Silk Roads: the Routes Network of Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor

Overview

This property is a 5,000 km section of the extensive Silk Roads network, stretching from Chang’an/Luoyang, the central capital of China in the Han and Tang dynasties, to the Zhetysu region of Central Asia. It took shape between the 2nd century BC and 1st century AD and remained in use until the 16th century, linking multiple civilizations and facilitating far-reaching exchanges of activities in trade, religious beliefs, scientific knowledge, technological innovation, cultural practices and the arts. The thirty-three components included in the routes network include capital cities and palace complexes of various empires and Khan kingdoms, trading settlements, Buddhist cave temples, ancient paths, posthouses, passes, beacon towers, sections of The Great Wall, fortifications, tombs and religious buildings.

Selection Criteria

(ii)(iii)(v)

Components(33 locations)

• •Site of Kulan1442-014
• •Site of Ornek1442-015
• •Site of Talgar1442-012
• •Site of Aktobe1442-013
• •Site of Kayalyk1442-011
• •Site of Akyrtas1442-016
• •Site of Kostobe1442-017
• •Site of Yar City1442-006
• •Xingjiaosi Pagodas1442-032
• •Tomb of Zhang Qian1442-033
• •Site of Qocho City1442-005
• •Site of Yumen Pass1442-022
• •Site of Karamergen1442-024
• •Site of Suoyang City1442-020
• •Subash Buddhist Ruins1442-026
• •Bin County Cave Temple1442-029
• •Site of Bashbaliq City1442-007
• •Kizilgaha Beacon Tower1442-023
• •Great Wild Goose Pagoda1442-030
• •Small Wild Goose Pagoda1442-031
• •Kizil Cave-Temple Complex1442-025
• •Site of Xuanquan Posthouse1442-021
• •Bingling Cave-Temple Complex1442-027
• •Maijishan Cave-Temple Complex1442-028
• •City of Suyab (Site of Ak-Beshim)1442-008
• •City of Balasagun (Site of Burana)1442-009
• •City of Nevaket (Site of Krasnaya Rechka)1442-010
• •Site of Shihao Section of Xiaohan Ancient Route1442-019
• •Site of Han’gu Pass of Han Dynasty in Xin’an County1442-018
• •Site of Daming Palace in Chang’an City of Tang Dynasty1442-003
• •Site of Dingding Gate, Luoyang City of Sui and Tang Dynasties1442-004
• •Site of Luoyang City from the Eastern Han to Northern Wei Dynasty1442-002
• •Site of Weiyang Palace in Chang’an City of the Western Han Dynasty1442-001

Details

Countries

China, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan

ISO Codes

CN, KG, KZ

Area

42,668.16 ha

Transboundary

Yes

Coordinates

34.3044, 108.8572