Tangya Tusi Fortress
The Tangya Tusi Fortress (Chinese: 唐崖土司城址; pinyin: Tángyá Tǔsī ChéngZhǐ) is located in Tangya Town (Chinese: 唐崖镇), Xianfeng County, Hubei Province, China. It is one of the three Tusi Sites designated by the UNESCO as a World Heritage Site, On July 3, 2015.[1] The site is the historic capital of Qin clan Tusi (Chinese: 覃氏土司) of Tangya, the Qin clan were the rulers of the Tangya Tusi and hereditarily governed a territory of 600 square kilometres (230 sq mi) for four centuries in the modern-day Xianfeng County. As the capital, the site was built in 1355 (late Yuan dynasty) and abandoned in 1755 (Qing dynasty).[2]
References
- ^ China Scenic Hailongtun – the Demise of a Tusi Lord: chinascenic.com (China Scenic) Archived 2017-11-16 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ 土司皇城——唐崖土司城: cnki.com.cn, wenku (baidu)
