ABSTRACT
This chapter analyzes the cultural heritage religious items that are listed on the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage List, and consider problems of their representation and management systems in India, China, and Russia. Each of these three regional powers has its own religious tradition and culture, which may be represented by Orientalism. The chapter explains the interpretation and representation of World Heritage in India, China, and Russia, considering the heritage problems in a global context. It describes the correlation issue between traditional religious and cultural properties. It talks about the China's cultural properties in regard to their cultural representation. This chapter explores the representation of China's politics, taking as a case study the inscription of the Fujian tulou on the World Heritage List. It deals with the historical background to two keywords, 'ancestor worship' and fengshui, which are applied to tulou by UNESCO, and consider how these keywords have been regarded in Chinese society.
