Xiao Fei and I hurriedly walked into the Fawang Cave of the Potala Palace, and we entered the Fawang Cave (Quji Zhupu), one of the earliest buildings of the Potala Palace, at the northwest end of the second corridor.

Fawang Cave is a building of the Tibetan period in the 7th century, and it is a cave-style Buddhist hall. Built on the top of the Potala Hill with two small white pagodas on the left and right sides, it is located at the highest point of the Red Hill and its location also happens to be in the center of the Potala Palace.

The area of the hall is not large, about 30 square meters, it was the temple where Songtsen Gampo lived for a long time in Tubo Zanpu, and it was the practice room of Songtsen Gampo.

This is really carved beams and painted buildings, resplendent gold, unique style, there is a hole in the sky, especially those high walls are more varied, a piece of flowers and greenery, the above is vividly painted with the western wide-eyed king, the northern multi-wen king, the southern growth king, the eastern holding the country king, the northwest green wind god and so on Buddhist protectors.

Each painting is about 6 meters high and 2.5 meters wide, and the image of the Heavenly King is tall and mighty, fierce and vicious, or holding a treasure umbrella, or holding a wisdom sword, or playing a pipa, or twisting a dragon, or riding a divine beast, guarding all directions and all directions, in order to prevent evil demons from going outside.

And continue to go forward, the paintings on the high wall are also varied, rich and colorful, the pattern content has moire, curly grass, tangled branches and leaves, treasure phase flowers, passionfruit, pomegranate flowers, ** pearls, Sanskrit six-character mantra, eight treasure pictures and Buddha statues, lions, elephants and other plant patterns.

There are color paintings, there are also a variety of carvings, various forms, there are two kinds of pressing the ground hidden and the ground protruding, that is, relief carving and semi-circular carving.

There are also carved patterns that are pre-carved patterns, and then pasted on beams, columns, finches, and bucket arches.

The colors are based on warm colors such as vermilion, crimson, golden, and orange, and are lined with cold colors such as blue and green.

The colors are brilliant and the contrast is strong. Then there are very rare Tibetan classics such as seals, seals, gifts, literature classics, bay leaf scriptures, Buddha statues, thangkas, ritual utensils, etc., and rare cultural relics hidden in the depths.

Bayeux Sutra, white glazed dark sea thread bowl, bronze eight-petal lotus Daweide Vajra statue, there are nearly 10,000 pieces of various thangkas (Buddhist scroll paintings), and tens of thousands of various Buddha statues of gold, silver, jade, wood carving, and clay sculptures.

The emperor's pardon and seals, seals, gifts, plaques and scriptures given by all walks of life, and the classics, ritual utensils and offerings for the palace's own use.

Among them, such as the Kangyur and Tengyur (both of which are Tibetan Tripitaka scriptures), the Kalachakra Sutra written in gold, the Kalachakra Sutra, the phalange relics of Shakyamuni, and the golden book and gold seal, all of which are rare treasures and are invaluable.

In particular, a silver statue of Guanyin with a thousand hands and a thousand eyes is more fascinating, this statue has a total of 11 faces and 1,000 hands, the front three sides are still phase, the right three sides are half static and half fierce phase, the left three sides are fierce phase, the upper two sides are laughing phase, there is a Buddha statue of immeasurable light on the top, and there is an eye on the palm of each hand.

Made of sterling silver with a gold-coated face, it is about 3 meters tall and has a beautiful shape, exquisite craftsmanship and unique shape.

As we walked anxiously, we exchanged heads and ears, and Xiao Fei's eyebrows danced and said: "Songtsen Gampo is indeed a rare talent, he unified the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in the 7th century A.D. and established a slave regime. Songtsen Gampo opened up the territory, set up political and military ruling institutions, formulated laws, unified weights and measures, created the Tibetan language, and made great contributions to Tibetan culture. In 640 AD, Songtsen Gampo sent an envoy to Chang'an to ask for a marriage with Tang. The following year, Tang Taizong married Princess Wencheng, and after more than 2 years of long-distance travel, Princess Wencheng arrived in Tibet in 643, and Tubo held a grand welcome ceremony for her. When Princess Wencheng entered Tibet, she brought with her a large number of books on medicine, production technology, Buddhism, as well as seeds of cereals and vegetables, and exquisite handicrafts. She introduced the calendar to Tibet, and together with her maids, she passed on the Han textile and embroidery techniques to local women. The Tang Dynasty also sent water mills and silkworm seeds to Tibet, and sent all kinds of craftsmen, which changed the backward production methods of Tibet. Princess Wencheng was extremely loved by the Tibetan people. In 650 AD, Songtsen Gampo died, and Princess Wencheng has been living in Gongzang ever since. In 680, Princess Wencheng died, and Tubo held a grand funeral for the princess, and buried her with Songtsen Gampo in the tomb of the Tibetan king in Qiongjie. Songtsen Gampo was the 33rd generation of Tibetan Zampu, who ascended the throne at the age of 13 and quickly quelled the rebellion of the internal nobles with his superhuman talents, and then annexed many tribes on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, creating a great cause of unification. Through his hard work, Tibet's social and economic development has been rapid, and its national strength has flourished. He also married Nepal and the Tang Dynasty with foresight, married Princess Chizun and Princess Wencheng, and built the magnificent Potala Palace. In the history of Tibet, Songtsen Gampo and later Tsangpu Trisong Detsen and Trizu Detsen were known as the three great kings of the Tibetan period.

"Speaking of Cao Cao, Cao Cao arrived, we were talking, there was already a statue of Songtsen Gampo in front of us, and it was very recognizable, at a glance,—— he had a handsome face, a slender mustache, and was dressed in a long robe, especially on the top of his head wrapped tightly in a yellow turban, revealing the small head of the Buddha of Infinite Light. This is a unique sign of Songtsen Gampo. In the hall, there are statues of Princess Chizun, Princess Wencheng, and Tibetan concubine Mengsa Chijia holding Prince Gongri Gongzan. As well as the statues of the prince Gongri Gongzan, the minister Lu Dongzan, and the founder of the current Tibetan language, Tunmi Sambuza. These statues are all colorful, delicate techniques, vivid images, especially the helmet used by Songtsen Gampo is even more fascinating, with five Buddhas attached to it (i.e., the Buddha of Immobility, the Buddha of Baosheng, the Buddha of Immeasurable Light, the Buddha of the Buddha of Empty Achievement and the Buddha of Pilu), inlaid with various gemstones, the shape of a cross vajra, the craftsmanship is exquisite, extremely strange, giving people the feeling of seeing this hat as if seeing Zampu, a look is a rare cultural relic of old age. Xiao Fei and I looked at each other and smiled.