Gyantse, at an altitude of 3950, 260km southwest of Lhasa and 98km southeast of Shigatse. The ancient town of Gyantse has a history of six to seven hundred years. For it is the place people must pass from Shakya, Shigatse and Yangdong Pass to Lhasa and vice versa, and abounds in local products, Gyantse has long been the gathering place for Buddhists, merchants and tourists, and enjoyed much fame in Tibet.
The Palkor Monastery is the symbolic architecture of Gyantse, and is reputed as the One Hundred-Thousand-Buddha Tower. Built in the period when various sects stood up to one another nip and tuck, the monastery is characterized by the peaceful coexistence of these sects, each of which has six to seven halls.

On one side of the Palkor Monastery stands a white tower that is famous far and wide in the globe. It is 32 meters high, with 108 doors and 77 niches. It is said that there are altogether more than 100,000 Buddha statues engraved on the tower; hence the name ‘One Hundred-Thousand-Buddha Tower’.

Gyantse is rich in local products and enjoys convenient transportation.