The third season of The Nation's Greatest Treasures will premiere on Dec 6. [Photo provided to China Daily]
The list also involves and the Classical Gardens of Suzhou, Jiangsu province, Temple and Cemetery of Confucius and the Kong Family Mansion in Qufu, Shandong province, and the Emperor Qinshihuang's Mausoleum in Xi'an Shaanxi province--the home for Terracotta Warriors.
All the seven aforementioned are UNESCO World Heritage sites, while the other two sites are Sanxingdui site in Guanghan, Sichuan province, which marks a mysterious bronze civilization from 3,200 years ago and Xi'an Beilin Museum, where over 10,000 precious stone carvings, steles, epigraphs and other calligraphy works that have been engraved on rocks throughout Chinese history, are gathered.
The specific choice of cultural relics from these venues has not been released yet.