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Laosicheng Site is located at Laosicheng Village of Lingxi Town, over 20 kilometers away from the east of Yongshun County, Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture. Laosicheng Site: N 28°59′52.4″ , E 109°58′14.5″ .
Laosi represents 800 years of Culture of Yongshun Tusi Regime( from late Liang Dynasty AD 910 to the sixth year of Yongzheng Reign in Qing Dynasty AD 1728), a special system that ancient Chinese dynasties used to rule ethnic groups in certain regions by granting hereditary titles to local leaders. Laosicheng Site of Yongshun County was the local political, economic, cultural and military center. Occupying a total area of 25 square kilometers, the ruins of Laosicheng Site cover a central area of more than 250,000 square meters, in an urban layout of road networks and drainage systems. Archaeologists discovered many relics including the Hall of Patriarch, the Pengs' Patriarch Temple, the tombs of chieftains, ancient streets, ancient walls, memorial arches, bronze bells and stone horses. It is the Tusi Site that has gone through large-scale archeological excavation in an all-round way.
Laosicheng is one of the largest, earliest and best preserved ancient Tusi towns in southern China.
(1) The Central Site:
It is nestled at the foot of Simian Mountain Ridge and by Lingxi River. The property consists of various zones for different purposes, ranging from the palace, government office, judicial court, residential community, education area, burial ground to religious and ceremonial places, which stand by themselves and get connected through lanes, streets and the river. It was a fully functioning mountain city of an appropriate layout and pleasant scenery. The property also includes many well-preserved ancient buildings such as the Pengs' Patriarch Temple, Jade Emperor Temple (Yu Huang Ge), Wenchang Temple, and Yinan Memorial Arch (Zi Sun Yong Xiang Pai Fang), along with the old city wall, ancient streets, drainage system sand Tusi necropolis. Laosicheng Central Site was an exemplary scenic mountain city in southwest China.
(2) The Surrounding Sites:
The Surrounding Site spreads along the Lingxi River, consisting of 23 spots for leisure, military and religious purposes and ancient roads linking up these spots. The leisure spots include Bihua Villa, Fishing Platform and Stone Inscriptions; the military facilities include Qingjianwan Site, Chalaoyuan Site and Xiepu Government Office; the religious buildings include the Patriarch Temple and Jade Emperor Temple and the religious sites include the Temple of Guanyin and Temple of Eight Gods. The surrounding site together with the central site embodies harmony between politics and military, between man and nature.