To go to Qinghai, you have to go to three places. Otherwise, Qinghai is a vain trip.

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Caka Salt Lake

To travel to Qinghai, you must go to Chaka Salt Lake, which is said to be a holy place.

Take the "Mirror of the Sky" tourist train from Xining to the famous Chaka Salt Lake.

Chaka Salt Lake is located in the east of Qaidam Basin in Qinghai Province, with an area of about 105 square kilometers. It is a natural crystalline salt lake.

When you walk into the salt lake, the first thing you see is the exquisite and ingenious art of salt carving. Salt carving is a mixture of large and pure Daqing salt and brine from the lake, which is carefully carved by skilled craftsmen. Salt sculptures such as Emperor Yanhuang, Genghis Khan, the ancient tea-horse road and the Silk Road. Everyone is sitting or lying down, moving silently, with different expressions and lifelike, which seems to tell tourists about the ancient history of salt lake. Salt sculpture is a perfect combination of art and nature, which embodies the artist's originality and the rich heritage of Chaka Salt Lake.

Chaka Salt Lake is as white as jade and crystal clear. Under the sunlight, it reflects the blue sky and white clouds, as if it were a magical "mirror of the sky".

Looking up at the boundless salt lake aroused my impulse to find out. Walking barefoot in the salt lake, I feel that the soaking of salt and brine has a different taste. Crystalline salt particles calcify when meeting water, and the texture is hard and uneven, but the surface is smooth, and stepping on it is like walking on thin ice. There are many salt pits of different sizes and shades on the lake, which are submerged with their feet. When I tried it with my feet, I felt that the salt particles were fine and as soft as sand, probably because there was no photosynthesis. Standing on the flat salt lake in the plain, dancing with bright gauze towels in the wind, like walking in the sky. "It is said" has been verified here, and we have really merged into a sacred salt sea world.

The scenery of the salt lake is pleasant, and the sculptures and wonders of the salt lake constitute a strange and gorgeous picture, all of which are fascinating. Tourists from all directions took the trouble to come here, and the Chaka Salt Lake, which had been silent for thousands of years, suddenly became lively.

Qinghai lake reverie

Qinghai Lake started from the ancient orogeny, and now it covers an area of about 4,432 square kilometers. There are dozens of rivers that flow into the lake to replenish water, the most famous of which is Daotang River, which flows from east to west. Qinghai Lake is the largest inland lake and saltwater lake in China and the largest high-altitude lake in the world.

We are here to see the magic of Qinghai Lake. In Erlangjian Scenic Area, you can see that the lake is connected with the sky, and the green water and blue sky blend together, like a vast sky, with white clouds hanging on it, like sails raised in the sea. Under the scorching sun, you can see the undulating, looming golden dunes and verdant distant mountains in the water mist from different angles.

Because of its unique dignity, the yellow croaker swims arrogantly, suddenly jumps out of the water to kiss the sun, and suddenly dives into the water to find peace, carefree and tireless.

Bird Island is a paradise for birds in the lake, home to hundreds of thousands of migratory birds with different timbres. Some spread their wings and fly, while others are in hot pursuit. The quiet sky and lakes are full of vitality.

Sheep and yaks on the lakeshore feed leisurely, or lie lazily on the lush grassland; Mongolian yurts are scattered like beads, just like falling clouds. We seem to have entered the original plateau blue, and we can't help thinking of the well-known song "In that faraway place" by the famous musician Wang. We sing in a low voice, wandering around the lake, holding the grass, smelling the fragrance of rape flowers, letting the breeze caress us, intoxicated with it, and interpreting the natural beauty of Qinghai Lake. In recent years, Qinghai Lake, which is becoming more and more commercialized, has built tourist facilities and aquatic projects, which are dwarfed by the ancient and magical Qinghai Lake. It is also a helpless move for Qinghai Lake to be humiliated.

Qinghai Lake, with boundless clear water and rippling blue waves, is filled with vicissitudes in the humid air. The majestic momentum of ancient crustal fission gradually lifted the seabed and pushed it to the top of the mountain. The sea gradually receded eastward, exposing the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and retaining Qinghai Lake, which also made me daydream about Qinghai Lake.

Walk into Ta 'er Temple

Ta 'er Temple is located in lushaer town, Huangzhong County, Qinghai Province. Near the mountain platform, distributed in one ditch and two slopes of Lianhua Mountain. The hillside is lush with plants, and the artificially paved roads and steps are set up along the mountain, with winding paths leading to Ta 'er Temple Square.

Ta 'er Temple covers an area of about 600 mu and has a history of more than 400 years. The temple consists of many temples, shrines, pagodas and monasteries. Magnificent, magnificent. It is the perfect crystallization of Sino-Tibetan architectural art and the center of Tibetan Buddhism activities in the northwest of China, enjoying a long-standing reputation.

The architectural layout in Ta 'er Temple is rigorous, patchwork, exquisite workmanship and unique style, which is impressive. Dajinwa Temple, Xiaojinwa Temple, Dajingtang, Jiuwending, Ruyi Tower and many other well-known buildings are painted beams and buildings, antique and unique. Each temple is different, with its own merits, bright colors and magnificent momentum. Bright and dazzling murals and exquisite pile embroidery are vivid and brilliant against the butter lamp. Lamas in past dynasties devoted themselves to the study of the true meaning of Tibetan Buddhism, and combined the wisdom of hundreds of years, bringing together many Buddhist classics and academic monographs such as history, literature, philosophy, medicine, legislation, etc., which determined the long-lasting status of Ta 'er Temple as a cultural holy place of Tibetan Buddhism. September 1st every year is an important Buddhist festival in Tibetan areas. On that day, according to the traditional Tibetan etiquette, all the monks dressed neatly, blew the bronze harp and lined up in the morning light. They respectfully invited the Datang brand out and carried it up the hillside, carefully laid it down and baked it in the hot sun for a day. Believing in men and believing in women, paying homage, it's very lively. Visitors who happened to travel to Ta 'er Temple caught up with the festival and were lucky enough to witness this scene, which not only satisfied their eyes, but also fulfilled their dream of getting close to Tibet.

The Ta 'er Temple is full of cigarettes, solemn and solemn, and devout believers tirelessly crawl all the way to worship. Some tourists will also hold incense for Geely, and worship three times and nine times; Buddhist holy places give people a mysterious and lofty feeling.