China News Agency, Haikou, April 20 (Reporter Huang Yi) The reporter learned from the official website of the UNESCO World Heritage Center on April 20 that the Hainan tropical rain forest and traditional settlements of the Li people have been officially included in the preliminary list of world heritage.

  According to the information on the official website, the declared types of Hainan's tropical rain forests and traditional settlements of the Li nationality are world natural and cultural heritages.

  According to the official website, the nominated site for the Hainan Tropical Rainforest and Li traditional settlements is located in the central and southern part of Hainan Island, China. It is a sanctuary for many globally endangered species and endemic species on Hainan Island. It is also the place where the Li people living in Hainan Island have historically adapted to local special natural conditions. , a stage for establishing a harmonious relationship between man and nature.

  In terms of nature, the Hainan tropical rainforest and the nominated site of the Li traditional settlement have unique species groups and habitat landscapes.

  The nominated site is located in one of the global centers of plant diversity, as well as a concentration of key bird areas and a conservation area of ​​the Zero Extinction Alliance.

  In terms of culture, the Hainan Tropical Rainforest and the nominated land of Li traditional settlements are currently the main living areas of the Li people on Hainan Island, and are also places where the Li people have settled for a long time and created a unique island tribal culture.

  Li traditional villages in the nominated area have rich historical and cultural value, and their material cultural relics (such as village form, traditional architecture, etc.) and intangible culture (such as farming culture, traditional customs, dialect system, clothing system and textile technology, etc.) fully reflect The national cultural characteristics of the Li nationality.

The site selection, spatial layout, house building style and technology of the traditional villages of the Li nationality fully demonstrate the wisdom of the Li people in respecting nature and making good use of it, reflecting the values ​​and social outlook of the ancestors of the Li nationality, and embodying the symbiotic relationship between man and nature. Detailed and extensive.

  Kang Baiying, a member of the Standing Committee of the Hainan Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, who has been paying attention to and actively promoting the application of Hainan's tropical rain forests and traditional settlements of the Li nationality to the world's natural and cultural heritage, said after learning that the project was officially included in the preliminary list of the world's heritage, and hoped that the application would be successful. , making Hainan Free Trade Port a beautiful business card with unique culture that can show Chinese style to the world.

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