Monuments of China


Key: Si = Buddhist temple; Miao = Daoist shrine

Beijing Municipality
Bai Ta Si
Bell and Drum Towers
City Wall
Dong Yue Miao
Forbidden City - Buildings
Forbidden City - Decorations
Great Wall - Badaling and Juyong Guan
Ming Tombs
Summer Palace
Temple of Heaven
Wu Ta Si
Zhihua Si

Chongqing Municipality
Chongqing - Great Hall Of The People
Chongqing - Three Gorges Museum
Dazu - Beishan Grottoes
Dazu - Baodingshan Grottoes
Fengdu - Ghost City

Gansu Province
Dunhuang - Mogao Grottoes
Dunhuang - White Horse Pagoda
Lanzhou - Gansu Provincial Museum

Guangdong (Canton) Province
Guangzhou - Banyan (Liu Rong) Temple
Guangzhou - Chen Family Temple
Guangzhou - Sun Yat-Sen Memorial

Guangxi AR
Guilin - Fubo Hill
Guilin - Li River
Guilin - Reed Flute Cave

Henan Province
Luoyang - City Museum
Luoyang - Longmen Grottoes
Luoyang - Royal Zhou Chariot Pits
Zhengzhou - Henan Provincial Museum
Zhengahou - Kangdaiwan Manor

Hong Kong SAR
Waterfront

Hubei Province
Wuhan - Hubei Provincial Museum
Yangzi River - Three Gorges Scenic Area

Jiangsu Province
Suzhou - Confucian Temple
Suzhou - Emerald Villa
Suzhou - Grand Canal
Suzhou - Humble Administrator's Garden
Suzhou - Lingering Garden - scenery
Suzhou - Lingering Garden - music
Suzhou - Nets Garden at night
Suzhou - Nets Garden - entertainment
Suzhou - Pavilion Of Dark Blue Waves

Qinghai Province
Xining - Great Mosque
Xining - Ta'er Si (Sino-Tibetan monastery)

Shaanxi Province
Xi'an - Beilin Museum (Forest of Steles)
Xi'an - Bell and Drum Towers
Xi'an - Famen Si
Xi'an - Great Goose Pagoda
Xi'an - Great Mosque
Xi'an - H'ua Qing Hot Springs
Xi'an - Shaanxi History Museum
Xi'an - Terra-Cotta Warriors
Xi'an - Yangling Museum

Shanghai Municipality
Bund
Shanghai Museum

Shanxi Province
Datong - City Museum
Datong - Huayan Si
Datong - Old City
Datong - Shanhua Si
Heng Shan - Hanging Temple
Pingyao - Cao's Compound
Pingyao - Shuanglin Si
Pingyao - Walled Town
Pingyao - Zhenguo Si
Taiyuan - Jin Shrine
Taiyuan - Provincial Museum
Taiyuan - Tianlongshan Grottoes
Wutai County - Foguang Si
Wutai County - Nanchan Si
Wutai Shan - Taihua Temples
Yingxian - Jingtu Si
Yingxian - Wooden Pagoda
Yungang - Grottoes

Sichuan Province
Chengdu - Du Fu Straw Hut Memorial
Chengdu - Jinsha Museum
Chengdu - Sanxingdui Museum
Chengdu - Sichuan Opera
Chengdu - Sichuan University Museum
Chengdu - Temple of Marquis Wu
Chengdu - Wang Jian Tomb (Yongling)

Tibet AR
Lhasa - Drepung Monastery
Lhasa - Jokhang Temple
Lhasa - Potala Palace
Lhasa - Sera Monastery
Lhasa - Summer Palace
Lhasa - Villages and Scenery

Xinjiang AR
Kashgar - Aba Khoja Mausoleum
Kashgar - Id Kah Mosque
Kashgar - Modern City
Kashgar - Music Shop
Kuqa - Kizil Grottoes
Kuqa - Royal Residence and Mosque
Kuqa - Subashi Desert Ruins
Turpan - Bezeklik Grottoes
Turpan - Emin Mosque
Turpan - Gaochang Desert Ruins
Turpan - Jiaohe Desert Ruins
Turpan - Toyuk Grottoes

Yunnan Province
Dali - Ear Lake
Dali - Stone Bell Grottoes
Dali - Three Pagodas
Kunming - Bamboo Temple
Kunming - Dharani Pillar
Kunming - Dragon Gate
Kunming - Huating Temple
Kunming - Stone Forest
Kunming - Twin Pagodas
Kunming - Yuantong Temple
Kunming - Yunnan Nationalities Village
Kunming - Yunnan Provincial Museum
Lijiang - Baisha Frescoes
Lijiang - Dongba Writing
Lijiang - Naxi Museum
Lijiang - Naxi People
Lijiang - Old City and Nearby
Lijiang - Stone Drum Village
Lijiang - Tiger Leaping Gorge
Lijiang - Wen Chang Gong (Temple)

Zhejiang Province
Hangzhou - Feilai Feng
Hangzhou - Provincial Museum
Hangzhou - West Lake
Hangzhou - Yue Fei Temple

Miscellaneous
Music
People
Pollution
Silkworms

Reference
Acknowledgment
Bibliography of Chinese Art
Buddhist Deities of China
Dynasties and Capitals of China
Glossary and Index of Chinese Art
Map of China
Silk Road Map
Spelling and Pronunciation of Mandarin


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