Thirty-four years ago today, on July 25, 1991 (June 14, 1991 lunar calendar), five ancient sites in China were listed as World Heritage Sites. On July 25, 1991, five ancient sites in China were listed as World Heritage Sites. They are the Great Wall, the Forbidden City, the site of the Peking Man, Qin Shi Huang, and the Mogao Grottoes. The Great Wall Forbidden City Peking Man provided important direct evidence for Darwin's theory of from ape to man, opening a page of the dusty childhood of human history. Tomb of Qin Shi Huang Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes