• Silk Road cave paintings facing new threat
Silk Road cave paintings that survive from the 4th century facing new threat - from tourism and the lure of profit Abandoned for centuries, the Mogao Grottoes have somehow survived everything that nat ...
Silk Road cave paintings that survive from the 4th century facing new threat - from tourism and the lure of profit Abandoned for centuries, the Mogao Grottoes have somehow survived everything that nat ...
A visitor views a Qin Dynasty (221-206 BC) colored terracotta warrior posed in a kneeling position, as if he is about to fire his weapon, at the Taipei Palace Museum in Taipei, May 6, 2016. The exhibition Terracotta -The Rise and Legacy of Qin Culture, th
The city of Baiyin in Gansu province will hold the closing ceremony of the 15th Tour of Qinghai Lake, the biggest road cycling race of its kind in Asia, on July 30, as approved by the Union Cycliste I ...
Representatives of Shaanxi province, rich in historical heritage and relics of Northwest China, visited California to promote its abundance of tourist attractions, hospitality, business and trade pote ...
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 ...
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) ...
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 ...
Bonn,Germany28 June - 8 July 2015The World Heritage Committee ended its meeting today announcing it will hold its next session in Istanbul, Turkey, from 10 to 20 July 2016. During this year’s session ...
PALMYRA, April 2, 2016 (Xinhua) -- Damaged ancient architectures are seen in Palmyra of centralSyria, on April 1, 2016. Syria's ancient city of Palmyra has been retaken by Syrian government forces fro ...