Tibet has a proverb: “the real Tibetan mastiff as strong as a black bear, as agile as a leopard, as smart as a hunter”, enough to explain the courage and strength of the Tibetan mastiff, no wonder so many people like Tibetan mastiff it. The legend of the Tibetan mastiff, there have been many versions, in Tibet, the birthplace of the Tibetan mastiff, the most widely circulated legend is: “a long time ago in a winter, the snow covered the whole earth, the plague prevailed, people are in deep water. To add to the misfortune, there was a flash flood, and at this critical moment, God rode a Tibetan mastiff down from the sky. From then on, the land was restored and the people were able to live and work in peace and happiness”. It is said that around 160 B.C., the legendary eighth Zangpu of Tubo, Drikung Zangpu, was stabbed to death by his retainer, Luo Ang, who then usurped the Zangpu throne. In order to take revenge, Tenpeng Boshi, the wife and brother of Zangpu, traded ten yaks for a beautiful and fierce Tibetan mastiff, coated its body with a strong poison, and let it run to Roang. Luo Ang could not help but pet this Tibetan mastiff, resulting in death by poisoning. It can be seen, even in such a critical situation, the Tibetan people are absolutely love the Tibetan mastiff. Later, some people also said that the Tibetan mastiff because of the ban on trade in Tibetan areas, the general public is difficult to see, only to produce a variety of legends, the purpose is to deify the Tibetan mastiff, so as to meet the capital hype. They said: “in serf society, serfs are not the right to raise Tibetan mastiffs, especially brown and red Tibetan mastiffs, so the Tibetan mastiffs were raised at that time are monks and tuskers”. The legend and history of the Tibetan mastiff has been very controversial, some say it originated 8 million years ago, some say it was 8000 to 10000 years ago, some say it originated 3000 years ago, each with its own words. In the end, the Tibetan mastiff is just a kind of dog, we should be rational, these stories as the after-dinner talk can be. In any case, the Tibetan mastiff is one of the world’s oldest dog breeds, there is no doubt about it, the legend and history of it, you know what else?
