagoda.
Yijun Grottoes 宜君石窟群
Cave temples and stone carvings · seventh batch (2013)
A group of grottoes from the Northern and Southern Dynasties to the Tang.
Zhaojin Revolutionary Base Site on the Shaanxi-Gansu Border 陕甘边照金革命根据地旧址
Modern historic sites · seventh batch (2013)
Site of the Shaanxi-Gansu border revolutionary base established in 1932.

Shangluo (6)

Huashilang Site 花石浪遗址
Ancient sites · fifth batch (2001)
A group of Paleolithic localities in the Luonan Basin.
Donglongshan Site 东龙山遗址
Ancient sites · sixth batch (2006)
An ancient site from the Neolithic to the Han.
Luonan Basin Paleolithic Sites 洛南盆地旧石器地点群
Ancient sites · seventh batch (2013)
Group of Paleolithic sites in the Luonan Basin.
Zijing Site 紫荆遗址
Ancient sites · seventh batch (2013)
Ancient site from the Neolithic to the Western Zhou.
Shangluo Cliff Tombs 商洛崖墓群
Ancient tombs · seventh batch (2013)
Cliff tomb groups of the Han to Qing dynasties, spread across the counties and districts of Shangluo.
Luobang Guild Hall 骡帮会馆
Ancient buildings · seventh batch (2013)
A Qing dynasty merchant guild hall.

Ankang (3)

Liujiaying Site 刘家营遗址
Ancient sites · seventh batch (2013)
Ancient site from the Warring States period to the Qin and Han.
Wafangdian Guild Hall Complex 瓦房店会馆群
Ancient buildings · seventh batch (2013)
A Qing dynasty complex of guild halls.
Fengyan Terraces 凤堰梯田
Other · eighth batch (2019)
Terraced agricultural heritage dating from the Qing dynasty onward.

Across several cities (2)

Western Han Imperial Tombs 西汉帝陵
Ancient tombs · fifth batch (2001)
The collective name for eleven Western Han emperors' tombs in Xi'an and Xianyang; Baling and Duling are in Xi'an and the other nine are on the Xianyang Plateau.
Tang Imperial Tombs 唐代帝陵
Ancient tombs · fifth batch (2001)
The collective name for 18 Tang imperial tombs north of the Wei River, spread around Qianxian, Liquan, Jingyang, Sanyuan, Fuping and Pucheng.

Across provinces (2)

Great Wall 长城
Ancient buildings · fifth batch (2001)
A combined listing of Great Wall sections from the Spring and Autumn period to the Ming dynasty, across Beijing, Hebei, Shanxi, Inner Mongolia, Shaanxi, Shandong, Ningxia, Liaoning and other provinces and regions; the Beijing section is mainly Ming Great Wall.
Qin Straight Road Site 秦直道遗址
Ancient sites · sixth batch (2006)
A trunk road begun in the 35th year of the First Emperor of Qin (212 BC), passing through Inner Mongolia, Shaanxi and Gansu, and used until before the Qing after its completion.

List and numbers follow the eight batches published by the State Council. English names and descriptions are our translations.