According to Zhari Namco Lake Tibet legend, there used to be a big tribe, and all water was taken from a small well. The lama asked the people of the tribe to cover the well every time they took water. Once, an old man in the village drove sheep to a farming area to do trade for salt and grain. When returning home, he met his wife fetching water. His wife was happy to see and greet him, therefore forgot to cover the manhole and went home with her husband. When she remembered and went back to the well, she saw a big goldfish churning in the water and yelled at her: "If there are no four big mountains to hold me down, I, Zhari Namco will jump into the sky!" The overflowing water flooded the tribe's grassland. An old man and a child were grazing on the mountain. Seeing this, they were very scared and ran to the mountain south of Zhari Namco. The old man ran to the mountain and didn't dare to look back. He said to the child, "is there a white rainbow in the water? If there is a white rainbow, it means that Padmasambhava has come to cover the well. As expected, Master Padmasambhava rode a white rainbow down to the well to press the water down. It is said that this remain was left on the south bank of Zhari Namco. And there also raised four mountains around the south bank.
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