Nyingchi Prefecture (also: Linzhi Prefecture) (Tibetan: ཉིང་ཁྲི་ས་ཁུལ་; Wylie: nying-khri sa khul; simplified Chinese: 林芝地区; traditional Chinese: 林芝地區; pinyin: Línzhī Dìqū) is a prefecture in southeastern Tibet Autonomous Region in western China. The administrative seat of Nyingchi Prefecture is Bayi. The Chinese government claims Arunachal Pradesh, which is currently governed by India, as part of the prefecture. (See South Tibet dispute.)
Nyingchi Prefecture is the location of Buchasergyi Lakang Monastery.
The prefecture contains the Namcha Barwa Peak, and the Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon, located in Medog County, which attracts significant tourism and geoscientific and biological study to the area.
Approximately 90 kilometers west of Gongbo'gyamda County, is the alpine Basum Lake in the upper catchment area of the Ba River, the largest tributary of the Nyang River lying on average about 3,538 meters above sea level. The lake surface is on average about 3,538 meters above sea level. Covering an area of 25.9 square kilometers, the surrounding is populated by a diverse wildlife including leopards, Bears, goats, musk deer and Tibetan snow In 1997, the Basum Lake was listed by the World Tourist Organization as a top tourist attraction. The lake also contains an inlet with a Gelug monastery. East of Nyingchi County, is the Seche La Mountain, a mountain of the Nyainqentanglha Mountain Range, which forms part of the watershed of the Nyang River and the Polung Zangbo River. Benri La Mountain near the small town of Dagze is a known sacred site of the Tibetan Bon Sect. Considered by Tibetans as one of the four great holy mountains in Tibet, on every tenth day of the eighth month of the Tibetan calendar, a day of intense worshipping called "Nangbolhasoi," is performed (meaning "seeking for treasures from immortals.")