The annual World Heritage Conference will be held again.

The annual World Heritage Conference will be held again. This year, China declared two items: Liangzhu Ancient City, a cultural heritage, and the Bird Migration Reserve in the Yellow and Bohai Seas (Yancheng Section), a natural heritage. Liangzhu has been recommended by professional evaluation agencies. Bird migration in the Yellow Sea and Bohai Sea has not been recommended. At present, it is still to be discussed. It is estimated that this year is probably the cultural heritage selected by Liangzhu. Bird migration in the Yellow Sea and Bohai Sea will be completed and re-applied after migration.

As for the migration of birds in the Yellow Sea and Bohai Sea, it actually involves many points from the south of Dandong Road to Shanghai. At present, only Yancheng has been declared in the first issue. Among the opinions questioned by the expert group, there is hope that other places will be declared together. There is also the possibility of joint application with neighboring countries, because Korea also has a similar bird migration protection area project, which is also in the Yellow Sea.

As of 2018, Italy ranked first with 54 items and China ranked second with 53 items. Spain was third in the second tier with 46 entries, while France and Germany were fourth in 43. Starting next year, each country can only declare one heritage. Limiting the quota is extremely disadvantageous to countries with a long history of culture and vast geomorphology.

Throughout today’s heritage distribution, there are several interesting data.

China ranked first with 13 natural heritage items, the United States and Australia ranked second with 13, Russia 11 and Canada 10. This is also more in line with the general recognition of large area, rich landform, so there are many natural heritage. China is also the country with the largest number of composite heritage (natural and cultural dual heritage), and Australia has the same four, Italy has no composite heritage at present.

Looking at cultural heritage, Italy (49), Spain (40), Germany (40), France (38) China (36), and Europe have good historical and cultural features. However, this density exists in a similar cultural circle, which inevitably raises doubts about whether it repeats each other. The reason why Chinese cultural heritage is relatively small is that for more than a decade, a country has been restricted to declare only two at a time. Setting up (a natural culture). Here’s a little episode. Italy declared 10 heritage items once in 1997.

With a limit of up to two items per country per year, joint application becomes a means, because joint application currently occupies only one country’s quota, so it is possible for some countries to have names in three or four declared heritage declarations in one year. Let’s take another look at the data comparison. In the joint heritage, Italy and Germany are in the lead in 6 items, while Western France and Russia are in the second place in 4 items. At present, China has only one cross-border joint bid, which is the Silk Road.

Italy’s transnational heritage, including one with the Holy See, two with Switzerland, one with Croatia, Montenegro and other two countries, one with Switzerland, Austria, France, Germany, Slovenia and other five countries, and one with Albania and other 12 countries. Since next year, when one country is limited to one year, joint application becomes more precious and necessary, especially for large countries.

By the way, Beijing currently has the largest number of World Heritage cities, including the Forbidden City, the Temple of Heaven, the Great Wall, the Summer Palace, the Peking Man’s Site, the Grand Canal and the imperial mausoleum of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Preparatory heritage has a central axis, Taihang Mountain can actually take Fangshan Yanqing, there are also very popular Yunju Temple, Jiutan Eight Temple. Will there be 10 heritage sites in Beijing in the future? Expect.

As for China’s future heritage applications, joint projects involving many provinces and cities, such as the Maritime Silk Road, Jiangnan Water Township, Ming and Qing Dynasty City Wall, Taihang Mountain, Shudao, Wanli Tea Road, will be more competitive. After all, it may also be a very realistic question how a year’s restriction can rain and dew.