I went there and found out that the Dai people really have a Forbidden City.

🔆Lianghe County in Yunnan is not only the hometown of Hulusi in China, but also hides a 522-year-old "Dai Forbidden City". It is the Nandian Xuanfu Office, the best-preserved Tusi office in Yunnan. I was fortunate to hear the beautiful Hulusi performance here. 👏It was built in the first year of Emperor Xianfeng's reign in the Qing Dynasty (1851) and took three generations a total of 84 years to complete. The magnificent Dai-style building complex follows the layout of a Han-style government office. The buildings in the courtyard consist of four main courtyards, ten side courtyards, 47 buildings, and 149 houses. It covers an area of ​​10,625 square meters and has a construction area of ​​7,780 square meters. It is one of the best-preserved government offices in China. 👏It is divided into the main hall, second hall, third hall, main hall, five entrances and four courtyards according to the level of the chieftain's yamen, rising step by step. There are also gardens, studies, ladies' quarters, theaters, kitchens, granaries, stables, armories, opium houses, cells, schools, and servants' quarters. The entire architectural system is simple and elegant, majestic and solemn, and large in scale. 👏The ​​Nandian Xuanfu Office has provided precious physical materials for the study of Yunnan’s ethnic minority history, local history, Dai Tusi system, and ethnic architectural art in western Yunnan. It is a valuable heritage of China’s ethnic minority Tusi culture. 👌The Nandian Tusi hereditary officials lasted for 29 generations and lasted for more than 500 years. The chieftain's original surname was Gong and he was originally from Nanjing. During the early Ming Dynasty's conquest of Yunnan, he made many military achievements. In 1301, he was named Xuanfu Envoy and given the surname Dao. In the first year of the Republic of China, he restored his surname to Gong, so in the genealogy table we can see the surname Dao first and Gong later, as well as the statement that he inherited his father's position. 👉 Fortunately, this time I was able to listen to a beautiful and melodious Hulusi in this well-preserved courtyard; in the courtyard theater, I listened to a Dai opera with ethnic characteristics. Although I didn’t understand it, I felt some of the essence of Dai culture. 💴Tickets: Online 16