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世界遗产档案
这片遗址位于中国西南山区，包括一系列部落领地。这些领地的首领被中央政府任命为“土司”，是这里十三至二十世纪世袭的统治者。土司制度起源于公元前三世纪少数民族地区的王朝统治体系。其目的是为了既保证国家统一的集权管理，又保留少数民族的生活和风俗习惯。湖南老司城，湖北唐崖和贵州海龙屯均属于这片遗址，它是中华文明在元、明两代发展出的这种统治制度的特殊见证。
UNESCO 官方中文展开英文原文
Located in the mountainous areas of south-west China, this property encompasses remains of several tribal domains whose chiefs were appointed by the central government as ‘Tusi’, hereditary rulers from the 13th to the early 20thcentury. The Tusi system arose from the ethnic minorities’ dynastic systems of government dating back to the 3rd century BCE. Its purpose was to unify national administration, while allowing ethnic minorities to retain their customs and way of life. The sites of Laosicheng, Tangya and Hailongtun Fortress that make up the site bear exceptional testimony to this form of governance, which derived from the Chinese civilization of the Yuan and Ming periods.