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Nandian Chieftain's Yamen 南甸宣抚司署Nándiàn Xuānfǔsī Shǔ
4A scenic area · National heritage site · Dehong, Yunnan
- Time needed
- 2–3 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Dehong
- Region
- Yunnan
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area, National heritage site
About Nandian Chieftain's Yamen
The headquarters of the Gong family, hereditary chieftains (tusi) of Nandian who ruled the area for about five centuries, in Zhedao, the county town of Lianghe. Begun in 1851 and enlarged until 1935, it is laid out like a Han Chinese government office, with 47 buildings around four main and ten side courtyards, and is often called the 'Dai Forbidden City'. It houses the Western Yunnan Tusi Culture Museum, opened in 2015.
How to get to Nandian Chieftain's Yamen
In Lianghe county town, roughly an hour by road from Tengchong or 1.5 hours from Mangshi.
Nearby
- Heshun Ancient Town 和顺古镇 30 km
A hillside village of courtyard homes built on the fortunes of traders in Burma - Tengchong Volcanoes & Rehai Hot Springs 腾冲火山与热海 50 km
Climb a dormant volcano's crater, then watch a boiling spring cook your eggs
On the map
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