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| Travel on this once an important envoy and trading route between Tang Kingdom and Tubo Kingdom (present-day Tibet), which allowed access from central China to other cities in Qinghai, Tibet, Nepal and India. In the year 641, during the Tang Dynasty, Princess Wen Cheng was sent as a bride to Louxie (present-day Lhasa), the capital of Tubo Kingdom. This 3,000 km route extends through 4 provinces, Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai and Tibet, of which over 1,500 km lies on Qinghai Province. This strenuous journey from Chang'an (present-day Xian) later became the Tangbo Road and promoted friendly links between the two kingdoms. |
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