Cultural Insider: Chinese chieftain system

Tourists visit a chieftain's grave in what remains of Tangya chieftain city in Central China's Hubei province. [Photo/Xinhua]

Tangya Tusi Site in Hubei province

Tangya Tusi city in Xianfeng county in Central China's Hubei Province was even bigger than the Forbidden City in Beijing. Chieftains ruled there for 460 years. Statues, a cemetery and an ornately decorated memorial archway still stand.