Tlaxcala, a city in central and eastern Mexico, the capital of the state of Tlaxcala, is a historic city. Basic introduction Chinese name: Tlaxcala Foreign name: Tlaxcala Administrative category: City Region: State of Tlaxcala, Mexico? Location: Central and eastern Mexico Famous attractions: Cathedral, Franciscan monastery? Basic overview, history and culture , Basic Overview Tlaxcala (Tlaxcala), a city in central-eastern Mexico and the capital of the state of Tlaxcala. It is located at the northwest foot of La Malinche volcano, with an altitude of 2252 meters. Population 13,000 (1980). Founded in the 13th century. It was occupied by the Spanish in 1519. Nearby agricultural and pastoral areas produce corn, beans and livestock. There is textile industry and hand weaving industry. There is the oldest San Francisco Church in America built in 1521 and the Ocotlan Temple built in 1541. There are pyramids and other monuments 5 kilometers outside the city. Tlaxcala State *** Building and Plaza de Armas History and Culture The city of Tlaxcala is hidden among the green mountains and green valleys. In this small town with a population of less than 100,000, time seems to slow down with the white clouds floating leisurely across the mountains. Strolling along the cobbled streets, you can hear church bells everywhere and feel the breath of history. From the majestic cathedral to the oldest Franciscan monastery in the American continent, the small city has dozens of churches with a long history and belonging to different denominations. It can be called a religious treasure trove of the colonial period. Franciscan Monastery of Tlaxcala Bullring of Tlaxcala Artillery attacks the city, religion attacks the heart. The Spanish colonists held a sword in one hand and a cross in the other, deducing the history of conquest in the New World by "attacking the city first, and then attacking the heart." "A country that destroys people must first go to history." Catholicism has played an irreplaceable role in the process of erasing the historical memory of the Indian ancestors. According to Diaz, a soldier who followed Cortes on the expedition, he recorded in the "History of the Conquest of New Spain" that wherever the Spanish colonists went, they would decorate Indian temples into Catholic chapels and hang crosses high where the indigenous people worshiped their gods. on the altar. After conquering the Americas, the colonists brutally destroyed the Indian temples and built large and small churches on the original sites. The Catholic Church and colonialism created a three-hundred-year foundation for the Spanish colonial empire. Tlaxcala Cathedral Over the course of hundreds of years, the religion of the conquerors gradually became the faith of the conquered, and it is still the spiritual link between the old and new continents. Like Our Lady of Guadalupe, Our Lady of the Fountain of Tlaxcala is also a typical example of the indigenization of Catholicism. Legend has it that measles was rampant in the area in the 16th century. People were helpless to deal with the disease brought by the colonists and could only resign themselves to fate. But the merciful Virgin responded to the world's pleas, appeared in the image of an Indian before the locals, and cured the raging diseases with the sweet springs gushing from the ground. Since then, Our Lady of Ganquan has become a symbol of hearing and rescuing people from suffering, and is worshiped everywhere by people in Tezhou. When creating various statues of the Virgin, some skilled Indian craftsmen who converted to Catholicism were even more ingenious, skillfully integrating indigenous culture into the Baroque style, and gradually extended it to every corner of the church decoration, eventually forming unique Latin American Catholic decoration. Art realizes the perfect combination of the conqueror's religion and the conquered's belief. Tlaxcala *** Murals Tlaxcala *** Murals