| Major category | Middle category | Minor category | National treasure | Treasure | Historic sites | National folklore cultural heritage | Cultural heritage designated by cities and provinces | Cultural heritage material |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Historic structure | Dwelling | Dwelling architecture | - | 17 | 7 | 175 | 370 | 366 |
| Landscape architecture | - | 20 | 5 | 8 | 97 | 170 | ||
| Modern dwelling | - | - | - | - | 5 | 2 | ||
| Politics ∙ National defense | Palace ∙ Provincial office | 8 | 34 | 28 | 89 | 25 | ||
| Fortress | 1 | 5 | 110 | - | 265 | 63 | ||
| Educational culture | Education institution | - | 35 | 14 | 1 | 228 | 284 | |
| Modern educational culture | - | - | 15 | 1 | 15 | 5 | ||
| Religion ∙ faith | Buddhism | 62 | 371 | 45 | - | 534 | 349 | |
| Catholicism | - | - | 7 | 2 | 23 | 8 | ||
| Protestantism | - | - | 2 | - | 9 | 4 | ||
| Folk Religion | - | - | 1 | 13 | 63 | 14 |