While Beijing is a great old city rich of cultural heritages, I find it hard to understand why the Central Axis can be nominated as a new World Heritage item.
…Vincent Cheung
Member since March 2010
#196 251 10 7
My most impressive site: Imperial Palace, China
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- Aflaj irrigation system
- Agra Fort
- Ahmadabad
- Ajanta Caves
- Amiens Cathedral
- Ancient Kyoto
- Ancient Nara
- Angkor
- Antequera Dolmens Site
- Arles
- Australian Convict Sites
- Avignon
- Ayutthaya
- Baekje Historic Areas
- Bahla Fort
- Bali Subak system
- Ban Chiang
- Bat, Al-Khutm and Al-Ayn
- Belfries
- Berlin Modernism Housing Estates
- Blaenavon Industrial Landscape
- Blenheim Palace
- Borobudur
- Brugge
- Brú na Bóinne
- Canterbury
- Cathedral of St. James in Sibenik
- Champagne
- Champaner-Pavagadh
- Changdeokgung Palace Complex
- Chartres Cathedral
- Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus
- China Danxia
- Citadel of the Ho Dynasty
- City of Bath
- Classical Gardens of Suzhou
- Cordoba
- Dazu Rock Carvings
- Dengfeng
- Derwent Valley Mills
- Donana National Park
- Dong Phayayen - Khao Yai
- Dorset and East Devon Coast
- Dubrovnik
- Edinburgh
- Elephanta Caves
- Ellora Caves
- Etruscan Necropolises
- Fatehpur Sikri
- Flemish Béguinages
- Fontainebleau
- Forth Bridge
- Fortifications of Vauban
- Fortress of Suomenlinna
- Fujian Tulou
- Fujisan
- Genbaku Dome
- Giant's Causeway
- Gochang, Hwasun, and Ganghwa Dolmen
- Gorham's Cave Complex
- Granada
- Grand Canal
- Grand Canyon
- Grand Place, Brussels
- Greater Blue Mountains
- Great Spa Towns of Europe
- Great Wall
- Gusuku of Ryukyu
- Gyeongju
- Haeinsa Temple
- Hahoe and Yangdong
- Ha Long Bay – Cat Ba Archipelago
- Heritage of Mercury
- Hidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region
- High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago
- Hill Forts of Rajasthan
- Himeji-jo
- Hiraizumi
- Hoi An
- Horyu-ji Area
- Huangshan
- Hué
- Humayun's Tomb
- Hwaseong Fortress
- Imperial Palace
- Imperial Tombs
- Independence Hall
- Ironbridge Gorge
- Itsukushima Shrine
- Jaipur City, Rajasthan
- Jantar Mantar
- Jeju
- Jongmyo Shrine
- Kaiping Diaolou
- Kathmandu Valley
- Keoladeo National Park
- Kew Gardens
- Kii Mountain Range
- Kinabalu Park
- Koguryo Kingdom
- Koh Ker
- Komodo National Park
- Kulangsu
- La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle
- Land of Frankincense
- Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces
- Le Havre
- Lenggong Valley
- Longmen Grottoes
- Lushan National Park
- Lyon
- Macao
- Major Town Houses
- Maritime Greenwich
- Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor
- Medina Azahara
- Melaka and George Town
- Mining Sites of Wallonia
- Mogao Caves
- Mont-Saint-Michel
- Mountain Resort, Chengde
- Mount Taishan
- Mozu-Furuichi Kofun
- Museumsinsel (Museum Island)
- My Son
- Namhansanseong
- Nancy
- Naples
- New Lanark
- Nice
- Nikko
- Nord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin
- Notre-Dame Cathedral in Tournai
- Old City of Berne
- Old Rauma
- Old Town of Lijiang
- Orange
- Paris, Banks of the Seine
- Peking Man Site
- Phong Nha - Ke Bang
- Plantin-Moretus Museum
- Plitvice Lakes
- Pompei
- Pont du Gard
- Potala Palace
- Potsdam
- Prambanan
- Preah Vihear Temple
- Provins
- Qalhat
- Quanzhou
- Qutb Minar
- Rani-ki-Vav
- Red Fort
- Reims
- Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka
- Rome
- Royal Joseon Tombs
- Royal Palace at Caserta
- Sambor Prei Kuk
- Sammallahdenmäki
- Sanchi
- Sangiran Early Man Site
- Sansa, Buddhist Mountain Monasteries
- Sceilg Mhichíl
- Segovia
- Seokguram Grotto and Bulguksa Temple
- Seowon, Neo-Confucian Academies
- Seville
- Shirakawa-go and Gokayama
- Silk Roads: Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor
- Singapore Botanic Gardens
- Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution
- South China Karst
- Split
- Statue of Liberty
- Stoclet House
- Stonehenge and Avebury
- Sukhothai
- Summer Palace
- Sydney Opera House
- Taj Mahal
- Temple, Mansion and Cemetery of Confucius
- Temple of Heaven
- Thang Long
- The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier
- The Four Lifts
- Three parallel rivers of Yunnan
- Tomioka Silk Mill
- Tower of London
- Trang An
- Trogir
- Tusi Sites
- Úbeda and Baeza
- Vatican City
- Versailles
- Victorian Gothic and Art Deco Ensembles of Mumbai
- Villa Adriana (Tivoli)
- Villa d'Este
- Western Ghats
- West Lake
- Westminster
- Xidi and Hongcun
- Xinjiang Tianshan
- Yin Xu
- Yosemite National Park
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Top 10 Missing
- Machu Picchu 4.63
- Petra 4.61
- Galapagos Islands 4.60
- Venice and its Lagoon 4.52
- Pyramids (Memphis) 4.51
- Yellowstone 4.49
- Rapa Nui 4.49
- Victoria Falls 4.47
- Tikal National Park 4.46
- Bagan 4.44
Completed Countries
Country visits
- Andorra: Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley
- Argentina: The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier
- Australia: Greater Blue Mountains Sydney Opera House Australian Convict Sites
- Austria: Great Spa Towns of Europe
- Belgium: Belfries Brugge Flemish Béguinages Grand Place, Brussels Major Town Houses Notre-Dame Cathedral in Tournai The Four Lifts Plantin-Moretus Museum Stoclet House Mining Sites of Wallonia The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier Great Spa Towns of Europe Funerary and memory sites of the First World War
- Cambodia: Angkor Preah Vihear Temple Sambor Prei Kuk Koh Ker Cambodian Memorial Sites
- China: Old Town of Lijiang Great Wall Huangshan Imperial Palace Imperial Tombs Longmen Grottoes Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor Mogao Caves Mountain Resort, Chengde Mount Taishan Peking Man Site Temple, Mansion and Cemetery of Confucius Xidi and Hongcun Classical Gardens of Suzhou Dazu Rock Carvings Lushan National Park Potala Palace Summer Palace Temple of Heaven Wudang Mountains Three parallel rivers of Yunnan Koguryo Kingdom Macao Yin Xu Fujian Tulou Kaiping Diaolou South China Karst China Danxia Dengfeng West Lake Grand Canal Silk Roads: Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor Xinjiang Tianshan Kulangsu Tusi Sites Liangzhu Archaeological Site Migratory Bird Sanctuaries China Quanzhou Beijing Central Axis Qinghai Lake China Altay Site of Southern Yue State Wudalianchi Scenic Spots Hua Shan Scenic Area
- Croatia: Cathedral of St. James in Sibenik Dubrovnik Plitvice Lakes Split Trogir
- Czechia: Mining Cultural Landscape Erzgebirge Great Spa Towns of Europe
- Finland: High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago Fortress of Suomenlinna Old Rauma Sammallahdenmäki
- France: Belfries Arles Chartres Cathedral Fontainebleau Orange Mont-Saint-Michel Paris, Banks of the Seine Reims Versailles Amiens Cathedral Avignon Lyon Nancy Pont du Gard Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France Provins Le Havre Fortifications of Vauban Nord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin Champagne The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier Great Spa Towns of Europe Nice Funerary and memory sites of the First World War
- Germany: Bauhaus Sites Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz Luther Memorials Museumsinsel (Museum Island) Potsdam Muskauer Park Berlin Modernism Housing Estates Mining Cultural Landscape Erzgebirge The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier Great Spa Towns of Europe
- Holy See: Vatican City Rome
- India: Fatehpur Sikri Taj Mahal Keoladeo National Park Elephanta Caves Ellora Caves Humayun's Tomb Qutb Minar Sanchi Ajanta Caves Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus Champaner-Pavagadh Red Fort Jantar Mantar Hill Forts of Rajasthan Rani-ki-Vav Western Ghats The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier Ahmadabad Victorian Gothic and Art Deco Ensembles of Mumbai Jaipur City, Rajasthan Agra Fort
- Indonesia: Borobudur Komodo National Park Prambanan Sangiran Early Man Site Bali Subak system Yogyakarta
- Ireland: Brú na Bóinne Sceilg Mhichíl
- Italy: Florence Piazza del Duomo (Pisa) Modena Naples Pienza Pompei Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands San Gimignano Siena Villa Adriana (Tivoli) Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy Villa d'Este Etruscan Necropolises Val d'Orcia Medici Villas and Gardens Great Spa Towns of Europe Ivrea Via Appia Royal Palace at Caserta Rome Santa Maria delle Grazie
- Japan: Ancient Kyoto Genbaku Dome Himeji-jo Horyu-ji Area Itsukushima Shrine Nikko Shirakawa-go and Gokayama Ancient Nara Gusuku of Ryukyu Kii Mountain Range Hiraizumi Fujisan Tomioka Silk Mill The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier Okinoshima Island Mozu-Furuichi Kofun Hikone-Jo Sado Island Gold Mines Ancient Kamakura Hidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution
- Kazakhstan: Silk Roads: Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor
- Kyrgyzstan: Silk Roads: Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor
- Laos: Phong Nha - Ke Bang
- Malaysia: Kinabalu Park Melaka and George Town Lenggong Valley FRIM Selangor
- Nepal: Kathmandu Valley
- Oman: Land of Frankincense Bat, Al-Khutm and Al-Ayn Bahla Fort Qalhat Aflaj irrigation system
- Poland: Muskauer Park
- Republic of Korea: Gochang, Hwasun, and Ganghwa Dolmen Gyeongju Changdeokgung Palace Complex Hwaseong Fortress Seokguram Grotto and Bulguksa Temple Jongmyo Shrine Royal Joseon Tombs Jeju Hahoe and Yangdong Namhansanseong Baekje Historic Areas Seowon, Neo-Confucian Academies Sansa, Buddhist Mountain Monasteries Haeinsa Temple
- Singapore: Singapore Botanic Gardens
- Slovenia: Heritage of Mercury
- Spain: Granada Cordoba Segovia Seville Vall de Boi Works of Antoni Gaudí Donana National Park Palau de la Musica Catalana & Hospital de Sant Pau Poblet Monastery Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin Tarraco Heritage of Mercury Antequera Dolmens Site Medina Azahara Úbeda and Baeza
- Sweden: High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago Rock Carvings in Tanum Grimeton Radio Station
- Switzerland: Old City of Berne Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier
- Thailand: Ayutthaya Ban Chiang Sukhothai Dong Phayayen - Khao Yai Phu Phrabat Wat Phra Mahathat
- United Kingdom: Blaenavon Industrial Landscape Blenheim Palace Canterbury City of Bath Edinburgh Giant's Causeway Ironbridge Gorge Maritime Greenwich Stonehenge and Avebury Tower of London Westminster Derwent Valley Mills Dorset and East Devon Coast Kew Gardens New Lanark Forth Bridge Gorham's Cave Complex Great Spa Towns of Europe
- United States of America: Carlsbad Caverns Chaco Culture Independence Hall Mesa Verde Taos Pueblo Statue of Liberty Yosemite National Park Grand Canyon Frank Lloyd Wright Buildings Central Park Brooklyn Bridge
- Viet Nam: Ha Long Bay – Cat Ba Archipelago Hoi An Hué My Son Phong Nha - Ke Bang Citadel of the Ho Dynasty Thang Long Trang An Yen Tu
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About Vincent Cheung
- Member since
- March 2010
- Country of Origin
- None
Visits
- Rank
- #196
- WHS
- 251
- Tentative Sites
- 10
Website Participation
- Reviews
- 1
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Ratings
Ratings
World Heritage Sites
- Seville 5.0
- Cordoba 5.0
- Koguryo Kingdom 5.0
- Mesa Verde 5.0
- Granada 5.0
- Chaco Culture 4.5
- Donana National Park 4.5
- Xinjiang Tianshan 4.5
- Carlsbad Caverns 4.5
- Temple, Mansion and Cemetery of Confucius 4.5
- Antequera Dolmens Site 4.5
- Victorian Gothic and Art Deco Ensembles of Mumbai 4.5
- Heritage of Mercury 4.5
- Wudang Mountains 4.0
- Champaner-Pavagadh 4.0
- Land of Frankincense 4.0
- Medina Azahara 4.0
- Trang An 4.0
- Lenggong Valley 4.0
- Hiraizumi 4.0
- Phu Phrabat 4.0
- Taos Pueblo 4.0
- Mozu-Furuichi Kofun 3.5
- Úbeda and Baeza 3.5
- Aflaj irrigation system 3.5
- Bat, Al-Khutm and Al-Ayn 3.0
- Citadel of the Ho Dynasty 3.0
- Bahla Fort 3.0
- Tusi Sites 3.0
- Qalhat 3.0
- Gorham's Cave Complex 3.0
- Quanzhou 2.5
- Okinoshima Island 2.5
- Frank Lloyd Wright Buildings 2.5
- Migratory Bird Sanctuaries China 2.5
- Beijing Central Axis 0.5
- 36 0
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