Qilian Mountain Grassland

Qilian mountain grassland, which represents the famous damaying grassland, is located in the basin between Yanzhi mountain and Qilian Mountain. In July and August every year, Qilian Mountain, which is connected with the grassland, is still covered with silver, while the grassland is covered with blue waves, dotted with horses, cattle and sheep. Breeze blowing, will make people return to nature, such as into the dream feeling. Shandan army horse farm, the largest ranch in the Far East, is also built here.

Qilian Mountain Grassland

The average elevation of Qilian mountain ranges from 4000 m to 5000 m. The long and wide glacial landform formed by alpine snow is magnificent.

Where the altitude is above 4000 meters, it is called snow line. On the snow line of Qilian Mountain, there are often rebellious biological wonders. In the shallow snow of the mountain, there are mushroom like silkworms, which are called snow mountain meadow plants. There are also precious medicinal materials - Saussurea involucrata, and a kind of snow mountain grass growing under wind eroded rocks.

Therefore, Saussurea involucrata, canzhui and xueshancao are also known as the "three friends of winter" on the snow line of Qilian Mountain. Qilian mountain grassland, which is representative of Daying grassland, is located in the basin between Yanzhi mountain and Qilian Mountain. In July and August every year, Qilian Mountain, which is connected with the grassland, is still covered with silver, while the grassland is covered with blue waves, dotted with horses, cattle and sheep.

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Breeze blowing, will make people return to nature, such as into the dream feeling. The famous damaying grassland, with flat terrain, rich water and grass, is the most famous ranch in the Far East.

"Qilian Mountain Grassland"

The history of Qilian Mountains seems so rough and even cruel, but the essence of Qilian Mountains is absolutely romantic. Qilian Mountain is an ancient Hun language, which means "mountain of heaven". So far, the Yao Aoer people, the direct descendants of the Huns who are nomadic here, still call Qilian Mountain "Tenggeli Daban", which also means "mountain of heaven".

At the foot of Qilian Mountain, there is a grassland with the most abundant water and grass, which is summer Tara (also known as Huangcheng beach, Huangcheng beach and Dacaotan). It used to be the pasture of the Huns, the Uighurs and the Mongolian King Kuo Duan Khan in the Yuan Dynasty. In summer, Tara is a grassland with four distinct seasons and favorable weather. Liang Fen of the Qing Dynasty wrote a famous geographical book "a brief account of the border of the Qin Dynasty", which said: "the lush grass is not found in the Great Wall, but only in the inland." The author regards this place as inland because nomads and farmers were fighting for this area at that time. In the Tibetan epic Gesar, it is said that this grassland is "Golden Lotus Grassland". Both yaoaoer people and Mongols call it "summer Tara", which means "golden Ranch".

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The summer Tala grassland in Qilian Mountains is surrounded by Daying beach in the east of Yanzhi mountain. The climate of Yanzhi mountain is warm, the forest is dense, the hill is covered with silver white Hari Canna flowers, and the Sichuan Grassland at the foot of the mountain is endless, the sky is grey, and the wild is vast. In summer, the Xizhang Dongzhang grassland in Sunan Yugur Autonomous County, east of Tara, is full of golden harigana flowers, and the whole grassland is golden. The warm and kind Yao Aoer herdsmen, carrying their own white tents and black tents, drove the herds, and wandered in the golden sea of flowers during the whole summer camp

The primeval forest scenic spot of Qilian Mountain is even more charming. After the beginning of summer, there is an endless green ocean in the forest. In the primeval forest area of Qilian Mountain, there are 157 thousand hectares and more than 2 million cubic meters of forest resources. It is one of the larger forest areas in Qinghai Province. There are spruce, juniper, poplar and other trees, as well as whiplash, black thorn, willow and other shrubs. In addition, in the dense forest and snow mountains of Qilian Mountain, there are many wandering deer groups running or wandering among them, with strong wild interest and beautiful ecology.

The four seasons of Qilian Mountain are never very clear. Spring is not like spring, and summer is not like summer. The so-called "Qilian snow in June" is the portrayal of Qilian mountain climate and natural landscape.

The valleys and depressions in the Qilian Mountains are more than 3000 meters above sea level on average, while the peaks of the Qilian Mountains are 4000 to 5000 meters above sea level. Walking on ice and snow all the way, the cold wind is piercing. But it has the beauty of nature that you can enjoy. Every peak of Qilian Mountain is magnificent, and it is called "towering stone bone, wrong bird path". These strange and angular ridges made of ice, snow and stone are like carving with a giant axe. As for the wide and long glaciers formed by the snow all the year round on the high mountains, it is a unique feature of snow mountain! Glaciers do not melt for many years, just like the white "hada" hanging on the snow mountain gods. They lie in various forms on the snow mountain, like a white tiger hiding, like a silver snake winding around; in the midday sunlight, like diamonds emitting thousands of rays; in the glow of the color dye, the glacier has the beauty that can not be described!

There are many rivers in the Qilian Mountains. This is because there are countless glaciers in the snow covered mountains all the year round. When the warm season comes, the sun will always melt away a layer of ice and snow. Coupled with the rainfall in the forest belt, the abundant water resources are undoubtedly the source of endless rivers.

Valley depression area, a piece of wild willow, poplar, as well as clusters of Robinia pseudoacacia. But they are old, vigorous and twisted, so old that you can't estimate their rings. The babaohe River, which is sparkling among them, has a very disharmonious temperament. But it doesn't hurt the elegance of babaohe.

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Best travel season

The four seasons of Qilian Mountain are not very clear. Spring is not like spring and summer is not like summer. The so-called "Qilian snow in June" is the portrayal of Qilian mountain climate and natural landscape. ——- best travel time: July and August.

traffic

It takes a whole day to get from Xining to Qilian by bus, and the current price is 36 yuan. (the coach station is located at the north end of Jianguo Road, about 600 meters south of the railway station)

It's 2 yuan per kilometer. It's hard to start from Xining to Qilian and then to cross-country vehicles.

get accommodation

When traveling in the Qilian Mountains, there are basically only hotels in the county government.

In Qinghai Lake area, there are many hotels with perfect facilities and various styles of accounting hotels.

In other important towns of Haibei and Hainan, Hotels with star rating conditions can be found.

delicious food

The mushrooms in Qilian are very famous. Many restaurants use the special mushrooms here. Tibetans, Mongolians and Hui are all good at making milk tea. They are sweet and nutritious, so you can drink more. Among the Tibetan food here, there is a kind of "Qula snack" called "Tuzi", which is sweet and delicious.

Honor and title

One of the six most beautiful grasslands in China

On October 23, 2005, the list of the most beautiful places in China was released in Beijing. Sponsored by National Geographic of China and co sponsored by 34 media across the country, the event lasted for 8 months and won three categories of awards, namely "experts association group", "media follower group" and "Internet mobile popularity group". "Media group" and "popularity group" produced 12 award-winning places by media voting, netizens voting and mobile phone users voting respectively. The awards of "expert society group" launched by National Geographic magazine of China are unique, which are divided into 15 types: mountain, lake, forest, grassland, desert, Yadan landform, island, coast, waterfall, glacier, canyon, urban area, rural ancient town, tourist cave, swamp and wetland. Among them, Qilian mountain grassland is one of the six most beautiful grasslands in China.

The beauty of Qilian Mountain Grassland

Qilian mountain grassland is the most beautiful grassland in China. Qilian Mountain is picturesque with clear water and picturesque scenery. The sky is high and the clouds are light and the summer is spring. The lofty snow peak holds up the white hada, and the vast grassland spreads a thousand li blue blanket, which makes the feelings of Qilian mountain deep in everyone's heart.

The beauty of Qilian lies in the beautiful mountains and rivers, and even more in the clouds and clouds on the Qifeng mountain. "It's like silk and wet people returning in the rainy days and the clouds in the morning.". In summer, there are many rainy nights in Qilian. In the early morning of the next day, the thick cloud and fog are like strands of silver silk around the mountain waist, and suddenly turn into rolling green smoke, floating among the mountains. Inadvertently, it will slide across your face, fall into your heart, immersive, like a dream. The sky is clear and the thick fog between the OPP mountains disappears without a trace. The deep blue sky is full of white clouds, with different mentality. It is a unique grassland scenery of the plateau, which is reflected by the green grassland and the flocks of cattle and sheep.

Address: north foot of Lenglongling, Qilian Mountain, Qilian County, Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province

Longitude: 100.9460735321

Latitude: 37.962504536569

Tour time: 2-3 hours

Traffic information: 1. It takes a whole day from Xining to Qilian by bus. The current price is 36 yuan

2. It's 2 yuan per kilometer to charter a car, but it's hard to start from Xining to Qilian and then to get an SUV

Ticket information: Free

Opening hours: all day

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