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Laosicheng Site in Yongshun County
Located by the riverside of Lingxi River in the east of Yongshun County, Laosicheng was the Tusi Peng’s administration area of Ancient Xizhou, and the political, economic, cultural and military center for southwestern ethnic minorities during Tusi Period from the 13th to the early 20th century. It covered 818 years through the period of Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing Dynasties with 28 royal houses and 35 feudal provincial or prefectural governors.
The site of Laosicheng consists of three areas including residential area, government office and living quarters for chieftains, as well as eight streets, namely, He (River) Street, Zuo (Left) Street, You (Right) Street, Zheng (Middle) Street, Banpo Street, Wutun Street, Yuedu Steet and Dongmen (East Gate) Street. Decorated with neat patterns of red-brown pebbles, the streets are classic and elegant with earthy style and profound Tujia features.
Laosicheng, as the largest, earliest and best-preserved ancient Tusi city in China, succeeded in applying for World Cultural Heritage on July 4, 2015.
Tusi was a tribal leader appointed as an imperial official by the central government in ancient China. The Tusi system was a political system adopted by feudal Chinese emperors to govern ethnic minority regions.[xinhua]
Yongshun Tusi city in central Hunan Province has a history dating back more than 600 years. Lying on the bank of a river, it has a temple, ancestral house, cemeteries and a memorial archway. Even its complicated sewage network still works. [xinhua]
Admission fee: 98 yuan/person
Chinese source: Voice of Hunan
The site of Laosicheng consists of three areas including residential area, government office and living quarters for chieftains, as well as eight streets, namely, He (River) Street, Zuo (Left) Street, You (Right) Street, Zheng (Middle) Street, Banpo Street, Wutun Street, Yuedu Steet and Dongmen (East Gate) Street. Decorated with neat patterns of red-brown pebbles, the streets are classic and elegant with earthy style and profound Tujia features.
Laosicheng, as the largest, earliest and best-preserved ancient Tusi city in China, succeeded in applying for World Cultural Heritage on July 4, 2015.
Tusi was a tribal leader appointed as an imperial official by the central government in ancient China. The Tusi system was a political system adopted by feudal Chinese emperors to govern ethnic minority regions.[xinhua]
Yongshun Tusi city in central Hunan Province has a history dating back more than 600 years. Lying on the bank of a river, it has a temple, ancestral house, cemeteries and a memorial archway. Even its complicated sewage network still works. [xinhua]
Admission fee: 98 yuan/person
Chinese source: Voice of Hunan