7 World Heritage Sites of Shaanxi

This photo taken on June 30 shows Daming Palace's Danfeng Gate of the ancient city Chang'an, present-day Xi'an, in Northwestern Shaanxi province. The ancient Silk Road, which served as a corridor for trade and cultural exchanges between Asia and Europe 2,000 years ago, was inscribed on the World Heritage list on June 22. The application - involving 33 historical sites, including 22 in China, eight in Kazakhstan and three in Kyrgyzstan–was jointly submitted by the three countries. Seven of the sites are located in Shaanxi province– Weiyang Palace, Daming Palace, Big Wild Goose Pagoda, Small Wild Goose Pagoda, Xingjiao Temple Pagoda, Tomb of Zhang Qian and Great Buddha Temple. [Photo/Xinhua]

This photo taken on June 26 shows the Big Wild Goose Pagoda in Xi'an, capital of Northwest China's Shaanxi province. Built in 652 during the Tang Dynasty (618-907), the pagoda is a masterpiece of China's Buddhist architecture. It was inscribed on the World Heritage list on June 22, as a site of the ancient Silk Road. UNESCO designated a 5,000 km stretch of the Silk Road network from Central China to Central Asia as a new World Heritage Site. The corridor spans China, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, and includes 33 new sites and several previously designated heritage sites. [Photo/Xinhua] This photo taken on July 1 shows the Small Wild Goose Pagoda in Xi'an, capital of Northwest China's Shaanxi province. The pagoda was included as a World Heritage of the ancient Silk Road on June 22, along with six other sites in Shaanxi province. The ancient Silk Road involves 33 designated heritage sites - 22 in China, eight in Kazakhstan and three in Kyrgyzstan. [Photo/Xinhua] The Xingjiao Temple Pagoda in Xi'an, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi province, June 30, 2014. The Buddhist pagoda was built to preserve the remains of Xuanzang, a famous monk, translator and explorer of the Tang Dynasty (AD 618-907). The pagoda was named a World Heritage site of the ancient Silk Road on June 22, along with six other sites in Shaanxi province.UNESCO designated a 5,000 km stretch of the Silk Road network from Central China to Central Asia as a new World Heritage Site. The corridor spans China, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, and includes 33 new sites and several previously designated heritage sites. [Photo/Xinhua] This photo taken on June 21 shows visitors passing the Tomb of Zhang Qian, in Chenggu county of Hanzhong, Northwest China's Shaanxi province. Zhang Qian was an influential diplomat during China's Western Han Dynasty (202 BC - 9 AD). The tomb was named a World Heritage site of the ancient Silk Road on June 22. [Photo/Xinhua] The Amitabha grotto in the Great Buddha Temple in Binxian county, Northwest China's Shaanxi province, June 27, 2014. The grotto was inscribed on the World Heritage list on June 22, as one of the sites of the Silk Road's Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor, which consists of 33 newly designated sites - in China, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. [Photo/Xinhua]