Since China joined theInternational Convention Concerning the Protection of World Cultural andNatural Heritage in 1985, the number of world heritage sites in China has increased to 47 bySeptember , 2014, next only to Italy that has 49 on the list. Of these 10 are cultural heritage sites, 31 are natural heritage sites, 2.The SummerPalace in Beijing integrates numerous traditional halls and pavilions into the Garden of Clear Ripples( 清漪园) conceived by Emperor Qianlong in theQing Dynasty between 1750 and 17 as the Imperial Garden 3. The Summer Palace epitomizes ( 集中体现) the philosophy and practice of Chinese garden design, which played a key role inthe development of this cultural form throughout the west 4.Carved into the cliffs above the Dachuan River, the Mogao Caves north-west of the Dunhuangoasis , GansuProvince , comprisethe largest, most richly endowed , and longest used treasure house ofBuddhist art in the world 5.Caves 23 and 156 of the Sui Dynasty show workers in the fieldsand a line of warriors respectively 6..The discovery of the Cave 302 of the Sui Dynasty , together with the tens of thousands of manuscripts and relicsit contained, has been acclaimed as theworld’s greatestdiscovery of ancient Oriental culture. 7.West Lake is surrounded on three sides by the city of Hangzhou and on the fourth by the “cloud-capped hills 8.The West Lake has influenced garden design in the rest of China as well as India and Japan 9.Also founded in the 7th century, Norbulingka , ( 罗布林卡) is an exceptional Buddhist religious complex 10.The Ancient City of Pingyao is a well-preserved ancient country-level city in China