A Major Historical and Cultural Site Protected at the National Level
[English translation for "全国重点文物保护单位" varies, it includes Major Site (to Be) Protected for Its Historical and Cultural Value at the National Level, Major Historical and Cultural Site Protected at the National Level (both are official translations in th]
Law
and th
Regulation
), Cultural Heritage Sites under State-level Protection (by ''Atlas of Chinese Cultural Relics'' series), Key Cultural Relic Unit under State Protection (semi-literal translation), etc. (), often abbreviated as ''guobao'' (, "nationally protected"), is one of 5,058
monument
A monument is a type of structure that was explicitly created to commemorate a person or event, or which has become relevant to a social group as a part of their remembrance of historic times or cultural heritage, due to its artistic, hist ...
s listed as of significant historical, artistic or scientific value by the
State Administration of Cultural Heritage
The National Administration of Cultural Heritage (NCHA; ) is an administrative agency subordinate to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the People's Republic of China. It is responsible for the development and management of museums as well ...
, which is the cultural relics administrative department of the
State Council of
China. This is the highest level of cultural heritage register in China at the national level, although there are much
wider registers of protected sites at the provincial level, the city level, and so on.
As Sites Protected at the National Level are lawfully the monuments with protection of the highest level in China, it is prohibited to damage or demolish them. An approval by the State Administration of Cultural Heritage is required before a potential removal of such sites.
Statistics
In 1999 it was reported that there were some 350,000 immovable cultural properties in China, of which 70,000 were protected at one of the three main levels, in addition to some 10,000,000 movable cultural properties held by state institutions alone.
Of these, as of October 2019, 5,058 Sites Protected at the National Level have been designated by the State Administration. They were announced in 8 batches and several supplemental batches:
Sites protected at various levels
Sites (to Be) Protected for Their Historical and Cultural Value or Historical and Cultural Sites Protected () at various levels include:
* Major Historical and Cultural Sites Protected at the National Level ()
* Historical and Cultural Sites Protected at the
Provincial Level ()
* Historical and Cultural Sites Protected at the Level of a
City Divided into Districts or at the Level of an
Autonomous Prefecture ()
* Historical and Cultural Sites Protected at the
County
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Level ()
See also
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Principles for the Conservation of Heritage Sites in China The Principles for the Conservation of Heritage Sites in China () is a conservation charter promulgated in 2000 by China ICOMOS with the approval of National Cultural Heritage Administration (NCHA ). It provides a methodological approach to the con ...
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World Heritage Sites in China
In its most general sense, the term "world" refers to the totality of entities, to the whole of reality or to everything that is. The nature of the world has been conceptualized differently in different fields. Some conceptions see the worl ...
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Tourist Attraction Rating Categories of China
Tourism in China is a growing industry that is becoming a significant part of the Chinese economy. The rate of tourism has expanded over the last few decades since the beginning of reform and opening-up. The emergence of a newly rich middle cl ...
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References
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Historic sites in China
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Chinese architectural history
History of China