There is a magical "Little Forbidden City" in the southwestern border of Hubei. Why has it disappeared into a mystery after more than 400 years?
In Tangya Town, Xianfeng, Enshi, there is a city with Xuanwu on its back and Tangya River in front, a place called Tangya Tusi City. An ancient Tangya Xuanwu city marks the glory of a dynasty, but it also records the days of decline...
Today, standing on the stone steps of the ancient city site, the remains of those long years It is the epitome of the long and splendid history and culture of the Tujia people, and has also become one of the main birthplaces of Tujia national culture.
Tangya Tusi City, which lives next to the Tangya River, was built in the early Yuan Dynasty. It has experienced countless tribal wars, dynasty changes, and ethnic integration, and has gone through nearly 400 years in the Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties. After 16 generations and 18 chieftains, a splendid and profound historical civilization was created. Finally, in the Qing Dynasty, the chieftain system was abolished by "reforming the native land and returning it to the locals". From then on, Tangya Chieftain City gradually declined and became deserted.
At that time, the Feng Shui location selection for such a huge city was also very particular. The entire ancient city faces Zhuque Mountain in front, Xuanwu Mountain in the back, Qinglong Mountain on the left, Baihu Mountain on the right, and is surrounded by Tangya River in front of the gate. There are gullies everywhere, forming a natural gentle slope that slopes eastward. The ancient city walls are built along the ridges and the inner banks of the gullies. They can be described as deep ravines and high fortresses, which can easily resist the invasion of external forces.
In addition to the overall emphasis on Feng Shui in Tangya Tusi City, the buildings within the royal city also pay attention to Feng Shui, axis, and symmetry. A former archaeologist visited this site and called it the "Little Forbidden City" , which shows the beauty and exquisiteness of the city's construction. The most attractive place in Tangya Tusi City is the government office area, which is where the chieftain king works.
That area is based on a central axis, and the houses on both sides are built completely symmetrically... In addition, in the royal city, there are the yamen, the treasury, the prison cell, the imperial garden, the zoo of animals, etc. There are traces of them all, and now only the Zhang Fei Temple, the Gongde Archway and the Tuwang Tomb remain, but they are also telling the glory of the royal city in bits and pieces of time.