These 4 most beautiful self-driving routes in Qinghai, take advantage of the National Day holiday to drive and experience a journey that purifies your soul.

Everyone who loves self-driving travel will have a dream of Qinghai. The four paradise roads recommended today will allow you to discover the all-round beauty of Qinghai.

1. 109 National Highway Qinghai-Tibet Line

This is a real sky road, from Xining to Lhasa, with a total distance of 1160 kilometers. This is one of the highest roads in the world, far from the sky recent. The Qinghai-Tibet Line reveals the unique ruggedness and majesty of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau that cannot be felt anywhere else. It climbs over four mountains and crosses three rivers. It is the best and shortest road among all the roads into Tibet. Summer Dream: Qinghai Lake Source of the Yangtze River: Sanjiangyuan Life Restricted Area, Animal Paradise: Hoh Xil Place where eagles cannot fly: Nyainqentanglha Mountain

Self-driving route: Xining - Daotang River - Chaka - Golmud — Wudaoliang — Tuotuo Riverside — Yanshiping — Tanggula Pass — Amdo — Nagqu — Damxung — Yangbajing — Lhasa

2. 214 National Highway Qingkang Line

From Xining The total distance to Jinghong in Yunnan is 3,256 kilometers. This is a road that spans ancient and modern times, criss-crosses four vertical climate zones, and has multiple ethnic groups and languages ??coexisting. One line allows you to experience the four seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter. It passes through the birthplace of two mother rivers, the Yangtze River and the Yellow River, and the source of three major international rivers, the Lancang River, the Nu River, and the Red River. Along the way, from the white snow to the tropical scenery with swaying banana leaves, from the bustling city to the charming small town to the virgin forest. National Highway 214 is not long, but it connects the origin of Chinese civilization and connects various natural landscapes and exotic customs. One of the six major monasteries of the Yellow Sect of Tibetan Buddhism: Kumbum Monastery Princess Wencheng’s Tears: Daotang River A must-pass on the Tang-Tibetan Ancient Road: Bayan Har Pass The largest temple in Kham Tibetan area: Qiangbalin Monastery Tears of Paradise: Ranwu Lake goes through the mountain to wash away your sins: Meili Snow Mountain

Self-driving route: Xining-Huangyuan-***he-Maduo-Yushu-Nangqian-Leiwuqi-Qamdo-Zogong —Mangkang—Deqin—Shangri-La—Jianchuan—Dali—Xishuangbanna—Jinghong

3. 227 National Highway Ningzhang Line

From Xining to Zhangye, Gansu, the total distance is 347 kilometers. It is the most beautiful self-driving road in the northwest where you can encounter rapeseed flowers and the Gobi desert unexpectedly. July is the season when rapeseed flowers bloom in Menyuan, and it is also the most beautiful time of National Highway 227. The dreamlike Qilian Mountains add to the mystery. National Highway 227 may not be as attractive as Qinghai-Tibet or Sichuan-Tibet, nor is it far as far away as their routes, but you must not miss it when going to the northwest. July is golden everywhere: Rapeseed flowers in Menyuan. Under the Qilian Mountains: Qilian Mountain grassland. God of the mountains guarding Qilian: Ami Dongsuo. The red castle on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau: Zhuoer Mountain

Self-driving tour route: Xining-Datong-Men Source - Daban Mountain - Minle - Zhangye 4, 315 National Highway Qingxin Line

From Xining to Kashgar, Xinjiang, the total distance is 3063 kilometers. This is a road with endless yellow sand and continuous Gobi. This road passes through the Qaidam Basin, over the Altyn Mountains, one of the four uninhabited areas in China, and across the Lop Nur Wild Camel Nature Reserve. Golden World: Deling Habi Chaka Salt Lake is even more featured: Dachaidan Lake Water Castle: Water Yadan Landform Area

Self-driving route: Xining-Huangyuan-Haiyan-Gangcha-Ulan —Delingha—Ruoqiang County—Washixia Township—Qiemo County—Minfeng County—Hotian City—Yecheng County—Kashgar