Although Qin Shi Huang was scolded as a tyrant, many of his decisions have influenced future generations, and there are many achievements in the construction of projects, one of which is to unify the tracks and roads, and now we all know how important the construction of roads is for the development of a place. During the Tang Dynasty, China is now the beginning of the new century, the Central Plains and many Fan states have exchanges, at this time the construction of roads is also countless, today's introduction is the Tang Dynasty built a "national road", this road is one of the three most famous roads in China, once a significant "golden road".
This road started from Xi'an in Shaanxi, which was then Chang'an, and passed through Gansu and Qinghai, all the way to Lhasa, Tibet, which was still called Luoxian at that time. With a total length of more than 3,000 kilometers, this road connects western China and spans the roof of the world, which is a very major and difficult project at that time and in modern times. During the Tang Dynasty, the Central Plains and the western feudal states had friendly exchanges, and this road was the only way for the Central Plains people to go to Qinghai, Tibet, and even Nepal, India and other western countries, and its prosperity was unmatched by any later road.
This road was called the Tangbo Ancient Road, which is today's National Highway 214. At that time, Lhasa was the capital of the western feudal state of Tubo, which was one of the few feudal states that could be written in history books, and it made great contributions to the development of exchanges between the Central Plains and Tibet. During the Zhenguan period, Tuguhun rebelled in Qinghai, and was later subjugated by the current general Li Jing and others, at this time Tubo's 13-year-old Songzan Gampo became the new leader of Tubo, who annexed the surrounding small countries and became the beloved king at that time. During this period, Tibet developed economically and was the best of many feudal states.
It was precisely because of the development and growth of Tubo that the Tang Dynasty was able to marry Princess Wencheng to this young monarch who was only 25 years old but very brave. Princess Wencheng's entry into Tibet brought the distance between Tibet and the Central Plains closer, the exchanges between the envoys and merchants of the two countries were unprecedentedly frequent, Chang'an and Lhasa Sui'an were far away, and the intermediate road was also very dangerous, but through two hundred years of treading, a road of more than 3,000 kilometers was thus taken out. This road allowed the commercial development of the Central Plains and Tibet to flourish for a while, so it was also known as the "golden road" of the two countries.
In addition to Princess Wencheng, there is also Princess Jincheng who has walked through this road. Princess Wencheng's entry into Tibet during the Tang Dynasty brought unprecedented economic and cultural development to the Central Plains and Tibet, while Princess Jincheng entered Tibet in the middle and late Tang Dynasty, bringing a century of peace and stability to the Central Plains and Tibet. These two princesses single-handedly brought development to the two countries, and their significance is incomparable to that of thousands of troops and horses. The Tang Dynasty Ancient Road has been more than 1,300 years old, it is a bridge between the Central Plains and Tibet, from the beginning of the Tang Dynasty to the long years to come, this road has maintained the friendly exchanges and development of the two major ethnic groups of Han and Tibet.