The world's unique Yadan on the water is like a string of tears sprinkled on the desert Gobi by God. It is verdant and green, poignant and tender. Only from the perspective of God can you see her mysterious and stunning panorama. In the 60-square-kilometer Water Yardang in Qinghai, you will be amazed at the uncanny craftsmanship of nature. The dramatic landscape makes people feel like they are in an alien world.
Angel's Tears God's Perspective Incredible Water Yardang
The vastness, magnificence and desolation of Qinghai are simply unimaginable before you go there. All the imagination in the city is less than one ten-thousandth of being here. In the hinterland of Qaidam, after tens of millions of years of geological movement and changes in time and space, a strange landform has been bred and formed - the largest, most spectacular and only Yadan group in the world.
From Beijing to Golmud Airport, you need to transfer in Xi'an, land in Golmud at 10:30 in the evening, and run 300 kilometers to Haixi Wusute Water Yadan Scenic Spot. The endless darkness on the Gobi Desert left infinite imagination for the scenery outside the car window.
Wusute Water Yardang Geopark is one of the largest natural scenic spots I have been to so far. The total area of the scenic spot is 60 square kilometers, with a length of about 12 kilometers from east to west. Yadan on land and Yadan on water are amazing wherever they go.
Dachaidan Water Yadan is located in the hinterland of Qaidam, 650 kilometers away from Qinghai Lake in the east, 550 kilometers away from Chaka Salt Lake, 350 kilometers away from Delingha, 200 kilometers away from Dachaidan, 300 kilometers away from Golmud City in the south, and 350 kilometers away from Mangya Town in the west , 500 kilometers away from Dunhuang in the north, close to National Highway 315, at the node position of Xining-Qinghai Lake-Chaka Salt Lake-Shuishang Yadan-Dunhuang-Jiayuguan-Zhangye Ring Tour and the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, Gansu-Xinjiang Tourist Ring.
Among these Yadan groups, there is a more peculiar Yadan, which grows in a beautiful lake. This is Dachaidan Water Yadan, the only and most beautiful Yadan spectacle in the world. "Eighteen Bays", eighteen lake bay scenic spots along the lake, Yadan on water and Yadan on land, have different forms of beauty, but they all make people feel deep and ethereal. Climbing up to Yadan Peak and looking into the distance, I suddenly feel like a giant in the sky and a dust floating in the air. See yourself, see the world, see all beings...
The world's largest and most typical Yardang landform is said to cover an area of over a thousand square kilometers, and is regarded by the world as "Devil City" and "Ecstasy Array". The Yardang landform in the Qaidam Basin belongs to no-man's land. In this uninhabited land, there are naturally no place names. However, from Golmud to Dachaidan to the west, there is a beautiful and moving place name in the depths of Yadan landform called "Southern Eight Immortals". The origin of its place name also has a true and tragic story.
In the 1950s, eight female geological team members from the south came here to search for oil resources, and died because they lost their way. To commemorate these eight female college students, they took the place name "South Eight Immortals". as a permanent memorial. This unique Yadan in the water, many people think it is a foreign country? No, in fact, we have any magical and magnificent landforms in our own home, just waiting for you to discover them.
Qin Diyue of the Han Family Liuying Lighting Concubine
As soon as you go up the Yuguan Road, you will never return to the end of the world
Miraculous nature will eventually pass away, but please don't forget
The natural background formed by the blue sky and clear water has become the natural background of the legendary stories on the western fortress. The magnificent nature and unreality full of sense of drama have also become the natural background for shooting blockbuster Hanfu ancient styles. No wonder so many martial arts dreams of desert pride are staged in this magical land. With every gesture, I have dreamed back for a thousand years...
In "Evil in the East and Poison in the West", there is a classic line. When you are in this water wonder left by the great flood thousands of years ago, you will not feel it. "Everyone will go through this stage. When they see a mountain, they want to know what is behind the mountain. You may turn over the back of the mountain and you will find that there is nothing special. Looking back, you may feel that this side is better."
"When I have nothing to do, I will look at the White Camel Mountain. I clearly remember that there was a woman waiting for me there. In fact, "drunk life and dream death" is just a joke she made with me. The more you want to know if you have forgotten it, On the contrary, I remember it more clearly. I have heard people say that when you can no longer have it, the only thing you can do is to make yourself not forget."
After tens of millions of years of geological movement and changes in time and space, every piece of Yadan on the water, which was bred and formed, may be taken away by time and wind and sand at any time. Since nature cannot be changed, the only thing you can do here is to make yourself not forget.
The Yellow River is far above the white clouds
An isolated city, Wanren Mountain
Qiang flute why blame willow
The Spring Breeze Doesn't Pass Yumen Pass
The perfect set, N kinds of filming methods in the ancient style
The mysterious and magical Water Yardang Geopark is half sea water and half flame, there is cold desert and endless tenderness. In recent years, shooting ancient Chinese costumes has become popular. In this geological park, the endless blue sky and no electric wires can be seen. It is really the perfect set for shooting ancient blockbusters. In addition to the feeling of the last section of "Evil and West Poison", you can also have the feeling of "Tianshan Child Elder" or "Hero" for two people.
Yadan means "steep hills", and it is also another name for wind-eroded landforms. Qinghai Dachaidan Water Yadan is known as "jasper on the Gobi Desert". —In the Yadan landform group of the Southern Eight Immortals. If the land Yadan is famous for its majesty, then the water Yadan is known for its softness, full of chivalrous and tender feelings.
Life is like a fog and a dream, and love is in a hurry like morning dew.
To be happy in life is to be happy, laughing at the common people and the world of mortals.
once having seen the best, the rest is not worthwhile looking.
West out of Yangguan without a friend
N kinds of ancient plots can be staged in the desolate but soft Yadan group, and the most natural one comes to mind is Wang Zhaojun, the woman who sacrificed herself for the peace and stability of the country with her own happiness. The girl in red ancient style is easy to think of Wang Zhaojun's style. In fact, when shooting ancient costumes, in addition to paying attention to shoes and underwear, head accessories are also very important. If you don't have a full set of hair accessories, you can use necklaces, bracelets, hairpins or silk scarves as the easiest hair accessories at hand.
The morning rain in Weicheng is light and the dust is light, and the inn houses are green and willows are new.
Advise you to drink more wine, go west to Yangguan without acquaintance.
The Yardang group spreads all over the lake, and the rippling surface of the lake reflects the image of Yardang, which is like a lover cuddling tightly and quietly expressing his heart; it is also like a soldier in formation, majestic and mighty, soaring to the sky. In the boundless desert of pride, there is also water-like tenderness...
love in the sunset
The golden sunset shines on the water Yadan with a total area of 60 square kilometers. The sunset in Qinghai is always two hours later than that in the mainland. In the golden afterglow, the desert is covered with golden costumes, and the water surface turns from green and blue to golden. Wang Yang. The wind on the Gobi gradually weakened, the sun was no longer so hot, and everything became more tender. Full of natural love!
The desolation and magnificence of Qinghai is like a mirror that reflects people's hearts. Urbanites come here, wanting to seek a good way to "see themselves, all beings, and the world". When you are really here, you can indeed clearly see the boundaries and limitations of your heart. What God bestowed on this land is a dojo where people can understand the meaning of life and the essence of desire in nature. No wonder it attracts so many urbanites from afar.
The wonderful experience of staying overnight in no man's land
In the desolate no-man's land, a complete and mature scenic spot has been developed, which is a miracle created by the local people in the desert. In the scenic spot with a total area of 60 square kilometers and a length of about 12 kilometers from east to west, it has the beautiful scenery of "two camps along the way, seven districts and eighteen bays". "Seven Districts" refer to the entrance comprehensive service area, water Yardang sightseeing area, Yardang mystery crossing area, air sports experience area, fantasy starry sky resort, theme hotel leisure area, and characteristic commercial consumption area; "Eighteen Bays" refers to the area along the lake. Eighteen Lake Bay Scenic Areas. These proud developments are as miraculous as this land.
I have seen some RV camps, but this is the first time I have seen a RV camp in such an uninhabited area. Compared with hotels in scenic spots, it is more suitable for a family to live in a caravan. In summer, after night falls, there is no light pollution in the night sky, and the bright stars wrap the Milky Way sparkling, which is super suitable for parent-child travel.
Different from the past, as soon as I opened the hotel room, the green plants I saw at a glance made people full of hope and a great mood. This is a feeling that I have never had in a hotel in the city. The clean and tidy rooms are very cost-effective, and the heating time of the floor heating is as long as half a year. In such a landscape, a comfortable and clean hotel room greatly improves the comfort of travel.
Self-driving resort China's "Route 66"
To get to Shuishang Yadan, in addition to flying to Golmud Airport or Dunhuang Airport and then driving there, many people choose to drive directly from their own cities. This desolate and magnificent highway is like China's "Route 66". Being here, there is often an illusion of unreality. When we were at the Yadan Hotel on the water, we saw an off-road vehicle with a Beijing license plate. On the day we left the scenic spot for Dunhuang, he happened to be driving in the same direction.
The white dots are not the remnant snow on the Gobi, but the saline-alkali land that I saw for the first time. Camels and cattle lick the salt of the saline-alkali land. Even the seemingly barren and vibrant land has its meaning of existence.
The shrubs on the Gobi Desert are as vigorous as camels. On the road from Shuishang Yadan to Dunhuang, it took nearly 5 hours to drive out of Qinghai. There was no service area or toilet along the way, only the nature and my own heart.
Danxia landforms, Yadan landforms, and colorful colors outline a passionate ink painting between heaven and earth.
Over the Daqing Mountain at an altitude of 3,699 meters and the two passes of Dangjin Mountain at an altitude of 3,670 meters. Dunhuang is just around the corner.
The beautiful Yadan on the water makes people learn to be in awe of nature, and it is also a natural dojo that can cure any dissatisfaction syndrome.
The local staff said that with the erosion of sand and nature, those Yadans standing on the water may disappear at any time.
Before they disappear, it is really necessary to witness this miracle of nature for yourself.
Fortunately, I have been here.
TIPS
Qinghai Wusute Water Yardang Geopark
Address: The hinterland of the Qaidam Basin in Haixi Prefecture, at the junction of the three administrative regions of Lenghu, Golmud, and Dachaidan
Self-driving route: Drive forward for 343.1 kilometers along the Xisha Line/G315 to reach Wusute (Water) Yardang Geopark
Original text / Coco Hu Bo Please do not reprint without authorization
Thanks to Coco portrait photography / @板灯摄影 @巧场果果
Aerial photography / @板灯photography
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Coco Huber
Global traveler, well-known travel self-media, KOL, photographer, travel columnist, senior travel media person, travel blogger contracted by Sina Weibo, gold medal author of Sohu, tourism ambassador of Okinawa, Japan, contracted traveler of Huayi Brothers, "Wine and Sex" Producer of "Tour" series of travel video programs, and lifestyle director of "Ruizu" magazine. His works are often seen in travel and life magazines such as "HNA", "Ruili Clothing and Beauty", "Travel World", "Tide Star" and so on.
