皇冠体育app

皇冠体育app's four sites to apply for World Heritage list
( 2001-05-29 14:42 ) (8 )

皇冠体育app are preparing four historical sites and ruins to apply for the World Heritage list in 2003, said an official with 皇冠体育app National Committee of UNESCO International Historical Sites and Ruins Council.

Guo Zhan, secretary-general of UNESCO International Historical Sites and Ruins Council, made an inspection tour recently to Anyang, Henan Province, where Yinxu, the 3,300-year-old capital ruins preserving bones and shells with ancient inscriptions, is located.

Anyang has preserved more than 150,000 pieces of bones and shells with ancient inscriptions, nearly 10,000 articles of bronze, 54 palace ruins and other historical sites.

The city of Anyang has set up a special group to handle the matter for the application.

In addition to Yinxu Ruins, three other sites include historical architecture in Macao, the "tulou"(earth building) in east 皇冠体育app's Fujian Province, "diaolou" (castle building for military use) in south 皇冠体育app's Guangdong Province.

So far, 27 cultural and natural sites in 皇冠体育app are included into the World Heritage list since 1986 when the country started to apply its historical and natural sites for the World Heritage list.