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Acknowledgment of Contributors

感谢所有为 Heritmap 投稿的朋友们。你们的每一篇文章、每一张照片,都是这份文化地图不可或缺的一部分。正是因为有你们的参与,Heritmap 才能不断丰富和完善。

We sincerely thank all contributors who have shared their articles and photos with Heritmap. Each submission is an indispensable part of this cultural map. It is through your participation that Heritmap continues to grow and flourish.

Heritmap is designed to tell stories about cultural heritage in China digitally in teenagers' eyes. Our mission is to advocate for preservation of cultural heritage and connect people with the beauty and significance of cultural sites through interactive tools like maps, photos, and stories.

This website is not only a digital archive but also a study tool. By describing both the advantage and giving advices to the management of historical sites, Heritmap provides a comprehensive viewpoint about preservation and offers reviews with real-experiences.

This site is coded in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript under partial help from artificial intellegence*. Designed and managed by Jerry Sun, it uses interactive mapping and is hosted via Vercel.

By the time of our graduation (May, 2026), the goal is to complete some detailed heritage pages as well as a whole-functioning web. Future plans include adding a user-submitted gallery (promote own experience), multilingual support (languages other than Chinese and English), and vacation planning features.

Specifically, individually listed if exist.

This website is created by Sun Jingyuan (Jerry Sun) with partial help from ChatGPT* (OpenAI).

  • Mapping Credit: Leaflet
  • Article Contributions: Specifically listed for articles [Still Expanding]
  • Information & Data: Wikipedia, Google, etc. (sources stated specifically)
  • Images: Specifically Cited under Individual Image
  • Logo: Designed and Refined by Niu Yiwen (Corrine Niu)

From the founder

Dear contributors, scholars, and visitors, …

Hello, I’m Jerry Sun, a high school student from Nanjing.

When I was little, my dad encouraged me to “jump as far as you can, and take a glance at the magnificent world we live in.” This website would not exist without his support and inspiration. It has now been ten years since I visited my first cultural heritage site (the Terracotta Army) and I still carry that same sense of wonder with me. Through Heritmap, I want to pass on that invitation: go out and explore the magnificent world we share.

In today’s world of overwhelming social media, government censorship, and propaganda, too many invaluable voices are at risk of being silenced. The purpose of this project is to protect those voices, not for advertisement, not for propaganda, and not for mainstream trends—but for preservation, truth, and memory.

Thank you for your contributions, trust, and determination to help make preservation possible. Together, we can keep cultural heritage alive for generations to come.

Sincerely,

Jerry Sun digital signature
Founder’s note (extended)