Are there any niche but worthwhile attractions in Qinghai?

You are the right person to ask this question. I happened to travel to Qinghai some time ago and made a detailed guide. Personally, I think a niche treasure spot worth visiting in Qinghai is the Qarhan Salt Lake. Now I will share my experience of visiting Chaerhan Salt Lake in detail, hoping to help you. Chaerhan Salt Lake

Address: Chaerhan Town, Golmud City, Haiyang Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture

Speaking of the "land of the sky", you may only think of Chaka Salt Lake. But there is actually a salt lake with even more beautiful scenery. It is 56 times the size of Chaka Salt Lake. It is picturesque but little known and rarely visited! It is Qarhan Salt Lake. The area around the Salt Lake is very vast, with endless desert and flat terrain, but it forms a very peculiar scenery. The entire lake surface is like a piece of fertile soil that has just been plowed, like fish scales, and like pieces of shells. It can be said to be a good place to come here for sightseeing and taking photos!

Qarhan Salt Lake is the largest salt lake in China and the second largest salt lake in the world. It is the most valuable lake in the world, with total salt reserves of more than 50 billion tons, which can be consumed by 6 billion people around the world for 1,000 years. Qarhan Salt Lake is 50 kilometers away from Golmud. The thick salt cover on the lake is very hard. A section of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway and the Golmud-Dunhuang Highway pass through here. It is a "ten thousand feet salt bridge" floating on the brine. The salt on the lakeside The flower is also called salt stalactite and is very beautiful.

1. Basic information

(1) Opening hours:

April 1st - June 30th: 8:30-18:30

July 1st - October 31st: 8:00-20:00

(2) Ticket price: Free

(3) Recommended travel season: July-September

(4) Recommended play time: 2-3 hours

2. Transportation routes

Car:

Yes From the Everest Building on the east side of Kunlun Square in Golmud City, take the factory commuter bus to the salt field. The bus leaves as soon as it is full. There is no fixed departure time. It usually runs during the day and runs about every hour. The fare is 15-20 yuan.

Take a taxi:

You can take a taxi in downtown Golmud. The round trip costs about 150 yuan and can be sent directly to the Salt Lake Museum.

Train:

There is also a train from Golmud to Chaerhan. There is one at 9:00 every morning. The fare is about 8.5 yuan. However, the journey from Chaerhan Railway Station to Salt Lake is a little far, so it is not as good as Shuttle bus and taxi are convenient.

3. Attraction features

The Qaidam Basin, located between the towering Kunlun Mountains and the Qilian Mountains, is famous at home and abroad as the "treasure basin" of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, and the Qaidam Basin His heart is the famous Chaerhan. Qarhan Salt Lake is one of the largest natural salt lakes in the world. Its surprisingly rich salt resources and the 32-kilometer-long strange "Salt Bridge" scenery have made its name famous for more than half a century. The Salt Lake is located in the vast Gobi Sea, with a total area of ??5,856 square kilometers. From a distance, it looks like a vast ocean.

The wonders of salt flowers

It is difficult for all green plants to grow in Qarhan Salt Lake, but it breeds magical salt flowers that are as crystal clear as jade and ever-changing. It is especially recommended that everyone come here to see them. Take a look at the salt flowers of different shapes. From a distance, these salt flowers look like works of art carefully crafted by a certain master. They are especially beautiful and spectacular!

Salt flowers are the name of the beautiful-shaped crystals formed when salt crystallizes in salt lakes. During the crystallization process of brine, due to different concentrations, different lengths of time, and different compositions, the miraculous salt flowers are formed. The salt flowers here may be shaped like pearls, corals, pavilions, or birds and animals. They stand in clusters in the salt lake, making the salt lake as beautiful as a fairyland. Tens of thousands of domestic and foreign tourists come to watch the salt flower spectacle every year.

Wanzhang Salt Bridge

Entering Qarhan Salt Lake, there is a salty road on a thick layer of salt cover. The highway is like a bridge floating on the brine. The Salt Bridge is 32 kilometers long and spans the entire salt lake. It is known as the "Ten Thousand Zhang Salt Bridge".

The Wanzhang Salt Bridge is a section of the road from Golmud to Dunhuang that passes through Dabxun Lake. The 15-18 meter thick salt cover forms a natural salt bridge with a total length of 32 kilometers, which is equivalent to the municipal limit. It reaches ten thousand feet, so people call it the "Ten Thousand Zhang Salt Bridge". The road surface on the "bridge" is smooth and flat, the mountains and lakes complement each other, and the scenery is very beautiful, which can be called "unparalleled in the world". The jade belt-like salt bridge (road) has no guardrails on the side, no piers underneath, and no running water. The entire road is smooth, straight and straight. The Salt Bridge (road) splits the Salt Lake in half from the middle. It is so amazing that people have to surrender to human intelligence and wisdom!

Tips

In principle, the salt factory only allows vehicles with entry documents to register and enter, so when chartering a car in Golmud, it is best to confirm whether it can be driven into the factory area, otherwise you may be The security guard at the gate collects so-called "tickets".