Brief Introduction：
A famous Tibetan saying goes: "Circle a mountain in the Year of the Horse, circle a lake in the Year of the Goat." Since 2003 is the Year of Goat on the Tibetan Calendar, this show is about a lake. Circling just once around the lake during the Year of the Goat is said to produce spiritual benefits equal to those attained by circling the lake 12 times in any other year. Therefore, Nam Co Lake has become among the most popular of holy sites for pilgrim worship. There are two very special groups of pilgrims who come to the lake for worship. In one group, there are monks and nuns led by two living Buddhas. This group is different from common worshippers. Not only do they walk around the lake, but they also perform ritual ceremonies, hang sutra streamers, build pagodas, and perform charitable and pious deeds. The other group is even more special. This group includes three people: Yangpei, Revolution, and Dunzhu. They are the leather-raft pilgrims. They use handmade yak-leather rafts that are built to circle the highest lake in the world. The whole rafting process is so dangerous that it is sometimes considered a narrow escape from death.
The pilgrimage experiences of these two groups are linked in a parallel montage. This program details their walk to the Heavenly Lake and fully explains their unique theories about life and religious devotion.