Naked outrage: Chinese woman under fire on social media after posing for nude photographs at sacred Tibetan lake

A Chinese woman has been criticised on social media after she posed for nude photographs at one of Tibet’s sacred lakes, mainland media reports.

Some internet users said the woman had disrespected the Tibetan culture and broken religious taboos by going bare beside the 72km-long Yamdrok Lake, local news website Tibet.cn reported on Wednesday.

The woman, who identified herself as “YouchumDolkar” on weibo, posted a series of photographs of herself taken beside the lake on Monday night.

Some of the pictures show her posing totally naked, with her face turned away from the camera.

In other pictures, she can be seen wearing a red dress while floating in the lake, or sitting and standing on the shore.

Alongside the pictures, the woman posted a message: “A good photographer and a good model has broken the cultural and ethnic boundary.”