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Heavenly Lake Namtso
China, an East Asian country is one of the world’s oldest civilizations. It has a vast cultural history of more than five thousand years and an outstanding natural beauty. On the other hand, this country has remained a comparatively isolated and secluded one, and being a land of mystery, this country is not known to the western half of the world. However, China is rapidly developing and has grown in the phase of modernization, with an immense speed and is also welcoming the outer world to interact and do business with them.
Namtso, another holy lake in Tibet, is located near Damxung, 4718 meters or 15,475 feet above sea level and covering 1900 square kilometers or 735 square miles, the lake is the highest saltwater lake in the world and the second largest saltwater lake in China. The snow capped Mount Nyainqentanglha, considered as the son of Namtso and leader of sacred mountains, soars up to sky beside her. Singing and winding streams converge into the clean sapphire blue lake, which looks like a huge mirror framed and dotted with flowers.
Namtso, meaning Heavenly Lake in Tibetan, is respected as one of the four holiest lakes and the seat of Paramasukha Chakrasamvara by Buddhist pilgrims. Buddhists believe Buddhas, Bodhisattvas and Vajras will assemble to hold religious meeting at Namtso in the year of sheep on Tibetan calendar. Circumambulation around the lake at the right moment equals 100 thousand times of that in normal years. Hence thousands of pilgrims from every corner of Tibet and others places such as Qinghai, Sichuan and Yunnan, cluster to Namtso after long and hard treks. On the four sides of the lake stand four monasteries, which have Buddhist meanings.
Five islets, planting themselves in the vast sapphire blue lake, is said to be the incarnation of the Buddha of Five Directions. Every pilgrims circumambulating the lake will piously worship them. Those islets are famous for their topography, covered by weird but vivid stones. The lake, producing abundant fish and lodging many birds and beasts, is also a heaven for animals and plants.
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