Tusi City
Tusi City
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Zhangjiajie Tusi City (also known as "Tujia Customs Park") is a living museum that provides in-depth understanding of the history of the Tusi Dynasty and Tujia culture in western Hunan. It is located in the urban area of Zhangjiajie, with convenient transportation, and is an excellent place for quick and concentrated experience of Tujia architectural art, living customs, and historical changes.
Core building: Jiuchongtian Inheritance Hall
Status: The symbol and soul of Tusi City. This is a 48 meter high, 12 story stilted building, with no iron nails in the entire building. It is built using an ancient mortise and tenon structure, rising step by step according to the mountain terrain, with a majestic and exquisite appearance.
Highlight: The building displays the living scenes, conference hall, arsenal, residential area, etc. of the chieftain king, serving as an intuitive window to understand the power and life of the chieftain. Ascending the tower offers a panoramic view of the park.
Tusi System and Historical Exhibition
The ruins of the Tusi Wang Mansion: The entire park is modeled after the layout of the old Tusi Wang Castle, including the Handsome Hall, Military Training Ground, Tujia Palace, Tujia Shanzhai and other parts.
Xizhou Copper Pillar (Imitation): It displays important historical relics replicas that symbolize the alliance between the chieftain and the central dynasty, similar to Furong Town, and is the key to understanding the chieftain system.
Tujia Ethnic Folk Culture
Folk performance: There are scheduled Tujia song and dance performances every day, including mysterious Maogusi dance, cheerful hand waving dance, and wedding customs such as crying for marriage, which is the most vivid way to understand Tujia customs.
Life skills display: You can see traditional Tujia handicrafts such as brocade weaving (Xilankapu), wine making, oil pressing, etc.
Sacrificial culture: The White Tiger Hall in the park showcases the primitive belief of the Tujia ethnic group in using the white tiger as their totem.