[HIGHLIGHTS] Dongxi asked 丨Yang Bonde: Why did the Chongqing White Crane Liang inscription jointly apply for the World Heritage Site with the Egyptian Nile ruler stone carving?

Interview with Yang Bangde, director of Chongqing Baiheliang Underwater Museum. The White Crane Beam is a 1600,1200-meter-long natural stone beam in the Yangtze River.

The site is currently jointly declared as a world cultural heritage with the Nile ruler stone carvings in Egypt. The joint application of the two countries will help promote exchanges and mutual learning among world civilizations and create a new model for the protection of world heritage, says Bangde. The museum is the world's first non-diving underwater heritage museum.