Top 10 Ancient Chinese Wonders & Landmarks

Over 8,000 life-size clay soldiers buried with Emperor Qin Shi Huang in 210 BCE were discovered by farmers in 1974 and represent the greatest archaeological find of the 20th century.

The world's largest palace complex served as the imperial court for 24 emperors across the Ming and Qing dynasties and contains 980 surviving buildings.

At 1,776 kilometres, the world's longest and oldest canal connects Beijing to Hangzhou, built over multiple dynasties to transport grain from the fertile south to the imperial north.

Over 100,000 Buddhist figures carved into limestone cliffs along the Yi River between the 5th and 8th centuries CE, representing the peak of Tang-dynasty religious sculpture.

Hidden in the Gobi Desert, these 492 cave temples contain the world's largest and most significant repository of Buddhist art spanning ten centuries of Silk Road culture.

The spectacular Ming-dynasty complex where emperors performed annual ceremonies to pray for good harvests features the iconic Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests under its triple-eaved roof.

A masterpiece of Chinese landscape garden design, the imperial retreat features the 700-metre Long Corridor painted with over 14,000 scenes beside the vast Kunming Lake.

Carved from a red sandstone cliff at the confluence of three rivers during the Tang dynasty, at 71 metres this is still the world's tallest pre-modern stone Buddha.

More than 3,000 quartzite sandstone pillars rise dramatically from the Hunan forest, some soaring over 300 metres, in a landscape that seems to defy the laws of geology.

Over 8,000 life-size clay soldiers buried with Emperor Qin Shi Huang in 210 BCE were discovered by farmers in 1974 and represent the greatest archaeological find of the 20th century.

The world's largest palace complex served as the imperial court for 24 emperors across the Ming and Qing dynasties and contains 980 surviving buildings.

At 1,776 kilometres, the world's longest and oldest canal connects Beijing to Hangzhou, built over multiple dynasties to transport grain from the fertile south to the imperial north.

Over 100,000 Buddhist figures carved into limestone cliffs along the Yi River between the 5th and 8th centuries CE, representing the peak of Tang-dynasty religious sculpture.

Hidden in the Gobi Desert, these 492 cave temples contain the world's largest and most significant repository of Buddhist art spanning ten centuries of Silk Road culture.

The spectacular Ming-dynasty complex where emperors performed annual ceremonies to pray for good harvests features the iconic Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests under its triple-eaved roof.

A masterpiece of Chinese landscape garden design, the imperial retreat features the 700-metre Long Corridor painted with over 14,000 scenes beside the vast Kunming Lake.

Carved from a red sandstone cliff at the confluence of three rivers during the Tang dynasty, at 71 metres this is still the world's tallest pre-modern stone Buddha.

More than 3,000 quartzite sandstone pillars rise dramatically from the Hunan forest, some soaring over 300 metres, in a landscape that seems to defy the laws of geology.