Barley is the staple crop in Tibet where it is eaten as tsampa -- the main diet .The historic Yambulagang in background

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Perched on the mountain top, the Yumbulagang looks like a blockhouse. “Yumbu” means female deer named after the shape of the Jormo Zhaxi Ceri Mountain which looks like a female deer. “lagang” means sacred palace. Yumbulagang , “palace of mother and son” in Tibetan dialect, is the first palace and one of the earliest buildings in Tibet and it has a history of more than 2,000 years. It’s said that it was built for Nyatri Tsanpo, the first Tibetan King by Bon believers in the 2nd century BC. Then it became the summer palace of Songtsan Gampo and Princess Wencheng. The 5thDalai Lama changed it as the monastery of Old-Yellow Hat Sect (Kadamspa). The Jormo Zhaxi Ceri means “auspicious mountain” in Tibetan dialect. Yumbulagang is divided into two parts: the front part is a palace, while the back part is a square watchtower

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Location: near Gyantse ,TIBET ,China autonomous region ,Asia
Photo credit: © NORMA JOSEPH / Alamy / Afripics
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