Princess Wencheng’s Marriage in Tibet
2 min readIt is one category of the Chinese painting. The drawings of objects and figures in the picture, as well as the application of colors, are finished in a meticulous and exquisite method. Among them, the paintings with heavy and rich colors are called”heavy-color elaborate-style paintings”while the ones with light colors are called”light-color elaborate-style paintings.”
Emperor Taizong took the most important position in the painting. He wore a graceful, grand, solemn and stately expression but looked very peaceful, gentle and wise, fully showing his welcome for the Tibetan en-voy, as well as his foresight in making the important decision of respectively holding a the sedan chair with one on the sedan cair with crossed Four. maid. were A maid was lifting standing on both sides sedan chair and the other Songtsen while being surrounded comers of the scoan closely following clothes and the protocol introduced.
Princess Wencheng’s Marriage in Tibet
In the frst year of the Tang Dynasty,a minority country rose in the Tibetan Plateau. Its name was Tubo (today’s Tibet). In 629 AD, the 13-year-old Songtsan Gampo became the Tsanpo (i.e. the emperor) of Tubo. He admired the Tang Dynasty very much and wanted to build friendly relations with the Tang Dynasty. In 634 AD, Songtsan Gampo asked the Tang Dynasty for a royal marriage. Emperor Taizong also wanted to achieve peace and friendship with Tubo, so he promised to marry Princess Wencheng to Songtsan Gampo. In the frst month of 641AD, Princess Wencheng married the Lord of Tubo. Songtsan Gampo sent his Prime Minister Gar Songtsen to escort the princess to Tibet. He also built city walls and palaces following the construction styles of the Tang Dynasty in Luoxie City (today’s Lhasa, Tibet) for Princess Wencheng. The legend said that they were the prototype of the Potala Palace. After Princess Wencheng’s marriage in Tibet, the advanced culture of the Central Plains successively moved into Tubo, which boosted the development of the Tibetan area. The relation between the Tang Dynasty and Tubo became closer and closer. Therefore, Princess Wencheng and Songtsan Gampo were always remembered and admired by the people of the Han and Tibetan nationalities. Till now, their statues are sti1l consecrated in the Potala Palace and the Jokhang Temple in the present-day Lhasa.
