• Underground Living in Henan
While most crave homes of steel and concrete that reach skywards or sprawl across generous gardens, some residents in Henan prefer homes that reach deep below ground, chiselled from rock.Cave dwelling ...
While most crave homes of steel and concrete that reach skywards or sprawl across generous gardens, some residents in Henan prefer homes that reach deep below ground, chiselled from rock.Cave dwelling ...
Tourists visit the Museum of Ancient Tombs on Mangshan Mountain in Luoyang City, Central China’s Henan Province, May 2, 2016. The museum houses 25 tombs which were built in diverse styles during diff ...
Fourteen Silk Road countries met in Iran recently to discuss the development of tourism along the ancient trade route.The sixth UNWTO Silk Road Task Force Meeting was hosted in Urmia, a city in the fa ...
NANNING, April 7 (Xinhua) -- An ancient tomb dating back to the late Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220 AD), nearly 2,000 years ago, has been found in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, local au ...
LOS ANGELES, May 7, 2016 (Xinhua) -- People visit the "Cave Temples of Dunhuang: Buddhist Art on China's Silk Road" exhibition at Getty Center in Los Angeles, the United States on May 6, 2016. The ...
A large number of people visit Longmen Grottoes, a world cultural heritage site near Luoyang city in Central China's Henan province, April 30, 2016. Longmen Grottoes has more than 2,300 grottoes with ...
SAN FRANCISCO, April 28, 2016 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Deputy Consul General in San Francisco Zha Liyou (R) talks with San Francisco Public Library City Librarian Luis Herrera (C) during the opening ceremo ...
2016No of Pages:12TripAdvisor 2016 Travel Trends for the Silk Roadis a specialised report issued by UNWTO Affiliate Member TripAdvisor. Officially launched during the 6th UNWTO Silk Road Task Force Me ...
Silk Road Action PlanPусскийThe Silk Road Action Plan 2016/2017 is now in its fourth edition. It is part of a series of comprehensive plans developed to drive collaborative, sustainable tourism ...
The UNESCO Japan Funds-in-Trust (Japan-FIT) project “Support for Documentation Standards and Procedures of the Silk Roads World Heritage Serial and Transnational Nomination in Central Asia (Phase I) ...
The Silk RoadHeritage Corridors ProjectIn recent years a team of experts at UNESCO, ICOMOS and UCL, have conducted ground-breaking research into the Silk Road’s sites and routes as part of the transn ...
Wednesday, 27 April 2016 Destruction in World Heritage site of Palmyra (April 2016) copy; UNESCO On their return from a technical rapid assessment mission to the Palmyra yesterday, UNESCO’s exp ...
FeatureAncient religious caves and shrines dating from about the year 400 to the year 1,300.The art depicts people of various races and cultures living and doing things together. The art makes the Gao ...
The Mogao Grottoes, also known as the Thousand Buddha Caves, and praised as a glittering pearl that adorns the Silk Road, are the most famous Buddhist grottoes in China. Located 15km (10 mi) southeast ...
The Longmen Grottoes are on the Yi riverbank, 12 kilometers from the ancient city ofLuoyang, about 30 minutes' drive. The site is one of the three most important in China for its Buddhist sculptures a ...