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Historical heritage English
English: Historical Heritage.

Historical heritage includes: The Forbidden City in Beijing is the royal palace of China in Ming and Qing Dynasties, formerly known as the Forbidden City, located in the center of Beijing's central axis. The Forbidden City in Beijing is centered on three halls, covering an area of about 720,000 square meters, with a construction area of about10.5 million square meters. There are more than 70 palaces and 9000 houses.

The Forbidden City in Beijing is one of the largest and best-preserved ancient wooden structures in the world. It is a national AAAAA-level tourist attraction and was listed as the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units in 196 1. 1987 is listed as a world cultural heritage.

Terracotta Warriors and Horses, namely the Terracotta Warriors and Horses of Qin Shihuang, are the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units and the first batch of Chinese world heritage. They are located in the Terracotta Warriors Pit 1.5 km east of Qin Shihuang Mausoleum in Lintong District, Xi City, Shaanxi Province.

Terracotta warriors and horses are a category of ancient tomb sculptures. In ancient times, human sacrifice was practiced, and slaves were accessories of slave owners before their death. When they die, the slaves will be buried with the slave owners as sacrifices. Terracotta warriors and horses were made into sacrifices in the shape of troops (chariots, horses and soldiers).

meaning

Historical heritage is also called "historical cultural heritage". The sum of all kinds of wealth created by human beings in the past activities and left behind in various ways. The content of historical heritage is extremely extensive and rich. Generally speaking, it can be divided into two parts: material cultural heritage and spiritual cultural heritage. The historical activities of human beings are composed of activities related to man and nature, namely production activities and activities related to man, namely social activities.

In the activities of transforming nature and society, people are constantly increasing their wisdom, understanding nature, society and human beings, and constantly creating, accumulating and summing up experiences. These wisdom and experience are the cultural wealth created by human beings.