Princess Wencheng

This film (drama)Also known as文成公主，is aMainland ChinaProducerbeauty live，At2001Released in year 。The dialogue language isMandarin Chinese，Current Douban rating7.0(For reference only)。

In the early 7th century, during the Zhenguan period of Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, the 32nd Zampu Songtsen Gampo of the Snowy Plateau completed the unification of the various tribes, establishing the Tubo Dynasty. He sent envoys to Tang to request a marriage alliance, but was denied. After a failed military attempt to seek marriage, Songtsen Gampo sent his trusted Prime Minister Lu Dongzan to Chang'an to apologize and renew the marriage proposal. Moved by Songtsen Gampo's sincerity, Emperor Taizong was troubled, however, as he had no suitable daughters to marry off. The daughter of Li Daozong, the Minister of Rites and Prince of Jiangxia, Li Xueyan, was a clever, lively, and exceptionally talented young lady from a noble family. When selecting a princess, Emperor Taizong immediately favored Xueyan and conferred the title "Princess Wencheng" upon her to marry into Tubo. Princess Wencheng and her entourage faced numerous hardships on their journey to Tubo. Along the way, Tubo's Deputy Prime Minister Gongdun conspired with his adopted son Buse to ambush Princess Wencheng. Just when their situation grew perilous, Lu Dongzan left Chang'an, caught up with the caravan, and turned danger into safety. Songtsen Gampo personally came to welcome Princess Wencheng at Baishi, and the two fell in love at first sight. Upon arriving in the Tubo capital Lhasa, they received a warm welcome from the people, and during the grand wedding ceremony, citizens shouted "Zaxi Dele," eagerly touching Princess Wencheng's clothing with their foreheads, tearing her dress into pieces as sacred tokens to seek peace. The unique customs and rituals of the Tubo people deeply moved Wencheng. During the celebrations, Gongdun's attempt to assassinate Wencheng was foiled again. After completing his unification mission, Songtsen Gampo focused on economic development, emulating the Tang Dynasty to establish laws and regulations for Tubo, drafting the "Six Departments Legal Code" and, at Wencheng's suggestion, sending Tubo youths to study in the Tang Dynasty. Wang Limi of Xiangxiong plotted to rebel, prompting Songtsen Gampo to journey to Xiangxiong for an oath, leaving Lu Dongzan behind to take care of Wencheng. Gongdun seized this opportunity to spread rumors about an affair between Wencheng and Lu Dongzan to achieve a dual purpose. Upon returning from Xiangxiong, Songtsen Gampo, burdened by the gossip, became quite depressed. Lu Dongzan bound himself with Songtsen Gampo’s troops, requesting to uncover the truth behind the rumors to clear Wencheng’s name. After three confrontations, the truth was revealed. Just as the "Six Departments Legal Code" was about to be completed, Tubo faced a severe drought, causing a large influx of disaster victims into Lhasa seeking relief. Gongdun and the Grand Sorcerer took advantage of this to incite famine-driven chaos and schemed to falsely claim divine will to exorcise demons and eliminate disasters, accusing Princess Wencheng of being a female demon. Songtsen Gampo, seeing through the conspiracy behind the exorcism, used his strong deterrent power to force the Grand Sorcerer to change his claim to say that the demon possessed Wencheng’s maid, Lamu, and incited the people to drive Lamu out of Lhasa. Wencheng felt guilty for not being able to protect the innocent Lamu and went into the countryside of Yalong to search for her. Before departing, Wencheng asked Songtsen Gampo to open the granaries to relieve the disaster victims. Finally, the "Six Departments Legal Code" was successfully promulgated, completely thwarting Gongdun and the Grand Sorcerer’s conspiracy to obstruct its implementation. While searching for Lamu in Yalong, Wencheng also treated the people's ailments and was hailed as the "White Tara, Living Bodhisattva." The first palace in Lhasa, the Red Palace, was completed, and Songtsen Gampo welcomed Princess Wencheng back to Lhasa. After this ordeal, their bond deepened. Long-term warfare led Songtsen Gampo to fall ill, and after successfully defeating Gongdun, he passed away on the way back to Lhasa at the young age of 34. Princess Wencheng lived with him for ten years, with no offspring. After Songtsen Gampo's death, he was buried in his hometown Yalong, while Princess Wencheng continued to live there. Twenty years later, Tang envoy Shang Kai returned to Tubo, under Emperor Gaozong's orders, to invite Princess Wencheng back to Chang'an for her later years. Princess Wencheng realized that she had married into Tubo for the sake of Sino-Tibetan friendship, and having embarked on this long journey, there would be no turning back, only the way forward. She bid farewell to her family heading back east, remaining on the plateau, becoming the everlasting White Tara in the hearts of the Han and Tibetan people. Princess Wencheng and Songtsen Gampo hand in hand wrote an eternal hymn for the unity of the Han and Tibetan nations.