If you were a tour guide and stood in front of the statue of Tangdong Jebu, how would you introduce Tangdong Jebu to tourists?

① A brief biography of the great siddha Tangdong Jebul

In 1361, the great siddha Tangdong Jebul was born in a peasant family in Angren County, Shigatse, Tibet. passed away. Tangdong Jebu lived for 125 years and built 58 cable bridges for the people throughout his life. He is a historical figure who has benefited the people and is remembered by the Tibetan people.

Tang Dongjiebu was smart and eager to learn since he was a child, so his father sent him to the local Jiading Temple to learn cultural knowledge. He studied hard and achieved remarkable results. His father advised him to come back and inherit the family business, while his mother advocated that he continue to stay in the temple and become a monk. Finally, the two listened to the elder Rinchen Gyaltsen's suggestion and allowed him to become a monk. From then on, Tang Dongjie Bu began his Buddhist career in Jiading Temple... He went to Angren Monastery, Jiare Monastery, Sakya Monastery and other places to meet many eminent monks for advice, and mastered many important cultivation methods in Tibetan Buddhism Tantra. In particular, he received the bhikkhu ordination at Jiare Temple under the auspices of the eminent monk Gaaba, and took the dharma name Zunzhu Sangbu. Later, he took the golden number and went to Nepal and India to study. According to records: Tangdong Jebu's desire to build bridges for the people had already arisen in Nepal and India. Especially the hardships on the road made him strengthen his belief in building bridges. But he clearly realized that building bridges required a lot of money, so in addition to strengthening his body, he also mastered high-level medical skills and craft modeling. During his stay in Nepal, he used his superb medical skills to save a wealthy businessman's life. In order to repay his life-saving grace, the businessman donated gold for him to pay for his studies in India.

After returning to Tibet from Nepal, Tangdong Jebu went to Mount Wutai, a Buddhist holy place in the mainland, to worship Buddha. Passing through Lhasa, Qamdo, Derge and other places, he built several temples, pagodas and rope bridges wherever he went, and arrived in Kangding around 1448. According to records, at that time, "Kangding was already the junction of Han and Tibet. Merchants of all ethnic groups could be seen everywhere. All kinds of goods were dazzling. The sound of chanting resounded throughout the valley. It was really a place of outstanding people." During the years when Tang Dongjiebu lived here, he paid great attention to Buddhist believers. He taught Buddhism and did good deeds for all living beings. Buddhist believers also donated large amounts of gold and silver to them. According to Tang Dongjiebu's autobiography, frequent earthquakes occurred in the Kangding area, causing huge losses to local people's lives and property. In order to avoid the damage caused by earthquakes, local Buddhist believers petitioned Tangdong Jebu to build a disaster prevention point here. Therefore, Tang Dongjiebu personally designed the pagoda and chose the site at the mouth of Sanhe. For that time, the place above Kangding City was the execution ground (according to local elders, the current location of the Foreign Trade Bureau). Tang Dongjiebu believed that the human blood on the execution ground flowed into the Zheduo River after being washed by rain, which was suspected of being dirty. Therefore, when Tang Dongjiebu was looking for another water source, he found a spring at the foot of the east mountain of Kangding City as a water source, and named it "Jilong Qingmin", which means it is always clear. In order to facilitate water collection, Tangdong Jebu personally designed and built a short bridge, named "Jilang Rangba". After the arrangements were made, the entourage stayed in Kangding, while Tang Dongjiebu went to Mount Wutai alone. According to historical data, Tang Dongjiebu was delayed in the mainland for six years. After returning to Kangding from Wutai Mountain, Tang Dongjiebu consecrated the completed pagoda and named it Xiangqiu pagoda, which means Bodhi pagoda in Tibetan. Because the benefactor of the Xiangqiu Pagoda once believed in the Buddhist god "Wasi" of Bonbo religion, it was also named "Wasi Diao Pagoda". After completing the Buddhist activities in Kangding, Tangdong Jebu and his entourage went to the Muya area at the invitation of Muya chieftain. According to records, Tangdong Jebu took great pains to raise funds for the construction of the bridge. Although more than three years of efforts have been made to raise funds to build the bridge, it has not yet been successful. Later, he discovered that among the devout believers there were seven sisters who were handsome, intelligent, and good at singing and dancing, so he summoned a troupe to form a troupe. They wrote and directed a musical with a simple storyline based on Buddhist stories, and performed them in various places. To educate people and raise funds. This is the prototype of Tibetan opera. For this reason, people regard Tangdong Jebu as the founder of Tibetan opera. While he organized and founded a Tibetan opera performance troupe in Muya, he compiled his own programs and toured various places; Through this method of raising funds, he collected a large amount of gold, silver, cattle, horses, etc.; and recruited many blacksmiths and helpers. He personally forged iron and pulled the bellows, working enthusiastically for three years, and finally built the spectacular iron cable bridge on his own. The Qiu River has brought many conveniences to the people on both sides of the Qiu River.

In 2001, the state allocated special funds to build a larger steel wire suspension bridge here, thus completely ending the bridge's historical mission. But the fly in the ointment is that this steel wire suspension bridge replaced the ancient iron cable bridge, covering up the original bridge body. Only the iron chain was preserved intact.