Self-drive in the Northwest, and talk about a road love with Internet celebrity attractions.

What does the Emerald Lake dyed red look like?
How shocking is a straight road with an invisible end?
How do Tibetan antelopes live on the plateau pastures?
Where is the only water Yadan in the world?
How does the lake on the left and the desert on the right coexist?
What is our universe made of?
Where did the first surviving tree planted in the Northwest desert live?
How should we use the energy of light to change our lives?

Well, this is a journey of planting grass and learning knowledge for everyone while checking in at Internet celebrity attractions.

The emerald lake stained with blood also has another beauty

The first time I knew Emerald Lake was to see the video of Emerald Lake on Douyin, and it was unforgettable at first glance. The green lake water is one by one, like emeralds exist on this earth.
And behind such beauty, it turns out that the former Dachaidan Chemical Plant Salt Lake Mining Team mining area, due to the different concentrations of minerals contained, formed a colorful scene. When the weather is fine, the mirror-like lake reflects the blue sky, white clouds and snow-capped peaks, just like being in a fairyland.

emerald lake

Most of the emerald lake is the color of emerald. When I saw this red salt field, I couldn't wait to jump out of the car and wanted to put myself here.

emerald lake

I like all kinds of undeveloped wild attractions, and Emerald Lake is such a place. At present, this place has not been developed into a scenic spot. Tickets are not required now. Those who want to come to the Internet celebrity to check in can come early.

emerald lake

This time I was carrying my favorite Canon EOS M50, with the original 15-45 head and the 22mm F2 fixed focus head. The 15-45 head can basically meet all my panoramic shots, and the 22mm F2 can meet my blurring requirements on portraits. Who told me to be so stinky, the most important thing is! It's so light, you can just stuff it in your pocket and take it with you.

emerald lake

This place is not as crowded as Chaka. If you want to take a photo, you have to find countless angles, and you can't avoid the crowd. Here, standing at random is very artistic.

emerald lake

For the Emerald Lake, I strongly recommend driving more in the lake area. You will naturally find that there is no one with mountains behind and the background of the lake in front of you.

emerald lake

Emerald Lake is only 20 minutes away from Golmud, and between Golmud and Emerald Lake, we found this large piece of withered yellow grass, golden grass, continuous mountains behind, blue sky and white clouds in the sky, so it constitutes this a beautiful picture.

emerald lake

The 22mm F2 lens of the EOS M50 can blur the front foreground very well, and it also has a screen focusing function. I have to praise this function, it has solved a lot of conflicts between me and my boyfriend. With the touch screen focusing method, you no longer have to worry about your boyfriend taking pictures of you out of focus! !

emerald lake

Name: Haixi Emerald Lake
Address: Dachaidan, Haixi Mongolian and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai
Transportation: Dachaidan Administrative Committee to 12 kilometers northwest
Tickets: No tickets required

The only water Yadan in the world is in China!

Many people are obsessed with the endless straight road on the 66th road in the United States that seems to go to the sky, but they don’t know that you don’t have to go so far to the United States. In Delingha, Qinghai, China, you can satisfy all your road blockbusters here. imagination!

Yadan on the water

The road from Golmud to Shuishang Yadan is basically driving in the desert, and it will always be such a road, which seems to be endless. But climbing up a slope is another scene.

Yadan on the water

Here I want to explain strictly, because there are no turns and the road is very easy to drive, all the vehicles on the road are very, very fast. If you want to take pictures on such a road, you must pay attention to the traffic on both sides. That speed is no lie. When traveling, safety comes first.

Yadan on the water

When it comes to Devil City, the first thing everyone thinks of is Dunhuang and Xinjiang. However, in the mysterious and holy Haixi Prefecture of Qinghai, the Devil City here is different from others! We are different! This is not only the Devil City, but also the Devil City on the water! At present, it is only here in the whole world!

Yadan on the water

The same principle as the land Yadan, the water Yadan is also a magnificent landscape formed by the lake water in the long-term desert and Gobi weathering conditions. After the Yadan style was formed, due to the crustal movement of the Tadam Basin, the lake water from Qinghai Lake and other places flowed into the Yadan territory through the ground, forming the magnificent water Yadan landscape we see before our eyes.

Yadan on the water

Due to the high salinity of the surface water in the Qinghai area, and the wide distribution of salt minerals. Therefore, it will add a high weight to the salinity here, so when you come here, you can clearly see the white salt crystals on the ground after the tide has ebbed.

Yadan on the water

Standing on a high place and looking down, you already have the feeling of aerial photography. In addition, the wide-angle of the m50's set head is 15-45. Although it is a small mirrorless camera, it also achieves the wide-angle effect of a full-frame.

Yadan on the water

At present, Shuishang Yadan has established a scenic spot, and the facilities in various aspects have also begun to improve. Guests who want to live in Yadan on the water can choose a hotel in the scenic spot or a tent camp next to it.

Yadan on the water

Name: Usute Water Yadan
Address: National Highway 315, Golmud City, Haixi Prefecture, Qinghai Province
Transportation: Mobile phone navigation "Wusut (Water) Yardang Geopark"
Tickets: 60 yuan for tickets, 60 yuan for a round-trip sightseeing car in the scenic area

half desert half lake gold sea

Driving more than 100 kilometers south from Delingha, you can come to the Golden Sea, which is half desert and half lake. It is said that when Genghis Khan led his troops through this place, the marigolds left behind turned into a sea of gold; there is also a legend that a pair of golden sheep came down from Yak Mountain to drink water by the lake. Therefore, the lake is called Jinzihai.

gold sea

Qinghai is a very suitable place for self-driving, and the scenery along the way is very pleasant. No, I climbed onto the roof. . . .

gold sea

The west, northwest, and east sides of Jinzihai are surrounded by sand hills. The sand is so fine that you can't help but feel barefoot and have a more intimate contact with it. Only on the southeast side of the sea are tall reeds and nearly 100-meter-long grass belts, which attract birds, cattle and sheep to forage, play and rest. When the water is clear, there will be no fish.

gold sea

Since Jinzihai is formed by the accumulation of sweet spring water over time, the water is extremely clear, and there are no fish in the shallow water, only small conch and shells. In fact, there are fish in the depths of the sea. Archeology found that the east of Jinzihai is the cultural accumulation layer of the Bronze Age, including stone tools and fragments of sandy brown clay pots from the Nomuhong culture; this shows that the formation of the sea has a long history. In the vast Gobi, there is such a pool of sweet spring water that nourishes the surrounding herdsmen and nourishes all living things on this land.

gold sea

And under the sand dunes, I met a shepherd and his flock by chance.

gold sea

And I think the biggest highlight is the accidentally discovered river and a horse grazing. This picture looks very harmonious and beautiful from a distance.

gold sea

There are many mountains, wild horses grazing, and me walking by the lake. I like to put the characters in the scene, so that it looks more harmonious and perfect.

gold sea

Name: Jinzihai
Address: Deling Haulan County, Haixi State, Qinghai Province
Transportation: About 2 hours south of Delingha, just search for "Golden Sea" in the navigation
Tickets: No tickets yet

Dulan Ranch with Tibetan antelopes on the plateau

The road from Dulan to Dulan Ranch is not easy to walk, you need to cross a 4900 pass. The way to climb the mountain is a stone road. Although the road is not easy to walk, the scenery along the way is indeed full of surprises!
Don't sleep on the way here, because you will never know which two groundhogs are falling in love on both sides of the road; where is the wild goat killed by wolves; the eagle is soaring on the plateau; Collect water in groups.

Dulan Ranch

The road is very difficult, especially self-driving must pay attention to safety.

Dulan Ranch

The groundhogs here are very, very chubby, very cute.

Dulan Ranch

In September, the grass in the Dulan pasture has begun to wither and turn yellow, and the herdsmen are slowly migrating from higher-altitude pastures to lower-altitude pastures. The local uncle told us that at this time of year, the herdsmen will first move their daily necessities to the low-altitude pastures by car, and then drive their own cattle and sheep to the low-altitude pastures. The scene of migration is very spectacular. After all, the entire Dulan Ranch region only has a population of 40,000, and the number of cattle, sheep and horses is about dozens of times the population.

Dulan Ranch

On the side of the road, I met two aunts who were grazing. After some communication, I borrowed the aunt's horse to take a few photos. The picture above was also taken with the EOS M50. The big backlight did not make this small mirrorless camera look inferior at all. The details in the dark part can also be pulled back perfectly, and the effective pixels are 24.2 million, which gives greater possibilities for post-production.

Dulan Ranch

While we were still borrowing horses to take pictures, Dama's flock of sheep had already run away. The aunt was very anxious, and immediately rode a horse and galloped to catch up with her flock. When I asked the reason, it turned out that there were wolves here, and wolves were very smart. Once they saw that no one was watching the sheep, they would pounce on them to catch the sheep. Um. . . I like this kind of nature.

Dulan Ranch

In the afternoon, we met this Tibetan antelope with a caring butt on the grassland. This is the first time I have seen Tibetan antelopes so close, although the photos are not clear. When she wanted to get close, she ran away. The local uncle told us that the Tibetan antelopes in this season will come down to the lake to fetch water when the sun is about to set, so there must be more than one, but we must protect them and try not to interfere with their lives.

Dulan Ranch

The most beautiful scenery is probably not the destination, but the scenery on the road. Canon eos m50 has a built-in Wi-Fi function, which can easily realize the link with the mobile phone, which is convenient for me to send Moments and Weibo in time, and can deliver in time!

Dulan Ranch

The Alak Lake National Wetland Park is our destination today. The lake here is clear and blue, and very rare wild animals appear on the roadside from time to time.

Dulan Ranch

Goji berries in Qinghai are very famous, and I ran into an aunt drying goji berries on the side of the road. Seeing us watching from afar, he took the initiative to invite us to visit. This is my first taste of fresh goji berries. Well, I like it.

Dulan Ranch

Name: Dulan Ranch/Arak Lake National Wetland Park
Address: Dulan County, Haixi State, Qinghai Province
Transportation: Navigate and search for "Lake Arak National Wetland Park"
Tickets: No tickets required

Delingha Astronomical Science Museum, the Stairway to Space

The Delingha Astronomical Science Museum is an independent astronomical science museum built under the guidance of the Purple Mountain Observatory. It is located on Changjiang Road in Delingha City. It is the second largest astronomical-themed science museum in the country.

Astronomy Museum

In the astronomy science hall on the first floor, by touching the multimedia screen, "The Scale of the Universe" shows visitors the process from the microcosm to the macrocosm in turn. Quarks are the smallest matter, followed by nuclei, chromosomes, cells, human bodies, the earth, The solar system, the Milky Way, the Hercules galaxy cluster, and the observable universe present a multi-level universe for people in three-dimensional images.

Astronomy Museum

Both visual and auditory enjoyment of interesting astronomical knowledge, it is better to understand the universe more intuitively through multimedia screen operations by yourself. Looking at the team in front of me, I really wanted to push them away and rush to the front to feel it. After waiting anxiously, it was finally my turn. I personally experienced "The Evolution of the Universe" and learned about stars, planets, life, etc. During the evolution process, it received another baptism of astronomical knowledge.

Astronomy Museum

In front of the public rest area, a huge exhibition wall shows the history of human exploration of the universe. From ancient times to the present, human exploration of the universe has never stopped, from China's earliest observation of supernova explosion records to the first time humans landed on the moon , experienced thousands of years of history.

Astronomy Museum

In the China Aerospace Achievement Hall, from the first satellite Dongfanghong-1 to the first unmanned rocket Shenzhou-1, to the manned rocket Shenzhou-9. Let people understand very intuitively that China's aerospace achievements are undergoing earth-shaking changes.

Astronomy Museum

Name: Delingha Astronomical Science Museum
Address: West side of Yangtze River Road, Delingha
Tickets: No tickets required

Haizi Poetry Memorial Hall

"Sister, tonight, I don't care about humans, I only want you."

Haizi Poetry Exhibition Hall

In 1988, the young poet Haizi passed Delingha while traveling in Qinghai, and wrote the poem "Sister, I am in Delingha tonight", thus forming a bond with this city.
In 2012, the Haizi Poetry Exhibition Hall opened in Delingha City, exhibiting Haizi's representative poems and related materials, pictures and books.

In such a city, because of the poet's "Sister, I am in Delingha tonight", a memorial hall was specially built. It is also in such a city that I can appreciate the artistic conception brought by poetry more than ever before. Desolation, loneliness, struggle...

Haizi Poetry Exhibition Hall

The EOS m50 has a very strong capture ability. Not only can it focus at high speed, but it can also be used for continuous shooting at a maximum of about 9 frames per second under single focus. In this way, you don’t have to worry about the hem of the captured skirt looking bad, there will always be a beautiful skirt!

Haizi Poetry Exhibition Hall

Haizi, formerly known as Cha Haisheng, was born on March 24, 1964 in Chawan, Gaohe Town, Huaining County, Anhui Province. He grew up in the countryside. He was admitted to the Law Department of Peking University in 1979 at the age of 15. He began to write poetry in 1982. He was later known as one of the "Three Poets of Peking University". He was only 25 years old when he committed suicide on March 26, 1989. During his short life as a poet, Haizi kept a holy heart. He is known as the representative of the new contemporary academic poets. He is a poet in the history of new Chinese literature in the 1980s who tried his best to attack the limits of literature and life. The most famous poet", "the most alternative poet". Haizi of poetry, Haizi's poems. This is the most intuitive understanding that Haizi gave people, but the classic poem "Facing the sea, the spring is warm and the flowers are blooming" has already been deeply imprinted in the hearts of hundreds of millions of people.

Haizi Poetry Exhibition Hall

Haizi Poetry Exhibition Hall Photovoltaic Museum

"Qinghai enjoys sufficient sunshine, abundant sunlight resources, and a large area of Gobi desert, which makes it uniquely positioned to develop the photovoltaic power generation industry. It is necessary to build photovoltaic power generation into a characteristic pillar industry with scale advantages, efficiency advantages, and market advantages, making Qinghai a It is an important emerging energy industry base in the country." According to Xi Jinping's words, Qinghai's photovoltaic resources have been well developed.

Photovoltaic Museum

While wandering in the city, I accidentally walked to the Photovoltaic Museum. Curiosity drove me into here. Unexpectedly, I picked up a treasure here. This flower-like instrument is a sunflower that can move in the direction of the sun to collect light resources. Like a sunflower, he will move with the movement of the sun every day, and make full use of light resources as much as possible.

Photovoltaic Museum

This baby sun flower, only 2 in China, is stored in the Photovoltaic Museum in Delingha.

Photovoltaic Museum

The Photovoltaic Museum also records the changes in people's lives since the founding of the People's Republic of China.

Photovoltaic Museum

Photovoltaic is slowly changing our lives, and technology enables us to use more photovoltaics in our lives in the future.

Photovoltaic Museum One Tree Temple

Tashi Qulin (One Tree) Temple is located about 2 kilometers west of Gahai Town, Delingha City, Haixi Prefecture, Qinghai Province. It was first built in the first year of Jiaqing in the Qing Dynasty (1796), and has a history of 217 years. According to legend, before 1940, the monastery lama (monk) planted two small saplings, and only one sprouted and grew up to this day, hence the name "One Tree Temple".

a tree temple

It is said that this is the first tree planted in the northwest desert, which also makes afforestation possible here.

a tree temple

At present, there is not only the plant of this tree here, but the surrounding area is full of green plants.

One Tree Temple Cypress Hill

Baishu Mountain is located in the north of Delingha, the capital of Haixi Mongolian and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Qinghai Province. Cypress Shanxi is close to the Bayin River, east of the 315th National Highway, there is Qinghai spruce known as the "national treasure", and the highest peak of Cypress Mountain is more than 4,000 meters above sea level.

Cypress Hill

The cypress forest is secondary and there are many mountain springs. The cypress mountain scenic area has undulating mountains, mountain ranges, and rugged mountains. Like a fairyland on earth, it has high ornamental, scientific research and educational value, and the environmental quality is very good.

Cypress Hill

The mountains here are rugged, there are many dangerous cliffs, and the ancient cypresses all over the mountains and plains decorate the bare-chested plateau ridges and valleys with emerald green peaks and black dragons, showing a kind of broad, rough and majestic green. .

Cypress Mountain About Itinerary

This time, with Delingha as the center, a 7-day in-depth tour was conducted around Delingha.
day1: Changsha - Xining
day2: Fly from Xining to Delingha, visit the Photovoltaic Museum, Astronomy Science Museum, depart from Jinzihai in the afternoon, and stay in Dulan in the evening.
day3: Dulan Ranch, return to Delingha at night
day4: Delingha departs from Emerald Lake and stays in Golmud
day5: Water windmill and along the way, back to Delingha
day6: Delingha Haizi Poetry Memorial Hall, One Tree Temple, Cypress Mountain, stay in Delingha.
day7: Delingha to Xining to Changsha

About the hotel

This time I stayed in three hotels, which are very good compared to the conditions in the Northwest. I personally like the "Fanmu Shabby Boutique Hotel" in Xining and the "Moshang Starry Sky Hotel" in Delingha.

1. Xining Fanmu Shabby Boutique Hotel.
The hotel is actually a homestay built by a very caring owner who opened up two villas. It's very quiet and about a 20 minute drive from the airport. I like homestays, and what attracts me the most is his humanistic care. Here, you can sit down and chat with the boss, get to know Qinghai and his story. The facilities in the room are also the simple log style that I like very much, it looks very comfortable. The most favorite is the glass room lobby between the two villas. You can watch projected movies, have dinner, etc. in the middle.

Xining Fanmu Shabby Boutique Hotel

2. Moshang Starry Sky Hotel, Delingha
This hotel is located in the urban area of Delingha. The hada offering ceremony at the door and the fruit plate and black wolfberry in the room gave me the greatest comfort and washed away the fatigue of the journey. There are many options for hotel TVs, and hot water is available 24 hours a day. The front desk of the hotel is very enthusiastic and answers all questions. It is very close to the city, and you can quickly find everything you want in the surrounding area. It is very convenient and full of human touch.

Moshang Star Hotel

3. Dulan Golden World International Hotel
The best hotel in Dulan County. The hot water is not available for 24 hours. The altitude here is over 3K. If you have just arrived on the plateau, you should pay attention to the time of hot water. Try to use hot water as early as possible. After 12:00 to 7:00 am There is no hot water. The room facilities are very good, and the parking space is convenient.

Dulan Golden World International Hotel