To travel to Northwest, you can drive yourself, or you can be a backpacker with a line on your back, or you can choose to go with a tour group of travel agencies. But what are the most interesting attractions when traveling to the northwest? Jiayuguan, Mogao Grottoes, Mingsha Mountain, the Crescent Moon Spring, Qinghai Lake, Tal Temple, Zhangye, etc. are more famous attractions on the way to Northwest Tourism, but also most of the tourists to the Northwest to travel to the must-visit places, the following to give you an introduction to one by one.
1. Jiayuguan Pass
Jiayuguan Pass is located in Gansu Jiayuguan City, 5 kilometers to the west, is the western end of the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty, the first pass, but also the ancient "Silk Road" of the main traffic. It is the starting point of the western end of the Great Wall of China in the Ming Dynasty, which was built in the fifth year of Hongwu of Ming Dynasty (1372 A.D.), and has been constructed for 168 years, making it the most spectacular pass along the Great Wall of China. Jiayuguan Pass City was announced by the State Council in 1961 as one of the first batch of national cultural relics protection units, and the city was founded in 1965 with the name of the Pass.
The most interesting attractions: the Guancheng, the Great Wall, the first pier of the Great Wall, the Wei Jin Tomb, the East Lake Scenic Area, the Yingbin Lake Park, the Temple of Wenshu, and the Qiyi Glacier.
2. Mogao Grottoes
Mogao Grottoes, commonly known as the Cave of a Thousand Buddhas, is located in Dunhuang at the western end of the Hexi Corridor, and is famous for its exquisite murals and statues. It was built in the pre-Qin period of the Sixteen Kingdoms, through the construction of the Sixteen Kingdoms, the Northern Dynasties, Sui, Tang, Five Dynasties, Western Xia, Yuan and other dynasties, forming a huge scale, the existing caves 735 caves, mural paintings of 45,000 square meters, clay colored statues of 2,415, is the world's largest and richest surviving Buddhist art shrines.
The most fun attractions: Mogao Grottoes is not big, the scope of the tour area is almost the size of a medium park. There are a few attractions are a must see, such as the Nine Storey Building (the most seen pictures of Mogao Caves is this), the Reclining Buddha, the South Buddha, the Cave of Sutras, the Lower Temple (Cave of Sutras, the discoverer of the temple built by Wang Daoshi), Ci's Pagoda. In addition to this, the guide will also take you to explain a couple of caves, not sure which ones exactly.
3. Mingsha Mountain
Dunhuang Mingsha Mountain is a national key tourist attractions, is located in the northwest of the motherland, is the Silk Road on the magical and magnificent Gansu tourist attractions. Located in the southern suburbs of Dunhuang City, Gansu Province, seven kilometers, in the Badanjilin Desert and Taklamakan Desert transition zone, an area of about 200 square kilometers. Dunhuang sand mountain and Ningxia Zhongwei County of Shapotou, Inner Mongolia Dalate Banner of the resounding sandy bay and Xinjiang Barkun County, four places of the sand mountain known as China's four major sand.
The most fun attractions: Dunhuang Mingsha Mountain all by the accumulation of fine sand, sand grains have red, yellow, blue, white, black five colors, crystal clear, spotless. Sandy mountains in different forms: some like the moon buds, curved connected, composed of sand chain; some like a pyramid, towering, angular; some like a python, long and lying down, extended to the sky; some like fish scales, hills connected, neatly arranged.
4. Crescent Moon Springs
Crescent Moon Springs, the ancient name of the manhole, commonly known as the medicine spring, since the Han Dynasty, that is, "Dunhuang, one of the eight scenic spots", the name "moon spring Xiaochu". The crescent moon spring north-south length of nearly 100 meters, east-west width of about 25 meters, the spring east deep west shallow, the deepest depth of about 5 meters, curved like a crescent moon, and thus the name, "the first spring in the desert," the name. The Mingsha Mountain Crescent Springs Scenic Spot is located in Dunhuang City, at the western end of the Hexi Corridor in Gansu Province.
The most fun attractions: out of Dunhuang City to the south, a glance at the rolling Dunhuang Mingsha Mountain, east pillow famous Gansu tourist attractions - Northwest Pearl Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes, west to the party estuary, stretches 40 km, north-south width of 20 km, a height of about 100 meters, the highest peak of more than 170 meters. Elevation of 1650 meters, like two sand arm stretching around the crescent moon spring. Dunhuang and the crescent moon springs is a pair of twins in the desert Gobi, "the mountain to the spirit and so the sound, the water to the God and the show". How many tourists traveling in Gansu, whether from the top of the mountain bird's-eye view, or spring side swim, will be reverie, indeed, "Ming Shashan Yisei, crescent springs wash the heart" feeling.
5. Qinghai Lake
Qinghai Lake, also known as "Kukunuoer", that is, the meaning of the Mongolian language "green sea". It is located in the northeast of Qinghai Province, Qinghai Lake basin, both China's largest inland lake, is also China's largest saltwater lake. It was formed by the fault subsidence between the Datong and Riyue Mountains of the Qilian Mountains and the southern mountains of Qinghai.
The most fun attractions: around the lake and around the main attractions for the sun and moon mountain, inverted flow river, hulimugou petroglyphs, rubber mountain, chaika salt lake, chaika temple, foeoe ancient city, bird island, the heart of the sea mountain, the ancient city of north to the sun, sherbuji petroglyphs, gahai ancient city, jinyintan grassland, the atomic city of xihai town, the sand island, the xihaigun delta city.
6. Tal Temple
Tal Temple is located 25 kilometers southwest of Xining City, Qinghai Province, Huangzhong County, Huangzhong County, Rushal Town. Tal Temple is also known as Tal Temple. Gained its name in the big gold tile temple in honor of the founder of the yellow religion ZongKaBa and built the big silver tower, the Tibetan language known as "gun ben xianBalin", meaning "100,000 lion roar statue of Maitreya temple". It is located in Huangshazhong County Rushal town southwest corner of the Lianhua depression, is China's Tibetan Buddhism Gelugpa (Yellow Sect) one of the six monasteries, but also in Qinghai Province, the premier monuments and national key cultural relics protection units.
The most interesting attractions: the temple halls are connected, white towers, the whole temple is not only a unique shape, rich in creativity, but also the fine details of the decoration has reached a high level of art. Temple ghee flowers, murals and embroidery, known as the "Tal Temple three", with a unique national style and high artistic value. Every year in the first month of the lunar calendar, April, June, September, Thar Temple held four major pujas. In October and February, two small pujas are held. Tourists are not allowed to take photos inside the Ta'er Temple.
7. Zhangye
Zhangye City is located in the northwestern part of Gansu Province, China, in the middle of the Hexi Corridor. Anciently known as "Ganzhou", that is, the name of Gansu Province, "Gan" from the word. Since ancient times, it has been known as "Golden Zhangye, Silver Wuwei". Specialties include onions, apple pears, Wujiang rice, jujubes, hairy vegetables and Silk Road Spring Wine. In the city, there are the Great Buddha Temple, Muta Temple, Zhenyuan Building, the ruins of Heishui Country and other famous monuments.
Best attractions: Zhangye, known as Ganzhou in ancient times, was an important part of the ancient Silk Road and one of the four counties in the west of the river, where Marco Polo stayed for up to a year when he traveled east to China. As one of China's famous historical and cultural cities, Zhangye is rich in historical relics, such as the ruins of the Yuezhi Blackwater State, the Great Wall Beacon Flint, the Sui Dynasty Wooden Pagoda, the ruins of the Tang Dynasty Five Pine Gardens, the Xixia Dafo Temple, the Ming Dynasty Bell Tower, and the Horseshoe Grottoes of the Linsong Mountain, among others. In addition to these heavy historical relics, Zhangye also has many scenic spots, such as the Royal Horse Ranch - Shandan Military Horse Ranch, which is a combination of scenery, entertainment and grassland life, with beautiful scenery and wildlife. Su'nan Yugu Autonomous County unique ethnic customs, more productive "Golden Zhangye" add a lot of color.
What's the best way to get to the desert?
Ningxia Shapotou, Inner Mongolia Batangilin, Gansu Dunhuang, Inner Mongolia Ordos, Tengger Desert, Kubuzi Desert, Taklamakan Desert, Sahara Desert, Ulan Buhu Desert, Bronk Desert, Naiman Desert, Gurbantunggut Desert, Gurbantunggut and so on.
1, Ningxia Shapotou - Ningxia
Shapotou: National Tourist Attractions, National Desert Ecological Nature Reserve, Shapotou is located in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Zhongwei City, west of the city's southeastern edge of the Tengger Desert. From the east of Erdao Shagou south ranger house, west to the head of the dun, north of the Tengger Desert, south of the Yellow River.
The urban area of Zhongwei City, to which the reserve belongs, is located at the western end of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, the junction of Ningxia, Gan and Mongolia provinces and regions. It is located at the head of the Yellow River front set, with Xiangshan Mountain in the south, Tengger Desert in the north, and the Yellow River alluvial plain in the center.
Tourist information: Shapotou set desert, the Yellow River, mountains, oasis for a place, with the northwest scenery of the majestic, and the beauty of the scenery of Jiangnan. There is China's largest natural sandboard, "the first rope of the Yellow River" across the Yellow River, the ancient waterwheel on behalf of the Yellow River culture, the oldest means of transportation on the Yellow River, sheepskin rafts, and a rare mirage in the desert.
2, Badanjilin Desert - Jilin
Badanjilin Desert is the main body of the Alxa Desert, located in the western part of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region at the bottom of the Silver Basin, is one of China's four major deserts, with a total area of 47,000 square kilometers. One of the Bayan Nur, Quixote sand hills are the highest sand dunes in the world.
Tourist information: Badanjilin Desert annual precipitation is less than 40 millimeters, but the desert is surprisingly up to more than 100 lakes. The towering sand hills, mysterious and unpredictable sounding sands, quiet lakes and wetlands constitute the unique and fascinating landscape of Badanjilin Desert, which attracts tens of thousands of domestic and foreign tourists every year.
3, Gansu Dunhuang - Gansu
Dunhuang City is located in northwestern Gansu Province, east and west respectively, with Guazhou County, Su Bei Mongolian Autonomous County and Akesai Kazakh Autonomous County. Dunhuang is located at the intersection of Gansu, Qinghai and Xinjiang provinces, with the Three Dangerous Mountains to the east, the Mingsha Mountains to the south, the desert to the west connected with Lop Nor, and the Gobi to the north, connected with the remaining veins of the Tianshan Mountains, with a total area of 31,200 square kilometers, of which 1,400 square kilometers of oasis.
Tourist information: as of the end of 2016, there are 265 various cultural relics attractions in Dunhuang City, 3 World Heritage Sites, namely Mogao Grottoes, Yumen Pass Ruins, Hanging Springs Replacement Ruins, 3A attractions: Dunhuang Film and TV City, Sanqi Mountain Scenic Spot, Dunhuang Night Market, Dunhuang Tongzhu Island, Dunhuang Leiying Temple, Dunhuang Photoelectricity Expo Park and so on.
4, Tengger Desert - Inner Mongolia
Tengger Desert is located in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Alashan Left Banner in the southwest and Gansu Province, the central border, south of the Great Wall, east of the Helan Mountains, west of Yarbrough Mountain. It is the fourth largest desert in China. It is the eastern part of the Alashan Desert, at the bottom of the Yinye Basin. Tengger Desert administrative division mainly belongs to Alashan Left Banner, the western and southeastern edges belong to Gansu Minqin, Wuwei and Ningxia's Zhongwei City respectively.
Tourist information: The tourism department has arranged many special activities for tourists, such as desert picnics, stargazing and moonwatching, finding water in the desert, visiting desert nomads, touring the desert's "bird lakes" and "fish lakes" as well as viewing ancient petroglyphs, etc., which are all part of the Tengger Desert Tourism Program. These are the "specialties" of roaming Tengger Desert. In addition, the tourism sector also provides guests with vehicles, food, camel workers, guides and camping equipment.
5, Kubuqi Desert -- Ordos
Kubuqi Desert is the seventh largest desert in China, in the Hetao Plain Yellow River "several" bend in the south bank of the Yellow River, north is the western part of the Yinshan Wolf Mountain area. The Kubuqi Desert is the closest desert to Beijing. It is located in the northern part of the Ordos Plateau ridgeline, part of Hangjin Banner, Dalat Banner and Jungar Banner in Ordos City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.
Tourist information: Kubuqi desert landscape is magnificent, unique scenery. 700 miles of the Yellow River is like a bow back, meandering east to the vast desert is like a bunch of bowstring, composed of a huge golden bow shape. Kubuqi's ringing sand bay scenic area to the vastness of the oversized ringing sand belt is known as the world's first, extraordinarily magical, beautiful seven star lake scenic area of blue waves, in the rolling yellow sand reflected in the clear sky, moving.
What are the more famous tourist attractions in the northwest?
People have always preferred to travel the beautiful landscapes and bustling cities of the Central Plains, however, as time goes by, many people are tired of such landscapes and set their sights on more distant places, such as the western region. Unlike the Central Plains, the western region is mostly desolate, sparsely populated and filled with yellow sand, and in ancient times only a few border fortresses were built here for defense against foreign enemies. At present, the more famous tourist attractions in the northwest region is no more than Zhenbei Fort Western Studios.
Zhenbei Fort Western Studios is located in Yinchuan City, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, belonging to the national 5A-level tourist attractions, which has the typical primitive, rugged and desolate characteristics of the Seychelles. It was built in the Ming Dynasty and was called "Zhenbei Fortress" at that time, which was used as a border defense fortress. In the 1990s, with the development of China's film and television industry, this simple, primitive environment has become the shooting place of many film and television dramas.
For example, Stephen Chow's "Journey to the West with Big Lies" and Zheng Xiaolong's "Red Sorghum" were all filmed here. The success of these movies made this originally desolate place famous all of a sudden, and it gradually developed into an important tourist attraction in Northwest China. The props and scenes used in "Journey to the West" and "Red Sorghum" still remain in Zhenbei Fort Western Movie City, and there is even a movie archive and screening room.
Here, you can greatly experience the scenery and unique terrain of the northwest region, which currently retains two ancient cities built during the Ming and Qing dynasties, which were mainly used as military fortresses, with barracks and a variety of buildings within the city. In addition, in 2012, the "Old Yinchuan Street" was built here, with various stores and alleys on both sides of the street, which perfectly shows the appearance of the old city.
On the outside of the broken wall of the old city is the famous Yanmen Pass, where bronze warhorses and soldiers are neatly arranged, and war flags are flying, giving people a feeling of passion and heroism of the generals guarding the border. In almost every dynasty, there were famous generals who fought here and established immortal feats that will go down in history.
When you stand on the city tower to look up and see the scenery outside the plug, can not help but have a kind of "desert smoke straight, the Yangtze River sunset round" feeling, and think of the year when this is the battlefield against foreign enemies, there is a kind of "but make the Dragon City flying generals in, do not teach the Hu Ma Du Yinshan! "The first thing you need to do is to get your hands on a new one, and you'll be able to do that.
If you aspire to Zhenbei Castle Western Studios, the scenery of the outside world, must come here to seriously feel. A military fortress in the Ming and Qing dynasties, the filming site of "Journey to the West with Big Lies", and unique scenery outside the Seaside. I wonder what you think of this place? Welcome to leave footprints in the comments section.
Seeking the ranking of Ningxia tourist attractions, which are more worth going?
The ranking of tourist attractions in Ningxia is Helan Mountain Petroglyphs Scenic Area, Sand Lake, Shuidonggou, Helan Mountain Suyukou National Forest Park, Zhenbeibao Western Movie City, Xixia King's Mausoleum, and Shapotou in Zhongwei. Helan Mountain and Sand Lake, Shui Donggou is more worth going.
Ningxia Shuitonggou tourist attraction is China's earliest excavated Paleolithic cultural sites, known as "the birthplace of China's prehistoric archaeology", "the historical testimony of Chinese and Western cultural exchanges", was listed as the national "It has been listed as one of the 100 archaeological discoveries with the most significance of Chinese civilization. Shuitonggou ruins tourism area is located in the core part of the Yinchuan River East tourism belt, is the link between Ningmeng tourism.
Helan Mountain petroglyphs are characterized by peculiar compositions and grotesque images: there are individual images as well as combined images; there are human figures, sphinxes, as well as animals, celestial bodies, plant symbols and symbols of unknown meanings; in addition, there are also images depicting scenes of nomadic pastoralism, hunting, armed fights, dances, and acrobatics, etc. The petroglyphs in Helan Mountain are generally found in the area of Yinchuan, which is one of the most important tourist areas in China. The Helan Mountain petroglyphs are generally distributed on the mountains inside and outside the mouth of the ditch and on the desert grassland of the flood fan outside the mouth of the ditch.
Ningxia Sand Lake Ecological Tourism Zone is a blend of the Jiangnan water town of the spirit of beauty and the majesty of the desert in the north of Serbia as one of the "Silk Road Station" on the pearl of tourism. The main attractions are Sand Lake International Sand Sculpture Park, Bird Island (Bird Paradise), Lake East Wetland (Bird Observatory), the new gate area square, the Sand Lake inscription stone and so on more than the landscape composition.
What are the more famous tourist attractions in exotic Ningxia?
There are famous attractions such as Shapotou, Helan Mountain, Shuidonggou and Sand Lake.
Ningxia is one of the most shining pearls in China, which is located in the northern part of China's north-south center. Ningxia is beautiful all year round, so what are the must-see attractions in Ningxia?
The first one is Shapotou, which is a national 5A level scenic reserve and also a national level ecological desert reserve. Shapotou's northwestern scenery is more magnificent, and the beauty of Jiangnan, but also China's largest natural desert field, you can encounter a rare mirage in the desert, you can also ride a camel across the entire desert, and you can even take a cross-country ride in the desert to enjoy the natural landscape of the desert, the Yangtze River and the sun. The second is Helan Mountain, Helan Mountain Scenic Area in the eastern part of Helan Mountain, the main attractions of which include the twin towers of Baishi Kou and Xiao Rolling Bell Kou, which are regarded as excellent places to escape from the summer heat. The third one is Shuitonggou, which is a human cultural heritage site in Shuitonggou Village, Linhe Town, Linwu City, Ningxia, which is more than 30 kilometers away from Lingwu City and covers an area of about seven or eight square kilometers. Shuitonggou is a sacred place for human reproduction, where archaeologists have discovered cultural heritage sites, and a large number of stone tools as well as fossilized animals were found through excavation of modern technology. Shuitonggou thus became the earliest cultural site in China to discover Paleolithic artifacts, and was named a national key cultural relics protection unit by the State Council.
The last one is Sand Lake. Sand Lake in the northwest of Yinchuan City, more than 50 kilometers from Yinchuan City, is a blend of the Jiangnan water town and desert scenery as one of the tourist attractions, the desert side of the lake, the other side of the artificial channel, to the desert must buy a boat ticket, you can see the lake in the lake area and the bottom of the lake and the lotus, into the desert area into the eyes is the golden sand dunes, where all the show the north country style. If you have the opportunity to enjoy the sand sculpture works of national artists here, every summer will also organize the International Sand Sculpture Festival, very lively.
What are the scenic spots in northwest China?
Some scenic spots in northwest China:
Shanxi: Yungang Grottoes, Wutai Mountain, Yingxian Wooden Pagoda, Hukou Waterfall, Pingyao Ancient City
Inner Mongolia: Xilinhot Prairie
Tibet: Potala Palace, Yarlung Zangbo Grand Canyon
Shanxi: Mount Huashan, the Terracotta Army of the Qin Emperor's Mausoleum, Famen Monastery, Mausoleum of the Yellow Emperor
Gansu: Mingsha Mountain, Crescent Spring, Jiuquan, Mogao Caves, Yumen Pass, Kongdong Mountain
Qinghai: Qinghai Lake, the Yangtze River and Yellow River origin, Tal Temple
Ningxia: Xixia King's Mausoleum, Mosque
Xinjiang: Taklamakan Desert, Turpan, Tianshan Tianchi, the Tarim
1, Yungang Grottoes
Yungang Grottoes is one of the largest grottoes in China. With Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes, Longmen Grottoes and Maijishan Grottoes in Luoyang and known as China's four major grottoes art treasures. Located in Datong City, Shanxi Province, 16 kilometers west of the southern foothills of Mount Wuzhoushan, according to the mountain and chiseled, east and west stretches about one kilometer, magnificent, rich in content. There are 51 major caves, more than 5,100 statues, the highest 17 meters, the smallest only a few centimeters, all kinds of statues image vivid and lively, elegant posture. 2001, the Yungang Grottoes was listed as a World Heritage Site. One of the Tanya five caves, the layout design rigorous unity, is the first peak of Chinese Buddhist art classic masterpieces. Wuhua Cave carving beautiful, colorful, is the study of the Northern Wei Dynasty history, art, music, dance, calligraphy and architecture of the precious information.
2, Xilinhot prairie
Beautiful and vast Xilingol prairie tourism resources are very rich, especially rich in grassland tourism resources, prairie type complete and known in the world, that is, the meadow grassland, typical grassland, semi-desert grassland, sandy grassland are available, the ground plants up to 1,200 kinds of. There is the Xilingol Grassland Nature Reserve, a national grassland nature reserve listed by UNESCO as part of the International Biosphere Network. Whenever summer comes, the charming scenery of Uzhumqin meadow grassland is a sea of green, noble peony flowers and the beauty of santan flowers competing with each other, a piece of white clouds in the endless blue sky, shepherds steering their horses, cows and sheep swimming, coupled with the Mongolian yurt wisps of cooking smoke and slowly traveling lehrer car, will make the dissolution of the nature of the tourists feel relaxed and happy, the beauty of it is beyond imagination. The typical grassland of Huitengxile, which is full of blossoms and flowers, recreates the beauty of the wind-blown grass and sheep and cattle, and the nine curves and eighteen bays of the Xilin River are like the white hada floating down on the grassland, which will make you forget to come back to this place. When you step into this magical land, you can appreciate the history and culture of the northern nomads.
3, the Potala Palace
Potala Palace, the Pearl of the Snowy Plateau, the Tibetan Buddhism of the shrine, the jewel of the architectural art, the legend of the rebirth of the fire, the solemn, magnificent plateau shrine, with its thick flow of Tibetan culture, profound Buddhist beliefs, infected with the eight visitors, the four seas guests, worship at its feet, stopping to marvel. Potala Palace has long been not a mere palace, but an embodiment of faith, the symbol of the spirit, it is said that the Potala Palace is located in the Red Mountain is the Great Compassionate Goddess of Mercy Bodhisattva's dojo, in the Buddhist consciousness, it exists, such as the Bodhisattva in person (Tibetan Potala, meaning Goddess of Mercy Bodhisattva residence), pilgrimage to the Potala Palace, you can change the future.
4, Qin Shi Huang Mausoleum Terracotta Warriors and Horses
Terracotta Warriors and Horses (Terracotta Army; Terra-cotta Figures; soldier and horse figures), that is, the Terracotta Warriors and Horses of the First Emperor of Qin Shi Huang, also referred to as the Terracotta Warriors and Horses or the Terracotta Warriors, is located in today's Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province, Lintong District of the first tomb of the Qin Shi Huang Mausoleum, 1.5 kilometers east of the Terracotta Warriors pit.
The Terracotta Warriors are a category of ancient burial sculpture. In ancient times, human martyrdom was practiced, and slaves were subordinate to the slave masters during their lifetime, and after the death of the slave masters, the slaves had to be buried as martyrs for the slave masters. Terracotta Warriors and Horses is made in the shape of soldiers and horses (chariots, horses, soldiers).
5, the crescent moon spring
Crescent moon spring is about 300 meters long, about 50 meters wide, by the Mingsha Mountain surrounded by the spring side of the white poplars standing, the spring within the swimming fish leisurely play in the water, the spring was light orchid color, clear and soft, beautiful and sweet, because the water surface resembles a bend of a crescent moon and named. Crescent Moon Spring, a dreamlike fascination. For thousands of years not for the surrounding quicksand and flooded, not because of drought and dry, known as the world's first spring in the desert, surprisingly called.
6, Qinghai Lake
Qinghai Lake, located in the northeast of the Qinghai Plateau, northwest of Xining City, is China's first inland lake, is also China's largest saltwater lake. Qinghai Lake covers an area of 4,456 square kilometers, more than 360 kilometers around the circumference of the lake, more than double the size of the famous Taihu Lake. The lake is long from east to west, narrow from north to south, slightly oval. Qinghai Lake level are about 21 meters deep, the maximum depth of 32.8 meters, water storage capacity of 105 billion cubic meters, the lake elevation of 3260 meters.
Qinghai Lake was selected by the World Records Association China's largest saltwater lake, China's largest inland lake. Qinghai Lake has a number of China's most, Qinghai Lake is a national AAAAA national natural scenic area.
Qinghai Lake is frozen in December every year, the ice period of six months, ice thickness of more than half a meter. There are five small islands in the lake, with Haixinshan being the largest. Bird Island is located in the western part of the lake, covering an area of 0.11 square kilometers, and is the breeding place for more than 10 kinds of migratory birds such as bar-headed geese, fish gulls, cormorants and so on, with the number of birds up to 100,000 or more. The Bird Island Nature Reserve has been established. The lake is rich in Qinghai Lake naked carp, and the grassland along the lake is a good natural pasture.
7, the mausoleum of the Xixia Kings
Xixia is China's eleventh century to the Danghang Qiang as the main feudal dynasty. Since 1038 Yuan Hao in Xingqingfu (Yinchuan City) claimed to be the emperor of the state, was destroyed by Mongolia in 1227, the existence of 190 years in history, through 10 generations of emperors. Its territory "east of the Yellow River, the western boundary of the Yumen, south of the Xiaoguan, north of the desert, place more than 10,000 miles", the most prosperous period of time covers an area of about 830,000 square kilometers, including today's Ningxia, most of Gansu, western Inner Mongolia, northern Shaanxi, eastern Qinghai, eastern Xinjiang and Mongolia **** and the southern part of the country's vast areas. In the early part of the period with the Northern Song Dynasty and Liao, and in the middle and late part of the period with the Southern Song Dynasty and the Jin Dynasty, it was described as "one of the three worlds, the male based on the Northwest for two hundred years". The establishment of the Xixia State made a positive contribution to the local unification of China's northwest in the Middle Ages, the development of social economy, culture and the formation of multi-ethnic family.
Xixia Mausoleum is the royal mausoleum of the Xixia Dynasty, located in the middle of the eastern foothills of Helan Mountain, about 35 kilometers west of Yinchuan City, Ningxia. In the 53-square-kilometer mausoleum area, nine imperial tombs are arranged in an orderly manner, and 253 accompanying tombs are scattered everywhere, which is one of the largest existing imperial mausoleums in China with the most complete ground ruins. In 1988, it was announced by the State Council as a national key cultural relics protection unit and a national key scenic spot. By the world as a "mysterious miracle", "Oriental Pyramid". In order to let people at home and abroad to understand the history of Xixia, explore the mysteries of Xixia culture, in the continuous strengthening of the mausoleum area of cultural relics protection work at the same time, efforts to develop the third mausoleum as the center of the excursion area, the construction of the Xixia Museum, Xixia Museum, Xixia History and Art Museum, Xixia Tablet Forest, etc. to show the profound history and culture of Xixia attractions Mystery of Xixia Mausoleum is the western part of Yinchuan, under the Helan Mountains, a bright cultural pearl, which is the people to appreciate the Xixia culture, searching for the ancient and explore the hidden. It is a tourist attraction for people to appreciate the Xixia culture and search for the past, which has unlimited attraction with its attractive charm and Xixia cultural relics and monuments that are very different from those in the Central Plains.
8, Tianshan Tianchi
Tianshan Tianchi, which enjoys the reputation of "Pearl of Tianshan", is a natural alpine lake. It is located in the eastern section of the North Tianshan Mountain Bogda Peak, halfway up the mountainside, an altitude of 1980 meters. The lake is half-moon shaped, 3400 meters long and about 1500 meters wide at its widest point, covering an area of 4.9 square kilometers. The depth of the lake is several meters to 105 meters. The water of the lake is clear and crystalline like jade. Surrounded by mountains, green grass and wild flowers. The upright and verdant spruce and tower pines are all over the mountains, covering the sky. Tianchi southeast is the majestic Bogda main peak (Mongolian "Bogda", meaning spirit mountain, holy mountain), elevation 5445 meters. Around the main peak and two peaks shoulder to shoulder. Look up and look into the distance, the three peaks rise side by side, abruptly inserted into the clouds, like a penstock. Peak of the glacier snow, glittering with silver, and Tianchi blue blue lake contrast, constituting this alpine lake colorful natural landscape.