China

More than 1,000 years and was once a confluence along the “Old Tea Horse Caravan Trail”, Lijiang combines traditional Nakhi culture and incongruous elements learned from Ming dynasty

The Leshan Giant Buddha is a 71-metre (233 ft) tall stone statue, carved out of a cliff face. It is the largest stone Buddha in the world and it is the tallest

The site includes “tower karst, pinnacle karst and cone karst formations, along with other spectacular characteristics such as natural bridges, gorges and large cave systems. The stone forests

“The grottoes and niches of Longmen contain the largest and most impressive collection of Chinese art of the late Northern Wei and Tang Dynasties (316-907). These works, entirely

“No doubt thousands of statues still remain to be unearthed at this archaeological site, which was not discovered until 1974. Qin (d. 210 B.C.), the first unifier of

“The fortifications of Xi’an, an ancient capital of China, represent one of the oldest, largest and best preserved Chinese city walls. Xi’an is also home of the “Stele