Civilization Perseveres

The Wenchuan earthquake-hit area includes many important national and cultural sites, including the world heritage Dujiangyan Irrigation Project, giant panda sanctuaries, Mount Qingcheng and the Dazu Rock Carvings, as well as homelands for ethnic minorities such as Tibetans, Qiangs, and Huis, and their cultural heritage sites. According to the statistics of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage of China ( https://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href=" https://culture.people.com.cn/GB/87423/7235130.html "> https://culture.people.com.cn/GB/87423/7235130.html ), the Wenchuan earthquake affected area contains one site of world cultural heritage importance (the Dujiangyan Irrigation Project), 49 important heritage sites under state protection, 225 provincial-level cultural heritage sites, and 684 county-level cultural relic preservation areas.