Yamdrok Yumtso Lake is a salt lake of low consistency

  Yamdrok Yumtso Lake has an elegant view and it is said that a fairy maiden left the Heaven and turned into the lake on earth. You will find more than 10 islands within the lake, the large ones can hold 5 to 6 households while the small ones are only 100 square meters or so.

  Yamdrok Yumtso Lake is a salt lake of low consistency and it begins to freeze every mid-November as well as the ice could be as thick as 0.5 meter. The lake abounds in small scale fishes, Tibetan fish,plateau carps etc, with an yearly production about 200 to 300 million kilograms. The fish breeding business has been flourishing and taken a large scale. The fish is just not only sold in Lhasa but also in inland market. Here can also be the largest habitat for water birds in north Tibet. Every winter flocks of birds are flying here from the south. Along the banks and on the islands you'll find large numbers of swans, pigeons, yellow ducks, cormorants and barhead goose.

  Legendarily, Yamdrok Lake is changed from a fairy from heaven. Also, it was said that there was a spring hole long long ago. Nearby this spring, a wealthy family settled, and there was a servant in this family named Dawa. A single day, he saved a little goldfish, and also the goldfish changed to be a beauty and rewarded him a treasure object. This thing was identified by that evil wealthy man, and he forced Dawa to look for that girl and more treasure with him. But the rich man failed, and Dawa was drowned by his evil master. That fairy girl appeared and changed to be the limitless huge tide towards the rich man, the rich man was penalized equally. Since then, a beauty lake appeared. This is surely a romantic story about the origin of Yamdrok Lake.