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Guge Kingdom Relics

The rulers of th Guguo Kingdom are descendants of the Tubo Kings.After the downfall of the Tubo Kingdom,their descendants set up the Guguo Kingdom in the Ali region.Now the famous Guhuo Kingdom ruins are standing on an earth hill of 300 metres in Jada county.The ruins of the castles and palaces can still be sen.The uguo Kingdom ruins occupies an area of 180,000 and 3 rows of Buddhist pagoda as high as over 10 metres.Ther are over 300 houses are sprawing from bottom to the top of the hill.Under this group of buildings are a network of secret underground tunnels.Circling this group of buildings is the city wall made of clay.A lot of carvings of buddha are still apparent.The main buildings of the guguo kingdom ruins is those monasteries and palaces.
The better preserved monasteries are the white temple and reb temle.The palace for the guguo King is on the top of the hill. The big hall to the south end is for the king is on the top of the hill.All the buildings are made of earth and timber.The roofs are all with colorfullions,horses,elephants,dragons,peacocks,etc. The caves are either of semi-hemisphere or square.
There are over ten caves around the palaces storing a large quantity of arms, amuntion,tools,cooking utensils and Tibetan books.