Yungbulakang Palace
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Yungbulakang Palace located 9 km south of Tsetang is the first palace for the first Tibetan king Niechi in the Yalong River Valley, near Lhasa in Tibet. Yungbulakang stands atop a hill on the eastern bank of the Yalung River in the southeast if Naidong County.
It is also named "The Mosher and Song Holy Hall" as during King Niechi's rule, the Yalong tribe gradually expanded in power and conquered other important tribes in the area, eventually under the rule of Songzang Ganbu who united the lands into the Tubo kingdom in the 7th century.
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The castle is divided into front and back parts. The front is a 3 storey building whilst the back has a tall tower like a castle. Enshrined at the palace are the statues of Thiesung Sangjie Buddha, King Niechi, the first King of Tibet, Songsten Gampo and other Tubo kings.
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