Samye Monastery is the first temple in the history of Tibetan Buddhism that has the three treasures of "Buddha, Dharma and Sangha". It is known as "the first temple in Tibet". Located at the foot of Zama Mountain on the north bank of the Yarlung Zangbo River in Zha Nang County, Shannan, it was built during the period of the 37th Zanpu Chisong Dezan of the Tubo Dynasty in the middle of the 8th century AD.
