Unit7CulturalrelicsPyramids/EgyptPyramids/EgyptThegreatwall/Thegreatwall/ChinaChinaStonehenge/BritainReasonsfortheirimportanceReasonsfortheirimportanceSymbolsoftheircountriesandculturesLargestructuresbuiltbypeopleHadapracticalimportanceBringinmoneyfromtourism……ScanthefollowingdescriptionsoffourScanthefollowingdescriptionsoffourWorldHeritageSitesWorldHeritageSitesinChinaandguessinChinaandguesswhattheyare.Don’tstopwhenyouwhattheyare.Don’tstopwhenyoumeetwithmeetwithwordsyoudon’tknow.wordsyoudon’tknow.Itismadeupof492caves,whichweredesertedinthefourteenthcenturyandlayuntoucheduntilthebeginningofthetwentiethcentury.It’slocatedattherocksideoftheMingshaMountaininGansuProvince.It’sworththenameofarttreasurehouseoftheChineseNation.LocatedinthecenterofBeijing,ithasanareaof150,000squaremetersandhasover9000rooms.ItisthelargestsetofbuildingspreservedinChina.ItiscalledtheForbiddenCity.Itis95milesnorthofNanchang,atthecenterofanareacoveringmanyscenicspots(风景点)inthemiddleandlowerreachesoftheYangtzeRiver.ItistothesouthofJiujiangCityandthewestofPoyangLake.ThepicturesquemountainisfamousinChinaandworldwideforitsbeauty.ItsviewsoftheplainsandtheYangtzearewonderful.Itwasbuiltinthe7thcentury.WhenZhangpuKing(ShuzhanGenpu)setupTugenKingdominTibetwithLhasaasitscapital,theEmperorofChina’sTangDynastysentPrincessWenchengtomarryZhanpuKing.ZhanpuKingdecided“tobuildacitytoshowtheglory”,thenstartedtobuilditontheRedHill.Asisknowntoall,ChinaisaAsisknowntoall,Chinaisacountrywithahistoryofcountrywithahistoryofmorethan5,000years.Inthemorethan5,000years.Inthelonghistory,peopleinlonghistory,peopleindifferentperiodshaveleftusdifferentperiodshaveleftusquiteanumberofculturalquiteanumberofculturalsites,manyofwhicharesites,manyofwhichareworldfamous.Nowlookatworldfamous.Nowlookatthepicturesandguesswhatthepicturesandguesswhatheritagetheyare.heritagetheyare.MountHuangshan(1990)MountHuangshan(1990)LongmenGrottoes(2000)JiuzhaigouValleyScenicandHistoricInterestArea(1992)ClassicalGardensofSuzhou(1997)TheTerracottaWarriorsPotalaPalaceAskingforsuggestionsMakingsuggestionsWhatshallweputin?Can’tweputin…?Shouldweputin…?Let’sputin…Maybewecouldputin…I’dliketochoose…What/Howabout…?Whynot…?Whydon’tyou…?
