Mount Fanjing in southwest China's Guizhou Province (XINHUA)
Mount Fanjing in Tongren, southwest China's Guizhou Province, was inscribed into the World Natural Heritage List at the 42nd Session of the World Heritage Committee on July 2, becoming China's 53rd world heritage site and 13th world natural heritage site.
The mountain, with its highest peak at 2,570 meters above sea level, is mainly composed of metamorphic rocks surrounded by vast karst landforms, showing unique geological, ecological and biological characteristics.
On November 28, Tibetan medicine bath was included in the Representative List of UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage.
An important part of Tibetan medicine, it is the traditional practice of disease prevention by bathing in natural hot springs or in water with medicinal steam.
Copyedited by Rebeca Toledo
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