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Tangya Tusi Fortress

The Tangya Tusi Fortress is located in Tangya Town, Xianfeng County, Hubei Province, China. It is one of the three Tusi Sites designated by the UNESCO as a World Heritage Site, designated on July 3, 2015. The site is the historic capital of Qin clan Tusi 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 and abandoned in 1755.

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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, designated 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

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  1. China Scenic Hailongtun – the Demise of a Tusi Lord: chinascenic.com (China Scenic) Archived 2017-11-16 at the Wayback Machine
  2. 土司皇城——唐崖土司城: cnki.com.cn Archived 2017-04-07 at the Wayback Machine, wenku (baidu)

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