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Yumbulagang 雍布拉康Yōngbù Lākāng
4A scenic area · Shannan, Tibet
- Time needed
- 1–2 hours
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Shannan
- Region
- Tibet
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- 4A scenic area
About Yumbulagang
Yumbulagang, a tower-like palace on a ridge above the Yarlung valley, is held by tradition to be the first building in Tibet, the palace of the legendary first king Nyatri Tsenpo. The 5th Dalai Lama turned it into a temple and added the golden roof; the present building, restored from 1982, has statues of Songtsen Gampo and Princess Wencheng and murals telling of the first king, the first building and the first field.
How to get to Yumbulagang
About 20 minutes by road south of Tsetang; carry your passport for road checkpoints.
Nearby
Also within 20 km: Tradruk Temple 昌珠寺 (under 10 km), Valley of the Kings, Chonggye 藏王墓 (20 km).
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