Namtso Lake means "the holy lake" in the Tibetan language. With over 30km from north to south and over 70km from east to west, Namtso Lake covers a total area of more than 1,900 square kilometers, being the second largest salt lake in China. At an elevation of 4,718 meters, it is also the highest altitude salt lake in the world, the furthest depth being more than 33m.

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The water in Namtso Lake mostly arises from rains, melted ice and snow of Mt. Nyenchen Tonglha and the inflow of crooks and streams; moreover the lake is very clear and limpid. With the lake surface assuming sky blue, the lake and the sky seem to be one and undivided, which may make visitors feel themselves in a fairy land if they have a stroll by the lake.

Namtso Lake has the world's most beautiful blue color. People who have ever been to Namtso will feel their souls purified by the holy lake. Standing by Namtso Lake, you will be shocked by the world's highest and most beautiful lake. It seems like a blue world full of light blue, gray blue, sapphire blue and dark blue. The blue colors change from light to dark, and form a marvelous picture, which can contain everything in the world.

According to the Buddhist followers, when the Tibetan Year of the Sheep comes, Buddha and Bodhisattva will hold Buddhist rites on Namtso Lake. If a follower of Buddhism comes to walk and patter around the lake only once in this year, he will be blessed for ten thousand times more than he does so in other years.

So in the Tibetan Year of the Sheep, numerous followers all the way from other places to Namtso Lake, feeling satisfied, comfortable and happy after taking walks around the lake only once. This activity, lasting for as long as several months, usually reaches its climax on April 15 in the Tibetan Year of the Sheep, when the Buddhist followers come and go in large numbers.