Ruins of world heritage site now open to the public

Blast from the past: A memorial archway at the site of the Tangya Tusi fortress in Xianfeng county, Hubei province. — China Daily/Asia News Network

WUHAN: Ruins of the Tangya Tusi fortress, one of the three Tusi sites added to Unesco’s World Heritage List last year, opens to public on Chinese Cultural Heritage Day.

The site, located in Xianfeng county of central China’s Hubei province and covering more than 100 hectares, is about the size of 140 football fields and is even bigger than the Forbidden City in Beijing.