I have never been to the Northwest before. Since last year, due to business trips, I have been to Golmud, Qinghai many times. I have compiled a brief introduction to share with you. The epidemic is over, and it is another year of travel season. For those who want to travel to Golmud Let's take a look, the front is quite boring, because I haven't had time to go to many scenic spots, so I have to look for information on the Internet, and the rest are all personal experiences.
Golmud belongs to the Haixi Mongolian and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Qinghai Province. It is located in the central and western part of Qinghai Province and the hinterland of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, with an average altitude of 2,780 meters and a plateau continental climate. "Golmud" is a Mongolian phonetic translation, meaning a place where rivers are dense. To the east of Golmud is Xining, to the north is Dunhuang, and to the south is Lhasa, which is a transit point leading to Xinjiang, Tibet and other places.
Let's talk about the beauty first
kunlun mountain pass
Kunlun Mountain Pass is located in the southwest of Qinghai, in the middle of Kunlun Mountains, 160 kilometers south of Golmud City. It is the only way for Qinghai and Gansu provinces to go to Tibet. Also known as "Kunlun Mountain Pass". Kunlun Mountain is a symbol of the Chinese nation and the cradle of myths and legends of the Chinese nation. It is called "Amanimu Zhanmu Pine" in Tibetan, which means Zushan.
tanggula pass
Tanggula Pass, the road is 5231 meters above sea level, and the railway is 5072 meters above sea level. It is the natural dividing line between Qinghai and Tibet provinces, with a wide field of vision. This area is a piece of permafrost, and the moisture in the soil layer freezes for many years. The weather in the mountain pass is extremely unstable. Even in summer, the road is often blocked by heavy snow, and hail, frost and snow are even more common phenomena. The oxygen content of the air here is only 60% of that at sea level, so ordinary passengers passing through the Tanggula Pass will have obvious altitude sickness.
Populus euphratica forest in Golmud
Golmud Populus euphratica forest is located in the territory of Tuolahai Animal Husbandry Co., Ltd., Guolemud Township, Golmud City, 50 kilometers west of Golmud City, with a total area of 4200 hectares. The river flows only from June to September every year, and the riverbed is dry most of the rest of the time. Every October, Populus euphratica will turn from dark green to golden yellow, like a flame burning in the vastness, it seems to dye the whole desert golden.
Queen Mother of the West Yaochi
West Queen Mother Yaochi is 250 kilometers away from Golmud City, with an average altitude of 4,470 meters, a length of about 12,000 meters from east to west, and a width of about 5,000 meters from north to south. Wild animals are infested, the weather is myriad, and summer is the best time to play
Wanzhang Salt Bridge
The Wanzhang Salt Bridge is located on the Chaerhan Salt Lake in the south of the Qaidam Basin. The highway is like a bridge floating on the brine. The salt bridge is 32 kilometers long, equivalent to a city system, and can reach ten thousand feet. It spans the entire Chaerhan Salt Lake. It is known as the "Wan Zhang Salt Bridge". The entire road surface is smooth and clean, open and straight. The salt bridge splits the salt lake in half from the middle, which is amazing. The best time to travel is from July to September.
West Beach
Xidatan is the mountaineering base camp of Mount Yuzhu, opposite the base camp, at an altitude of 4200 meters. Xidatan is relatively broad, with flat roads and few gullies. Therefore, there are troops stationed in a large part of the area, and it is also the place where the Qinghai-Tibet line must pass. The two- and three-story houses along the road are basically a combination of food and lodging. The taste of the food is biased towards the taste of Sichuan cuisine, and the bunk beds can accommodate more people to rest. You can overlook the majestic appearance of the north slope of Mount Yuzhu and the glacier, and it is best to go there in summer.
Dongtai Jinel Lake
Jinel Lake in Dongtai, located in Golmud City, deep in the hinterland of the Qaidam Basin, is a very large lithium deposit dominated by brine. The color of the lake is different from that of Qinghai Lake. Due to the high copper content, the lake water is bright green, and the shore is covered with white crystals. Surrounding the lake is a large area of Yardang landform, with bright green lake water, like a "sea fleet". Speaking of the beautiful combination of Yadan landform and lake water in the world, this place is indeed unique in the world.
Tuotuo River
Tuotuo River, also known as Tuotuo River and Ulan Mulun River, means "Red River" in Mongolian. It originates from the glacier of Jianggendiru Snow Mountain on the east and west side of Geladan, the main peak of Tanggula Mountains. The altitude of the tail of the glacier is nearly 5,500 meters. There are many cobweb-like streams in the valleys on both sides. This is the upper source of the Tuotuo River. Traveling here is suitable for all seasons.
Gourmet articles
In addition to the majestic and beautiful natural scenery unique to the Northwest, the food there also makes you linger!
The first thing to mention is the essential food there - hand-caught mutton, which is a very popular local delicacy, and it is also a delicacy that locals use to entertain tourists. It has very local characteristics. Hold the mutton with a knife in one hand, and then cut off the mutton and eat it. At the beginning, eating like that will make you a little uncomfortable, but gradually you will get used to it, and then you will fall in love with it completely! Not far from the hotel where I live, within walking distance is the most famous Zhenhua hand-caught king in Golmud. That is to put the cut lamb chops into the boiled original soup, wait for a few minutes, and when the pot is opened, the blood foam is knocked out and eaten immediately, it is tender and has no smell. His family’s stir-fried dishes and all kinds of cakes are also excellent. In addition, the cooking masters here in Golmud are generally very high-level, and the taste is one of the best in Qinghai Province. Simple fried vegetables are very delicious, and Qinghai’s special eight treasures are also available. Tea, also called bowls, is a must-have drink for every household. Local people often drink bowls and chat leisurely. Half a day passes slowly. It is the afternoon tea of Qinghai people, the recipe of Babao tea It is not fixed, all kinds of dried fruits, preserved fruits, plus the spring tea that locals love to drink, large pieces of yellow rock sugar, according to your own preferences, you can mix and match the full ingredients and put them into a large tureen. With watermelon seeds, take two sips and help each other add hot water at any time, and the atmosphere will warm up immediately
Golmud is a pastoral area, so mutton is very popular in the local area. Roast mutton is a delicious snack that is very popular all over the country in this season. In summer, there is nothing better than roast mutton and beer! Golmud's roasted lamb is very delicious, it really doesn't have any smell, but you can taste the delicious lamb, and it's slightly spicy and not greasy! Tastes better than roast lamb anywhere else!
In Qinghai, the authentic Qinghai people will make their own yogurt. The traditional Qinghai old yogurt is fermented in a porcelain bowl. The solid yogurt is formed by high temperature. The upper layer of the yogurt will form a thick milk skin. When eating, you must scoop it out with a spoon. Put it into the mouth, so Qinghai people don't talk about drinking yogurt but eating yogurt. Qinghai yogurt is solid, like tofu brain, and this product is processed by the local Hui people themselves. Put the yogurt in a small bowl and cover it with a small glass for sale. In the production of yogurt, a small bowl is generally used to hold cooked milk, and a few drops of vegetable oil are specially dripped on the mouth of the bowl to make the surface of the milk skin golden and oily. The prepared yogurt is white as fat, fragrant, tender and delicate, cool and slightly sour, with a spoonful of white sugar, it is sour and sweet, cool and delicious, and it is available in all restaurants, even noodle shops. I like to eat local yogurt very much. In addition to going out, I must eat it. I also pack it back to the hotel and continue to enjoy it, and it is often two bowls (cover my face)
Stuffed skin and stem skin are local special snacks.
"Auntie, a bowl of skin."
"Heizi (of) Baizi (of)?"
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This is the longest conversation heard in front of the Qinghai Nongpi stall. Speaking of Qinghai Nongpi makes people drool unconsciously! The most difficult part of making a bowl of glutinous and springy stuffed skin is the stuffed skin itself. Niangpi is a pasta made from wheat flour. The main method is to add an appropriate amount of alkaline noodles to wheat noodles, and use warm water to make a hard dough; after several times of kneading, the dough is kneaded and smooth, and then put into a basin and washed with cold water to wash off the starch until the dough becomes soft. until the status. This jelly is called "gluten" after steaming. After the washed starch water waits for precipitation, pour out the clear water, scoop the precipitated batter evenly in a cage covered with steaming cloth, steam it, and form it into a round cake, which is called "stuffed skin".
Stem skin is made of sweet potato flour. Tree branches or grass vine rhizomes always have forks, and after the branches are removed, the forks are still a swollen knot. There are always multiple such knots on a branch or a grass vine, and such branches or grass vines are "stalks". Strictly speaking, the stem skin is dried sweet potato grass and vines, crushed and ground into sweet potato powder, and then blended
This pot is a super delicious stuffed potato skin. It tastes even better when it is heated. It tastes pretty good, and it has a strong potato aroma. The slightly burnt black is the crispy rice.
The brown translucent one looks very muscular, which is the terrier skin
I strongly recommend an inconspicuous but delicious small shop. There is a Hedong market 100 or 200 meters away from the hotel where I live. There is a small shop called Minhe Malatang in it. Not to mention delicious, it’s very cheap, 6 yuan a big portion, and you can mix whatever you like. Their dumplings are also delicious, and the sweet unstrained spirits are also worth a try. Speaking of sweet unstrained spirits, it’s the first time I’ve come to Golmud. Heard and tasted. . . Uh, for dessert, it’s fermented with oats or highland barley. It tastes like glutinous rice wine, but the taste of the wine is not that strong. You must drink it iced. Even in the cold winter, the sweet and cool taste will satisfy you instantly.
The wontons and dumplings at Haiming Wonton’s opposite the hotel, the Hu spicy soup at Lu’s breakfast shop, the carrot and potato buns at the diagonal corner, and the big plate chicken are all local old shops that have been open for more than ten years. The kind that is easy to squeeze in, you must try it. There is also the nearby Triangle, a place where locals like to buy beef and mutton. There is a slaughterhouse there. The cattle and sheep are very fresh, and they are not fed to support grass growth. Big grass-fat cattle and sheep, there is a row of facades, there are courier brothers stationed in the store at any time, what are they doing in the store? It is convenient for everyone to purchase the delicious, tender and odorless grassland cattle and sheep, and immediately vacuumize and pack them and send them away quickly, so as to share the delicious food with relatives and friends far away, especially in winter when the volume of delivery is too large, and some people often send whole or several Pack it up and send it away. The rose cakes at the Yuxiu Momo Shop on the right hand side of the hotel are also delicious. The skin is crispy, and the inside is red with rose sauce. The cakes actually have a soft and moist feeling like cakes, which refreshed my understanding of cakes. This size is also very northwest, larger than the cutting board at home, at least 15 cm thick, and a cake weighs more than ten catties. I only bought a small piece.
Accommodation
Eating, eating, and playing, there must be a place to stay. Everyone is wondering where the hotel I live in is surrounded by various delicacies, right? I have been to Golmud many times, the hotel I stayed at for the first time was very good, and I have not changed since I came here again, I recommend it to everyone. The first time I came here, I chose the Magnolia Hotel based on my feelings, online reviews and pictures (of course, because I think the name is nice), it is a newly opened hotel, on Jiangyuan Middle Road in the city center, very close to the train station and the airport. Convenience, there are many delicious food around, this is very important, and it is also an important reason why I choose him. I feel at ease that the detached house does not mix with other properties. It is clean and spacious, and there is comfortable floor heating. I am very surprised after staying here, and I don’t plan to stay here again In addition, I searched and tried. The buildings in the city of Golmud still retain a simple style. There is really nothing worth mentioning. The decoration design of the Magnolia Hotel has a strong Shanghai petty bourgeoisie style, which is particularly bright and lively here. The hotel conditions are very good. The decoration is also very stylish, staying in the room makes me often forget that I am in a remote town on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau
Golmud is a small city with a permanent population of only 100,000. The starting price of a taxi is 6 yuan. Boring, there are no places to go shopping in the city, the beautiful scenery is outside, everyone can eat with peace of mind when you come, it is really delicious food everywhere, just find a popular restaurant, never step on the thunder, the number of times I come A lot of time is not too short, but there are still too many delicacies that have not been discovered. I will collect more materials and strive for a second season soon
