Silk Roads: the Routes Network of Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor
UNESCO World Heritage Site | |
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Location | |
Includes | 33 locations in 3 countries |
Criteria | Cultural: (ii), (iii), (vi) |
Reference | 1442 |
Inscription | 2014 (38th Session) |
Area | 42,668.16 ha (164.7427 sq mi) |
Buffer zone | 189,963.1 ha (733.452 sq mi) |
Website | www |
Silk Roads: The Routes Network of Chang'an-Tian Shan Corridor is a
History
In 1988, UNESCO initiated a study of the Silk Road to promote understanding of cultural diffusion across Eurasia and protection of cultural heritage.
On March 28, 2008, China submitted a tentative list of 48 Silk Road sites to UNESCO for consideration as cultural heritage. These sites were divided into overland Silk Road sites in
At the end of 2011, UNESCO proposed that due to the vast scale of the Silk Road project that the application be divided into corridors.
On June 22, 2014, at the 38th meeting of the World Heritage Committee in Doha, Qatar, the Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor application was approved.[2]
Sites
The Silk Road's Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor, which was approved by the World Heritage Committee in June 2014 as Site No. 1442, consists of 33 newly designated sites in China, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. The sites include capital cities and palace complexes of various empires and kingdoms, trading settlements, Buddhist cave temples, ancient paths, posthouses, mountain passes, beacon towers, sections of the
The sites are categorized into four regions along the Silk Road by ICOMOS, which assessed eligibility for the World Heritage inscription:[10][11]
1.
- Luoyang City of the Eastern Han to Northern Wei Dynasty, Luoyang, Henan Province
- Dingding Gate, Luoyang City of the Sui and Tang Dynasty, Luoyang
- Hangu Pass, Xin'an County, Henan
- Shihao section of Xiaohan Route, Sanmenxia, Henan
- Weiyang Palace, Xi'an, Shaanxi Province
- Daming Palace, Xi'an
- Giant Wild Goose Pagoda, Xi'an
- Small Wild Goose Pagoda, Xi'an
- Xingjiao Temple, Xi'an[12]
- Bin County Cave Temple, Bin County, Shaanxi
- Tomb of Zhang Qian, Chenggu County, Shaanxi
- Maijishan Cave Temple Complex, Tianshui, Gansu Province
2.
- Bingling Temple Grottoes, Yongjing County
- Yumen Pass, Dunhuang
- Xuanquanzhi Posthouse, Dunhuang
- Suoyang City Ruins, Guazhou
3. North and South of
- Qocho (Gaochang) City Ruins, Turpan
- Jiaohe Ruins, Turpan
- Beshbalik (Beiting) City Ruins, Jimsar County
- Kizil Gaha Beacon Tower, Kuqa(Kucha)
- Kizil Caves, Kuqa
- Subash Buddhist Temple Ruins, Kuqa
4. Zhetysu Region of the Ili and Talas Valleys of Kazakhstan and the Chüy Valley of Kyrgyzstan
- Site of Kayalyk, Almaty Region, Kazakhstan
- Karamergen, Almaty Region, Kazakhstan
- Talgar, Almaty Region, Kazakhstan
- Aktobe, Jambyl Region, Kazakhstan
- Kulan, Jambyl Region, Kazakhstan
- Akyrtas, Jambyl Region, Kazakhstan
- Ornek, Jambyl Region, Kazakhstan
- Kostobe, Jambyl Region, Kazakhstan
- City of Ak-Beshim), Chüy Region, Kyrgyzstan
- City of Balasagun (Site of Burana), Chüy Region, Kyrgyzstan
- City of Nevaket (Site of Krasnaya Rechka), Chüy Region, Kyrgyzstan
Other sites at the Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor are the Mogao Caves in Dunhuang which had already been inscribed as a World Heritage Site in 1987, and the Longmen Grottoes, which contain more than 10,000 statues with more than 2,800 inscriptions on them, in Luoyang which had already been inscribed as a World Heritage Site in 2000.[13]
External links
- Silk Roads: the Routes Network of Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor on the website of the UNESCO World Heritage Centre
References
- ^ a b UNESCO World Heritage Sites, "Silk Roads: the Routes Network of Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor" Accessed 2014-06-23
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l (Chinese) 高美, "丝路入遗33遗迹22处在中国" 《新京报》 2014-06-23
- ^ UNESCO, "Chinese Section of the Silk Road: Land routes in Henan Province, Shaanxi Province, Gansu Province, Qinghai Province, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, and Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region; Sea Routes in Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province and Quanzhou City, Fujian Province - from Western-Han Dynasty to Qing Dynasty" 2008-03-28
- ^ UNESCO, "Silk Roads Sites in Turkmenistan" 2010-01-03
- ^ UNESCO, "Silk Road Sites in India" 2010-01-20
- ^ "Silk Roads Sites in Kyrgyzstan" 2010-02-19
- ^ UNESCO, "Silk Roads Sites in Uzbekistan" 2010-02-19
- ^ UNESCO, "Silk Road" 2012-05-03
- ^ (Chinese) 梁新慧, "3国联手申遗'丝绸之路'河南成唯一'双遗产'省份" 《东方今报》 2014-06-21
- ^ ICOMOS report to the World Heritage Committee 38th ordinary session: 2014 Evaluations of Nominations of Cultural and Mixed Properties to the World Heritage List June 2014
- ^ (Chinese) 刘超, "丝路申遗涉及3国33处遗迹是全球最大跨国遗产项目" 西安晚报 2014-06-23
- ^ Agence France Presse (04/11/2013) "Xingjiao Temple, Ancient Chinese Buddhist Site, Faces Demolition" The World Post. Huffington Post
- ^ "老照片:1984年的河南洛阳龙门石窟-图片 -". www.silkroads.org.cn. Retrieved 2024-02-07.