Shigatse (along the Sino-Nepal Friendship Highway), also named Xigatse, is the hub of the road network between Lhasa, Nepal and western Tibet. The tourist sights in Shigatse are composed of great natural sites and grand monasteries: Mt. Everest, Mount Cho Oyu, Rongbuk Glacier, Peikutso, Tashilhunpo Monastery, Palkor Chode Monastery, Phuntsoling Monastery & Jonang Kumbum, Sakya Monastery, Shalu Monastery, Rongbuk Monastery, Yungdrungling Monastery, Pala Manor, Nartang Monastery and so forth. All these tourist attractions in Shigatse have already received millions of pious pilgrims.