The national archaeological park () of China is a designation created by the State Administration of Cultural Heritage (SACH) in 2009 to preserve and present large-scale archaeological sites. National archaeological parks must have previously been designated as Major Historical and Cultural Sites Protected at the National Level, and are considered to have high historical, cultural, and academic value. They include ancient settlements, cities and towns, palaces, temples and caves, engineering and manufacturing sites, and mausoleums and cemeteries. Many parks also have on-site museums. The first 12 national archaeological parks were announced in 2010, and since then 24 more

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have been added to the list, bringing the total to 36. In addition, more than 60 sites have been designated as candidates for the national archaeological park status.

Regulation

On 17 December 2009, the State Administration of Cultural Heritage issued the ''National Archaeological Park Administration Measures''. According to the regulation, an archaeological site must meet five criteria before applying for national archaeological park status: it must be a Major Historical and Cultural Site Protected at the National Level; its provincial-level government has issued and implemented measures to protect the site; an archaeological work plan has been approved and commenced; has an archaeological park plan in compliance with the protection measures; has a specialized administration entity with corporate status.

List of national archaeological parks

23 archaeological sites applied for the national

archaeological Archaeology or archeology is the scientific study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landscap ...

park designation in 2010. On 9 October 2010, the State Administration of Cultural Heritage (SACH) announced the first batch of 12 parks whose applications were approved. In December 2013, the SACH announced the second batch of 12 national archaeological parks. In December 2017, the third batch of 12 national archaeological parks was announced, bringing the total to 36. Yuanmingyuan Ruins of Dashuifa 20120715

Candidate parks

In addition to the approved parks, the SACH has also given a number of parks the status of "candidate national archaeological parks". When announcing the first batch of 12 approved parks, it also announced 23 candidate parks, of which 11 were later approved in the second batch announced in 2013. *Jinyang City, Shanxi * Niuheliang, Liaoning (approved in the second batch) * Zhongjing of Bohai, Jilin (approved in the second batch) * Yangzhou City, Jiangsu * Yuyaochang (Jingdezhen Imperial Kiln), Jiangxi (approved in the second batch) *

Nanwang Nanwang () is a town in Wenshang County in the prefecture-level city Jining city in Shandong province in China. The area around Nanwang was the highest point for the historical Grand Canal, and with beginning 1411 the Nanwang water division syste ...

Hub of the Grand Canal, Shandong (approved in the second batch) * Qufu, Capital of Lu, Shandong (approved in the second batch) *

Dawenkou The Dawenkou culture was a Chinese Neolithic culture primarily located in the eastern province of Shandong, but also appearing in Anhui, Henan and Jiangsu. The culture existed from 4300 to 2600 BC, and co-existed with the Yangshao culture. Turquo ...

, Shandong * Luoyang of Han-Wei Dynasties, Henan (approved in the second batch) * Zhengzhou Shang City, Henan *

Sanyangzhuang Sanyangzhuang () is an archaeological site in Henan Province, China. The Han dynasty village of Sanyangzhuang was buried by a flood of the Yellow River 2,000 years ago. This site is extraordinarily well-preserved, and provides important informat ...

, Henan * Jinancheng (including Balingshan and Xiongjiazhong), Hubei (Xiongjiazhong approved in the second batch) *

Tongguan Kiln The Tongguan Kiln (), also called the Changsha Kiln, is located in Wazhaping (), Tongguan Subdistrict, Changsha, Hunan, China. It is one of the major kiln sites in Tongguan to be protected at the national level. The place was a historical kiln sit ...

, Hunan (approved in the second batch) *

Liye Ancient City The Liye Ancient City () is an archaeological site in Liye Town, Longshan County, Hunan Province, China. It was of seat of the ancient Qianling County () in Dongting Commandery () of the Qin dynasty (221–206 BC). It is known for 37,400 Liye Qin S ...

, Hunan * Laosicheng, Hunan * Jingjiang Princes' Palace and Mausoleums, Guangxi * Zengpiyan, Guangxi (approved in the second batch) *Kele, Guizhou * Chang'an of Han, Shaanxi * Xianyang of Qin, Shaanxi *

Suoyang City Suoyang City (), also called Kuyu (), is a ruined Silk Road city in Guazhou County of Gansu Province in northwestern China. First established as Ming'an County in 111 BC by Emperor Wu of Han, the city was relocated and rebuilt at the curren ...

, Gansu * Beiting City, Xinjiang (approved in the second batch) *

Diaoyucheng The Diaoyucheng (), or Diaoyu Fortress, is a fortress located on the Diaoyu Mountain in Heyang Town, Hechuan District, Chongqing. It is known for its resistance to the Mongol armies in the latter half of the Song dynasty. History The dea ...

, Chongqing (approved in the second batch) 31 candidate parks were announced together with the second batch of approved parks in 2013, of which 9 were later approved in the third batch announced in 2017. * Zhongdu of Yuan, Hebei 元中都 (approved in the third batch) * Nihewan, Hebei * Zhaowangcheng, Hebei 赵王城 *Pujindu and Puzhou City,

Shanxi Shanxi (; ; formerly romanised as Shansi) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China and is part of the North China region. The capital and largest city of the province is Taiyuan, while its next most populated prefecture-lev ...

蒲津渡与蒲州故城 * Shangjing of Liao, Inner Mongolia 辽上京 * Salawusu, Inner Mongolia 萨拉乌苏 * Jinniushan,

Liaoning Liaoning () is a coastal province in Northeast China that is the smallest, southernmost, and most populous province in the region. With its capital at Shenyang, it is located on the northern shore of the Yellow Sea, and is the northernmost ...

* Luotong Mountain City, Jilin 罗通山城 *

Shangjing of Jin Shangjing may refer to: Historical capitals *Shangjing Longquanfu, capital of Balhae, in modern Ning'an, Heilongjiang, China *Bairin Left Banner, in Inner Mongolia, China, site of former capital of the Liao dynasty *Huining Prefecture, capital of t ...

, Heilongjiang 金上京 * Helü City, Jiangsu 阖闾城 * Lingjiatan, Anhui 凌家滩 * Zhongdu of Ming, Anhui 明中都皇故城 (approved in the third batch) * Chengcun Han City, Fujian 城村汉城 * Wanshouyan, Fujian 万寿岩 (approved in the third batch) *

Jizhou Kiln Jizhou ware or Chi-chou ware () is Chinese ceramics, Chinese pottery from Jiangxi province in southern China; the Jizhou kilns made a number of different types of wares over the five centuries of production. The best known wares are simple shape ...

, Jiangxi 吉州窑 (approved in the third batch) * Linzi, Capital of Qi,

Shandong Shandong ( , ; ; alternately romanized as Shantung) is a coastal province of the People's Republic of China and is part of the East China region. Shandong has played a major role in Chinese history since the beginning of Chinese civilizati ...

* Chengziya, Shandong (approved in the third batch) * Zheng–Han City, Henan 郑韩故城 (approved in the third batch) * Yanshi Shang City, Henan 偃师商城 * Chengyang City, Henan 城阳城址 * Tonglüshan, Hubei 铜绿山 *Longwan, Hubei 龙湾 *

Panlongcheng Panlongcheng () or Panlong City is an archaeological site associated with the Erligang culture () during the Shang dynasty period (). The site is located just north of the Yangtze river, on the bank of the Panlong lake, and is surrounded by the Fus ...

, Hubei (approved in the third batch) *

Tanheli Tanheli () is an archaeological site in Ningxiang, Hunan, one of major national historical and cultural sites in Hunan. Situated in the upper reaches of the Wei River in Tanheli village, Huangcai town, Ningxiang, it is renowned as a Bronze Age ...

, Hunan 炭河里 * Chengtoushan, Hunan (approved in the third batch) * Taihe City, Yunnan 太和城 *

Tongwancheng Tongwancheng ( zh, t=統萬城, w=Tʻung-wan-chʻêng, p=Tǒngwànchéng) was the capital of the Xiongnu-led Hu Xia dynasty in northern China during the Sixteen Kingdoms period in the early 5th century. The city is at the southern edge of the Mao ...

, Shaanxi * Longgangsi, Shaanxi 龙岗寺 *

Dadiwan The Dadiwan culture (c. 7900–7200 BP) was a Neolithic culture located primarily in the eastern portion of Gansu and Shaanxi provinces in modern China. The culture takes its name from the deepest cultural layer found during the original excavat ...

Gansu Gansu (, ; alternately romanized as Kansu) is a province in Northwest China. Its capital and largest city is Lanzhou, in the southeast part of the province. The seventh-largest administrative district by area at , Gansu lies between the Tibet ...

大地湾 * Western Xia Mausoleums, Ningxia (approved in the third batch) * Lajia, Qinghai In December 2017, 32 candidate parks were announced together with the third batch of approved parks. *Capital of the Zhongshan Kingdom, Hebei * Yecheng, Hebei * Taosi,

* Tuchengzi, Inner Mongolia * Mopancun Mountain City, Jilin * Longqiuzhuang, Jiangsu *

Majiabang The Majiabang culture, also named Ma-chia-pang culture, was a Chinese Neolithic culture that existed at the mouth of the Yangtze River, primarily around Lake Tai near Shanghai and north of Hangzhou Bay. The culture spread throughout southern Jiang ...

, Zhejiang *

Anji Ancient City Anji may refer to: Places *Hu Prefecture, known as Anji Prefecture between 1225 and 1276 *Anji County, in Huzhou, Zhejiang, China *Anji Bridge, or Zhaozhou Bridge, an ancient stone bridge in Hebei, China *Anji, a village in Balasore (Orissa), Indi ...

and Longshan Yue Cemetery, Zhejiang * Shouchun City, Anhui * Shuangdun, Bengbu, Anhui * Yuhuicun, Anhui * Wucheng, Jiangxi *

Marquisate of Haihun A marquess (; french: marquis ), es, marqués, pt, marquês. is a nobleman of high hereditary rank in various European peerages and in those of some of their former colonies. The German language equivalent is Markgraf (margrave). A woman wi ...

, Jiangxi * Liangchengzhen,

* Yangshao, Henan * Erlitou, Henan *

Jiahu Jiahu () was the site of a Neolithic settlement based in the central plain of ancient China, near the Yellow River. It is located between the floodplains of the Ni River to the north, and the Sha River to the south, north of the modern city ...

, Henan * Miaodigou, Henan * Dahecun, Henan * Qujialing, Hubei * Shijiahe, Hubei * Sujialong 苏家垄, Hubei * Bijiashan Chaozhou Kiln, Guangdong * Tomb of Francis Xavier and Dazhouwan, Guangdong * Hepu Han City and Cemetery,

Guangxi Guangxi (; ; Chinese postal romanization, alternately romanized as Kwanghsi; ; za, Gvangjsih, italics=yes), officially the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (GZAR), is an Autonomous regions of China, autonomous region of the People's Republic ...

* Qiong Kiln, Sichuan * Qianling Mausoleum, Shaanxi *

Epang Palace The Epang Palace was a Chinese palace complex built during the reign of Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of China and the founder of the short-lived Qin dynasty. It is located in western Xi’an, Shaanxi Province. Archaeologists believe that on ...

, Shaanxi * Zhouyuan, Shaanxi * Duling Mausoleum, Shaanxi *

Shimao Shimao () is a Neolithic site in Shenmu County, Shaanxi, China. The site is located in the northern part of the Loess Plateau, on the southern edge of the Ordos Desert. It is dated to around 2000 BC, near the end of the Longshan period, and is ...

, Shaanxi * Subashi Temple, Xinjiang

References

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Regulation

List of national archaeological parks

Candidate parks

See also

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