Xining is the capital of Qinghai Province, located in the eastern part of Qinghai, the Yellow River tributary of the Huang River water upstream, surrounded by mountains. Xining is also a famous historic city in northwest elevation of 2275 meters, so far, 2,100 years of history.
Xining is the semi-arid plateau continental climate, long sunshine, solar radiation, large temperature difference between day and night, climate variability, should pay attention to sun and warm to prevent colds and illness is not easy in the west well. (Xining climate variability that we have personally experienced the morning, heavy rain and then maybe we should out of the sun several moments.)
Attractions:
Go to Xining, the main play two spots, one is a known natural scenery of Qinghai Lake, the other is the birthplace of the Tar Monastery of Tibetan Buddhism.
Tar (tickets 35 yuan, 5 yuan said that there are health costs, but did not see in the box office, non-student tickets): Tar is located 25 kilometers southwest of Xining city, is famous for the birthplace of Tibetan Buddhism is also the birthplace of Tsongkhapa, founder of the religion. Tar with Ruin, Butter Sculpture, murals and Duixiu, of which butter led butter subjects taken from Buddhist scriptures in general, there are flowers, figures there are wild animals and birds, color, many splendours, it is difficult to imagine this is done with white butter out. Butter produced at low temperatures needed to produce butter sculpture of the monks required before hand immersed in ice water, the temperature of the hand so as not to allow butter to melt, so these lamas are generally symptoms of arthritis.
Into the Tar better if a tour guide to visit the so-called "experts subtle and non-professional watch the fun", followed by tour guides can learn a lot of knowledge. There are many attractions guide the door, please a 50. (If the skin thick enough, then you can with the team in a tour behind the cost of saving a ^ 0 ^) there is a way to is to ask the temple monks as guides, our guide is the Buddha's great housekeeper, but the door is to ask the non - to (and how please Lama when the tour guide referred to hereafter), so good there is bad, the advantage is you can visit a number of tour guides not to place bad side is not as tour guides as monks take the initiative to tell you a lot, he was only a brief look, then you have to ask questions before he answered.
Tar has a lot of taboos, for instance, can not use foot threshold, can not touch Buddha statues and Buddhist implements, turning the wheel of time to from left to right, the most important point is not easily take pictures in the temple (of course, we secretly filmed a little), the temple monks will stop you.
Qinghai Lake (tickets 40 yuan, there are student tickets, 40 yuan into the boat, no student vote): In fact, Xining, Qinghai Lake can not be considered tourist attractions, but most people usually go to Qinghai Lake Tour live in Xining (Qinghai Lake also has accommodation). Qinghai Lake is located on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, 150 km from Xining, an elevation of 3,200 meters, is China's largest inland lake, but also China's largest saltwater lake.
Each hotel has a travel agencies in Xining, FIT can be with their mission to Qinghai Lake, China and Pakistan in general, if 80 yuan / person will be getting fixed. With the mission to Qinghai Lake on the road they will tell you that after going through several scenic spots, such as Golden Sand Prairie, Dao Tang, Riyue, huangyuan Canyon, and so, in fact, the real worth or Qinghai Lake, both in scenic area Or go to Qinghai Lake on the way are breathtaking scenery. A kind of special product called the Huang River in Qinghai Lake fish, whole body without scales, body slender rounded, and its growth cycle is extremely slow, only a one-year, two to one pound of weight of fish, it takes ten years. While the national scenic area near the protected species, but hotel is still secretly in the sale, to be honest tastes do not think how good taste, but plans a fresh fills eaten know is to protect animals, sin A sin!
Best travel time Tar and Qinghai Lake can travel all year round. Tar fifteenth day in the lunar calendar there is ceremonies events. 4,5 each month of the Bird Island in Qinghai Lake where thousands of birds gather. 7,8 month have large areas of rape northern shore of Lake Qinghai, open to the endless horizon of the shop. June Xining has a pear festival, but also to attract tourists to a tourist attraction.
Accommodation and transport is still quite cheap accommodation in Xining, the double standard between the less demanding, if more than 70 could be the (might even be cut off point). But do not recommend living in the vicinity of the station, noisy. Qinghai Lake is also near residential areas, is said to have tents available, you can consult in the scenic area in the vicinity.
Xining, capital city, as is also very well-developed transportation, rail and air are, from the Xining airport to the city center distance 29 km, air bus fares 8 yuan, if the price of a taxi ride Xiali 50 yuan. Xining Railway Station in the Qilian Road, patron written for the looks full of daunting. Xining Bus Station is located at the founding of north road head south from the train station is about 600 meters. Xining city taxi fare: Surface starts at 4 yuan / 3 km, 1 yuan per kilometer. Xiali prices starting at 6 yuan / 3 km, 1.1 yuan per kilometer, can bargain. To the Tar in the West Gate of the stadium where the package leased vehicle Xining, where there are a lot of special cars Mohr-McClune, in haggling here, relatively cheap, ride a road from the railway station in the past. We package the driver of that vehicle, called Yun (13,897,414,008) is Nengkan, and he took us directly into Terakado be followed by a large Buddha housekeeper to us as guides, we have one person to give him 60 yuan package tickets. Go to Qinghai Lake pack his car will do.
Features snack snacks in Xining I must mention is that Islamic yogurt, can be seen in the streets of the stalls sell yogurt. Here are three sub-selling yogurt, bowl of (1.2 million), a small jar filled with (1.2 million) and the cup of (green cup 1.2 Yuan Hung Cup 1 million), taste all the same. Bowl and the altar can only be filled with stalls and eating, cup enough to take away to eat. The most alcohol shops bowl top layer of golden cream really tastes great. Green cup than red thick. Here we must note that if eaten before eating yogurt, you will find something sweet sour yogurt simply too unbearable.
Xining is the dashizi downtown, where there is a Ma Food Street, where you can solve the lunch and dinner. Recommend a Shop: Maria casserole, cheap, they are salty tea before meals, and drinking is not the first that can be used to illustrate this point. Other snacks are Niangpi, fried noodles film, Haggis soup (soup is said to be some sheep skull and eyes, but fortunately, I did not eat, see your luck), Mala Tang (not the same as with the Shanghai Oh).
Other suggestions
1. Eat more fruits and vegetables to increase vitamin replenishment.
2. Note that warm, with a good cold medicine.
3. Sunglasses, hats, sunscreen Not One Less.
4. Crowded places thieves will be done, especially in Xinjiang, children, care Oh!
Go to Xining, then do not invest in open Cordyceps shop, where they grabbed a high probability! (To hear such things of us actually have a personal loudly exclaimed: "hey, still honest people in the Northwest, ah, the same risks, such as bank robbery is not it!")
Author: angel_vivian
