Gu Xiangxiong is located in the west of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Restricted by geographical environment and long distance, it is very difficult for Xiangxiong Dynasty to communicate with the Central Plains and Han areas, which is also the direct reason why there are few records of Xiangxiong in China classics.
Since the expansion of Tubo in the 7th century, there has been a real history of political contact between the separatist regime and Central Asia on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, which is probably an important reason for the scarcity of official historical materials of Xiangxiong Dynasty.
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Bognis Mo, the word "benzene" is only a transliteration of Tibetan pronunciation, and now it is commonly used as "Benjiao" ("Benbo Buddhism" or "Guxiang Male Buddhism"). Before Buddhism was introduced into Tibet, Bonism was a kind of witchcraft popular in Tibet, and its objects of worship included heaven, earth, sun and moon, thunder and hail, rocks, vegetation, animals and other natural objects, as well as gods and ghosts in nature.
Bonism had an obvious influence on the religious life of Tibetans later. In Boni culture, the belief in fire and light is very common. Today, the phenomenon of simmering mulberry in the whole Tibetan area is a kind of fire sacrifice, and it is difficult to judge that it has no historical relationship with Bonism. In addition, many customs and lifestyles of Tibetans today have been handed down from the Xiong Xiong era. For example, turning to the sacred mountain, worshiping the sacred lake, inserting wind and horse flags, inserting colored prayer flags, carving stone scriptures, putting mani piles, and divining fortune-telling, all of which reflect the legacy of Bonism.
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Before the birth of Xiangxiong civilization, there were various primitive worship ceremonies in Central Asia-primitive religion. Later, Rao Miwo Buddha founded Yongzhong Benjiao, unified it and became Xiangxiong's national religion, and gradually reached its peak. Fortunately, Yong Zhong Benjiao founded by Rao Miwo not only spread in Xiangxiong area, but also was the only religious and belief foundation of the whole Tubo until the seventh century. Since the introduction of Indian Buddhism into Tubo in the 7th century, this religion and Indian Buddhism have absorbed a lot of each other's contents while repelling each other. This religion has absorbed the contents of Indian Buddhism and enriched its cultural connotation. However, Indian Buddhism absorbed part of this religion, making it more deeply integrated into Tibetan society, and gradually developed into Tibetan Buddhism with strong Tibetan characteristics in the snowy plateau.