Erligang (Zhengzhou Shang City) — Early Shang walled capital (c.1600–1400 BCE, Erligang culture) under modern Zhengzhou old city, excavated 1950s–80s An Jinhuai and Zou Heng (Henan Institute).

🇨🇳 China · Rock art

Yinshan West Wulashan Rock Art

Bronze Age to Early Medieval · Ordos, Xiongnu, Xianbei, Turkic (Yinshan frontier)

West mesa of Wulashan with naturalistic tiger and chariot rut petroglyphs.

🇨🇳 China · Temple complex

Mati Temple South Grotto

Sixteen Kingdoms to Yuan · Hexi Buddhist (Northern Liang, Northern Wei, Sui, Tang, Uyghur, Tibetan, Yuan)

800-m-south Mati grotto cluster with 7-m Shakyamuni and horse-hoof legend slab.

🇨🇳 China · Ancient city

Western Henan Necropolis South — Henan, Erlitou (54-06)

Chalcolithic (regional) · Chalcolithic

Western Henan Necropolis South — Henan, Erlitou (54-06) at Henan, Erlitou, China is a Chalcolithic (regional) ancient city of the Chalcolithic tradition, built c.

🇨🇳 China · Ancient village

Great Henan Terrace South — Henan, Erlitou (54-45)

Classical (regional) · Classical

Great Henan Terrace South — Henan, Erlitou (54-45) at Henan, Erlitou, China is a Classical (regional) ancient village of the Classical tradition, built c.

🇨🇳 China · Ancient city

Western Henan Citadel B — Henan, Erlitou (54-48)

Bronze Age (regional) · Bronze Age

Western Henan Citadel B — Henan, Erlitou (54-48) at Henan, Erlitou, China is a Bronze Age (regional) ancient city of the Bronze Age tradition, built c. 800 CE for citadel and associated settlement.

🇨🇳 China · Ancient village

Hemudu Archaeological Site

Hemudu culture 5500–3300 BCE · Hemudu (Hangzhou Bay maritime rice farmers)

Waterlogged neolithic pile-dwelling settlement (5500–3300 BCE) on Yao River coastal plain, type-site of Hemudu culture famous for earliest Chinese rice cultivation (paddy with wooden plough),…

🇨🇳 China · Megalith

New Henan Citadel B — Henan, Erlitou (54-09)

Medieval (regional) · Medieval

New Henan Citadel B — Henan, Erlitou (54-09) at Henan, Erlitou, China is a Medieval (regional) megalithic of the Medieval tradition, built c. 3000 BCE for citadel and associated settlement.

🇨🇳 China · Ancient city

Panlongcheng Archaeological Site

Early Shang Erligang phase 1600–1300 BCE · Shang (Erligang) colonists over indigenous Yangtze

Earliest Shang walled town south of the Yellow River (c.1600–1300 BCE) at Panlong Lake north of Wuhan, proving Early Shang (Erligang phase) military–resource colonization 800 km south to control…

🇨🇳 China · Pyramid

Upper Xi an Platform Outer — Xi an (56-43)

Chalcolithic (regional) · Chalcolithic

Upper Xi an Platform Outer — Xi an (56-43) at Xi an, China is a Chalcolithic (regional) pyramid of the Chalcolithic tradition, built c. 1800 BCE for platform and associated settlement.

🇨🇳 China · Megalith

Great Xi an Terrace East — Xi an (56-29)

Bronze Age (regional) · Bronze Age

Great Xi an Terrace East — Xi an (56-29) at Xi an, China is a Bronze Age (regional) megalithic of the Bronze Age tradition, built c. 1200 BCE for terrace and associated settlement.

🇨🇳 China · Earthwork

Eastern Xi an Village North — Xi an (56-17)

Iron Age (regional) · Iron Age

Eastern Xi an Village North — Xi an (56-17) at Xi an, China is a Iron Age (regional) earthwork of the Iron Age tradition, built c. 2500 BCE for village and associated settlement.

🇨🇳 China · Earthwork

Royal Xi an Settlement A — Xi an (56-38)

Iron Age (regional) · Iron Age

Royal Xi an Settlement A — Xi an (56-38) at Xi an, China is a Iron Age (regional) earthwork of the Iron Age tradition, built c. 400 BCE for settlement and associated settlement.

🇨🇳 China · Pyramid

Southern Xi an Fortress I — Xi an (56-25)

Neolithic (regional) · Neolithic

Southern Xi an Fortress I — Xi an (56-25) at Xi an, China is a Neolithic (regional) pyramid of the Neolithic tradition, built c. 2500 BCE for fortress and associated settlement.

🇨🇳 China · Rock-cut

Bezeklik Thousand Buddha Caves

Gaochang to Yuan 500–1300 CE · Uyghur Buddhist (ancient Uyghur–Tocharian)

Turpan depression Uyghur Buddhist cliff with 77 donor-portrait caves below sea level.

🇨🇳 China · Ancient city

Sanxingdui — Pit 3 Bronze Mask Deposit

Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE) · Bronze Age urban

Sanxingdui — Pit 3 Bronze Mask Deposit in Sichuan, Guanghan, Sanxingdui, China is a Bronze Age to Classical (3000 BCE–500 CE) ancient city attributed to Br…

🇨🇳 China · Archaeological wonder

Longyou Caves

Warring States to Han (~300 BCE – 100 CE; debated) · Yue / early Han Chinese

Twenty-four enormous man-made siltstone caverns rediscovered in 1992 after 2,000 years of siltation, each a single chamber 10–30 m high hewn with chisels that left uniform parallel tooling covering…

🇨🇳 China · Tomb

Yinxu — Royal Tomb Xibeigang West Pit (Anyang)

Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) · Old–New Kingdom Egyptian

Yinxu — Royal Tomb Xibeigang West Pit (Anyang) in Henan, Anyang, Yinxu, China is a Old to Middle Kingdom (2700–1800 BCE) tomb attributed to Old–New Kingdom…

🇨🇳 China · Pyramid

Goguryeo Pyramidal Tombs – Jian (Ji'an)

Goguryeo Kingdom 37 BCE–668 CE (pyramids 3–7 c CE peak) · Goguryeo (Korean–Chinese proto-state)

Eastern Asia's largest tumulus pyramid cluster: 7,000+ stone step-pyramids and earthen mounds 3 Kingdoms Goguryeo (37 BCE–668 CE) across Ji'an (Tonggou, Guonei) and DPRK Pyongyang cluster.

🇨🇳 China · Rock-cut

Longmen — Binyang Central Cave North Wall

Bronze to Iron Age (2000 BCE–300 CE) · Rock-cut tradition

Longmen — Binyang Central Cave North Wall in Henan, Luoyang, Longmen, China is a Bronze to Iron Age (2000 BCE–300 CE) rock_cut attributed to Rock-cut tradi…

🇨🇳 China · Temple complex

Ancient Building Complex in the Wudang Mountains

Tang → Yuan → Ming Yongle peak → Qing · Taoist (Zhenwu / Xuanwu school)

Taoist sacred mountain complex on 72 peaks 800–1612 m, 9 palaces, 36 convents and 72 cliff temples built primarily 1412–1424 under Ming Yongle emperor (200,000 artisans) as political legitimation…

🇨🇳 China · Temple complex

Bingling Temple Grottoes

Sixteen Kingdoms → Qing 420–1911 · Buddhist (Hexi Silk Road)

Yellow River gorge sanctuary of 183 caves and 694 statues cut into 60 m yellow sandstone cliff above reservoir since 420 CE (Western Qin) to Qing, famous for 27 m Maitreya Buddha (Tang) carved from…

🇨🇳 China · Pyramid

Han Yangling Mausoleum

Western Han Wen-Jing 157–141 BCE · Western Han imperial

Mausoleum complex of Emperor Jing of Han (Liu Qi, r.157–141 BCE) and Empress Wang Zhi on Wei River terrace north of Xi'an, core of Western Han imperial necropolis (11 tombs).

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Mati Temple West Thousand Buddha Cliff

Yinshan West Wulashan Rock Art

Mati Temple South Grotto

Western Henan Necropolis South — Henan, Erlitou (54-06)

Great Henan Terrace South — Henan, Erlitou (54-45)

Western Henan Citadel B — Henan, Erlitou (54-48)

Hemudu Archaeological Site

New Henan Citadel B — Henan, Erlitou (54-09)

Panlongcheng Archaeological Site

Upper Xi an Platform Outer — Xi an (56-43)

Great Xi an Terrace East — Xi an (56-29)

Eastern Xi an Village North — Xi an (56-17)

Royal Xi an Settlement A — Xi an (56-38)

Southern Xi an Fortress I — Xi an (56-25)

Bezeklik Thousand Buddha Caves

Sanxingdui — Pit 3 Bronze Mask Deposit

Longyou Caves

Yinxu — Royal Tomb Xibeigang West Pit (Anyang)

Goguryeo Pyramidal Tombs – Jian (Ji'an)

Longmen — Binyang Central Cave North Wall

Ancient Building Complex in the Wudang Mountains

Bingling Temple Grottoes

Han Yangling Mausoleum

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