A spring and summer days, I came to town Zetang southern Tibet. Zetang, Tibetan, meaning "land of the monkeys play."
Zetang fertile land, rich resources, beautiful scenery, is indeed a very attractive place. Standing on the hill to the horn of Yaron Kampot valley looked, we saw aerial networks, network of waterways crossed that Shakes the Barley rolling, tree-lined, can not help for the Tibetan settlers in this impressed by its capital good eyesight.
Yumbulagang, snow-covered first Palace
Zetang 5 km south-east, the river in the east coast of the roadside Jallon a small hill, stands a palace in Tibet history - Yumbulagang, which is the first generation of ZAP's palace in Tibet, Tibet legend of Princess Wen Cheng, the once lived here. Three-level palace as early as V, when the Dalai Lama has done a large-scale maintenance, early 80s, the Tibetan cultural relics department has conducted a large-scale repair work.
Yumbulagang a smaller scale, written for the west side. Minutes before and after the temple into two parts, the former Department for a three-storey building, the rear is a high Tibetan stone room. Rectangular housing front, get in the door is a wide and three deep three of the doors to, and then inside a large hall. Hall honors Songtsan, Princess Wen Cheng and others statues, these statues simple and honest and simple, very expressive. The second floor of the front two for the north and south, the rear is a hall, but lower than low, only about two meters high. Basilica that houses the memorial tablets Jampa Buddha, Tsongkhapa, Padmasambhava, Manjusri Bodhisattva, and many other Buddha statues. Gallery House is a three-layer back through the back door is a small gallery towers. The upper walls of the towers filled with colorful painted murals, more content for the legendary stories and the construction of the palace when the scenarios.
Yumbulagang height of about 30 meters, though small and exquisite, but because it ranks in the Mountain, there is one small Sule Pagoda and the "ladder" shape of the silhouetted against, so the castle towering, majestic and impressive.
We visited, accompanied by a lama description Road: BC 237 BC, Nie Tsenpo for the Tibetan tribe's first leader, and in this palace was built. From the 6th century onwards, has merged close to the tribes, and advanced to the Yaron River Qonggyai area. To the 7th century and established the Tubo Dynasty strong. However, the tribe still in possession of the South built Palace, moved here from time to time, and the tomb of the Tubo ZAP is also built on the Muslim day Qonggyai hill.
The enthusiasm of the old lama told me: Here are the first Tsenpo Tibet, the first palace, the first village, the first of the Buddhist scriptures. In addition, Tibet's first Buddhist temple Chang Zhusi, first "Buddhist monk" evil of the Samye Monastery, the first record played a Tibetan village of Tashi song Deji are all located in the Zetang and nearby places.
Still here to spread the "mandate of heaven four treasures" argument. No. 27 on behalf of the ZAP la Nie Zan due date, the heaven of the Buddhist scriptures, ritual implements and other "occult fetish," enshrined in the palace, treasures of the power to make the 60-year-old youthful glow ZAP also has live to 120 years of age. As the treasure down at the Yumbulagang, this palace has become the Holy Land, making body of five followers to vote for thousands of years, the pay homage.
The story of the ancient capital of Qonggyai and Zao
Qonggyai County, before surging Yaron River, after the endless mountains, more than 20 kilometers away from the Zetang, here was the ancient capital of the Tubo Dynasty. Tubo Dynasty from the ninth to the 14th generation of ZAP Bude Gong A ladder laugh out, has built on this Dazi, Gui Zi, Yang Zi, red Zi, Zi mother Qonggyai, red is collapsing all other Liugong , known as "gray tiles 6 palace", is the second largest Tibetan construction of the castle.
Because of time, we can only look up in the car on a hillside six palace ruins. Connect several castle is the winding ancient city wall. In this construction can also look down Shouyu palace sheltered both in the col. Tibetan ancestors can fortification in order to keep soil, Ju City, in order to resist the enemy, which is 1300 years ago the society, can not be said that the local social civilization and a big step forward.
County South Muz valley is the Tibetan kingdom of Ling Qu, several tombs still preserved in good condition, so that the valley is full of a sacred and mysterious.
Records in accordance with ancient Tibetan books, the early King's death, passed away to build the tomb, because the kings fall from heaven, and must return to heaven after death. If the first king of the underworld after his death, the body ie high-altitude passing away, "has a strong Avision lost, no deposit the remains of it." Some historical records, the Tubo King had a "light rope of days", when their son can be riding and shooting, the father the king on the ropes along the root days to return to the sky. Eighth king of the underworld like to contest, in a contest in fallen into a trap "to rope cut off days", but he can not return to heaven, like kings, and had no choice but to build the mausoleum on the ground. "Tibetan and Chinese history series" in a very clear record is buried in Qonggyai. I am afraid this is the first hills of the Tubo.
Enigmatic's tomb group
When we looked around and saw the plain valley from north to south, a huge block lined with more than 10 tombs, the Tomb of the fief (Fenqiu) a shape like a pyramid, and like a seat Tsuchiyama, seamless with the surrounding hills, appears to exceptionally spectacular.
Tombs of Tibetan Kings back Muz Hill, the former Pro Yaron River, located in a few years long slopes. Tombs of different sizes, are not neatly arranged, graves, how many tombs have always vary, 8, 10, 12 ... ... According to "Sage Wedding Banquet" and "Tibet, Wang Tong Ji" and other historical records, Tibet tomb of a total of 21, we can count is 16. However, according to the Tibet Autonomous Region Cultural Relics Management Committee in 1989, with Sichuan University, a joint study by the archaeological find here only 11 tombs. Well, the other tomb, where it is really a mystery.
The most important Tibetan cultural relics to climb to more than 40 minutes, steep mountains, the tomb of a large rounded body. The mountains are no trees, velvet grass covered slopes, mountain jade and crystal stone can be seen everywhere, the local Tibetan Satisfy a beautiful crystal stone, jade wares, bring visitors into a colorful world.
Possession of earth and rock tomb is the tomb of Lei Cheng of the high-profile mound, layer upon layer compaction, sealing the tomb can still see a clear profile of rammed earth floor, each floor is about 15-20 cm thick. Tomb sealed high-rise, some as high as 10 meters, covers an area of about 1 million square meters, is like a small hill. Tomb sealed for the flat-topped, square. History books, "Tongdian" the Tombs of Tibetan Kings say: "The tomb of Founder, tired stone whom, Zhuangruo flat head house."
2 Lion Monument 2
Under the hillside at peak, there is a tomb of the heap, the highest in the Tombs of the greatest. Tomb divided into three layers, for the flat top, what about 120 meters, the second layer is a strip soil units, a pair of stone lions on the legislation, her eyes staring eyes, teeth exposed, the neck curly flowing lines and delicate, the overall plump and rich in dynamic modeling, showing strong momentum and majestic lion. This stone lions, Tombs unique, I do not know who the tomb, why put on the lion.
There are two tombstone caught my attention: one is the red Alfredsson praise, and is located in the northeast corner of the Ling Qu, tablet-style monument like Tang, top with four slope-style monument cap, edge upturned, under the carved stone turtle style Beizuo, Beishen with the cap at the bottom of the monument, carved to fly Yunlong, sun, moon and lotus pattern; the other a stone at the northern edge of the most Lingqu with the previous tablet difference is that the top as the most important monument beads, Monument bearing cap under the columns, carved with clouds, but no flying, who also carved the monument Yunlong ... ...
In the foreseeable tomb to tomb Songtsan the largest area, length and width Jie Wei stone (about 100 meters) away. Muding a temple. Here, I met a white-haired old, heard that he was originally Songtsan Muding temple keepers of the temple, his teacher was the temple of light lamp division. He enthusiastically said: "Previously, Songtsan tomb is the temple on the grave keeper, place of residence, called the 'bell Limousin Lacan', meaning Songtsen temple. Temple has Songtsan, Wen Cheng Princess Princess red respect, the Minister Lu Dongzan, who's statue. tomb is divided into five Buddhist temple, a very luxurious decoration, put a large number of gold and silver treasure tomb. mausoleum Nankai west gate, facing the Buddha hometown, to show devotion to the Buddha; the left side of his lifetime buried Songtsan supplies and property; the right side of buried gold production of knights and horses, that the attendants. "
Later, Zhe Fan, I read about the big book on Gar "directory," a book found much the same old argument, but more detailed.
Tubo first Tomb gravedigger thing had happened. The old man told me: Lvjingbingxian important Tibetan cultural relics have been a few were destroyed, but failed to find the Mumen, saying that if we find can not go in, once inside, never to return also. Important Tibetan cultural relics protection intact since then. It has long been listed as heritage conservation units in the Tibet Autonomous Region.
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