Before the mid-seventh century when Lhasa, later a central town of Tibetan region, was yet to come into being, the area called Wotang was a marshy land of wildness, frequented by antelopes.

• 在7世纪中期，那个时候以后拉萨还没有成为西藏地区中央城市，这个地方称作卧塘，是一片沼泽地，羚羊成群。