The lake is situated at the centre of a snowy field touching the sacred peak.
The games begin with the lighting of the flame on the Arcadian's sacred peak.
Laid out in the traditional Yúnnánese style there are three layers of buildings lined up with a sacred peak in the background.
More temples and caves lie on the road back to the boat landing and the buses to the sacred peak.
It's said that when they gathered in the high caves of the sacred peaks, they engendered the storms.
The objective is to be on top of the sacred peak at sunrise.
Still fairly certain it will rain before we reach the bottom, we pay final respects to the sacred peak and head down.
For centuries, Indians considered these weathered peaks and mesas sacred.
He had wanted - no, needed - to see the sacred peak with his own eyes.
The clouds above the sacred peak are empty, and without the gods to shield, they dissipate to allow the faithful below to worship.