Qinghai lake is one of the biggest salt lake in china, located in northwest part of china, qinghai province. Lots of people are attracted by the mystrious color of the lake. The birds island is home to great number of birds breeding.   The best time of visiting is from May to October.

If you make your plan to go to Qinghai lake, here are some tips for you,

1, Qinghai lake is still quite backward as the big cities, so you need to take enough necessity.

2, take sun cream, sun glasses, and warm clothes. As it's quite cold at night 

3, respect local customs and traditions.

4, a car is necessary, as the sight is quite dispersed.   

The Ta’er monastery was founded in 1377 during the Ming dynasty. Ta means pagoda.  It got the name after the silver pagoda was built in memory of Zongkaba, the founder of the yellow sect of Tibetan Buddhism. The silver pagoda is called "gunbenxian balin" in Tibetan, which means "maitreya temple with a hundred thousand lions roaring Buddha statues". The monastery is located in lushaer town, huangzhong county, 25 kilometers southwest of Xining city,Qinghai province. It’s rated as AAAAA tourists attraction.

It is the center of Tibetan Buddhism in northwest China and enjoys a good reputation in China and southeast Asia. In the Ming dynasty, the upper religious figures in the monastery were granted titles for many times. A famous plaque was awarded by Emperor Kangxi of the Qing dynasty .Emperor Qianlong awarded the monastery with the title of "Fanzong monastery", and a nice plaque was awarded to the dajinwa hall. The third dalai lama, the fourth dalai lama, the fifth dalai lama, the seventh dalai lama, the 13th dalai lama, the 14th dalai lama, the sixth panchen lama, the ninth panchen lama and the tenth panchen lama all conducted religious activities in the monastery.

Butter sculpture flowers, frescoes and barbola are known as the "three art masterpieces of the Ta’er monastery". In addition, many Buddhist classics and academic monographs on history, literature, philosophy, medicine and legislation are also kept in the monastery. The "four dharma meetings", a Buddhist event held every year, are even more lively.

Ta’er monastery is one of the six major monasteries of yellow sect of Tibetan Buddhism in China. It is also a leading scenic spot and historical site in Qinghai province and a national key cultural relic protection unit. On April 13, 2018, it was shortlisted in "amazing 100 sceneries in northwest of China".

   Chaka salt lake is a natural crystallized salt lake over 3000 years, located in chaka town, wulan county, haixi Mongol and Tibetan autonomous prefecture, Qinghai province. It is one of the four major salt lakes in the Qaidam basin."Chaka" is a Tibetan word meaning salt pool, which is also the salt of blue sea.

   The feature of climate  around chaka salt lake is warm , cool, arid with little rain. It belongs to the plateau continental climate ,with an annual average temperature of 4 degree and an annual average rainfall  of 210.4 mm. The salt lake looks like an oval in shape and covers an area of 105 square kilometers.It is 3,100 meters above sea level, 15.8 kilometers long and 9.2 kilometers wide.

   Chaka salt lake is as famous as Ta'er monastery and Qinghai lake. It is reputated as the mirror of sky by tourists, which is a particular site for photographing. It was rated as one of  "55 places of must going in the lifetime" by national travel geography magazine.

  The Sun and Moon mountain is located 40 kilometers southwest of huangyuan county, Qinghai province, and east of qinghai lake. It is a branch of Qilian mountain ,which runs from northwest to southeast. It is 90 kilometers long and 10-15 kilometers wide, with an average elevation of about 4000 meters.The highest sea level is 4877m.

  In the history the Sun and Moon mountain  area is an important path of south branch of silk road.which passed by the Sun and Moon mountain,Qinghai lake ,Qaidam bason to west regions.In Tang dynasty this area became into one popular road to Tibet. The sun and moon mountain was once a witness to many historical events, such as the meeting of the alliance, peace, war, "tea , salt and horse trade" and so on.

  The sun and moon mountain is not only of great historical significance, but also of great geographical significance . It is located on the boundary between China's monsoon region and non-monsoon region, and on the overlapping area between the loess plateau and the qinghai-tibet plateau. It is also the natural boundary between the inner and outer basins of Qinghai province, dividing the farming civilization and the nomadic civilization .  

  Dan Geer ancient city is located in the huangyuan county in qinghai province and  in the north shore of the Yellow River, the west sea.It is away from xining city 40 km, well compared as the throat of Qinghai and  Tibet . Dan Geer  means white conch in Tibet language. The Dan Geer city used to be reputated as the trading capital and  little beijing,where the loess plateau and Qinghai-tibet plateau combined , farming culture and the grassland culture  intersected , Tang Fan road and south silk road went through and  many people gathered .

  Dan Geer Ancient city was built in Ming dynasty around 14 century.It was enlarged in  the qing dynasty .Now it covers an area of 250,000 square meters, has a history of over 600 years ago, and is an ancient historical and cultural city. In the city many old constructions still exist,such as  interweaved streets and alleys, the residential courtyards with unique structure, magnificent temples and monasteries, intact family firms ,different styles of HuangYuan lamp, and so on , which carries strong multicultural information, reflects the rich local national characteristics and the strange vision of farming and animal husbandry cultures intersection fusion.

Qinghai Lake is located at west of Xining city 160 km. In Mongolian language ""Qinghai hu" means blue sea. It is the largest salty lake and inland lake of China. It covers an area of 4583 square km. The average depth of it is 18.6m now.The sea level of the lake is 3196 m. It is about 360km to walk around it. Every year a special riding bycycle race is held around Qinghai lake. It is said in the legend that the Empress Wangmu of western heaven once came here and visited it. It is such a beautiful  and legendary place.