InXizang,thereisa“celestialmarket”.WithmelodiousBuddhistchantingandthewavingofsutrastreamers,peopleofallethnicgroupsexchangetheirculturesandbeliefs，andsharetheirstoriesandexperiencesthere.Whyhassuchashort1,000-meterstreetwitnessedthechangesofhistoryandattractedpeoplehere?Let’stakeadeepdiveintotheBar-skorStreet，andtakeacloselookatthis“celestialmarket”.Bar-skorStreetcanbetracedbacktothefirsthalfofthe7thcentury.SongtsenGampo,theleaderofTubokingdom,builttheJokhangTemple,withitssurroundingstreetsgatheringBuddhistsmarchingontheirpilgrimage.Theseroadsslowlyevolvedintopilgrimageroutesandplacesforbusiness,todaythey’recollectivelycalledtheBar-skorStreet.LocatedonthenorthsideoftheBar-skorStreet,theNorthCourtyardoftheStreetisthefirstOfficeofAmbaninXizang.AmbansarespecificallymandatedfortheadministrationofXizangbytheQingCourt.Hisofficewascalled“YamenoftheAmbans”.In1751,theQingCourtputtheAmbanattheequalstatusofDalaiLamaandPanchen.SinceDalaiLamaandPanchenhadtogothroughtheAmbantoreporttotheQingEmperor,AmbanbecamethehighestofficialforthegovernanceofXizangatthattime.InthelateQing,therewasafamousAmbannamedZhangYintang.DuringhisterminXizang,Zhangrectifiedthebureaucracy,solveddeep-seatedproblems,trainednewsoldiers,amongotherreforms,gainingpositiveresultsthatweresupportedbyTibetans.Sothelocalscalledthisflower“ZhangDarenFlower”.ThankstotheendeavorofAmbans,XizangwasalwaysunderthejurisdictionofthecentralgovernmentthroughouttheQingDynasty.Securitytherewasguaranteed,socialandeconomicorderwasmaintained,andexchangesbetweenXizangandthehinterlandwerestrengthened.Sincethen,Xizanghasenteredintoanerathatwasmostconnectedwiththecentralgovernment.“PeopleflockingtotheBar-skorStreetarelikewaterflowingintotheLhasaRiver.”ThisoldfolkproverbofLhasahasn’tgoneoutofdateeventothisday.TheexchangesbetweenXizangandthehinterlandhasbeengoingonforthousandsofyears,sothereisatermcalled“Tibetan-Hanhomology”.ThismeansthatTibetanandHanancestorshavethesameoriginfromthegeneticsperspective,whileTibetanandChinesealsobelongstothesamelanguagefamily,layingasolidfoundationfordeepinteraction.EspeciallysincetheTangDynasty(618-907),thecustomsofthehinterlandhavehadabiginfluenceonXizang.Forexample,SichuancuisineispopularamongtheTibetannobles;theyloveteafromYa’an,SichuanorPu’erteainYunnan.Manyothercustomsareexchangedaswell.AfterthepeacefulliberationofXizang,thesiteoftheformerAmbanwasallocatedtothelocals,named“NorthCourtyardofBar-skorStreet”.Merchants,serfsandpeopleofallethnicgroupshavealllivedthere.Ethnicunityisstrengthenedbytheirinteractionandexchanges.“Onefamilywoulddrinkwaterfromthesamewell.”“Onefamilywoulddrinkwaterfromthesamewell.”ThisnotonlyshowsthefriendlyrelationsamongthepeopleofallethnicgroupsintheNorthCourtyardofBar-skorStreet,butalsorepresentsthesocialistethnicrelationsofequality,solidarity,mutualassistanceandharmonyamongallethnicitiesinChina.TheNorthCourtyardofBar-skorStreetwillcontinuetowitnesseachandeverychangeofLhasaintheyearstocome,andcontinuetoblessthehappylifeoffuturegenerations.Editor:DisclaimerTheviewsandopinionsexpressedinthisarticlearethoseoftheauthor's,GMW.cnmakesnorepresentationsastoaccuracy,suitability,orvalidityofanyinformationonthissiteandwillnotbeliableforanyerrors,omissions,ordelaysinthisinformation.