Monument of Tang and Tibetan Alliance

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In front of the entrance of the main gate of the Jokhang Temple, there are two stone steles. The south one is the Tang-Tibetan Huimeng Monument, also known as "Changqing Huimeng Monument" or "Nephew and Uncle Hemeng Monument". The stele is 342 centimeters high, 82 centimeters wide and 35 centimeters thick, carved in Chinese and Tibetan. This was built in 823 A.D. by Tubo Zanpu to commemorate the Tang-Tibet alliance between the first year and the second year of Changqing.

After Tang Muzong succeeded to the throne, both Tang and Tibetans decided to "carve the sun and moon on the boulder" for a long-term reconciliation, and wrote the stele of the alliance between nephew and uncle. According to historical records, from 706 to 822 AD, there were as many as 8 alliances between Tubo and the Tang Dynasty. The Monument of the Tang-Tibetan Alliance, erected in 823 A.D., records the text of the eighth alliance.

The inscription records: "Uncle and nephew, the two masters, negotiated that the country should be one, and established a great peace covenant, which will never be replaced! The gods and men all testify, and praise them from generation to generation." The inscription emphasizes that Tang Wencheng and Princess Jincheng married Tubo Zanpu concluded the good marriage of uncle and nephew; traced the history and achievements of Tang and Fan, and recorded the process of this alliance, the date of standing stone and the list of officials from both sides participating in the altar alliance. This alliance tablet expresses the long-standing intimate relationship between China and Tibet, and is a valuable cultural relic in the history of China and Tibet.

According to historical records, after the stele was erected, the dispute between Tang and Tibet came to an end, and the two parties even formed a nephew relationship, which created a sense of closeness in blood.