China: Silk Roads: the Routes Network of Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor

This property is a 5,000 km section of the extensive Silk Roads network, stretching from Chang’an/Luoyang, the central capital of China in the Han and Tang dynasties, to the Zhetysu region of Central Asia. It took shape between the 2nd century BC and 1st century AD and remained in use until the 16th century, linking multiple civilizations and facilitating far-reaching exchanges of activities in trade, religious beliefs, scientific knowledge, technological innovation, cultural practices and the arts. The thirty-three components included in the routes network include capital cities and palace complexes of various empires and Khan kingdoms, trading settlements, Buddhist cave temples, ancient paths, posthouses, passes, beacon towers, sections of The Great Wall, fortifications, tombs and religious buildings. Source:whc.unesco.org

Inscribed: 2014

CHINA - CENTRAL CHINA

- Luoyang City, Eastern Han-Northern Wei Dynasty (1st – 6th AD) (Luoyang, Henan) 

- Dingding Gate, Luoyang City, Sui -Tang Dynasties (Luoyang, Hena)

- Longmen grottoes

- Han’gu pass (Henan)

- Shihao section of Xiaohan route (Henan)

- Weiyang Palace, Chang’an City, Western Han Dynasty (2nd BC – 1st AD) (Xian) 

- Daming Palace, Chang’an City, Tang Dynasty (7th -10th AD) (Xian)

- Great Wild Goose Pagoda (Xian) 

- Small Wild Goose Pagoda (Xian)

- Xingjiaosi Pagodas (Xian)

- Bin county cave temple (Shaanxi) 

- Zhang Qian tomb (Shaanxi)

- Maijishan cave temple complex - have postcard

CHINA - HOSI CORRIDOR

- Bingling cave temple complex (Gansu)

- Xuanquan posthouse (Gansu)

- Suoyang city (Gansu)

- Mogao caves (already inscribed on the World Heritage List) - have postcard 

- Yumen pass (Gansu)

CHINA - NORTH, SOUTH TIANSHAN MOUNTAINS

- Qocho City (Turpan, Xinjiang)

- Yar City Site of Bashbaliq City (Turpan, Xinjiang) 

- Kizil cave temple (Jimshar, Xinjiang) - have postcard

- Subash Buddhist temple (Kuqa, Xinjiang)

- Kizilgaha Beacon tower (Kuqa, Xinjiang)

- Bachbaliq city (Kuqa, Xinjiang)

Card shows Yumen Pass.

Thanks to Ms YoYoBall (Nick Name)