World Natural Heritage: China Danxia (5)

Comparative values in the world

China’s Danxia landforms are currently the only world natural heritage site nominated within the Danxia series. Its overall scientific value, aesthetic value and ecological value exceed any existing world natural and mixed heritage sites with Danxia (red bed) landforms as its elements, and it cannot be replaced by any heritage site. The universality of the world’s red beds and the diversity of its formation time and the spatial distribution all show that China’s Danxia landforms is an indispensable and important part of the world’s red bed landscapes and the development of Danxia landscapes. China’s Danxia landforms possess the Danxia (red bed) landscape region with the best deployment of mountains, bodies of water and forests among the existing world heritage sites. Therefore, China’s Danxia landforms are the most typical and beautiful outstanding representative of Danxia landforms with various ecological environments and the best landscape configuration.

China’s Danxia landforms possess more prominent scientific value, aesthetic value and better ecological environment value compared with other world heritage sites involving Danxia (red bed) landforms. The Danxia culture formed by Danxia landforms as its carrier is focused more on the harmony between man and nature and reflects an outstanding universal value of landscape culture with world significance.