Namu lake is the largest lake in Tibet, with a total area of 1920 K㎡, 70 km in length from east to west, 30 km in width from north to south and more than 33m in depth. The lake is an approximate rectangle and is the head of three big God Lakes in Tibet. Opposite it, there are the hight snow-covered dominant peaks of the Danggula Mountain (táng gǔ lā shān) whose inverted image lies in the lake. This scene is very wonderful and marvelous.  

The Danggula Mountains are the head of the God Mountains in Tibet. It is said that the Dangggula Mountains are the husband of Namu Lake. In people’s minds they are God Lake and God Mountains, so they are personified. The shengxiao 

(shēng xiāo) (any of the twelve animals, representing the twelve Earthly Branches, used to symbolize the year in which a person is born) of Namu Lake is sheep, so thousands of believers go to Namu Lake to pilgrimage in the year of the sheep. These believers circle the lake clockwise, waving theJingtong (jīng tǒng) (a kind of instrument used in Buddhist 

ceremonies), and reading Buddhist sutras. It takes them 10 days to complete their travel on foot. I f they walk and kowtow at the same time, it takes 3 months to accomplish. 

In Buddhist’s eyes, Laqiari (name of a place) is the head of Namu Lake and Guorexiebo (name of a place) is the foot. During their travels, they will wash their heads and faces and drink from the cool and clear spring when they arrive at Jiangpangchuiguoshu (name of a place). Furthermore, they will heap up stones and present hadas (hǎ dá) (neck cloths made of silk, given to express respect) when they reach Gerilamudong. There are many Maniduis (mǎ ní duī ) scattered around Namu Lake. Believers will add a

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