Bloodsoaksthegrassandtrees,whitebonesspreadeverywhere,babiesarecrying,ghostsaregrudging.Overathousandyearsago,“TheArmyWagons”bypoetDuFuinTangDynastydepictedthetragicscenesofwarbetweentheTuboandTang.Inhistory,Xizangregionhadalonghistoryofwarandstrife,andtherelationshipbetweenHanandTibetanhavebeencontinuouslythawedandintermingledovertheyears.Aftereightalliances,TangDynastyandTubofinallyformedtheamitylike“uncleandnephew”,producinganorientalstoryinresolvingdisputesthroughouthistory.TheTuboandTangDynastyhadenduredaprotractedconflictthatlastedfornearly200yearsintheWesternRegionsofChina.InthelonghistoryoftheTang-Tuborelationship,hostilityandfriendshipwenthandinhand.Understandingwasenhancedthroughexchangeofenvoys,intermarriages,andevenwars,whicheventuallyledtolong-lastingpeacebetweenthetwosides.In823A.D.,TangandTuboreachedanagreement,historicallyknownasthe“ChangqingAlliance”.AMonumentwaserectedatthegateofJokhangTemple,inscribedwiththemostfamoussentence“BeLikeNephewandUncle”.Inotherwords,theemperoroftheTangDynastywasthe“uncle”andtheleaderofTuboKingdomwasthe“nephew”,likewise,TangandTubobecamelikeafamily.The“amitybetweenuncleandnephew”linkedHanandTibetanswiththetraditionaltiesofkinshipandfurtherstrengthenedtheinteractionandconnectionbetweenvariousethnicgroups.ThemonumentoftheChangqingAlliancehasalsobecomealandmarksymbolizingethnicunity.Nexttothemonumentisawillow,whichwassaidtobeplantedbyPrincessWenchengwhenshemarriedtoSongtsenGampo.Soitisalsocalled“PrincessWillow”.BotharethesymbolsofthefriendlyrelationsbetweentheHanandTibetanethnicgroups,andwithvariousethnicgroupsinChina.Editor:DisclaimerTheviewsandopinionsexpressedinthisarticlearethoseoftheauthor's,GMW.cnmakesnorepresentationsastoaccuracy,suitability,orvalidityofanyinformationonthissiteandwillnotbeliableforanyerrors,omissions,ordelaysinthisinformation.