Listed sites in Henan 河南

491 scenic areas and heritage sites from the official lists, by city. 144 have a page of their own; the rest open as cards on the map.

Listed sites: 491
Rated 5A: 15
Rated 4A: 260
National heritage: 280
Region: Henan

The A-level rating is the national grading of scenic areas, 5A being the top tier; national heritage sites are the buildings, ruins, tombs and carvings protected by the State Council. Both lists are on the lists page.

5A scenic areas in Henan

Baiyun Mountain 白云山 5A scenic area
A high forested part of the Funiu range in southern Song County, on the watershed of the Yangtze, Yellow and Huai rivers, protected as a national forest park and nature reserve.
Baligou Scenic Area 八里沟 5A scenic area · on the map
A canyon scenic area in the Taihang Mountains north-west of Huixian, rated 5A in 2019, where three tiers of red cliffs enclose deep valleys with a string of pools and waterfalls, among them the Tianhe (Heavenly River) Waterfall.
Baoquan Scenic Area 宝泉 5A scenic area · on the map
A mountain scenic area under the red Taihang cliffs west of Huixian, rated 5A in December 2024.
Longtan Grand Canyon 龙潭大峡谷 5A scenic area · on the map
A 12 km U-shaped gorge cut by the Qing River into purple-red quartz sandstone in northern Xin'an County, the core of the Wangwushan–Daimeishan UNESCO Global Geopark.
Mount Chaya 嵖岈山 5A scenic area
A granite massif on the eastern edge of the Funiu Mountains, a national geopark whose main scenic area of about 50 km² is crowded with weathered rock pinnacles, caves and small lakes carved from granite about 140–120 million years old.
Mount Jigong 鸡公山 5A scenic area · National heritage site
A forested ridge of the Dabie Mountains on the Henan–Hubei border, named after the rooster-shaped crag of Baoxiao Peak and long a summer retreat thanks to its cool climate.
Mount Laojun and Jiguan Cave 老君山·鸡冠洞 5A scenic area
One of the main peaks of the Funiu range, renamed in the Tang after the legend that Laozi retired here to cultivate the Way; Taoist temples have stood on it since the Northern Wei, and three cable-car lines and a long ridge walkway lead up towards the Golden Summit, a cluster of Taoist halls on the crest.
Mount Mangdang 芒砀山 5A scenic area · National heritage site
A cluster of low hills in northern Yongcheng, rising to 156.8 m, where Liu Bang, the future founder of the Han dynasty, began his revolt against the Qin by slaying a white serpent, and where the Western Han kings of Liang cut their tombs deep into the rock.
Mount Yao and Spring Temple Buddha 尧山－中原大佛 5A scenic area
This 5A area joins two separate sights in western Lushan County.
Qingming Shanghe Park 清明上河园 5A scenic area · on the map
A Song-dynasty theme park opened in 1998 on the west shore of Longting Lake, built after Zhang Zeduan's 12th-century scroll Along the River During the Qingming Festival and the Song building manual Yingzao Fashi.
Red Flag Canal 红旗渠 5A scenic area · National heritage site
An irrigation canal cut along the cliffs of the Taihang Mountains by the people of Lin County (now Linzhou) between 1960 and 1969 to bring water from the Zhang River; the trunk canal is 70.6 km long and the whole network of branches about 1,500 km.
Taihang Grand Canyon 太行大峡谷 5A scenic area · on the map
A national geopark of sheer cliffs, terraced fields and gorges on the eastern escarpment of the Taihang Mountains west of Linzhou, covering 89 km² and stretching about 50 km from north to south, with peaks up to 1,739 m and more than 1,000 m of relief.
Taihao Fuxi Mausoleum 太昊陵 5A scenic area · National heritage site
A vast temple-and-tomb complex to Fuxi (Taihao), the legendary first of China's Three Sovereigns, honoured here since at least the Tang and laid out in its present form by the Ming and Qing along an axis of about 750 m through nine courtyards and a succession of gates.
Xixia Dinosaur Remains Park and Laojieling 西峡恐龙遗迹园—老界岭 5A scenic area · on the map
Two separate parts of the Funiu Mountain Global Geopark in Xixia County share this 5A listing.
Yuntai Mountain 云台山 5A scenic area
A 190 km² scenic area of red-rock gorges, sheer cliff walls, waterfalls and pools in the southern Taihang Mountains, part of the Yuntai Mountain UNESCO Global Geopark, rising to 1,308 m at Zhuyu Peak.

By city

Anyang (28) · Hebi (14) · Jiaozuo (34) · Jiyuan (11) · Kaifeng (25) · Luohe (9) · Luoyang (67) · Nanyang (35) · Pingdingshan (26) · Puyang (10) · Sanmenxia (25) · Shangqiu (14) · Xinxiang (29) · Xinyang (35) · Xuchang (27) · Zhengzhou (70) · Zhoukou (15) · Zhumadian (17)

Anyang 28 sites

Red Flag Canal 红旗渠 5A scenic area · National heritage site
An irrigation canal cut along the cliffs of the Taihang Mountains by the people of Lin County (now Linzhou) between 1960 and 1969 to bring water from the Zhang River; the trunk canal is 70.6 km long and the whole network of branches about 1,500 km.
Taihang Grand Canyon 太行大峡谷 5A scenic area · on the map
A national geopark of sheer cliffs, terraced fields and gorges on the eastern escarpment of the Taihang Mountains west of Linzhou, covering 89 km² and stretching about 50 km from north to south, with peaks up to 1,739 m and more than 1,000 m of relief.
Cao Cao Mausoleum 曹操高陵 4A scenic area · National heritage site
The tomb of Cao Cao (155–220), the statesman, general and poet of the late Eastern Han, at Xigaoxue village, excavated from 2008 and confirmed by archaeologists in 2009.
Chinese Ancient Chestnut Park 中华古板栗园 4A scenic area · on the map
A forest park at the eastern foot of the Linlü Mountains, west of Sangyuan village in Huanghua town, laid out around a grove of old Chinese chestnut trees.
Daokou Ancient Town 道口古镇 4A scenic area · on the map
An old canal town on the Wei River, the Hua County stretch of the Grand Canal, which grew up in the Sui and Tang era of grain shipping.
Ma Family Manor 马氏庄园 4A scenic area · National heritage site
The well-preserved mansion compound of Ma Piyao, a late-Qing governor of Guangxi and Guangdong, built from the Guangxu reign into the early Republic in Xijiang village, its courtyards covering more than 20,000 m².
National Museum of Chinese Writing 中国文字博物馆 4A scenic area
A national museum devoted to writing, opened in 2009 in Anyang, the city where the Shang oracle bones were found.
Tanghe National Wetland Park 汤河国家湿地公园 4A scenic area · on the map
Anyang's first national wetland park, along the Tang River west of Tangyin, with open water, wetlands and riverside paths.
Tangyin Dream Valley 汤阴梦幻谷 4A scenic area · on the map
An amusement park in Tangyin's Antang new town, between Tangyin and Anyang, built around modern rides.
Wanquan Lake 万泉湖 4A scenic area · on the map
A spring-fed lake and wetland in southern Linzhou where the Qi and Xi rivers meet, named for the many springs that feed it.
Xiangyu Industrial Tourism Area 翔宇工业旅游景区 4A scenic area · on the map
A factory tour at the Anyang Rehabilitation Science City, run by a maker of rehabilitation and physiotherapy equipment and rated 4A in December 2025.
Youli City 羑里城 4A scenic area · National heritage site
The site north of Tangyin held by tradition to be Youli, where the last Shang king imprisoned Ji Chang, later King Wen of Zhou, who is said to have worked out the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes (Yijing) here.
Yue Fei Temple, Tangyin 汤阴岳飞庙 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
A memorial temple in the home county of Yue Fei (1103–1142), the Song general who fought the Jurchen Jin and was put to death under a frame-up, rebuilt on this site in 1450 under the Ming and extended under the Qing.
Daxing Temple Pagoda 大兴寺塔 National heritage site · on the map
A solid Song-dynasty brick pagoda of seven close-set storeys on an octagonal plan, more than 20 m high, standing alone on the site of Daxing Temple north-west of Peicun village and so locally called the Peicun Pagoda.
Gaoge Temple 高阁寺 National heritage site
Despite its name not a monastery but a pavilion that survives from the Ming Prince of Zhao's palace in Anyang's old town, rebuilt in 1470 and originally called the Dashi Pavilion.
Han Wang Temple and Zhoujin Hall 韩王庙与昼锦堂 National heritage site · on the map
A memorial temple to Han Qi, chief minister under three Northern Song emperors, and the Zhoujin Hall he built while governing Xiangzhou, standing side by side in the south-east of Anyang's old town.
Honggu Temple Pagoda and Qianfodong Grottoes 洪谷寺塔与千佛洞石窟 National heritage site · on the map
Remains of Honggu Temple on Honggu Mountain in the Linlü range south-west of Linzhou: a pagoda and the Qianfodong (Thousand Buddha Cave), whose carved Buddhas and engraved sutras include dated inscriptions of the early Tang.
Lingquan Temple Grottoes 灵泉寺石窟 National heritage site
Cliff carvings around Lingquan Temple, founded in 546 as Baoshan Temple, where the slopes of Baoshan and Lanfeng hills hold more than 200 niches and relief stupas from the Eastern Wei to the Song, many of them memorials to monks and nuns, so that the valley is known as the Ten-Thousand-Buddha Gully.
Mingfu Temple Pagoda 明福寺塔 National heritage site · on the map
A seven-storey octagonal brick pagoda, about 40 m tall, in the Hua County seat and the only survivor of Mingfu Temple.
Sanyangzhuang 三杨庄遗址 National heritage site · on the map
A Han-dynasty farming village buried by a Yellow River flood about 2,000 years ago and found in 2003 while a Yellow River diversion channel was being dug at Sanyangzhuang.
Twin Stone Pagodas of Yangtai Temple 阳台寺双石塔 National heritage site · on the map
A pair of square stone pagodas with close-set eaves, built in 750 under the Tang, standing side by side at the site of Yangtai Temple on the north bank of the Qi River.
Wenfeng Pagoda in Anyang 文峰塔 National heritage site
The landmark of Anyang's old town, the brick pagoda of Tianning Temple, first built in 952 under the Later Zhou and 38.65 m tall, whose five storeys widen as they rise to give it an umbrella-like outline.
Xiaonanhai Grottoes 小南海石窟 National heritage site
Three small Buddhist caves cut into the limestone cliff of Guigai Hill above the Xiaonanhai spring in the Northern Qi Tianbao era (550s).
Xingyang Temple Pagoda 兴阳禅寺塔 National heritage site · on the map
A Song-dynasty octagonal brick pagoda of seven close-set storeys, the only survivor of Xingyang Temple, founded under the Tang, at Lijiazhuang village south-west of Anyang.
Xiuding Temple Pagoda 修定寺塔 National heritage site · on the map
The only survivor of Xiuding Temple, founded in 494, a single-storey square pagoda of the Tang dynasty at the foot of Qingliang Mountain.
Yonghe Bridge 永和桥 National heritage site · on the map
A three-arch bluestone bridge, 39.5 m long, over the old course of the Huan River at Yonghe Ji village east of Anyang, whose lower structure dates from the Song and Jin and whose deck was relaid under the Ming.
Yuanlin (Tomb of Yuan Shikai) 袁林 National heritage site
The tomb of Yuan Shikai (1859–1916), the first president of the Republic of China, who tried to make himself emperor in 1915–16, built in 1916–1918 on the north bank of the Huan River.
Zhangde Prefecture City God Temple 彰德府城隍庙 National heritage site · on the map
The city god temple of the old Zhangde prefecture in Anyang's walled town, restored in 1369 and again in 1454 under the Ming, with five courtyards and six main halls on its axis.

Hebi 14 sites

Adouzhai 阿斗寨 4A scenic area · on the map
A cypress-covered hill where, according to local legend, Liu Shan (A Dou), the last ruler of Shu Han and the man behind the saying 'too happy to think of Shu', was secretly held after his surrender to Wei.
Chaoyang Mountain 朝阳山 4A scenic area · on the map
A mountain area just west of Qi County town, best known for Chaoyang Temple, a 'hanging temple' built against the rock face, and an Eastern Wei cave carved with rows of small Buddha figures.
Dapi Mountain 大伾山 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
A small hill on the eastern edge of Xun County town whose Tianning Temple shelters the Great Stone Buddha, a colossal seated Maitreya carved from the cliff, begun by most accounts in the Northern Qi and finished in the early Tang, inside a pavilion rebuilt in 1445.
Guling Mountain 古灵山 4A scenic area · on the map
A Taihang mountain area north-west of Qi County promoted as a setting of the Investiture of the Gods legends and a centre of the cult of the goddess Nüwa, with a Nüwa Palace temple complex, rafting on Taigong Lake, a glass suspension bridge and a cable car towards a bronze-roofed summit shrine.
Jinshan Qi River Cultural Tourism Area 金山淇河文化旅游区 4A scenic area · on the map
A riverside tourism area of about 14 km² on the Qi River in Jinshan subdistrict, Qibin district, combining the Qi River national wetland park, a Palaeogene volcanic-geology heritage park and the riverside village of Xugou, which has been developed for rural tourism with a riverbank camping ground and restaurants.
Sangyuan Town and Taiji Bend 桑园小镇·太极图 4A scenic area · on the map
A rural resort village in the Taihang hills west of Hebi, opened in 2017, with guesthouses, a forest playground, a glass walkway, an eco-trail along the Qi River and summer water rides.
Shilin Meeting Site 石林会议旧址 4A scenic area · on the map
The village where, in June 1947, Liu Bocheng and Deng Xiaoping held a military conference at Falong Temple while the headquarters of their Shanxi–Hebei–Shandong–Henan Field Army stayed here for 12 days during the Civil War.
Wuyan Mountain 五岩山 4A scenic area · on the map
A Taihang foothill in Jijiashan township, Heshan district, named for its five valleys and five rocky peaks, which tradition makes the retreat of Sun Simiao, the Tang physician revered as the King of Medicine.
Xun County Ancient Town 浚县古城 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
The Ming walled town of Xun County, begun in 1370 on the Wei River section of the Grand Canal and now promoted as the Liyang City cultural tourism area.
Yunmeng Mountain 云梦山 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
A Taihang mountain valley west of Qi County, also called Qingyan Mountain, where tradition places the retreat of Guiguzi, the Warring States master of strategy said to have taught Sun Bin, Pang Juan, Su Qin and Zhang Yi.
Zhaoge Culture Park 朝歌文化园 4A scenic area · on the map
A Shang-themed cultural park on the Qi River, inspired by the Lutai site that local tradition links with the Deer Terrace where Di Xin, the last Shang king, hoarded his treasure and burned himself to death.
Bixia Palace, Xun County 碧霞宫 National heritage site
A Taoist temple complex on top of Fuqiu Hill at the south end of Xun County's old town, founded in 1542 for the goddess Bixia Yuanjun and enlarged through the Ming, Qing and Republican periods.
Wey State Capital Ruins 卫国故城 National heritage site · on the map
The rammed-earth walls of Zhaoge, capital of the Zhou state of Wey and traditionally also the last capital of the Shang, which enclosed a rectangular city around today's Qi County town until it was abandoned in the Western Han.
Xuantiandong Stone Pagoda 玄天洞石塔 National heritage site · on the map
A square, nine-storey pagoda built entirely of stone on the north bank of the Qi River near Panshitou Reservoir, first raised in the Yuan dynasty and rebuilt in 1512–1514.

Jiaozuo 34 sites

Yuntai Mountain 云台山 5A scenic area
A 190 km² scenic area of red-rock gorges, sheer cliff walls, waterfalls and pools in the southern Taihang Mountains, part of the Yuntai Mountain UNESCO Global Geopark, rising to 1,308 m at Zhuyu Peak.
Chenjiagou 陈家沟 4A scenic area · on the map
The village in Wen County where Chen Wangting created taijiquan in the late Ming, recognised by China's national martial-arts authorities in 2007 as the birthplace of the art, which UNESCO inscribed as intangible heritage in 2020.
Dasha River Ecological Park 大沙河生态公园 4A scenic area · on the map
A long riverside park along the Dasha River as it runs through urban Jiaozuo, with a wide water surface that draws egrets and other wild birds, waterside paths and lawns.
Jiaozuo Film and Television City 焦作影视城 4A scenic area
A film studio and theme park built from 1995 by the Jiaozuo government and China Central Television, with about 2.5 km² of sets in the style of Spring and Autumn, Warring States, Qin, Han and Three Kingdoms architecture.
Jiaozuo Forest Zoo 焦作市森林动物园 4A scenic area · on the map
A zoo laid out in woodland in Jiefang district, Jiaozuo, with more than 100 species, including Siberian tigers, red pandas and meerkats.
Jiaying Temple (Jiayingguan) 嘉应观 4A scenic area · National heritage site
A temple complex founded in 1723 on the orders of the Yongzheng Emperor as the temple of the dragon kings of the Huai, Yellow and other rivers, close to the north bank of the Yellow River.
Laojia Mogou Village 老家莫沟 4A scenic area · on the map
Mogou, a village in Xiguo town ringed by gullies on three sides, which since 2015 has been renovated in place for rural tourism under the name 'Laojia Mogou' ('Old Home Mogou').
Mixue Daka International Tea-Drink Dream Factory 蜜雪集团·大咖国际茶饮梦工厂 4A scenic area · on the map
An industrial-tourism site at the central factory of Daka International, which supplies the Mixue Bingcheng chain of freshly made drinks, in Wen County.
South–North Water Diversion Tianhe Park 南水北调天河公园 4A scenic area · on the map
A park running for about 10 km along both banks of the South–North Water Diversion central-route canal where it crosses urban Jiaozuo.
Xidajing 1919 Cultural Tourism Park 西大井1919 4A scenic area · on the map
A culture and leisure park on the site of the Wangfeng coal mine, known locally as Xidajing ('West Big Shaft'), which the British-owned Pekin Syndicate began building in 1919.
Yuanrong Temple 圆融寺 4A scenic area · on the map
An active Buddhist temple in the foothills of the Taihang Mountains at Dangyangyu village, Xiuwu County, just north of Jiaozuo.
Ancient City of the Yu State 邘国故城 National heritage site · on the map
The site of Yu, a walled town of the Western Zhou state granted to a son of King Wu, later a Han marquisate, south-east of Yutai village north of Qinyang.
Arabic Stele at Shuinanguan Mosque 水南关清真寺阿文碑 National heritage site · on the map
A bluestone stele of the Yuan dynasty or earlier, 1.8 m tall, carved with the Islamic declaration of faith in archaic Arabic script inside a circle, with lotus and peony borders on the back; it was found more than 3 m underground when the Shuinanguan Mosque in Qinyang was rebuilt.
Baijiayan Temple Pagoda 百家岩寺塔 National heritage site · on the map
A brick pagoda of the Jin dynasty (1115–1234) that belonged to the Baijiayan temple, at Baijiayan in the Yuntai Mountain area.
Beida Mosque 沁阳北大寺 National heritage site
One of the largest and best-preserved historic mosque complexes in Henan, rebuilt in 1580 and enlarged under the Qing in Chinese palace style, facing east in three courtyards.
Cisheng Temple 慈胜寺 National heritage site · on the map
A Buddhist temple at Dawu village in the west of Wen County, first founded in the Tang, destroyed in the wars at the end of the Northern Song and rebuilt under the Yuan, from which most of its surviving buildings date.
Dangyangyu Kiln Site 当阳峪窑址 National heritage site
The site of a large Song-period folk kiln at the southern edge of Dangyangyu village, known for its varied wares, especially white-slipped carved stoneware and marbled 'jiaotai' porcelain; examples are in the Palace Museum in Beijing.
Fucheng Shang City Site 府城遗址 National heritage site · on the map
An early Shang walled town of about 3,600 years ago, a square of roughly 300 m a side on a terrace at Fucheng village on the western side of Jiaozuo.
Miaole Temple Pagoda 妙乐寺塔 National heritage site · on the map
A 13-storey square brick pagoda of the dense-eave type, 34 m tall and hollow inside, first built in the Tang and rebuilt in 955 under the Later Zhou.
Qinglong Palace 青龙宫 National heritage site
A temple to the Azure Dragon rain god at Wanhuazhuang village on the north-western edge of Wuzhi county town, founded in the Ming and rebuilt by imperial order in 1813.
Qingtianhe Cliff Carvings 青天河摩崖 National heritage site · on the map
Buddhist carvings on the riverside cliffs of the Dan River north of Bo'ai, in two groups.
Sansheng Pagoda of Tianning Temple 天宁寺三圣塔 National heritage site · on the map
A 13-storey brick pagoda 32.76 m tall, built in 1171 under the Jin dynasty for the Tianning Temple, whose dense eaves taper in a smooth parabolic outline.
Shanling Mausoleum of Emperor Xian of Han 汉献帝禅陵 National heritage site
The tomb of Liu Xie, Emperor Xian, the last emperor of the Han dynasty, who abdicated in favour of Cao Pi in 220 and died in 234 as Duke of Shanyang; his empress Cao Jie, a daughter of Cao Cao, was buried with him in 260.
Shanyang Ancient City Site 山阳故城 National heritage site
The site of Shanyang, a walled town from the Eastern Zhou to the Northern Qi whose county became the fief of the deposed Emperor Xian of Han in 220.
Shengguo Temple Pagoda 胜果寺塔 National heritage site
A nine-storey octagonal brick pagoda about 27 m tall in Xiuwu county town, first built in the Tang and rebuilt in 1097 under the Northern Song.
Taiping Temple Grottoes, Zhaijian Valley 窄涧谷太平寺石窟 National heritage site · on the map
Buddhist caves and niches cut along about 160 m of limestone cliff in Zhaijian Valley, west of the main peak of Shennong Mountain, begun in the Northern Wei and added to until the Qing, though mostly Sui and Tang.
Thousand Buddha Pavilion, Wuzhi 千佛阁 National heritage site · on the map
A temple group at the north end of South Street in Wuzhi county town, founded in 1557 under the Ming and repaired in 1856, of which the gate hall, the middle Buddha hall and the pavilion itself survive.
Tomb of Han Yu 韩愈墓 National heritage site
The tomb of Han Yu (768–824), the Tang essayist, poet and Confucian thinker counted first of the Eight Great Prose Masters of the Tang and Song, on a hillside at Hanzhuang village west of Mengzhou.
Tomb of Zhu Zaiyu 朱载堉墓 National heritage site · on the map
The tomb of Zhu Zaiyu (1536–1611), the Ming prince, mathematician and music theorist who in 1584 set out twelve-tone equal temperament by precise calculation, below Jiufeng Mountain north-east of Qinyang.
Xianshengwang Temple 显圣王庙 National heritage site · on the map
A village temple on the southern edge of Mengzhou whose three-bay main hall dates from the Yuan dynasty, with Qing-dynasty dance and opera stages in front.
Xiguan Mosque, Bo'ai 西关清真寺 National heritage site · on the map
A mosque in Chinese palace style in the western quarter of Bo'ai county town, enlarged in 1405, whose surviving buildings date from the Qing.
Yaowang Temple, Jiaozuo 药王庙 National heritage site · on the map
A temple to Sun Simiao, the Tang physician revered as the King of Medicine, at Liguizuo village on the north-eastern edge of Jiaozuo; inscriptions record its founding in the early 12th century, and its main hall dates from the Yuan dynasty.
Yuxian Temple, Wen County 遇仙观 National heritage site · on the map
A Taoist temple of two courtyards below the Qin River dyke at Xubu village, about 12 km from Wen county town, founded under the Yuan as a river-god shrine and rebuilt in the Ming and Qing.
Zhaibuchang Village 寨卜昌村 National heritage site · on the map
A fortified village of Ming and Qing courtyard houses, most built in the 18th and 19th centuries, with the Wang clan ancestral hall, about 2 km of the village wall of 1868, a moat and three stone bridges.

Jiyuan 11 sites

Jidu Temple 济渎庙 4A scenic area · National heritage site
The temple of the god of the Ji, one of the four great rivers of ancient China, founded in 582 at the river's eastern spring and the largest and most complete of the temples to the Four Rivers.
Mount Wangwu 王屋山 4A scenic area · National heritage site
A Taoist mountain north-west of Jiyuan, ranked first of the Ten Grotto-Heavens of Taoism and the setting of the fable of the Foolish Old Man who moved the mountains.
Wulongkou Scenic Area 五龙口 4A scenic area · National heritage site
The gorge where the Qin River breaks out of the Taihang Mountains north-east of Jiyuan, home to a national nature reserve for Taihang macaques and to some of China's oldest irrigation works.
Xiaogoubei–Yinhe Gorge Scenic Area 小沟背·银河峡 4A scenic area · on the map
A forested valley at Shaoyuan in the far west of Jiyuan, known for volcanic-rock scenery: a streambed full of multicoloured boulders, a long ridge said to look like a giant turtle and a cliff of pale rock shapes nicknamed 'baby cliff'.
Yellow River Three Gorges 黄河三峡 4A scenic area · on the map
A stretch of the Yellow River at Xiaye in south-western Jiyuan, where the reservoir upstream of the Xiaolangdi Dam fills three gorges, Gushan, Longfeng and Bali, between steep peaks.
Ancient City of Zhi 轵国故城 National heritage site · on the map
The walled town of Zhi, founded in the Spring and Autumn period and later the seat of Han and Northern dynasties lords, whose rammed-earth ramparts enclose the modern town of Zhicheng south of Jiyuan.
Daming Temple, Jiyuan 大明寺 National heritage site
A Buddhist temple at Zhicheng, south of Jiyuan, on the site of an ancestral shrine of the Western Han lords of Zhi; it became a monastery in 1040 and was rebuilt over thirty years from 1276.
Erxian Temple, Jiyuan 济源二仙庙 National heritage site · on the map
A Ming and Qing temple at Daxu village in Lilin, north-east of Jiyuan, dedicated to Wei Huacun, a Western Jin Taoist woman venerated as the Lady of the Purple Void.
Fengxian Taoist Temple 奉仙观 National heritage site
A Taoist temple in central Jiyuan founded in 685, whose Sanqing Hall, rebuilt in 1184 under the Jin dynasty, is one of the three oldest wooden buildings in Henan.
Guandi Temple, Zhicheng 轵城关帝庙 National heritage site · on the map
A temple to Guan Yu, the deified Three Kingdoms general, in Zhicheng town south of Jiyuan.
Yanqing Temple Pagoda 延庆寺塔 National heritage site · on the map
A Northern Song brick pagoda on the north-western edge of Jiyuan, built in 1034–1036 on the site of Yanqing Temple beside the Longtan spring, the western source of the ancient Ji River.

Kaifeng 25 sites

Qingming Shanghe Park 清明上河园 5A scenic area · on the map
A Song-dynasty theme park opened in 1998 on the west shore of Longting Lake, built after Zhang Zeduan's 12th-century scroll Along the River During the Qingming Festival and the Song building manual Yingzao Fashi.
Aisijia Agricultural Carnival 爱思嘉农业嘉年华 4A scenic area · on the map
An agri-tourism park in the countryside south-west of Kaifeng, built around six themed exhibition halls on modern farming.
China Hanyuan Stele Forest 中国翰园碑林 4A scenic area · on the map
A garden of modern stone inscriptions just west of Dragon Pavilion Park, founded in 1985 by the retired Kaifeng official Li Gongtao and built up largely with his own family's money.
Daxiangguo Temple 大相国寺 4A scenic area · National heritage site
A large Buddhist temple in the centre of Kaifeng, with roots in the 6th century, refounded in 706 and renamed Daxiangguo Temple in 712, which under the Northern Song was the capital's leading monastery and a major trading market.
Dragon Pavilion 龙亭 4A scenic area · National heritage site
A Qing palace-style hall raised on a brick platform of 72 steps on the site of the Northern Song imperial palace in the north of Kaifeng's old city.
Jiao Yulu Memorial Park 焦裕禄纪念园 4A scenic area · National heritage site
A memorial park on the old Yellow River dyke at the northern edge of Lankao town for Jiao Yulu, the county's Communist Party secretary from 1962 until his death in 1964, who led local campaigns against drifting sand, waterlogging and salinised soil.
Kaifeng City Wall 开封城墙 4A scenic area · National heritage site
Kaifeng's Qing-dynasty city wall, rebuilt in grey brick in 1842 after a Yellow River flood, still runs for 14.4 km around the old city and is among the longest surviving city walls in China.
Kaifeng Prefecture Office (Kaifeng Fu) 开封府 4A scenic area · on the map
A modern reconstruction of the government office of Kaifeng Prefecture, which ran the Northern Song capital and where Bao Zheng, the 'Judge Bao' of later legend, served as prefect.
Lord Bao Memorial Temple, Kaifeng 开封包公祠 4A scenic area
A memorial temple to Bao Zheng (999–1062), the Northern Song official who became China's byword for incorruptible justice as 'Judge Bao' of opera and television.
Qifeng Old Garden, Zhuxian 启封故园 4A scenic area · on the map
A modern scenic area in old-town style at Zhuxian, one of the four great trading towns of Qing China, with a lake, bridges, a gate tower, a teahouse and shops built in traditional style.
Tianbo Yang Mansion 天波杨府 4A scenic area · on the map
A Song-style complex built in the 1990s beside the lakes of the Dragon Pavilion area, recreating the mansion of the Yang family generals, whose wars against the Liao are retold in the popular Generals of the Yang Family stories.
Wansui Mountain Wuxia City 万岁山武侠城 4A scenic area · on the map
A martial-arts-themed park on the northern edge of Kaifeng's old city, run as a scenic area since 2003 and renamed Wansui Mountain Wuxia City in December 2023.
Yellow River Bend Scenic Area, Lankao 黄河湾风景区 4A scenic area · on the map
A riverside scenic area at Dongbatou, where the Yellow River makes the last great bend of its course before turning north-east to the sea, and where in 1855 it burst its dyke and abandoned its old course to the south.
Dayun Temple Pagoda, Qi County 杞县大云寺塔 National heritage site · on the map
A seven-storey octagonal brick pagoda of the Ming dynasty at Wagang village, south of Qi County town, the surviving landmark of the former Dayun Temple.
Dongda Mosque, Kaifeng 开封东大寺 National heritage site
The principal mosque of Kaifeng's Hui Muslim community, first of the city's 'thirteen mosques' and historically called the leading mosque of Henan.
Former Residence of Liu Qingxia 刘青霞故居 National heritage site
The Kaifeng home of Liu Qingxia (1877–1922), a wealthy supporter of the Tongmenghui and of education, who funded revolutionaries and the Henan magazine published in Tokyo, founded Henan's first girls' school and in 1922 gave her family fortune to education.
Henan University Historic Buildings 河南留学欧美预备学校旧址 National heritage site · on the map
The early buildings of Henan University, founded in 1912 as the Henan Preparatory School for Study in Europe and America, on its old Minglun campus beside the Iron Pagoda.
Kaifeng Parachute Tower 开封伞塔 National heritage site · on the map
A reinforced-concrete tower about 85 m tall, built in 1955–56 to train airborne troops and sport parachutists, who were hoisted beneath open canopies and released from three cantilevered platforms near the top.
Po Pagoda 繁塔 National heritage site
The oldest standing building in Kaifeng, a Northern Song brick pagoda begun in the 970s for Tianqing Temple on the Fan Terrace beside Yuwangtai and finished around 990 after some twenty years of work.
Shanshangan Guild Hall 山陕甘会馆 National heritage site
A guild hall built in 1776 by merchants from Shanxi, Shaanxi and Gansu living in Kaifeng, on the site of a Ming mansion of the descendants of the general Xu Da.
Site of Dongjing, the Northern Song Capital 北宋东京城遗址 National heritage site
The remains of Dongjing, capital of the Northern Song from 960 to 1127, lie buried under modern Kaifeng beneath the silt of later Yellow River floods.
Xingguo Temple Pagoda, Weishi 尉氏兴国寺塔 National heritage site · on the map
A hexagonal brick pagoda of eight storeys, about 30 m tall, first built in the Taiping Xingguo era of the early Northern Song as the relic pagoda of Xingguo Temple, known locally as the Dongguan (East Suburb) Pagoda.
Yanqing Temple (Jade Emperor Pavilion) 延庆观 National heritage site
A Taoist temple of the Quanzhen school founded in 1233 where its founder Wang Chongyang died in 1170, renamed Yanqing Guan in 1373 and repeatedly destroyed by floods and war.
Yue Fei Temple, Zhuxian 朱仙镇岳飞庙 National heritage site
A temple to the Southern Song general Yue Fei, founded in 1478 at Zhuxian, the town his army reached after defeating the Jin at Yancheng, and regarded as one of China's principal Yue Fei temples.
Zhuxian Mosque 朱仙镇清真寺 National heritage site
A mosque founded in the Ming and rebuilt in 1738, a reminder that Zhuxian's Ming and Qing trade drew Hui merchants who built several mosques in the town.

Luohe 9 sites

Jiahu Liquor Culture Park 贾湖酒文化园 4A scenic area · on the map
The baijiu distillery and visitor park of the Jiahu liquor company in Wuyang county town, named after the Neolithic Jiahu site in the same county, where residues of one of the earliest known fermented drinks were found.
Jiahu Site and Museum 贾湖遗址 4A scenic area · National heritage site
The Neolithic settlement of Jiahu, lived in from about 9,000 to 7,500 years ago, yielded bone flutes made from the wing bones of red-crowned cranes that can still be played, along with signs carved on tortoise shells, early rice and traces of fermented drink.
Nanjie Village 南街村 4A scenic area
A village on the southern edge of Linying town, widely described as China's last Maoist village, which collectivised its farming and industry in 1986; a statue of Mao Zedong flanked by portraits of Engels and Lenin stands on its main square, and images of Marx and Stalin appear around the village.
Sha–Li Rivers Scenic Area 沙澧河风景区 4A scenic area · on the map
A belt of riverside parks along both banks of the Sha and Li rivers through central Luohe, centred on their confluence and built from 2007 on top of the city's flood-control works.
Shenzhou Bird Park 神州鸟园 4A scenic area · on the map
A bird-themed park in Yuanhui district on the south side of Luohe, developed from the former Kaiyuan Forest Park and once called the Golden Phoenix Bird Culture Park.
Xiaoshang Bridge 小商桥 4A scenic area · National heritage site
A red-sandstone arch bridge over the Xiaoshang River, traditionally dated to 584 under the Sui and rebuilt in early Song style, with one main arch and a small open arch at each end.
Xu Shen Cultural Park and Tomb 许慎文化园 4A scenic area · National heritage site
A culture park of about 10 hectares built around the tomb of Xu Shen, the Eastern Han scholar who compiled the Shuowen Jiezi, regarded as the first comprehensive dictionary of Chinese characters.
Bi'an Temple Stele 彼岸寺碑 National heritage site · on the map
A Northern Song stone pillar from the vanished Bi'an Temple, known locally as the 'Dragon Pagoda', made up of a carved image section, a panel of seal-script text and a base carried on eight openwork columns carved with coiling dragons.
Shoushan Platform and Steles 受禅台 National heritage site · on the map
The earthen platform at Fancheng where in 220 Emperor Xian, the last ruler of the Han, abdicated in favour of Cao Pi, son of Cao Cao, who founded the Wei dynasty of the Three Kingdoms.

Luoyang 67 sites

Baiyun Mountain 白云山 5A scenic area
A high forested part of the Funiu range in southern Song County, on the watershed of the Yangtze, Yellow and Huai rivers, protected as a national forest park and nature reserve.
Longtan Grand Canyon 龙潭大峡谷 5A scenic area · on the map
A 12 km U-shaped gorge cut by the Qing River into purple-red quartz sandstone in northern Xin'an County, the core of the Wangwushan–Daimeishan UNESCO Global Geopark.
Mount Laojun and Jiguan Cave 老君山·鸡冠洞 5A scenic area
One of the main peaks of the Funiu range, renamed in the Tang after the legend that Laozi retired here to cultivate the Way; Taoist temples have stood on it since the Northern Wei, and three cable-car lines and a long ridge walkway lead up towards the Golden Summit, a cluster of Taoist halls on the crest.
Baoduzhai Old Stockade Village 抱犊寨 4A scenic area · on the map
An old fortified mountain village (zhai) at Dahong in Sanchuan town, western Luanchuan, run as a scenic area around the stockade and its old village houses.
China National Flower Garden 中国国花园 4A scenic area · on the map
A large peony garden, laid out from 2001 in the riverside Luopu Park on the south bank of the Luo River, over part of the Sui–Tang city site.
Chongdugou 重渡沟 4A scenic area · on the map
A mountain valley in north-eastern Luanchuan, in the core area of the Funiu Mountain Global Geopark, known for its springs and waterfalls and its extensive bamboo groves.
Dahehui, Luoyang 大河荟 4A scenic area · on the map
A cultural leisure complex in Luolong District that opened in autumn 2023, built around immersive digital entertainment.
Daimei Mountain 黛眉山 4A scenic area · on the map
A mountain scenic area in the far north of Xin'an County, on the south bank of the Yellow River upstream of the Xiaolangdi Dam.
Dinosaur Valley Rafting 恐龙谷漂流 4A scenic area · on the map
A commercial river-rafting attraction on a mountain stream at Chunshu village in Jincun township, in the hills of southern Ruyang County.
Erlitou Site Museum of the Xia Capital 二里头夏都遗址博物馆 4A scenic area · National heritage site
A large museum opened in 2019 next to the Erlitou site, the Bronze Age settlement that many Chinese archaeologists identify as a capital of the Xia dynasty, a link the museum's own name asserts but which remains unproven.
Funiu Mountain Ski Resort 伏牛山滑雪度假乐园 4A scenic area · on the map
A mountain ski resort at Yangshuping village in the Funiu range west of Luanchuan, shortlisted in 2023 as a national-level ski tourism resort, the only one in Henan.
Guanlin Temple 关林 4A scenic area · National heritage site
The traditional burial place of the head of Guan Yu, the Three Kingdoms general later worshipped as a god, which Cao Cao is said to have buried here with princely honours in 220.
Haoze International Tulip Park 豪泽国际郁金香花海欢乐城 4A scenic area · on the map
A flower park in Yibin District, south-east of central Luoyang, planted with tulip fields that flower in spring, with fairground rides and children's play areas.
Huaguo Mountain National Forest Park 花果山 4A scenic area · on the map
A forested mountain in south-western Yiyang County that shares its name with the Mountain of Flowers and Fruit, home of the Monkey King in Journey to the West, and plays on the story with a Water Curtain Cave square and Monkey King themes.
Longfengshan Ancient Town 龙凤山古镇 4A scenic area · on the map
A large leisure town in Song-dynasty style built on former gullies and slopes north-west of Yichuan county town, with new walls open for walking, lanes, courtyards, food stalls, shops and guesthouses.
Longmen Fengxiang Hot Spring Resort 凤翔温泉 4A scenic area · on the map
A hot-spring resort on the southern edge of Luoyang, near the Longmen Grottoes, with thermal pools and an on-site hotel.
Longyuwan National Forest Park 龙峪湾 4A scenic area · on the map
A national forest park in the Funiu Mountains of Luanchuan County, which the city government describes as a core ecological scenic area of the range.
Luanchuan Huilan Orchid Culture Park 栾川蕙兰文化产业园 4A scenic area · on the map
A park in Heyu town devoted to the huilan orchid (Cymbidium faberi), which opened in April 2023 with the first Luanchuan Huilan festival and which the city describes as the largest orchid park of its kind in northern China.
Luanchuan Zhuhai Wildlife Park 竹海野生动物园 4A scenic area · on the map
A wildlife park in the Chongdugou valley area of north-eastern Luanchuan, best known for its Siberian tigers: more than 200 live here, and in 2026 an agriculture-ministry laboratory named it a Siberian tiger breeding base.
Luoyang Lavender Manor 薰衣草庄园 4A scenic area · on the map
A lavender-themed flower farm in Yibin District near the Longmen Grottoes, begun in 2013 as an agri-tourism project on the Yi River ecological corridor.
Luoyi Ancient Town 洛邑古城 4A scenic area · on the map
A tourist quarter in the east of Luoyang's old city, largely built in recent years in traditional style around surviving monuments: the Wenfeng Pagoda, a stretch of the Jin–Yuan city wall, the Xintan pond and the Henan Prefecture Confucian Temple.
Muzhaling Scenic Area 木札岭 4A scenic area · on the map
A forested mountain area at Checun in south-eastern Song County, on the northern side of the Funiu range and within the Funiu Mountain nature reserve.
Peony Pavilion and Luoyang Peony Museum 牡丹阁 4A scenic area · on the map
A large pavilion-style building at the southern end of Luoyang's modern city axis, opened on trial during the 2022 peony festival, which houses the Luoyang Peony Museum, showing the history of peony growing, peony varieties, peony-themed relics and the modern peony industry with documents, objects, film and live plants.
Qiantang Zhizhai Museum 千唐志斋 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
A collection of carved tomb epitaphs described as China's largest, gathered in the 1930s by Zhang Fang from tombs looted around Luoyang and set into the walls of 15 brick-vaulted rooms beside his house in Tiemen.
Qicai Fairy Tale Animal Kingdom 七彩童话动物王国 4A scenic area · on the map
A zoo and amusement park in Lianzhuang town, Yiyang County, combining animal and plant collections with funfair rides, pick-your-own farm areas and school study programmes.
Qingyao Mountain 青要山 4A scenic area · on the map
A mountain area in north-western Xin'an County, linked in legend with the Yellow Emperor.
Shenlingzhai National Forest Park 神灵寨 4A scenic area · on the map
A forest park of about 53 km² in the mountains south-east of Luoning town, rising to 1,859 m.
Sui–Tang City Site Botanical Garden 隋唐城遗址植物园 4A scenic area · on the map
A botanical garden and peony park laid out over part of the Sui–Tang city site south of the Luo River.
Sui–Tang Luoyang City Site (Yingtian Gate and Mingtang) 隋唐洛阳城 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
The site of Luoyang as rebuilt by Emperor Yang of Sui from 605, the eastern capital of the Sui and Tang and, under Empress Wu Zetian, the capital of her Zhou dynasty.
Tianchi Mountain National Forest Park 天池山 4A scenic area · on the map
A forested mountain area in north-western Song County, made up of the Tianchi ('Heavenly Lake'), Feilaishi ('Flying Rock'), Yunü Stream and Erlang Gully sections.
Tianhe Grand Canyon 天河大峡谷 4A scenic area · on the map
A mountain canyon scenic area at Jiaohe in western Luanchuan, with a cableway up to Wusheng Peak.
Tombs of the Cheng Brothers (Cheng Brothers Culture Park) 二程文化园 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
The cemetery of Cheng Hao (1032–1085) and Cheng Yi (1033–1107), the Northern Song brothers who founded the Neo-Confucian 'study of principle', and of their father Cheng Xiang, at the foot of Jing Hill on the west side of Yichuan town.
Wan'an Mountain Summit Park 万安山山顶公园 4A scenic area · on the map
A park along the crest of Wan'an Mountain, the 937 m ridge on the south-eastern edge of the Luoyang basin, facing the Song Mountains.
Wangfu Bamboo Sea 王府竹海 4A scenic area · on the map
A valley at Wangfugou in northern Luanchuan with large bamboo groves, rare this far north in China, along with waterfalls and springs.
Weipo Xinxu 魏坡·新序 4A scenic area · on the map
A leisure and shopping quarter opened in 2024 in and around the old village of Weipo at Chaoyang, Mengjin, where grey-brick lanes and courtyards have been fitted out with cafés, shops, restaurants, a courtyard hotel and event spaces.
Xiaolangdi Dam Scenic Area 小浪底水利枢纽 4A scenic area
The visitor area at the south end of the Xiaolangdi Dam, the 154 m dam built across the Yellow River in 1994–2001 at the exit of its last gorge, mainly to control silt and floods.
Xitai Mountain 西泰山 4A scenic area · on the map
A forested mountain scenic area at Fudian in southern Ruyang County, with Lovers' Valley and the Shengshui Lake.
Yangzigou Scenic Area 养子沟 4A scenic area · on the map
A wooded valley on the slopes a few kilometres east of Mount Laojun, south-east of Luanchuan town.
Dongzhen Temple, Xin'an 洞真观 National heritage site · on the map
A Taoist temple on Lanke hill south of Tiemen town, next to the Wangqiao Cave, centred on a Hall of the Three Pure Ones with bracketed eaves.
Eastern Zhou Royal Horse and Chariot Museum 天子驾六博物馆 National heritage site
A museum opened in 2003 over excavated burials of the Eastern Zhou royal city, from which the Zhou kings ruled for some five centuries after 770 BC and whose remains lie under central Luoyang on both banks of the Jian River.
Eighth Route Army Luoyang Office Memorial Hall 八路军驻洛办事处纪念馆 National heritage site · on the map
The liaison office that the Communist Eighth Route Army kept in Luoyang from 1938 to 1942, during the war against Japan, when the city was the headquarters of the Nationalist First War Zone; it was closed in early 1942 on that command's orders.
Fuchang Pavilion 福昌阁 National heritage site · on the map
A three-storey Taoist pavilion on a cliff top above the site of the old town of Fuchang, in an area where Emperor Yang of Sui once built a palace; the present building goes back to the Ming and was thoroughly repaired in 1819.
Gongling Mausoleum of the Tang 恭陵 National heritage site · on the map
The imperial-style tomb of Li Hong, fifth son of Emperor Gaozong and eldest son of Wu Zetian, on Hutuo ridge north-east of Goushi town.
Han Hangu Pass, Xin'an 汉函谷关 National heritage site · on the map
The Han-dynasty Hangu Pass on the road between Luoyang and Chang'an, distinct from the older Qin pass of the same name at Lingbao, and since 2014 a component of the Silk Roads World Heritage site.
Henan Prefecture Confucian Temple 河南府文庙 National heritage site
The Confucian temple and prefectural school of old Henan Prefecture, in the south-east of Luoyang's Old Town, probably founded in the Jin or Yuan period and enlarged in the 1650s.
Hometown of the Two Chengs 两程故里 National heritage site · on the map
The village where the Northern Song Neo-Confucian philosopher Cheng Yi lived in later life, named the 'Hometown of the Two Chengs' by the Ming court in 1455 in honour of him and his brother Cheng Hao.
Huiluo and Hanjia Granaries (Grand Canal) 回洛仓·含嘉仓遗址 National heritage site
Two walled state granaries founded in 605 under Emperor Yang of Sui to hold grain shipped to Luoyang along the Grand Canal, inscribed in 2014 as part of the Grand Canal World Heritage Site.
Jiulong Temple, Yanshi 偃师九龙庙 National heritage site · on the map
A riverside temple built by the boatmen of the Yiluo River to honour Huang Shoucai, a folk hero of flood control, and to pray for safe passage; its main hall was finished in 1811 and the rear hall in 1817.
Lingshan Temple, Yiyang 灵山寺 National heritage site · on the map
A Buddhist temple founded in 1163 under the Jin dynasty at the northern foot of Lingshan hill, facing north across the Luo River, and rebuilt several times under the Ming and Qing; its Great Compassion Hall and main hall still keep Jin-period beams and columns.
Luoyang Ancient Tombs Museum 洛阳古墓博物馆 National heritage site · on the map
The most accessible part of the Mangshan Tombs, the imperial and noble cemeteries of six dynasties spread over the loess hills north of Luoyang: a museum opened in 1987 and upgraded in 2022, where 25 excavated tombs from the Western Han to the Song and Jin have been moved and rebuilt underground.
Luze Guild Hall (Luoyang Folk Customs Museum) 潞泽会馆 National heritage site
A guild hall and temple to Guan Yu built in 1744–1759 by merchants from Lu'an and Zezhou prefectures in Shanxi, beside the Chan River east of the old city; it is described as the largest and best-preserved group of old buildings in central Luoyang.
Main Hall of Xingfu Temple, Yanshi 偃师兴福寺大殿 National heritage site
The one surviving hall of Xingfu Temple, founded in 1509 and repaired under the Kangxi emperor and again in the Republican era; the courtyard around it later served as the Gaoya village school.
Old City of Luoyang (Han–Wei Luoyang) 汉魏洛阳故城 National heritage site
The ruins of the capital of the Eastern Han, Cao Wei, Western Jin and Northern Wei, about 15 km east of modern Luoyang, abandoned after the Sui built a new city to the west in 605; it is part of the Silk Roads World Heritage Site.
Shanxi–Shaanxi Guild Hall (Wanli Tea Road Museum) 洛阳山陕会馆 National heritage site
A guild hall and Guan Yu temple built from about 1711 to 1721 by merchants from Shanxi and Shaanxi near the old river port south of the city wall.
Shengxian Taizi Stele 升仙太子碑 National heritage site
A stele set up in 699 on Goushan hill by Empress Wu Zetian, who stayed here on her way to the sacrifices at Mount Song; its text retells the legend of Prince Jin of Zhou, said to have risen to heaven from this hill, and links it to her own reign.
Shuiquan Grottoes 水泉石窟 National heritage site · on the map
A Buddhist cave on the cliffs of Wan'an Mountain, enlarged from a natural cavern in the Northern Wei, with two large standing Buddhas on either side of a natural fissure in the back wall and walls crowded with small carved niches.
Song Mausoleums Quarry 宋陵采石场 National heritage site · on the map
The valley on the east side of Niuxin hill where stone was cut and roughed out for the Northern Song imperial tombs at Gongyi, about 25 km away.
Soviet-style Buildings of Jianxi 涧西苏式建筑群 National heritage site · on the map
The factory halls and workers' housing built from 1954 in Luoyang's Jianxi District for the industrial projects China undertook with Soviet aid in the 1950s, including the First Tractor Works and the Luoyang copper works.
Stele of Huisheng Palace 会圣宫碑 National heritage site · on the map
A large Northern Song stele with a dragon crest and a tortoise base, erected in 1034 at Huisheng Palace, a hall built for rites at the Song imperial tombs where portraits of the first three Song emperors were enshrined.
Tomb of Fan Zhongyan 范仲淹墓 National heritage site · on the map
The family cemetery of Fan Zhongyan (989–1052), the Northern Song statesman and writer, known locally as the Fan Garden; it is laid out in front and rear sections planted with cypresses, with the tombs of his mother and his sons near his own.
Wanfoshan Grottoes 万佛山石窟 National heritage site
A group of Northern Wei Buddhist caves cut into a hillside on the north bank of the Yellow River, in the part of Mengjin that was Jili District until 2021.
Wuhua Temple Pagoda 五花寺塔 National heritage site · on the map
A nine-storey octagonal brick pagoda of the Song dynasty, the only survivor of the long-vanished Wuhua Temple, on the west bank of the Lianchang River north of Sanxiang town.
Xigong Barracks 洛阳西工兵营 National heritage site
A modern-style barracks begun in 1914 under Yuan Shikai and greatly enlarged by the warlord Wu Peifu after 1920, which in the war against Japan served as headquarters of the First War Zone.
Yanshi Shang City Site 偃师商城遗址 National heritage site · on the map
The walled city at Yanshi, found in 1983 and identified by many archaeologists as Xibo, an early capital of the Shang dynasty, was enclosed by three rings of rammed-earth walls around a palace city.
Yiyang Ancient City of the State of Han 宜阳韩都故城 National heritage site · on the map
The walled city of Yiyang, a western stronghold of the Warring States kingdom of Han, unrelated to the later Han dynasty, which Qin troops captured in 307 BC; the city stayed in use into the early Han dynasty.
Zhougong Temple Museum 洛阳周公庙 National heritage site · on the map
A temple to the Duke of Zhou, the Western Zhou statesman, said to have been founded by the Sui general Wang Shichong and rebuilt many times; in 1932, when the Nationalist government briefly moved to Luoyang, it housed the Examination Yuan.
Zushi Temple 祖师庙 National heritage site · on the map
A Ming-dynasty temple hall on North Street (Beidajie) in Luoyang's Old Town, listed as a national monument in 2006.

Nanyang 35 sites

Xixia Dinosaur Remains Park and Laojieling 西峡恐龙遗迹园—老界岭 5A scenic area · on the map
Two separate parts of the Funiu Mountain Global Geopark in Xixia County share this 5A listing.
Baihetan Park 白河滩公园 4A scenic area · on the map
A riverside park stretching for nearly 10 km along the Bai River at Xinye, landscaped over some 8 km² with footpaths, waterside platforms and themed gardens of tulips, peach, cherry and roses.
Baotianman Gorge Rafting 宝天曼峡谷漂流 4A scenic area · on the map
A whitewater rafting trip on the Tuan River through the gorges on the southern side of the Baotianman nature reserve in the Funiu Mountains.
Baotianman Scenic Area (Nanzhao) 南召宝天曼 4A scenic area · on the map
The Nanzhao County side of the Baotianman forests, near Qiaoduan in the Funiu Mountains, where the nature reserve's main peak reaches about 1,830 m.
Baotianman Scenic Area (Neixiang) 宝天曼 4A scenic area · on the map
The visitor area of the Baotianman National Nature Reserve in the Funiu Mountains, a UNESCO biosphere reserve since 2001 that protects an unusually complete forest on the transition between China's subtropical and warm-temperate zones.
Danjiang Daguanyuan 丹江大观苑 4A scenic area · on the map
A lakeside resort park built by a private company on peninsulas and islets on the north shore of the Danjiangkou Reservoir, the source of the middle route of the South–North Water Transfer Project.
Deyunshan Botanical Garden 德云山风情植物园 4A scenic area · on the map
A commercial flower park laid out since 2015 on the hills at Erlangmiao, south-east of Fangcheng town, below a wind farm.
Erlong Mountain Scenic Area 中原二龙山 4A scenic area · on the map
A mountain scenic area in the north of Neixiang County, inside the Funiu Mountain Global Geopark, named for a ridge of ten linked peaks said to look like two dragons playing with a pearl.
Guanhe River Rafting 鹳河漂流 4A scenic area · on the map
A whitewater rafting run of about 12 km on the upper Laoguan (Guan) River in the mountains of Xixia County, through some eighteen rapids.
Huazhou Academy 花洲书院 4A scenic area · National heritage site
An academy founded in the 1040s by the statesman Fan Zhongyan while he was governor of Dengzhou, where he wrote his famous essay 'On Yueyang Tower'.
Laojun Cave Scenic Area 老君洞 4A scenic area · on the map
A large forested mountain area at Erlangping in northern Xixia County, in the core of the Funiu Mountain Global Geopark, with more than a dozen peaks over 1,000 m, rivers and springs.
Longtan Gully Scenic Area 龙潭沟 4A scenic area · on the map
A narrow gorge in the mountains north of Xixia town where a stream drops through a chain of about nineteen waterfalls and deep pools, the highest fall about 35 m.
Neixiang County Yamen 内乡县衙 4A scenic area · National heritage site
Regarded as the best-preserved Qing county government office in China, it was rebuilt in 1894 on a site that had been the seat of Neixiang County since 1304, served as the county government until 1968 and became a museum in 1984.
Qifeng Mountain Ecotourism Area 七峰山 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
The eastern end of the Funiu Mountains in northern Fangcheng County, a ridge of seven peaks topping out at 768 m with cliffs, caves, ravines and forest.
Seventy-Two Pools Scenic Area 七十二潭 4A scenic area · on the map
A river valley in the hills north of Fangcheng where the stream runs over broad sheets of bare rock, forming a long chain of pools and small falls that visitors can wade through.
Sheqi Shan-Shaan Guild Hall 社旗山陕会馆 4A scenic area · National heritage site
A guild hall and temple to Guan Yu built over 136 years, from 1756 to 1892, by merchants from Shanxi and Shaanxi trading in the town of Shedian.
Sishan National Forest Park 寺山国家森林公园 4A scenic area · on the map
A forested hill park across the Guan River from Xixia town, covering about 7.5 km² of woodland, pools and viewpoints.
Tongbai Mountain Huaiyuan Scenic Area 桐柏山淮源 4A scenic area · on the map
The forested country around the source of the Huai River in the Tongbai Mountains on the Henan–Hubei border, beginning just outside Tongbai town.
Tongbai Revolutionary Memorial Hall 桐柏革命纪念馆 4A scenic area · on the map
A memorial hall in Tongbai founded in 1984 to commemorate those who died in and around the county during the Long March period, the War of Resistance against Japan and the civil war.
Wolong Gang 卧龙岗武侯祠 4A scenic area · National heritage site
The shrine to the Three Kingdoms strategist Zhuge Liang on Wolong Gang, the low ridge south-west of central Nanyang where he is said, in a disputed tradition, to have lived and farmed for about ten years before joining Liu Bei.
Wuduo Mountain 五朵山 4A scenic area · on the map
A Taoist mountain on the border of Nanzhao and Zhenping counties whose five rocky summits rise to 1,665 m; tradition links it with Yin Xi, some 2,500 years ago, and the Tang Taoist Wu Yun.
Xiangyan Temple 香严寺 4A scenic area · National heritage site
A Buddhist temple in the hills at Cangfang, founded in the Tang dynasty as the seat of the Chan master Nanyang Huizhong and long counted among the four great temples of the Central Plains.
Yunlu Mountain Scenic Area 云露山 4A scenic area · on the map
A mountain scenic area of bamboo groves, forest and waterfalls at Mashankou in eastern Neixiang County, part of the Funiu Mountain Global Geopark.
Zhenping International Jade City 镇平国际玉城 4A scenic area · on the map
A large jade-trading complex of shops and workshops at Shifosi, the town at the heart of Zhenping County's jade-carving industry, built with private investment in the 2010s.
Danxia Temple Pagoda Forest 丹霞寺塔林 National heritage site · on the map
Monks' funerary pagodas of the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, in three groups lying 200–760 m from Danxia Temple, a Buddhist monastery at Liushan in Nanzhao County.
Echeng Temple Pagoda 鄂城寺 National heritage site · on the map
A small temple at Shiqiao north of Nanyang, named after the Han county of Xi'e, with a six-sided brick pagoda founded in 617 under the Sui and rebuilt in the Song.
Fogou Cliff Carvings 佛沟摩崖造像 National heritage site · on the map
Song-dynasty Buddhist figures carved in niches on the slope of Xiangshan hill in eastern Fangcheng County, at a spot known locally as Foyegou ('Buddha gully').
Fusheng Temple Pagoda 福胜寺塔 National heritage site
A brick pagoda in the centre of Dengzhou, built in 1032 under the Northern Song with thirteen storeys, cut to seven by war damage at the end of the Yuan and repaired in the early Ming.
Jingziguan Old Town 荆紫关古镇 National heritage site
A Ming and Qing trading town on the Dan River where Henan, Hubei and Shaanxi meet, whose long old street keeps more than 2,000 rooms of old houses and some 700 shopfronts.
Main Hall of Yang'an Temple 阳安寺大殿 National heritage site · on the map
A small Ming-dynasty Buddhist hall in Yantai village, about 20 km north-west of Zhenping town, on a temple site founded in 656.
Nanyang Prefectural Yamen 南阳府衙 National heritage site
The office of the prefects of Nanyang from 1271, under the Yuan, to the end of the Qing, described as the only prefecture-level yamen in China to survive complete.
Puti Temple, Zhenping 菩提寺 National heritage site · on the map
A Buddhist temple on Xinghua Mountain at Laozhuang in north-eastern Zhenping County, founded in the 650s under the Tang; the buildings on its main axis are Ming and Qing.
Shrine of the Medical Sage (Zhang Zhongjing Tomb) 医圣祠 National heritage site
The tomb and memorial shrine of Zhang Zhongjing, the Eastern Han physician revered in China as the 'Medical Sage' and author of the Treatise on Cold Damage and Miscellaneous Diseases.
Sizhou Temple Pagoda 泗洲寺塔 National heritage site
A Song-dynasty brick pagoda in Tanghe town, founded in 1095 as part of the Puti Temple of Tangzhou and rebuilt in 1377 under the Ming, with its top repaired after lightning strikes in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries.
Tomb of Zhang Heng 张衡墓 National heritage site · on the map
The tomb of Zhang Heng (78–139), the Eastern Han astronomer, mathematician and poet who presented the first known seismoscope to the court in 132, at Shiqiao in his home district of Xi'e.

Pingdingshan 26 sites

Mount Yao and Spring Temple Buddha 尧山－中原大佛 5A scenic area
This 5A area joins two separate sights in western Lushan County.
Baiguihu National Urban Wetland Park 白龟湖湿地公园 4A scenic area · on the map
A wetland park on the north shore of Baiguishan Reservoir, a lake built in 1958–66 on the south-western edge of Pingdingshan, designated a national urban wetland park in 2009.
Dengtaijia Scenic Area, Wugang 灯台架 4A scenic area · on the map
A hill area in southern Wugang named after its 808 m main peak, said to resemble an old lamp stand.
Erlang Mountain, Wugang 二郎山 4A scenic area · on the map
A forested hill on the south shore of Shimantan Reservoir, part of the Shimantan National Forest Park and named after the legend of the god Erlang carrying mountains to chase the suns.
Fengxue Temple 风穴寺 4A scenic area · National heritage site
A hillside temple north-east of Ruzhou that keeps about 140 bays of buildings dating from the Tang to the Qing, laid out like a garden among streams and cliffs.
Huamei Valley 画眉谷 4A scenic area · on the map
A wooded valley beside national road G311 near Mount Yao, named after the hwamei songbirds that nest there and opened to visitors in 2004.
Jiufeng Mountain, Ruzhou 九峰山 4A scenic area · on the map
A range of low forested peaks in south-western Ruzhou, named for nine summits that legend links to the Jade Emperor's daughters; the highest, Dazhai, reaches 895 m.
Majie Storytelling Fair Site 马街书会 4A scenic area · on the map
The home of the Majie Storytelling Fair, at which folk storytellers and ballad singers from across China gather every year on the 13th day of the first lunar month, a custom said to date back to 1315 and listed as national intangible heritage in 2006.
Mozi Culture Tourism Area 墨子文化旅游区 4A scenic area · on the map
A themed visitor area opened in 2016 at the foot of Mount Yao, built around the Warring States philosopher Mozi, whom Lushan claims as a native.
Pingdingshan Museum 平顶山博物馆 4A scenic area · on the map
Pingdingshan's main history museum, opened in 2012 in a building designed by Tsinghua University's architectural design institute, with walls modelled on bundles of bamboo slips.
Three Su Tombs, Jia County 三苏园 4A scenic area · National heritage site
The burial ground of the Song dynasty writer Su Shi (Su Dongpo) and his brother Su Zhe, with a cenotaph for their father Su Xun added in the Yuan dynasty, at the foot of Xiao Emei hill.
Xianglong Valley, Wugang 祥龙谷 4A scenic area · on the map
A canyon scenic area in the hills of southern Wugang with waterfalls, cliffs, forest and a small lake, rising to Longwangzhuang (866 m), which the city's tourism bureau gives as the highest point in Wugang.
Xiangshan Temple, Pingdingshan 香山寺 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
A Buddhist temple on Daxiang Shan north-west of Pingdingshan, revered as the place where, in a legend recorded here in the Song dynasty, the bodhisattva Guanyin attained enlightenment.
Yaoshan Grand Canyon Rafting 尧山大峡谷漂流 4A scenic area · on the map
A commercial rafting run on a mountain river in the Mount Yao area, where visitors paddle inflatable boats down a winding channel with drops, rapids and calmer stretches.
Yaozhuang Tourism Area 姚庄旅游区 4A scenic area · on the map
A rural tourism area covering six villages of Yaozhuang Hui Township in southern Jia County, where just over half of the roughly 10,000 residents are Hui Muslims.
Ye County Yamen 叶县县衙 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
The county government compound of Ye, founded in 1396 under the Ming and often described as the only Ming county yamen surviving in China; it is now run as a museum.
Faxing Temple Pagoda 法行寺塔 National heritage site
A brick multi-eaved pagoda about 30 m tall on Tasi Street in Ruzhou, standing on the site of the former Faxing Temple.
Jia County Confucian Temple 郏县文庙 National heritage site
A Confucian temple and county school founded in 1206 under the Jin dynasty and rebuilt many times, with 22 surviving buildings laid out with the school on the left and the temple on the right.
Jia County Shanxi–Shaanxi Guild Hall 郏县山陕会馆 National heritage site · on the map
A guild hall founded in 1693 by merchants from Shanxi and Shaanxi in the western suburb of Jia County town, used for lodging, trade, gatherings and worship.
Linfengzhai 临沣寨 National heritage site · on the map
A village enclosed by walls of red sandstone, built in 1862 by the Zhu family, local salt merchants, to replace an earlier earth wall.
Longquan Li River Stone Bridge 龙泉澧河石桥 National heritage site
A flat stone-slab bridge of 33 spans across the Li River, also called Cuihua Bridge, recorded in the Ming dynasty and long the main crossing on the north–south road here.
Qingliangsi Ru Kiln Site 清凉寺汝官窑遗址 National heritage site
The village site where archaeologists in 2000 confirmed the kilns of Ru ware, the rare duck-egg blue stoneware made for the Northern Song court around 1100, after surveys and excavations that began in 1987.
Ruzhou Confucian Temple 汝州文庙 National heritage site · on the map
The Confucian temple and prefectural school of Ruzhou, converted in 1370 from a Yuan shrine and enlarged in 1811.
Taishan Temple, Houwan 侯湾泰山庙 National heritage site · on the map
A village temple to the god of Mount Tai at Houwan in eastern Ruzhou, with Ming and Qing buildings around a courtyard.
Western Henan Revolution Memorial Hall, Lushan 豫西革命纪念馆 National heritage site · on the map
The former base of the Communist Party's Henan–Shaanxi–Hubei front and rear committees, which made Lushan their seat in 1947–48, in the town's former county Party committee compound.
Yeyi Ancient City Ruins 叶邑故城 National heritage site · on the map
The remains of a walled town of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods at Jiuxian village, once a capital of the small state of Xu and the fief of Shen Zhuliang, Lord of She under the state of Chu.

Puyang 10 sites

Cangjie Mausoleum, Nanle 仓颉陵 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
A round earth mound 3 m high at Shiguan village, honoured as the grave of Cangjie, the legendary inventor of Chinese writing, with Ming-dynasty stone figures, lions, columns and a stone gateway in front and a Cangjie temple beside it.
Dongbeizhuang Acrobatics Culture Park 东北庄杂技文化园区 4A scenic area · on the map
A park in Dongbeizhuang, a village whose acrobatic tradition the national intangible-heritage list dates to the late Yuan or early Ming dynasty, more than 500 years ago, with troupes of the Liu, Qiao and Li families.
Former Hebei–Shandong–Henan Border Region Base, Danguai 单拐革命旧址 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
Danguai, a village in Qingfeng County where the Communist Party's Hebei–Shandong–Henan sub-bureau and military region headquarters moved in September 1944; Deng Xiaoping, then acting head of the North China Bureau, worked here for three months in 1945.
Nanle Confucian Temple 南乐文庙 4A scenic area · on the map
The Confucian temple of Nanle County town on South Street, a provincially protected monument whose surviving Qing buildings are the main Dacheng Hall and the Chongsheng Shrine to Confucius's ancestors.
Pushang Park 濮上园 4A scenic area · on the map
A large park and leisure resort around a lake on the west side of Puyang city, used for strolls, seasonal lantern fairs and family outings.
Pushui Town 濮水小镇 4A scenic area · on the map
A recently built leisure quarter in Puyang County town with pavilions and towers in traditional style, food stalls, shops and evening entertainment.
Qicheng Ruins Park 戚城遗址 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
A heritage park in Puyang city on the site of Qi, a Spring and Autumn town of the state of Wey where, according to the Chunqiu and Zuozhuan, the feudal lords met seven times; some place the death of Confucius's disciple Zilu here in 480 BC.
Huiluan Stele 回銮碑 National heritage site · on the map
A Northern Song stele carved in 1055 by order of Emperor Renzong with the poem 'The Khitans Leave the Border', written in his own hand by Emperor Zhenzong after the Chanyuan peace with the Liao.
Shanxi–Hebei–Shandong–Henan Field Army Headquarters Site 晋冀鲁豫野战军指挥部旧址 National heritage site · on the map
Baiyige village, just south of Fan County's new town, is where the Shanxi–Hebei–Shandong–Henan Field Army under Liu Bocheng and Deng Xiaoping rested during the Civil War and, in late 1946, held a week-long meeting of its regiment-level and senior officers.
Tangwu Gong Stele 唐兀公碑 National heritage site · on the map
A Yuan-dynasty stele of 1356 shaped like a small roofed building: a square pillar inscribed on all four sides in clerical script under a carved stone roof with a lotus finial.

Sanmenxia 25 sites

Ganshan National Forest Park 甘山国家森林公园 4A scenic area · on the map
A national forest park in the mountains about 20 km south of Sanmenxia, rising to Ganlu Peak at about 1,885 m, with forest walks, autumn red-leaf areas, a water play area and a butterfly valley.
Guo State Museum 虢国博物馆 4A scenic area · National heritage site
A museum built over the cemetery of the Western Zhou state of Guo on Shangcunling in northern Sanmenxia, where hundreds of burials, chariot pits and sacrificial pits were excavated from 1956 onwards.
Hangu Pass 函谷关 4A scenic area
The site of the ancient pass that guarded the narrow corridor between the Central Plain and the Wei valley, fortified by the state of Qin in the Warring States period and fought over for centuries afterwards.
Hanshan Mountain, Lingbao 汉山 4A scenic area · on the map
A high, thickly wooded mountain in Guxian town, Lingbao, next to the Xiaoqinling nature reserve, whose Jinding summit rises to about 2,200 m.
Miaodigou Archaeological Site Park and Museum 庙底沟考古遗址公园 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
The site of a Neolithic village of the Yangshao culture's Miaodigou phase (about 4000–3500 BC), with a later Miaodigou II layer, excavated in 1956–57 ahead of the Sanmenxia Dam and again in 2002.
Niangniang Mountain, Lingbao 娘娘山 4A scenic area · on the map
A granite mountain and national geopark about 13 km west-south-west of Lingbao, known for its 'stone waterfalls', dark streaks running down bare granite slabs that look like ink paintings.
Shanzhou Sunken Courtyard Scenic Area 陕州地坑院 4A scenic area · on the map
A village of sunken courtyard houses at Beiying, south of Sanmenxia, opened as a scenic area: square pits are dug into the loess and cave rooms cut into their walls, hiding the village below ground level, a building craft listed as national intangible heritage in 2011.
Shuanglongwan Scenic Area 双龙湾 4A scenic area · on the map
A river-valley scenic area near the source of the Luo River in western Lushi County, named after the peaks Dalongtou and Xiaolongtou, around which the river winds in an S-shaped loop.
Swan Lake National Urban Wetland Park 天鹅湖国家城市湿地公园 4A scenic area · on the map
A large wetland park on the Yellow River flats between the eastern and western halves of Sanmenxia, known for the large flocks of wild swans that winter on its lakes from October.
Wengcheng Waterfall 瓮城瀑布 4A scenic area · on the map
A small valley in Shiziping township, Lushi County, with five waterfalls in succession, the highest being the 61 m Wengcheng Waterfall, which freezes in winter.
Xianmen Mountain, Mianchi 仰韶仙门山 4A scenic area · on the map
A mountain valley scenic area in Duancun township, about 30 km from Mianchi town, developed by the Yangshao liquor company as part of its tourism estate; it held its opening ceremony and 4A plaque unveiling in April 2023.
Yangshao Liquor Estate 仰韶酒庄 4A scenic area · on the map
The factory tourism area of the Yangshao liquor group in Mianchi, built around its distillery with brewing workshops, a cellar of liquor stored in caves, a museum of world liquor history, company exhibition halls and a pedestrian culture street.
Yangshao Village Site and Yangshao Culture Museum 仰韶村遗址 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
The village where the Swedish geologist Johan Gunnar Andersson found Neolithic painted pottery in 1921, giving its name to the Yangshao culture; the site was settled roughly 7,000 to 6,000 years ago and also has Longshan remains.
Yanzishan National Forest Park 燕子山 4A scenic area · on the map
A national forest park in the hills of Chuankou township, Lingbao, with stands of pagoda trees and dawn redwoods, several reservoirs and a cluster of waterfalls.
Yellow River Danxia Gorges 黄河丹峡 4A scenic area · on the map
A scenic area on the south bank of the Yellow River in Potou township, north of Mianchi, where red-rock cliffs and gorges run down to the river above the Xiaolangdi reservoir.
Yellow River Park, Sanmenxia 黄河公园 4A scenic area · on the map
A riverside park about 5 km long on the terraces above the Yellow River along the northern edge of Sanmenxia, running from the Maojin ferry west to the Yellow River bridge.
Yuxi Grand Canyon 豫西大峡谷 4A scenic area · on the map
A narrow river gorge more than 30 km long in the mountains of northern Lushi County, with a chain of waterfalls and plunge pools, the best known being the Dacongtan Waterfall.
Yuxi Herb Garden 豫西百草园 4A scenic area · on the map
A rural tourism park next to the Yuxi Grand Canyon that combines fields of Chinese medicinal herbs and flowers with fruit picking, a recreated western Henan village and local food.
Zhongliu Dizhu Scenic Area (Sanmenxia Dam) 中流砥柱 4A scenic area
A riverside scenic area built around the Sanmenxia Dam, begun in 1957 and brought into use in 1960–61 as the first major dam on the Yellow River, and the Dizhu rock just downstream, the 'pillar in midstream' that has withstood the current for millennia and gave Chinese a proverb for steadfastness.
Anguo Temple, Shanzhou 安国寺 National heritage site · on the map
A hillside Buddhist temple founded in the Sui dynasty, nicknamed the Glazed-Tile Temple for the glazed tiles on its halls, with buildings mostly of the Ming and Qing.
Baolun Temple Pagoda 宝轮寺塔 National heritage site · on the map
A square brick pagoda with closely set eaves, built in 1176–77 under the Jin dynasty, standing in Shanzhou Park on the site of the old Shanzhou city in western Sanmenxia.
Hongqingsi Grottoes 鸿庆寺石窟 National heritage site · on the map
A small group of Buddhist cave shrines cut in the Northern Wei into an east-facing hillside at Shifo ('Stone Buddha') village, east of Yima: five caves hold 46 niches and more than 120 carved figures.
Lushi City God Temple 卢氏城隍庙 National heritage site · on the map
A temple to the city god, the town's protective deity, in the county town of Lushi.
Miaoshang Village Sunken Courtyards 庙上村地坑窑院 National heritage site · on the map
A farming village on the loess tableland south of Sanmenxia whose homes are dug into the ground: each courtyard is a square pit with cave rooms cut into its walls, so the village stays hidden from view until the pit edges.
Shihao Section of the Xiaohan Ancient Road 崤函古道石壕段 National heritage site · on the map
A surviving stretch of the Xiaohan road, the ancient route between Chang'an and Luoyang through the Xiao Mountains and the Hangu pass, where a limestone road surface and roadside water-storage features can still be seen on the hillside.

Shangqiu 14 sites

Mount Mangdang 芒砀山 5A scenic area · National heritage site
A cluster of low hills in northern Yongcheng, rising to 156.8 m, where Liu Bang, the future founder of the Han dynasty, began his revolt against the Qin by slaying a white serpent, and where the Western Han kings of Liang cut their tombs deep into the rock.
Fengqi Lake, Sui County 凤栖湖 4A scenic area · on the map
A lakeside park in Sui county town created from 2018 on the site of a disused brickworks.
Huaihai Campaign Chenguanzhuang Memorial 淮海战役陈官庄纪念馆 4A scenic area · on the map
A memorial park of about 13 ha at Chenguanzhuang, where the Chenguanzhuang encirclement battle of the Huaihai Campaign, in the Chinese Civil War of 1948–49, was fought.
Longgang Bay Scenic Area 龙港湾 4A scenic area · on the map
A farm-tourism and study-tour park at Yinzhuang village, Taiping town, Xiayi County, whose rated scenic area covers about 55 ha of a 340 ha agricultural base.
North Lake, Sui County 睢县北湖 4A scenic area · on the map
A lake of about 3.3 km² on the north side of Sui county town, formed when the old walled city of Suizhou was drowned after the Yellow River dykes were breached in 1642.
Riyue Lake, Shangqiu 日月湖 4A scenic area · on the map
An artificial lake of about 1 km² in the business district of Shangqiu's new town, dug as part of the new district's water system to store Yellow River water for irrigation and as a landscaped park.
Riyue Lake, Yongcheng 永城日月湖 4A scenic area · on the map
A large park created from 2009 on land that had subsided over coal workings between Yongcheng's old and new towns, planned to cover 24 km², about a quarter of it water.
Shangqiu Ancient City 商丘古城 4A scenic area · National heritage site
The walled city of Guide prefecture, built in 1511 after floods destroyed the earlier town, whose brick inner wall (about 4.4 km round), broad moat-lake and outer earthen rampart give it the 'round outside, square inside' plan of a Chinese coin.
Shangqiu Museum 商丘博物馆 4A scenic area · on the map
Shangqiu's city museum, which opened in a new building on Huashang Avenue in 2016 and holds about 19,000 objects, mostly from excavations in the region.
Wanggongzhuang Painting Village 王公庄 4A scenic area · on the map
A village about 25 km north-east of Minquan county town known as China's first tiger-painting village, where more than 900 villagers work in painting, mostly tigers in the traditional Chinese style.
Chongfa Temple Pagoda 崇法寺塔 National heritage site · on the map
An octagonal nine-storey brick pagoda 34.6 m tall, built in 1093–1098 under the Northern Song, standing in the martyrs' cemetery in the north-east corner of Yongcheng's old town; the temple itself has gone.
Former Headquarters of the Huaihai Campaign General Front Committee 商丘淮海战役总前委旧址 National heritage site · on the map
The site at Zhangcaiyuan village, 12 km south-east of Shangqiu's old city, that from 30 December 1948 to 24 March 1949 housed in turn the General Front Committee of the Huaihai Campaign, the Central Plains Field Army headquarters and the front committee for the Yangtze River crossing.
Shengshou Temple Pagoda, Yanzhuang 阎庄圣寿寺塔 National heritage site · on the map
A six-sided, nine-storey brick pagoda of the dense-eave type, roughly 20 m tall, built under the Northern Song for the Shengshou Temple, which no longer exists, at Yanzhuang village.
Zhecheng Ancient City Site 柘城故城 National heritage site · on the map
The site of Zhecheng's county town from the Warring States period to the Ming, abandoned in the 16th century when Yellow River silt built up outside its walls and left the interior lower than the land around, so that it became a lake.

Xinxiang 29 sites

Baligou Scenic Area 八里沟 5A scenic area · on the map
A canyon scenic area in the Taihang Mountains north-west of Huixian, rated 5A in 2019, where three tiers of red cliffs enclose deep valleys with a string of pools and waterfalls, among them the Tianhe (Heavenly River) Waterfall.
Baoquan Scenic Area 宝泉 5A scenic area · on the map
A mountain scenic area under the red Taihang cliffs west of Huixian, rated 5A in December 2024.
Boyu Village Gentleman Culture Area, Changyuan 伯玉君子文化旅游区 4A scenic area · on the map
A rural tourism area in Boyu village on the edge of Changyuan, the home of Qu Boyu, a statesman of the Spring and Autumn state of Wey whom Confucius praised as a true gentleman.
Fenghu Lake Park 凤湖 4A scenic area · on the map
A large landscaped lake in the centre of the new Pingyuan district, across the Yellow River from Zhengzhou, built as a reservoir for Yellow River water and opened as a park that was rated 4A in 2019.
Guanshan Geopark 关山 4A scenic area · on the map
A national geopark in the Taihang Mountains north-west of Huixian, named after the ancient Zixia pass on a route through the range.
Jiaoding Mountain 轿顶山 4A scenic area · on the map
A mountain scenic area in the Taihang range north of Huixian, rated 4A in 2015, with red cliffs and forested slopes reached by a mountain road that visitors may drive up.
Jinghua Garden, Xinxiang 京华园 4A scenic area · on the map
A landscaped leisure park in Xiaoji town, Xinxiang County, run by a local company.
Jiuduo Rouduo Braised Meat Culture Park 九多肉多酱卤文化园 4A scenic area · on the map
A factory-tour attraction at the plant of Jiuduo Rouduo, a maker of soy-braised meats and side dishes in the industrial zone of Yuanyang County.
Longwoyan Forest Park 龙卧岩 4A scenic area · on the map
A provincial-level forest park in the Taihang foothills of northern Weihui, around Longwoyan village, which has turned to village tourism.
Mausoleum of the Prince of Lu 潞王陵 4A scenic area · National heritage site
The tombs of Zhu Yiliu, Prince Jian of Lu and a younger brother of the Wanli Emperor, and of his secondary consort Zhao, laid out side by side on the southern slope of Fenghuang Mountain on the model of the emperor's own Dingling tomb near Beijing.
Paomaling Geopark 跑马岭 4A scenic area · on the map
A provincial-level geopark and forest park in the Taihang foothills of northern Weihui, named after the ridge of the same name.
Temple and Tomb of Bi Gan 比干庙 4A scenic area · National heritage site
A temple and tomb complex for Bi Gan, the Shang-dynasty prince who was executed for rebuking the last Shang king, Di Xin, and was later worshipped as a god of wealth.
Wulongshan Tourist Area 五龙山 4A scenic area · on the map
A leisure and amusement complex in Changcun town just north-east of Huixian, with a children's amusement park, a ski slope in winter and staged shows, among them one on the Battle of Muye, in which the Zhou overthrew the Shang.
Baiquan Gardens, Huixian 百泉 National heritage site · on the map
A classical garden of Ming and Qing halls and pavilions around a spring-fed lake at the foot of Sumen Hill on the north-west edge of Huixian town; the springs now flow mainly after heavy rain and the lake is topped up from outside.
Baiyun Temple, Huixian 白云寺 National heritage site · on the map
A Buddhist temple founded in the Tang dynasty in the Baiyun Temple National Forest Park on the southern slopes of the Taihang Mountains; its main hall, with glazed dragon and lotus ridge decoration, is Ming, and most other buildings are Qing.
Daguan Stele, Xinxiang 新乡文庙大观圣作之碑 National heritage site · on the map
A stone stele of 1108 carrying Emperor Huizong's regulations for state schools, written out in his own slender 'thin gold' calligraphy under a six-character heading by the minister Cai Jing.
Dajue Temple and Wanshou Pagoda, Yanjin 大觉寺万寿塔 National heritage site · on the map
A temple in the north-west of Yanjin town whose seven-storey Ming pagoda, the Wanshou Pagoda, gives its name to the square in front.
Five Dynasties Dharani Pillar, Weihui 陀罗尼经幢 National heritage site · on the map
A stone dharani pillar of the Five Dynasties period engraved with Buddhist incantations, rising from a plain shaft through several carved tiers to a jewel-shaped finial.
Former Heshuo Library 河朔图书馆旧址 National heritage site · on the map
A library building completed in 1935 in central Xinxiang, in a Chinese palace style with a raised central bay under curved tiled roofs.
Gongcheng City Site 共城城址 National heritage site · on the map
The site of Gong, the Zhou-period city whose ruler Gong Bo He is traditionally said to have governed during the Gonghe Regency that began in 841 BC, the first precisely dated year in Chinese history.
Linglong Pagoda, Yuanyang 玲珑塔 National heritage site · on the map
A tall hexagonal brick pagoda of 1105, imitating a timber pavilion tower, outside the east gate of Yuanwu town; it belonged to Shanhu Temple, which burnt down in the Qing dynasty.
Pagoda of Guangtang Temple 广唐寺塔 National heritage site · on the map
A Song-period brick pagoda, the surviving structure of Guangtang Temple, standing in a village north of Yanjin town.
Shamen City Site 沙门城址 National heritage site · on the map
The sand-covered remains of a walled town and ferry crossing on an old course of the Yellow River, known locally as Wuqi City, with layers from the Warring States and Han periods beneath Song and Jin–Yuan remains.
Shanji Pagoda of Tianwang Temple 天王寺善济塔 National heritage site · on the map
A Yuan-dynasty brick pagoda, the surviving structure of the former Tianwang Temple in the town of Huixian.
Tang Dharani Pillar of Dingjue Temple 尊胜陀罗尼经幢 National heritage site · on the map
An octagonal Tang-dynasty stone pillar engraved with the Usnisa Vijaya Dharani sutra, which once stood at Dingjue Temple in Xinxiang and is described by the Weibin district government as one of only two surviving Tang dharani pillars in China.
Wangjing Tower, Weihui 望京楼 National heritage site
A two-storey hall of brick and stone built in 1591 by Zhu Yiliu, Prince of Lu and the only full brother of the Wanli Emperor, who raised it out of longing for his mother in Beijing; its name means 'gazing towards the capital'.
Xiangquan Temple Grottoes 香泉寺石窟 National heritage site · on the map
A mountain temple on Linluo Mountain whose cliff carvings date from the Northern Qi: a Thousand Buddha Cave with groups of Buddha and bodhisattva figures and, beside it, a carved passage of the Avatamsaka (Huayan) Sutra.
Ximing Temple Buddhist Stele 西明寺造像碑 National heritage site · on the map
A large Northern Wei Buddhist stele carved with a triad of the Buddha Amitayus between the bodhisattvas Avalokiteshvara and Mahasthamaprapta, set against a backscreen decorated with lotus petals, seated Buddhas, flying apsaras and flame patterns.
Yuanwu City God Temple 原武城隍庙 National heritage site
A small temple to the city god on East Street in the old town of Yuanwu, founded in 1369.

Xinyang 35 sites

Mount Jigong 鸡公山 5A scenic area · National heritage site
A forested ridge of the Dabie Mountains on the Henan–Hubei border, named after the rooster-shaped crag of Baoxiao Peak and long a summer retreat thanks to its cool climate.
Anshan Forest Park 安山森林公园 4A scenic area · on the map
A provincial forest park on Anshan, a wooded hill in Quanhepu township in the east of Gushi County.
Chengyang City Site Archaeological Park 城阳城址 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
The site of Chengyang, an Eastern Zhou walled town that was a military stronghold of the state of Chu, surrounded by Chu tombs.
Dabie Mountains Camping Park 大别山露营公园 4A scenic area · on the map
A campground park at the eastern edge of Xin County town, opened in 2017, where self-drive groups can stay overnight, with campfires in the evening.
Dasu Mountain National Forest Park 大苏山 4A scenic area · on the map
A national forest park of low wooded hills south-west of Guangshan town, set up in 2015 and taking in Dasu Mountain, Longshou Mountain and the Wangmu Daoist temple area.
Dingliwan Village 丁李湾 4A scenic area · on the map
A hamlet in Balifan town, Xin County, whose old houses were built by families with roots in southern Anhui and northern Jiangxi, in a Hui style of high horse-head gables, grey brick on stone bases, carved brick and stone gatehouses and narrow stone-paved lanes.
General Xu Shiyou's Hometown and Memorial Hall 许世友将军故里 4A scenic area · on the map
The birthplace of Xu Shiyou (1906–1985), one of the founding generals of the People's Liberation Army, who as a boy trained at Shaolin Temple, in the hamlet of Xujiawa in Hepu village.
Guishan Lake Park 龟山湖 4A scenic area · on the map
A lake park north of Luoshan county town, beside the Youdian township seat, laid out in recent years around a lake with surrounding woodland and walkways.
Hejiachong (Red 25th Army Long March Starting Point) 何家冲 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
A village in Tiepu town, Luoshan County, where about 2,900 soldiers of the Red Army's 25th Army assembled by an old ginkgo tree on 16 November 1934 before setting out on their own Long March, which reached northern Shaanxi in September 1935.
Hejiazhai Campsite 何家寨露营基地 4A scenic area · on the map
A hillside campsite and tent-hotel resort among the tea gardens of Haojiachong village, Shihegang town, opened in 2022, with white tent lodges scattered over the slopes and a shuttle up to the hilltop.
Huangbai Mountain National Forest Park 黄柏山 4A scenic area · on the map
A national forest park of forested ridges and valleys in the Dabie Mountains at the southern tip of Shangcheng County, where Henan meets Hubei and Anhui.
Jingangtai Maoer Peak Scenic Area 金刚台猫耳峰 4A scenic area · on the map
A mountain scenic area on Jingangtai, the highest peak of the Dabie Mountains in Henan, within the Jingangtai National Geopark south-east of Shangcheng town.
Jingangtai Xihe Scenic Area 金刚台西河景区 4A scenic area · on the map
A mountain scenic area in the Jingangtai National Geopark in the Dabie Mountains of Shangcheng County, made up of a tea-terraced gorge, the Huatuo Valley, a lake ringed by a waterside boardwalk and a river gorge used for rafting.
Jinlan Mountain National Forest Park 金兰山 4A scenic area · on the map
A national forest park in the wooded Dabie hills on the north-western edge of Xin County town.
Linglong Lake 灵龙湖 4A scenic area · on the map
A reservoir lake about 5 km long in the tea and bamboo hills of Dongshuanghe township, created in 1965 as the Longwangsi Reservoir, whose waters covered the site of the old Longwang Temple.
Lingshan Scenic Area, Luoshan 灵山 4A scenic area · on the map
A granite mountain in Lingshan town, south-west Luoshan County, with forested slopes, streams and waterfalls, forming part of the Dongzhai national bird reserve.
Longhu Park, Xi County 息县龙湖公园 4A scenic area · on the map
A long lake park through the middle of Xi County town, created from a former reservoir, with willow-lined embankments, an island and boats on the lake.
Nanwan Lake 南湾湖 4A scenic area · on the map
A large reservoir in wooded hills just south-west of Xinyang, made by damming the Shi River in 1952–1955, whose dam face carries Mao Zedong's call to harness the Huai River.
Pugongshan Mine Park 濮公山矿山公园 4A scenic area · on the map
A mine park on Pugong Hill, across the Huai River from Xi County town, where a former quarry has been landscaped and replanted around a lake among the hills.
Revolutionary Museum of the Capital of the Hubei–Henan–Anhui Soviet Area 鄂豫皖苏区首府革命博物馆 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
Xin County town, then called Xinji, became the seat of the Communist-led Hubei–Henan–Anhui (Eyuwan) soviet base area in 1931, and former offices of the base survive here, among them those of the Party's Eyuwan Bureau, the soviet government and the Fourth Front Army headquarters.
Taohuazhai Scenic Area 桃花寨 4A scenic area · on the map
A forested valley about 8 km west of the Jigong Mountain scenic area, named after a local legend of a peach-blossom fairy and known for its streams, pools and waterfalls.
Wenxin Tea Village 文新茶村 4A scenic area · on the map
A tea-themed tourist village in Shihegang town, in the hills south-west of Xinyang where Xinyang Maojian, one of China's best-known green teas, is grown.
West Jiuhua Mountain 西九华山 4A scenic area · on the map
A hill scenic area in Chenlinzi town in southern Gushi County, near the Anhui border, built around Miaogao Temple, a Buddhist temple whose monks' stupas are a provincial heritage site.
Wuzhanling Eco-tourism Resort 武占岭 4A scenic area · on the map
A leisure resort in the wooded valleys of Doushanhe township, Xin County, built around a river-rafting run and also known as Wuzhanling Rafting.
Xihe and Maopu Old Villages 西河毛铺 4A scenic area · on the map
Two old villages in Zhouhe township: Xihe, a settlement more than 700 years old that sits between green hills and the West River and keeps over 150 old houses of grey brick and dark tile, and Maopu, whose Loushang Louxia hamlet is a listed Chinese Traditional Village.
Xizhou Shanhai Forest Park 息州杉海 4A scenic area · on the map
A forest park on the north-western edge of Xi County town, developed from the old state forest farm and named for its "sea" of dawn redwood, pond cypress and bald cypress.
Zhonggulou Family Park 钟鼓楼亲子乐园 4A scenic area · on the map
A children's nature park in Popihe town, Guangshan County, laid out on a former forest farm.
Ancient City of the Huang State 黄国故城 National heritage site · on the map
The capital of the Zhou-dynasty state of Huang, north-west of Huangchuan town: a rectangular enclosure of rammed-earth walls, still several metres high in places, with a moat outside the east wall.
Ancient City of the Jiang State 蒋国故城 National heritage site · on the map
The remains of a walled city at Qisi, linked by ancient texts to the Zhou-dynasty state of Jiang and later the Chu town of Qisi and a Han county seat.
Chen Yuanguang Ancestral Temple 陈元光祖祠 National heritage site · on the map
An ancestral temple in Chenji town honouring Chen Yuanguang (657–711), the Tang general from Gushi who is revered in Zhangzhou, Fujian, and among emigrant communities in Taiwan and South-East Asia as the 'Sacred King who Opened Zhangzhou'.
Deng Yingchao's Ancestral Home 邓颖超祖居 National heritage site · on the map
A group of Qing-dynasty courtyard houses in Guangshan town where the grandfather and father of Deng Yingchao, the Communist leader and wife of Premier Zhou Enlai, lived.
Former Headquarters of the Red Army's 1st Army 红一军司令部旧址 National heritage site · on the map
A three-room brick-and-timber farmhouse with a walled courtyard in Huanggufan village, used in 1930 as headquarters of the Red Army's 1st Army, formed that spring with Xu Jishen as commander and Xu Xiangqian as his deputy.
Former Headquarters of the Red Army's 25th Army 红二十五军司令部旧址 National heritage site · on the map
The site used in 1933 as headquarters of the Red Army's 25th Army, the force that set out on its own Long March from Hejiachong in neighbouring Luoshan County in November 1934.
Former Site of the Hubei–Henan–Anhui Border Special District Soviet Government 鄂豫皖边特区苏维埃政府旧址 National heritage site · on the map
A former seat, in Yangfan village, of the Hubei–Henan–Anhui Border Special District Soviet Government, which the Communist-led base area proclaimed in June 1930.
Yongji Bridge, Guangshan 永济桥 National heritage site · on the map
A multi-arch granite bridge, also called Wanjin Bridge, first built in the Ming dynasty, that links the north and south streets of Popihe town across the Popi River.

Xuchang 27 sites

Baling Bridge Scenic Area 灞陵桥 4A scenic area · National heritage site
A park on the western side of Xuchang marking the place where, in Three Kingdoms legend, Guan Yu took his leave of Cao Cao and lifted the parting gift of a robe on the tip of his blade.
China Jun Porcelain Culture Park 中国钧瓷文化园 4A scenic area · on the map
A themed park on the north side of Yuzhou devoted to Jun ware, one of the celebrated Song-dynasty ceramics, laid out as a palace-style garden around Tiancheng Pavilion, a building about 50 m tall.
Chunqiu Tower Scenic Area 春秋楼 4A scenic area · National heritage site
A walled complex of Ming and Qing-style buildings in the centre of Xuchang's old city, built around the tower where, in Three Kingdoms lore, Guan Yu sat up at night reading the Spring and Autumn Annals while he was held by Cao Cao.
Dahongzhai Scenic Area 大鸿寨 4A scenic area · on the map
A national forest park of about 36 km² in the hills of north-western Yuzhou, named after Dahong, a minister of the legendary Yellow Emperor whom local tradition places here; its highest peak, Wofo Mountain, is 1,156 m.
Huadu Hot Spring Town 花都温泉小镇 4A scenic area · on the map
A hot-spring resort in Chenhuadian town, set among Yanling's flower nurseries, with geothermal bathing pools, a hotel and guesthouses.
Jianye Green Base 建业绿色基地 4A scenic area · on the map
A plant-growing and garden base among the nurseries of Yanling, promoted on the city's 2026 spring flower routes for its anthuriums and crab-apple blossom.
Jinyu Herb Manor 金雨香草庄园 4A scenic area · on the map
A herb-themed hot-spring resort in Yanling whose bathing pools are infused with fragrant herbs.
Shenhou Ancient Town 神垕古镇 4A scenic area
A pottery town in the hills south-west of Yuzhou where Jun ware has been made since the Tang and Song, and which is still full of working kilns, studios and showrooms.
Shoushan Scenic Area 首山 4A scenic area · on the map
A hill just south of Xiangcheng town, linked in legend with the Yellow Emperor, who is said to have mined copper here, and ringed by rapeseed fields whose spring flowering has drawn an annual festival since 2018.
Tangyun Eco-Tourism Area 唐韵生态旅游区 4A scenic area · on the map
A garden park among Yanling's plant nurseries that combines a cherry-blossom garden with courtyards, pavilions and colonnades built in Tang-dynasty style among flowering trees.
Wucai Dadi Flower Fields 五彩大地 4A scenic area · on the map
A sightseeing park of flower fields in the core of Yanling County's nursery-growing district, planned in 2015 and laid out from 2016 as part of the county's flower-tourism drive.
Yanling National Flower and Plant Expo Garden 鄢陵国家花木博览园 4A scenic area · on the map
A large landscaped garden in Yanling's new town, built in 2002 to show off the county's centuries-old nursery and flower trade, with themed areas for bamboo, wintersweet, bonsai, conifers and tropical plants.
Yuzhou Jun Kiln Site Museum 禹州钧官窑址博物馆 4A scenic area · National heritage site
A museum on the Juntai kiln site in Yuzhou, source of the 'official' Jun wares made for the imperial court, whose date (late Northern Song or early Ming) is still debated; the kilns were found in 1964 and excavated from 1974.
City Wall of Xiangcheng 襄城城墙 National heritage site
The western side of Xiangcheng's old county wall, the only part left after the south, east and north walls were pulled down between the Republican era and the 1970s.
Huaibang Guild Hall 怀邦会馆 National heritage site
A guild hall built in 1872 by medicine merchants from Huaiqing prefecture, who traded their 'four Huai herbs' through Yuzhou, one of China's historic medicine markets.
Lingjing Xuchang Man Site 灵井“许昌人”遗址 National heritage site
The spring-side site where two skull caps of 'Xuchang Man', an archaic human who lived here roughly 100,000 to 130,000 years ago, were dug up in 2007 and 2014, together with stone and bone tools and animal fossils; the finds were published in Science in 2017.
Main Hall of Guanwang Temple, Pojie 坡街关王庙大殿 National heritage site · on the map
The one surviving hall of a village temple to Guan Yu, nationally listed as a Yuan-dynasty timber building and repaired in recent years.
Mausoleum of Zhu Su, Prince Ding of Zhou 周定王陵 National heritage site
The hillside tomb of Zhu Su (1361–1425), fifth son of the founding Ming emperor, who as Prince of Zhou compiled the Jiuhuang bencao, a pioneering guide to wild plants that can be eaten in times of famine.
Qianming Temple Pagoda, Yanling 乾明寺塔 National heritage site · on the map
A tall six-sided brick pagoda on Longxing ridge in the north-west of Yanling town, rebuilt in the Song dynasty for a temple first founded in 604; the temple itself has long gone.
Qianming Temple, Xiangcheng 乾明寺 National heritage site
A Buddhist temple on the north slope of Shoushan hill south of Xiangcheng, first founded on the summit in 934 and rebuilt several times since; because it faces north it is nicknamed the 'Back-Shadow Temple'.
Shi'erliancheng Eastern Zhou Walls 十二连城 National heritage site · on the map
Broken stretches of rammed-earth wall winding through the fields north-west of Laocheng in Changge, dated by archaeologists to the Eastern Zhou and thought to be a defensive long wall built by the state of Wei.
Tianbao Palace 天宝宫 National heritage site
A Taoist temple complex north-west of Xuchang, founded in 1240 as an abbey, raised to a 'palace' in 1269, destroyed at the end of the Yuan and rebuilt from the Ming onwards.
Tianning Wanshou Temple, Yuzhou 天宁万寿寺 National heritage site · on the map
A Buddhist temple in Yuzhou's old city whose surviving buildings, nationally listed in 2019, date from the Yuan to the Qing dynasties.
Wenfeng Pagoda, Xuchang 许昌文峰塔 National heritage site
A tall octagonal brick pagoda of 13 storeys, built in 1615 on the initiative of the prefect of Xuzhou, Zheng Zhenguang, and also known as the Wenming Pagoda.
Xiangcheng Confucian Temple 襄城文庙 National heritage site
A county Confucian temple and school on Limin West Street in Xiangcheng, on this site since the Song and rebuilt many times.
Xingguo Temple Pagoda, Yanling 兴国寺塔 National heritage site · on the map
A brick pagoda, nationally listed as Song-dynasty work, standing in a village south of Yanling town as the only surviving part of Xingguo Temple.
Xudu Han–Wei City Site 汉魏许都故城 National heritage site
The site of Xu, where Cao Cao brought the last Han emperor in 196 and where the court stayed until the Wei capital moved to Luoyang in the 220s.

Zhengzhou 70 sites

Aoparara Water Park, Xiangdiwan 香堤湾·奥帕拉拉水公园 4A scenic area · on the map
An outdoor summer water park next to the Xiangdiwan hotel on Zhongyuan West Road in Yulong town, Xingyang, on the western edge of Zhengzhou, built around a large wave pool.
Central Plains Western Henan Anti-Japanese War Memorial Park 中原豫西抗日纪念园 4A scenic area · on the map
A memorial park in Tianzhongwan village, deep in the Fuxi Mountain area of Xinmi, where General Pi Dingjun set up the Communist-led Western Henan anti-Japanese base area in 1944.
Changshou Mountain, Zhulin 竹林长寿山 4A scenic area · on the map
A hill park of about 8.7 km² at Zhulin town in eastern Gongyi, best known for its autumn red leaves and for rocks likened to a dragon and a turtle, which gave it its old name of Longgui Mountain.
Cherry Valley, Zhengzhou 樱桃沟 4A scenic area · on the map
A rural area of loess gullies, woods and cherry orchards about 15 km south-west of central Zhengzhou, crossed by walking trails and dotted with old villages, some of whose houses now hold artists' and makers' studios.
China Greening Expo Garden, Zhengzhou 中国绿化博览园 4A scenic area · on the map
A landscaped park of about 190 hectares in Zhongmu county east of Zhengzhou, opened in 2010 as the China Greening Expo Garden and laid out around a central lake with themed gardens.
Daxiong Mountain Xianren Valley 大熊山仙人谷 4A scenic area · on the map
A mountain-valley scenic area of about 36 km² in Xuzhuang town, Dengfeng, with a lake, streams, waterfalls, caves and red-rock cliffs.
Du Fu's Birthplace 杜甫故里 4A scenic area · on the map
A memorial park below Bijia Hill in Nanyaowan village, Zhanjie town, Gongyi, at the place traditionally held to be where the Tang poet Du Fu (712–770) was born and spent his childhood.
Fanjiamen Scenic Area 范家门 4A scenic area · on the map
A rural scenic area run by a village tourism company in the hills of Tangzhuang town, north-east of Dengfeng, rated 4A at the end of 2023.
Fantawild Adventure Zhengzhou 郑州方特欢乐世界 4A scenic area · on the map
A technology-themed amusement park opened in 2012 in Zhongmu county east of Zhengzhou, with roller coasters, a flying-theatre ride and dark rides on science-fiction, myth and history themes.
Fengle Farm Resort and Malawan Wave Pool 丰乐农庄·马拉湾海浪浴场 4A scenic area · on the map
A leisure resort opened in 2003 beside the Yellow River levee in Huiji district, north of Zhengzhou, with a large hotel, hot-spring baths, gardens, an animal area, go-karts and a baseball park.
Fengquan Lake Scenic Area 凤泉湖 4A scenic area · on the map
The largest scenic area in the Fuxi Mountain tourist zone of north-western Xinmi, covering about 10 km² of red-rock hills, ravines and a lake; it is on the official list as Sanquan Lake.
Fuxi Grand Canyon 伏羲大峡谷 4A scenic area · on the map
A red sandstone gorge about 5 km long in the Fuxi Mountain area of north-western Xinmi, with walkways under overhanging cliffs and a series of natural waterfalls.
Gaocheng Astronomical Observatory 观星台 4A scenic area · National heritage site
A brick-and-stone observatory built in 1276 to designs by the Yuan astronomers Guo Shoujing and Wang Xun: a 9.46 m truncated tower with a 31 m stone 'sky-measuring scale' laid due north, on which the noon shadow of a gnomon was read to fix the length of the year.
Gubaidu Feihuang Tourist Area 古柏渡飞黄 4A scenic area · on the map
An outdoor recreation area on the south bank of the Yellow River at Wangcun, Xingyang, run together with the neighbouring Gubaidu cherry garden.
Gubaidu Fengle Cherry Blossom Garden 古柏渡丰乐樱花园 4A scenic area · on the map
A large cherry-blossom park near the Yellow River in Wangcun town, northern Xingyang, planted with more than 80 varieties of cherry tree in four themed sections.
Hometown of the Yellow Emperor (Xuanyuan Temple) 黄帝故里 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
A memorial complex of about 7 hectares on the northern edge of old Xinzheng, honoured as the birthplace of the legendary Yellow Emperor, Huangdi, where a large ancestor-worship ceremony is held each year on the third day of the third lunar month.
Jianye Huayi Brothers Film Town 建业·华谊兄弟电影小镇 4A scenic area · on the map
A film-themed town in Zhongmu county east of Zhengzhou, built in old-street style as a set of film streets: Zhengzhou Street recreates the city's Dehua Street, Datong Road and Fushou Street as they looked about a century ago, and Taiji Street is themed on the film Tai Chi.
Kang Baiwan Manor 康百万庄园 4A scenic area · National heritage site
The fortified hillside estate of the Kang family of merchants and landowners, who lived here for some four centuries from the late Ming, at Kangdian beside the Luo River in Gongyi.
Only Henan: Land of Dramas 只有河南·戏剧幻城 4A scenic area
An immersive theatre park opened in June 2021 in Zhongmu county, directed by Wang Chaoge: a walled 'fantasy city' of rammed loess, 328 m on each side, set among wheat fields.
Qinglong Mountain and Ciyun Temple 青龙山·慈云寺 4A scenic area · National heritage site
A forested range of about 51 km² south-east of Gongyi city, a forest park since 1998, with waterfalls, pools and lakes linked by lakeside trails, red leaves in autumn and frozen falls in winter.
Red Stone Forest, Fuxi Mountain 红石林 4A scenic area · on the map
An area of red sandstone pinnacles and cliffs, about 8 km², around Jianshan and Niuxinshi villages in the Fuxi Mountain area of north-western Xinmi.
Songyang Academy 嵩阳书院 4A scenic area · National heritage site
One of the four great academies of the Northern Song, founded as a Buddhist temple in 484, later a Taoist temple and from 1035 a Confucian academy where the philosophers Cheng Hao and Cheng Yi taught.
Yellow Emperor Romance Park 黄帝千古情 4A scenic area · on the map
A theme park built by Songcheng Performance with the Xinzheng government around a large stage show, 'Yellow Emperor Romance', a song-and-dance spectacle about the Yellow Emperor and the history of the Central Plains.
Yellow River Fujing Eco World 黄河富景生态世界 4A scenic area · on the map
An agri-tourism park of more than 600 hectares on the Yellow River floodplain at Huayuankou, north of Zhengzhou, set up to hold down wind-blown sand by farming it.
Yinji International Tourist Resort 银基国际旅游度假区 4A scenic area · on the map
A large resort complex in Liuzhai town, Xinmi, south-west of Zhengzhou, combining an indoor ice-and-snow park, a water park, hot-spring baths, an animal park and an ocean-themed park with hotels and a lakeside shopping street.
Zhaixinglou Scenic Area 摘星楼 4A scenic area · on the map
A mountain scenic area in the Daxiong Mountain provincial forest park in Xuzhuang town, south of Dengfeng, opened in the late 2010s beside Yanglin village.
Zhengzhou Garden Expo Park 郑州园博园 4A scenic area · on the map
The 119-hectare site of the 11th China (Zhengzhou) International Garden Expo, in the Airport Economy Zone south-east of Zhengzhou, laid out as 94 outdoor show gardens.
Zhengzhou Haichang Ocean Park 郑州海昌海洋公园 4A scenic area · on the map
A marine theme park in Zhongmu county east of Zhengzhou, with aquarium halls for whale sharks, polar animals, penguins and jellyfish, an Ultraman-themed hall and some twenty rides including a Ferris wheel.
Zhengzhou Shang City 郑州商都古城 4A scenic area · National heritage site
The visitor area on the remains of Zhengzhou's early Shang-dynasty capital, a national heritage site whose rammed-earth inner wall ran for about 7 km round what is now the heart of the city.
Zhengzhou Xiangshan Scenic Area 郑州香山 4A scenic area · on the map
A leisure area built around Xiang Mountain in Daye town on the eastern side of Mount Song, named after a shrine that, by local tradition, people raised to the Tang poet Bai Juyi after he toured the area as governor in 830.
Zhengzhou Yellow River Cultural Park 郑州黄河文化公园 4A scenic area
The former Zhengzhou Yellow River Scenic Area, a national scenic area and geopark on the hills along the south bank of the Yellow River about 20 km north-west of central Zhengzhou, with wide views where the river leaves the hills for the plain.
Zhongyuan Tower 中原福塔 4A scenic area
Henan's radio and television tower in south-eastern Zhengzhou, 388 m to the tip of its mast and built in 2008–09 entirely of steel, on a base shaped like a ritual cauldron.
Zhongyue Temple 中岳庙 4A scenic area · National heritage site
The temple of the god of Mount Song, the Central Sacred Peak, where emperors had sacrifices offered; it traces its origins to the Qin dynasty, and its present buildings are Qing reconstructions after a fire at the end of the Ming.
Chongfu Palace 崇福宫 National heritage site
A Taoist temple at the foot of Wansui Peak that grew from a shrine founded under Han Emperor Wu and under the Northern Song became a court-managed temple, whose superintendents included Fan Zhongyan, Sima Guang and the Cheng brothers.
Dahecun Site and Museum 大河村遗址 National heritage site
A Neolithic settlement on the northern edge of Zhengzhou, lived in mainly during the Yangshao period and later in the Longshan, Erlitou and Shang periods, where excavations since 1972 have found house foundations, burials and much painted pottery.
Dahuting Han Tombs 打虎亭汉墓 National heritage site
Two large Eastern Han tombs under earth mounds at Dahuting village, Niudian town, west of Xinmi, attributed to Zhang Boya, a commandery governor, and his wife.
Dengfeng City God Temple 登封城隍庙 National heritage site · on the map
A temple to the city god, the protector deity of the county seat, founded in the early Ming and laid out facing south in three courtyards on a site of about 8,200 m² in the old centre of Dengfeng.
Dharani Pillar, Xingyang 佛顶尊胜陀罗尼经幢 National heritage site · on the map
A Jin-dynasty stone pillar of 1203, about 7 m high, whose octagonal shaft is carved with the Usnisa Vijaya Dharani, a Buddhist protective incantation, and a second sutra on filial piety, above a base with relief figures of guardians.
Erqi Memorial Tower 二七纪念塔 National heritage site
A 63 m twin-towered memorial in Erqi Square in central Zhengzhou, built in 1971 in a Chinese pavilion style at the spot where two Zhengzhou leaders of the Beijing–Hankou railway workers' strike of 7 February 1923 were killed.
Ersha Creative Park (former No. 2 Grinding Wheel Factory) 郑州第二砂轮厂旧址 National heritage site · on the map
A major grinding-wheel factory of the 1950s, designed by an East German industrial design institute and built in 1956–64 in Zhongyuan district, western Zhengzhou, with Bauhaus-influenced concrete workshops including the vast sawtooth-roofed ceramic wheel shop.
Fawang Temple 法王寺 National heritage site
A Buddhist temple at the foot of Taishi Mountain that by tradition was founded in AD 71, which would make it one of the earliest in China; its halls are Qing buildings and rebuilds made after 1987.
Fengtai Temple Pagoda 凤台寺塔 National heritage site
The only survivor of the long-vanished Fengtai Temple: a hollow, nine-tiered hexagonal brick pagoda with closely spaced eaves, 19.1 m high and built before 1081 in the Northern Song.
Forts of Liu Bang and Xiang Yu 汉霸二王城 National heritage site
The remains of two forts built facing each other across the Honggou ravine by Liu Bang and Xiang Yu in the Chu–Han war at the end of the Qin, a stand-off remembered as the origin of the river dividing the board in Chinese chess.
Gongyi Grottoes 巩县石窟 National heritage site
A Buddhist cave temple cut into the foot of Mount Dali on the north bank of the Yiluo River, begun under the Northern Wei around AD 500 and added to until the Song.
Guchengzhai Walled Site 古城寨城址 National heritage site
A walled town of the late Neolithic Longshan culture in Guchengzhai village, Quliang town, east of Xinmi, whose rammed-earth walls still stand 5–16 m high on the south, north and east sides, with gaps marking two gates and traces of the moat.
Huayang Ancient City 华阳故城 National heritage site · on the map
A walled town of the Zhou period, said to have been the capital of the small state of Hua before it passed to Zheng and then Han; near it Qin defeated the allied Zhao and Wei armies in 273 BC.
Huishan Temple 会善寺 National heritage site
A Buddhist temple below Jicui Peak that began as a Northern Wei detached palace, became a temple in the 6th century and took its present name under the Sui; it counts as one of the four great monasteries of Mount Song.
Jing Ancient City 京城古城址 National heritage site
The walled town of Jing, the first capital of the state of Zheng after its move east and the fief of Duan, the rebellious brother of Duke Zhuang of Zheng in a famous episode of the Zuo Zhuan chronicle.
Later Zhou Imperial Tombs 后周皇陵 National heritage site
The tombs of the rulers of the Later Zhou, the last of the Five Dynasties, near Guodian town: Songling of the founder Guo Wei, Qingling of Emperor Shizong (Chai Rong) and Shunling of the last emperor, Chai Zongxun.
Mi County Yamen 密县县衙 National heritage site
The government compound of old Mi County at the centre of Xinmi's old town, seat of the county from 616 until the 1970s; the present buildings date from a rebuilding under the Kangxi Emperor.
Nanyue Temple, Dengfeng 南岳庙 National heritage site
A small temple in the middle of Dajindian town, said to have been founded under the Jin dynasty, with courtyards of halls to popular gods that have mostly been rebuilt.
Northern Song Imperial Tombs 宋陵 National heritage site
The burial ground of the Northern Song emperors, spread over some 30 km² around Gongyi, where seven emperors and the father of the dynasty's founder lie with their empresses and hundreds of courtiers.
Qianchi Pagoda 千尺塔 National heritage site
A Northern Song hexagonal brick pagoda, also called the Empress Cao Pagoda, about 15 m high, on the summit of Dazhou Mountain within the former Shengshou Temple.
Qimu Que Gates 启母阙 National heritage site
A pair of stone gate pillars built in AD 123 in front of a Han shrine to the mother of Qi, son of Yu the Great, who in legend turned into the split boulder that still lies about 190 m to the north.
Qingliang Temple, Dengfeng 清凉寺 National heritage site · on the map
A small mountain temple below Qingliang Peak on the southern side of Shaoshi Mountain, whose main hall was rebuilt in 1216 under the Jin dynasty and keeps its hip-and-gable roof of grey tiles trimmed with green glaze, bracket sets and stone column bases.
Sanzu Hermitage Pagoda 三祖庵塔 National heritage site · on the map
A seven-tiered square brick pagoda of 1223, about 10 m tall, with a curving outline and a carved lotus finial, standing at the site of the Sanzu Hermitage, once called Zhulin Temple, in a mountain valley north of the Songyue Pagoda.
Shaoshi Que Gates 少室阙 National heritage site
The stone gate pillars of the Han-dynasty shrine to Shaoshi Mountain, dated by their inscriptions to about AD 118–123 and restored in 1972.
Site of Ancient Xingyang and Guxing Ironworks Museum 荥阳故城 National heritage site · on the map
The ruins of the Han-dynasty city of Xingyang at Guxing town, north-west of Zhengzhou, a stronghold fought over by Liu Bang and Xiang Yu, whose rammed-earth walls still stand up to 20 m high on three sides.
Songyue Pagoda 嵩岳寺塔 National heritage site
Built in the Northern Wei in the early 520s, this brick pagoda about 40 m high is the oldest surviving brick pagoda in China and the oldest multi-eaved one, and its twelve-sided plan is unique among Chinese pagodas of its type.
Taishi Que Gates 太室阙 National heritage site
Twin stone gate pillars built in AD 118 at the head of the sacred way to the Han shrine of Taishi Mountain, standing about 500 m south of Zhongyue Temple and regarded as its symbolic gateway.
Tomb of Ouyang Xiu 欧阳修墓 National heritage site
The family cemetery of the Northern Song statesman, historian and essayist Ouyang Xiu, who died in 1072 and was buried here in 1075 with his wife, sons and grandsons nearby.
Twin Pagodas of Shousheng Temple 寿圣寺双塔 National heritage site · on the map
Two hexagonal brick pagodas of the late Northern Song, standing 20 m apart in Ranjia village, Huangdian town, south-east of Zhengzhou; the temple itself has gone.
Yongtai Temple 永泰寺 National heritage site
A Buddhist nunnery on the western side of Mount Song, founded in 521 and, by local tradition, named after Princess Yongtai, a sister of the Northern Wei emperor who became a nun here; most of its halls are modern rebuilds.
Yuanling Ancient City 苑陵故城 National heritage site
The walls of Yuanling, a fortified town of the Zheng and Han states that became a county seat under the Qin in 230 BC and lost that status in the early Tang.
Yuxi Palace 玉溪宫 National heritage site
A village Taoist temple in Tuguan, Tangzhuang town, originally called Yuqi Palace, founded in the Ming and repaired in the Qing.
Zhang Hu Manor 张祜庄园 National heritage site · on the map
The hillside residence of the Zhang family, owners of a private bank and a coal mine, in Xinzhong village in eastern Gongyi, built mostly in the late Qing and Republican years.
Zheng–Han Ancient City 郑韩故城 National heritage site
The capital of the state of Zheng in the Spring and Autumn period and then of the state of Han, whose irregular rammed-earth walls, about 19 km round, survive in long stretches in and around modern Xinzheng where the Shuangji and Huangshui rivers meet.
Zhengzhou City God Temple 郑州城隍庙 National heritage site
A Taoist temple founded in the early Ming and repaired many times since, dedicated to Ji Xin, the Han general venerated as Zhengzhou's city god.
Zhengzhou Mosque 郑州清真寺 National heritage site
Zhengzhou's oldest and largest mosque, also called the Beida Mosque after nearby North Street, with origins no later than the Ming and traditional Chinese-style buildings dating from the mid-Qing onwards.
Zhijidong Cave Site 织机洞遗址 National heritage site · on the map
A cave on the western slope of Dalu Mountain whose deposits, up to 24 m deep in 23 layers, yielded more than 6,500 stone artefacts and many animal fossils in excavations between 1990 and 1995, from the Palaeolithic to the Neolithic.

Zhoukou 15 sites

Taihao Fuxi Mausoleum 太昊陵 5A scenic area · National heritage site
A vast temple-and-tomb complex to Fuxi (Taihao), the legendary first of China's Three Sovereigns, honoured here since at least the Tang and laid out in its present form by the Ming and Qing along an axis of about 750 m through nine courtyards and a succession of gates.
Guandi Temple, Zhoukou 周口关帝庙 4A scenic area · National heritage site
A temple to Guan Yu that also served as the guild hall of Shanxi and Shaanxi merchants trading at Zhoukou, where three rivers meet; it was begun in 1693 and finished in 1852 after repeated enlargements.
Jianye Canal Town, Zhoukou 建业运河古镇 4A scenic area · on the map
A leisure area built from 2017 along Zhoukou's old canal, with a commercial street in old-town style, a large food hall of Central Plains dishes, homestays, camping, boat trips and a farm area.
Taiqing Palace (Laozi's Birthplace), Luyi 太清宫 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
The Taoist temple at the traditional birthplace of Laozi, recorded as a Laozi shrine since AD 165 and raised by the Tang emperors, who claimed Laozi as their ancestor, into the imperial Taiqing Palace in 743.
Xiangetai (Confucius Memorial Terrace) 弦歌台 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
A Confucian shrine on an island in a lake at the south-west corner of Huaiyang old town, built to recall how Confucius and his disciples were trapped without food between the states of Chen and Cai and he went on teaching and playing music.
Ye Family Manor, Dengcheng 叶氏庄园 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
The family seat of the Ye merchants, who grew rich from river trade on the Sha River, built in stages over more than a century from the Kangxi to the Xianfeng reigns in the old town of Dengcheng.
Zhoukou Wildlife World 周口野生动物世界 4A scenic area · on the map
A large safari park and entertainment complex opened around 2020 in Zhoukou Forest Park, with walk-through animal areas, a drive-through enclosure where visitors tour in their own cars or a park train, a bird garden and a ride zone with roller coasters.
Dacheng Academy 大程书院 National heritage site · on the map
An academy founded in 1075 by the Neo-Confucian philosopher Cheng Hao while he was magistrate of Fugou, and named after him, the elder of the two Cheng brothers.
Former Lütan School and Ji Hongchang's Former Residence 吕潭学校旧址 National heritage site
The village school founded in 1921 in a former temple at Lütan by Ji Hongchang (1895–1934), a general who fought the Japanese in Chahar in 1933, joined the Communist Party in 1934 and was executed by the Nationalist government that year.
Nandun Ancient City Site 南顿故城 National heritage site · on the map
The site of Nandun, capital of the small state of Dun after it was pushed south by Chen, until Chu conquered it in 496 BC, with remains from the Xia and Shang to the end of the Han.
Pingliangtai Ancient City Site 平粮台古城遗址 National heritage site · on the map
A walled town of the Longshan culture, built more than 4,000 years ago, with square rammed-earth walls about 185 m along each side; it is described as the earliest square-planned town found in China.
Shousheng Temple Pagoda, Gaoxian 高贤寿圣寺塔 National heritage site
A hexagonal seven-storey brick pagoda, 28.5 m tall, first built in the Song and rebuilt in 1518, which leans visibly to the north-east, probably because of soft ground on that side.
Shousheng Temple Pagoda, Shangshui 商水寿圣寺塔 National heritage site
A hexagonal nine-storey brick pagoda, 41.5 m tall, begun in 1033 at the site of the vanished Shousheng Temple on the bank of the Sha River.
Taikang Confucian Temple 太康文庙 National heritage site
The county Confucian temple of Taikang, founded in 1426, wrecked in the wars at the end of the Ming and repaired under the Qing.
Yuanzhai Old Residences (Yuan Shikai's Family Home) 袁寨古民居 National heritage site · on the map
The fortified manor of the Yuan family, bought and rebuilt from 1857 by the official Yuan Jiasan, where Yuan Shikai, later President of the Republic of China and briefly self-proclaimed emperor, spent his childhood.

Zhumadian 17 sites

Mount Chaya 嵖岈山 5A scenic area
A granite massif on the eastern edge of the Funiu Mountains, a national geopark whose main scenic area of about 50 km² is crowded with weathered rock pinnacles, caves and small lakes carved from granite about 140–120 million years old.
Caihongfang Liquor Culture Park 蔡洪坊酒文化园 4A scenic area · on the map
A working baijiu distillery and visitor park on the south bank of the Hong River in Xincai county town, built on the former state-run Xincai distillery and covering more than 600 mu.
Jinding Mountain 金顶山 4A scenic area · on the map
A national forest park in Yifeng town where the Funiu and Tongbai ranges meet, on the climatic border between the subtropical and warm-temperate zones, with six peaks, dense mixed forest and rock formations.
Laole Mountain 老乐山 4A scenic area · on the map
A forested range of nine linked peaks at the eastern end of the Funiu and Tongbai mountains, the mountain scenery nearest to Zhumadian city, rising to 813 m at Yuhuang Peak.
Nanhai Chan Temple 南海禅寺 4A scenic area · on the map
A large working Buddhist monastery on the south-eastern edge of Runan town, enclosed on three sides by the Ru River and rebuilt from 1992 to 2007 under the monk Mingcheng on the site of the old Xiaonanhai temple.
Royal Post Station (Huangjia Yizhan) 皇家驿站 4A scenic area · on the map
A modern culture-and-leisure town in Ming–Qing style in Zhumadian's Yicheng district, themed on the area's long history as a stop on the imperial courier-station network.
Tongshan Scenic Area 铜山 4A scenic area · on the map
A provincial scenic area in Biyang County made up of Tongshan mountain, the Tongshan Lake reservoir and Yunwu Peak, with forested hills, caves, waterfalls, temples and Taoist halls.
Zhugou Revolutionary Memorial Hall 竹沟革命纪念馆 4A scenic area · National heritage site · on the map
The former seat of the CPC Central Plains Bureau and the Henan provincial party committee in 1938–39 in Zhugou town, known at the time as 'Little Yan'an', where Liu Shaoqi and Li Xiannian worked.
Baoyan Temple Pagoda 宝严寺塔 National heritage site
A Northern Song brick pagoda of seven storeys on a hexagonal plan, 28.8 m tall, in Xiping county town and the only remnant of Baoyan Temple.
Cai State Capital Ruins 蔡国故城 National heritage site · on the map
The capital of the Zhou-dynasty state of Cai, first granted to King Wu's brother Shu Du and the seat of its rulers for about 500 years, around present-day Shangcai county town.
Dongqiao Site (Leizu's Hometown) 董桥遗址 National heritage site · on the map
A Neolithic settlement site of about 48 ha at Dongqiao village, mainly of the Yangshao culture with later Longshan, Erlitou, Zhou and Han layers, which local tradition identifies with the Xiling clan of Leizu, the Yellow Emperor's consort credited with inventing silk-making.
Former Site of the Chayashan Weixing People's Commune 嵖岈山卫星人民公社旧址 National heritage site · on the map
The headquarters of China's first people's commune, formed on 20 April 1958 by merging some twenty farming cooperatives west of Suiping, whose reports of record grain yields made the front page of the People's Daily that summer during the Great Leap Forward; Mao Zedong visited it in November 1958.
Jiudian Iron Works Site 酒店冶铁遗址 National heritage site · on the map
An ironworking site of the Warring States to Jin periods on both sides of the Tanshan reservoir south of Chushan town, linked in ancient texts with the famous Tangxi and Longquan swords.
Pagoda of Monk Xiugong (Puzhao Temple Pagoda) 秀公戒师和尚塔 National heritage site · on the map
A 14 m brick funerary pagoda built in 1194, under the Jin dynasty, by the disciples of Xiugong, abbot of Puzhao Temple, who had died the year before; the temple itself has gone.
Runing Stone Bridges 汝宁石桥 National heritage site
Two Ming-dynasty stone bridges over the Ru River at Runan, the old seat of Runing prefecture: the Jimin Bridge at the east gate, first made of stone in 1483, and the Hongji Bridge at the north gate, built in 1505, each with five arches and about 55 m long.
Wuying Pagoda 悟颖塔 National heritage site
A nine-storey hexagonal brick pagoda in pavilion style, more than 20 m tall, in the south of Runan town, popularly called the Shadowless Pagoda from the saying that it casts no shadow at noon on the winter solstice.
Zhengyang Stone Que 正阳石阙 National heritage site · on the map
An Eastern Han stone que, the kind of ceremonial gate pillar once set before tombs and shrines, standing in the north-east of Zhengyang county town.

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