Multilingual-NLP/ChinaHeritaQA

Images

This folder contains visual data for the ChinaHeritaQA benchmark: https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.08959

Contents

Folder	Description
Image_data/	Chinese UNESCO World Heritage Site images (2,279 images from 58 sites)
worlds_data/	Non-Chinese World Heritage Site images (133 images from 23 sites)

Overview

The image dataset includes a comprehensive collection of photographs from both Chinese and international UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Images are organized by heritage site name, with each site containing multiple photos from different angles and contexts.

Image_data/ - Chinese Heritage Sites

Statistics:

• Total images: 2,279
• Heritage sites: 58
• Source: Weibo and heritage site documentation

Featured Sites Include:

• Architectural & Cultural: Wudang Mountains, Pingyao Ancient City, Suzhou Gardens, Forbidden City, Summer Palace, Temple of Heaven, The Great Wall
• Natural Landscapes: Mount Taishan, Mount Huangshan, Jiuzhaigou Valley, Zhangjiajie Wulingyuan, Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan
• Caves & Rock Art: Mogao Caves, Yungang Grottoes, Longmen Grottoes, Dazu Rock Carvings
• Archaeological & Historical: Terracotta Army, Silk Roads, The Grand Canal, Liangzhu Archaeological Ruins
• Other: China Danxia, Sichuan Giant Pandas, Kaiping Diaolou, and 46+ more sites

worlds_data/ - International Heritage Sites

Statistics:

• Total images: 133
• Heritage sites: 23
• Geographic coverage: Europe, Australia, and other regions

Featured Sites Include:

• Europe: Palace of Versailles, Palace of Fontainebleau, Historic Centres of Rome and Florence, Venice, Mont Saint-Michel, Avignon
• Australia & Oceania: Great Barrier Reef, Kakadu National Park, Sydney Opera House, Tasmanian Wilderness, Gondwana Rainforests
• Other: Pompeii, The Dolomites, Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch

Folder Structure

Images/
├── Image_data/          # Chinese heritage site images
│   ├── Ancient_Building_Complex_in_the_Wudang_Mountains/
│   │   ├── 5118017971685704_1.jpg
│   │   ├── 5118017971685704_2.jpg
│   │   └── ...
│   ├── Classical_Gardens_of_Suzhou/
│   │   ├── 5119769210784553_1.jpg
│   │   └── ...
│   └── [56 more heritage sites]
│
└── worlds_data/         # Non-Chinese World Heritage Site images
    ├── Palace_of_Versailles/
    │   ├── 1.jpg
    │   ├── 2.jpg
    │   └── ...
    ├── Great_Barrier_Reef/
    │   ├── 1.jpg
    │   └── ...
    └── [21 more heritage sites]

Image Format

• Format: JPEG (.jpg)
• Naming Convention:
  • Chinese sites: [post_id]_[sequence_number].jpg (e.g., 5118017971685704_7.jpg)
  • International sites: [number].jpg (e.g., 1.jpg, 2.jpg)

Data Usage

This image collection is designed for:

• Training and evaluating Vision Language Models (VLMs) on heritage site understanding
• Benchmarking model performance on cultural and natural heritage recognition
• Multi-modal learning combining visual and textual heritage information
• Cross-cultural understanding and analysis of world heritage sites

QA Generation

This repository contains the image data only. The code for generating the QA pairs is available in the GitHub repository: https://github.com/boleima/ChinaHeritaQA

Statistics Summary

Category	Sites	Images
Image_data (China)	58	2,279
worlds_data (International)	23	133
Total	81	2,412

Citation

@misc{zhang2026chinaheritaqa,
      title={ChinaHeritaQA: A Culturally-Grounded Visual Question Answering Dataset for World Heritage Sites in China}, 
      author={Yi Zhang and Bolei Ma and Yong Cao and Chengyan Wu and Daniel Hershcovich and Anna-Carolina Haensch},
      year={2026},
      eprint={2606.08959},
      archivePrefix={arXiv},
      primaryClass={cs.CV},
      url={https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.08959}, 
}