HANAN and HURIN CUSCO, what it means to us?

The SACRED CENTER of the city of CUSCO was conceived as a STYLIZED SACRED PUMA.
The HEAD is represented by the MIGHTY FORTRESS of SACSAHUAMAN, the HEART by the
MAIN SQUARE of HUACAYPATA, and the TAIL by the CONVERGENCE of the HUATANAY
and the TULLUMAYO RIVERS.

CUSCO was THE CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE for them. More than 300 of the MOST IMPORTANT SACRED SITES (Huacas) in the area AROUND CUSCO were CONCEIVED OF AS LYING AROUND 41 LINES OF LIVING ENERGIES (cekes) EMANATING FROM the TEMPLE of the SUN in the CORICANCHA, UNITING 328 SACRED SITES and STATIONS EQUAL TO THE NUMBER OF DAYS IN 12 LUNAR MONTHS (328days/12months=27.3days, the lunar cycle).

The LINES OF LIVING ENERGIES (cekes) were GROUPED as to HANAN and HURIN. Upper and Lower, respectively - CUSCO  and thus the FOUR REGIONS OF the INKA EMPIRE (Tawantinsuyu). Those lines of living energies radiated outward from the CORICANCHA TO THE FOUR regions.

To the INKAS, the EARTH was made of FOUR QUARTERS of living energies, whose MAKE A DIVISION IN FOUR GROUPS OF LIVING ENERGY LINES INTERSECTING IN the sacred city of CUSCO, dividing the EMPIRE in FOUR QUARTERS. Each QUARTER absorbed a quarter of lines of these living energies, and the care of each sacred place (huaca) in which these lines of living energies rested was assigned to a particular group of people. In these way, these living energies were helped in order to coordinate social relationship among people, as well as to organize sacred spaces.
The mighty fortress of SACSAYHUAMAN, considered the HEAD of the PUMA, holds a zig-zagged
outer walls representing the fierce teeth of the animal. The fortress is noted for an extensive system of underground tunnels (maze like tunnels) connecting the fortress throughout the ANDES and some islands on LAKE TITICACA.