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What are the specific manifestations of national unity and integration in the Tang Dynasty?
When it comes to ethnic integration in the Tang Dynasty, we have to mention a woman who has made great contributions to ethnic integration. This person is Princess Wencheng.

Princess Wencheng is not the biological daughter of Emperor Taizong, but the daughter of Li Zongshi. During the reign of Emperor Taizong Zhenguan, the Tubo king Songzan Gambu was ambitious and led an army to attack Songzhou, the border of the Tang Dynasty. As a result, he was defeated by the general Hou sent by Emperor Taizong. Songzan Gambu had no choice but to surrender to Li Shimin and propose to the court at the same time. After thinking for a long time, Emperor Taizong chose a sensible girl in the imperial clan because he didn't want his daughter to marry far away. This girl is Princess Wencheng. Although Princess Wencheng did not give up her parents at home, she was curious about Tubo in a foreign country. For the sake of the overall situation, Princess Wencheng agreed to marry Tubo far away.

In the winter of the fifteenth year of Emperor Taizong's Zhenguan, the farewell party set off in a mighty way. Why is it mighty? Because Princess Wencheng carried a precious dowry, not the dowry of ordinary daughters, but a large number of books, silk, musical instruments, food seeds and so on. The dowry personnel are not ordinary handmaiden, but also some teachers who can give lectures, musicians who know musical instruments, agricultural talents who know how to plant, and so on. When Princess Wencheng left the fortress, she accepted the entrustment of Emperor Taizong to help Tubo economically and culturally, and to make Tubo and the Tang Dynasty good neighbors. Princess Wencheng and her team arrived in Tubo with such a mission.

After Princess Wencheng married Songzan Gambu, Songzan Gambu built a new palace, the Potala Palace, to express his love for Princess Wencheng. In order to communicate with Princess Wencheng, Songzan Gambu specialized in learning Chinese, and the interpreters, musicians who knew musical instruments and agricultural talents who knew how to plant began to play a role. These talents made Tubo's culture, economy and other fields develop by leaps and bounds, and gave guidance to Tubo during the period of Emperor Taizong.