Tsetang (Zetang)

Tsetang (Zetang) is the birthplace of earliest Tibetans and the political and economical canter of Shangnan prefecture. It sits on the south bank in the middle section of the Yarlong Tsangpo River with a moderate climate at an altitude of 3,600 meters.

The nearby Yarlong River scenic area is a national scenic park with Samye Monastery, Yumbu Lhakang Palace, burial site for Tsampos and Traduk Monastery spotting the region. It is located between two mountain ranges (at the northern side of Himalayas, to the south of Nyanchen Tanggula mountains, just by the Yarlong Tsangpo river, with land area over 800,000 square kilometers. The Yarlong river flows from the south through the area and empty itself into Yarlong Tsangpo river, hence the Yarlong river formed a huge river delta at its end when it merges into another.

There are sevral No.1s-- the first farming land ,the first king of Tibet, the first palace (Yhongbulakhang), the first monastery in Tibet(Samye monastery). And several kings tombs are here: the world treasure-Pearl Tangka ( A type of painting ) was also and is still kept in Changdrok monastery.