"Quanzhou: China's World Maritime Trade Center in Song and Yuan Dynasties" was successfully included in the "World Heritage List"-中国新网

On July 25, China’s World Heritage Nomination Project "Quanzhou: Song Yuan China’s World Ocean Trade Center" successfully passed the review of the 44th World Heritage Committee meeting held by UNESCO in Fuzhou and was successfully included in the World Heritage List. The total number of world heritage sites in China has risen to 56 items.

The picture shows the Qingjing Temple, which is the physical evidence of the Muslim merchants and their ethnic groups from Persia, Arabia and other places who traveled across the oceans to do business in Quanzhou during the Song and Yuan Dynasties.

Photo by Wang Dongming

Release time: 2021-07-26 07:30:18 【Editor: Li Peiyun】