The gradual merger of the Tubo culture of the Yalong Valley in the middle part of the basin of the Yarlung Zangbo River, and the ancient Shang-Shung culture of the western part of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau formed the native Tibetan culture.

• 藏族本土文化原本是位于雅鲁藏布江流域中部雅砻河谷的吐蕃文化和位于青藏高原西部的古象雄文化逐渐交融而形成的。