Natural elements	Mountains/ hills	Datun mountain, Xiaotun mountain, Little Lion Hill
	Waterbodies	South River (moat canal), Xingjiang River
		Farms
Social elements	Traditional layout	“Hulou-style”, unique features of military defence system
Social elements	Streets/lanes	East Street, South Street, West Street, North Street, Beihou Street, Qidaokan, Zhongjia Lane, Liujia Lane, Autumn Trees Park, Tangjia Bay etc.
Historic buildings	Traditional houses	Fortress homes, Ancient residence of Gu family
Historic buildings	Religious buildings	Wanshou Palace, Guanyue Temple, Chenghuang Temple, Catholic Church, Huguang Temple, Qingyuan Palace, Arctic Temple
Historic Infrastructure	Bridges	Tianbao bridge, 25-eye bridge
Historic Infrastructure	Ancient city wall
Cultural heritage	Folk festivals	Traditional Ethnic Culture Festivals held on “May 28” and “April 8” of lunar calendar
	Folk custom activities	Local fortress drama, flower-dancing, lantern-dance of miao minority, lusheng dance*, suona horn, song competition for lovers etc
	Folk art	Nuo-style mask carving, lusheng musical instrument making, batik, embroidery
	Customary diet	Glutinous rice cake, Chinese bacon, blood bean curd, salted vegetables, special eight dishes, stewed pork, sweetened rice, smelly bean curd, spicy chicken etc
	Folk costumes	Fortress costumes, Miao costumes, Buyei costumes
	Eminent persons	Zhang Fan, The Three Members of Central Committee from Gu Family, Zhou Zhimian, Jian Jingzhai