UNESCO World Heritage

Introducing UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Guangzhou of Guangdong Province
Guangzhou is the capital city of Guangdong province. There are two cultural and natural places inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List as of 2020 in Guangdong province. Kaiping Diaolou and Villages were made a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2007. The Danxia Mountain in the city of Shaoguan was enlisted world heritage site as part of China Danxia in 2010. If you happen to be in Guiyang or anywhere else in Guizhou province, be sure to drop by these amazing UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Guizhou province. Each UNESCO World Heritage Site has a tale to tell. Book GoGrandChina tour packages to learn the tales of Guizhou's UNESCO World Heritage Sites at the most affordable prices.

Kaiping Diaolou and Villages
Kaiping Diaolou and Villages feature the Diaolou, multi-storeyed defensive village houses in Kaiping, which display a complex and flamboyant fusion of Chinese and Western structural and decorative forms. They reflect the significant role of émigré Kaiping people in the development of several countries in South Asia, Australasia and North America, during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. There are four groups of Diaolou and twenty of the most symbolic ones are inscribed on the List. These buildings take three forms: communal towers built by several families and used as temporary refuge, residential towers built by individual rich families and used as fortified residences, and watch towers. Built of stone, pise , brick or concrete, these buildings represent a complex and confident fusion between Chinese and Western architectural styles. Retaining a harmonious relationship with the surrounding landscape, the Diaolou testify to the final flowering of local building traditions that started in the Ming period in response to local banditry. Get more about Kaiping Diaolou and Villages.

Danxia Mountain UNESCO Global Geopark
Danxia Mountain UNESCO Global Geopark is the Redstone Park of China. It has a total area of 290 km2, about half of it is densely covered by ‘danxia landform’. Its highest peak is Bazhai with an elevation of 619 metres. Danxiashan has long been a national park and nature reserve. It became an UNESCO Global Geopark in 2004 and a World Heritage Site in 2010. The area bears rock outcrops of different geological periods from Sinian, Paleozoic Mesozoic to Neozoic. The Cretaceous sedimentary strata which form the present landscape are particularly important for studying dinosaur extinction, life and mammal evolution and regional stratigraphical correlation. Danxia Mountain is located approximately 260km away from Guangzhou, it can be reached by bullet train from Guangzhou. Feel free to contact GGC by WhatsApp (+86-18309280878), Wechat (+86-18309280878) or email (info@GrandChinaTravel.com) for a tailor-made tour to Danxia Mountain.