Tusi Manor in Enshi, Hubei

Updated: 2014-11-05 09:54

(People's Daily Online)

People walk on the stilts in the Tusi Manor, Nov 2, 2014. [Photo/Xinhua]

There is a Tusi (a system of appointing national minority hereditary headmen in Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties) Manor in Enshi Tujia and Miao autonomous prefecture in southwest Hubei province. Many ancient structures and traditional Tujia buildings are well reserved here. This Manor of 4,300 square meters (about 5,142.7 square yards) is a signature of the Tusi culture in the Tujia and Miao autonomous prefecture.

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