The 22 representative sites of Quanzhou's application for World Heritage include: Qifeng Stone Carving in Jiuri Mountain, Shifosi Site, Dejimen Site, Tianhou Temple, Zhenwu Temple, Nanwai Zong Zheng Site, Quanzhou Wenfu Temple, Kaiyuan Temple, Laojun Rock Statue, Jing Qing Temple, Islamic Holy Tomb, Mani Buddha Statue in Cao An, Cizao Kiln Site, Dehua Kiln Site, and Anxi Qingyang Xiacaopu Iron Smelting Site.
On July 16, the 44th World Heritage Conference opened in Fuzhou. The project "Quanzhou: China's World Ocean Trade Center in Song and Yuan Dynasties" was submitted to this meeting for deliberation. After the opening ceremony, the meeting was held online, which was the first time in the history of UNESCO to consider the world heritage issue online.
As early as June 4th, the World Heritage Center website updated the evaluation results of 45 declared projects this year. Quanzhou: China Song and Yuan World Ocean Trade Center declared by China obtained the ICOMOS evaluation result, which meets the standard (Ⅳ) and "it is recommended to be included in (I) without reservation".
Quanzhou, an international characteristic city;
According to historical records, Quanzhou was called Erythrina in ancient times and was built in the Tang Dynasty. Since then, the city has been continuously built, repaired and expanded in the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. There are rich historical relics buried in the city and its affiliated areas, including city defense facilities, street offices, temples and so on.
Secondly, Quanzhou is not only a famous historical and cultural city in China, but also known as the world-famous "the largest port in the East" in the Song and Yuan Dynasties, and it is also the starting point of China's Maritime Silk Road.
10-14th century, that is, during the Song and Yuan Dynasties, Quanzhou flourished in the prosperous international maritime trade. It used to trade with more than 100 countries and regions, and it was a port city with multi-cultural exchanges and harmony.
At present, Quanzhou's related relics include ports, sunken ships, shipyards, porcelain kilns, porcelain and other relics related to marine trade, as well as cultural relics left by foreign exchanges and exchanges. Its representatives include religious facilities such as Buddhism, Taoism, Islam, Catholicism and Nestorianism, which reflects that Quanzhou once gathered and integrated different nationalities, cultures and religions.
As revealed today, the 22 historic sites in Quanzhou and their related environments constitute the representative sites of China World Ocean Trade Center and Quanzhou in the Song and Yuan Dynasties, and become the cultural heritage of mankind.
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