Henan County is not in Henan but in Qinghai. Why is this?

Why is this? This is a county in Qinghai, called Henan County, so Henan County is in Qinghai.

The Henan County mentioned in this article was actually originally called Henan Mongolian Autonomous County. Just from the name, you can tell that the Henan County mentioned here does not refer to the counties and towns in Henan Province. Henan Province is a provincial-level administrative region in China, while Henan County is just an autonomous county in Qinghai.

Although it is just a small place, it is located at the junction of the three provinces of Qinghai, Gansu and Sichuan. It has extremely important geographical and strategic significance. It has always been known as the southern gate of Qinghai Province, and its altitude is also very high. Low, 3600 meters. The people living in Henan County are not the people of Henan Province as we think. 93% of them are Mongolian. And the environment here is very beautiful, surrounded by pastures. There are large areas of Mongolian people here who follow the traditional way of survival and produce livestock, and the large green grassland here also gives them strong geographical features. It was once known as It is one of the four pollution-free and restricted areas. Hequ horse, one of the three famous horses in the country, was produced here.

The establishment of Henan County can be traced back to 1954, so it is a very young county. Although it does not have much history to support it, its geographical location determines that it is not a An ordinary small linear array, it is located in the first bay of the Jiuqu Yellow River, so here we can see the majestic Yellow River Grand Canyon and many winding small rivers, and the water quality is very good.

Based on my description, you will know that Henan County is a very suitable place for tourism. It not only has endless green grass pastures, but also the majestic Yellow River Grand Canyon, and the scenery is infinite. Buddhist temple. There is a very vast grassland around the temple with abundant water and grass. The scenery is pleasant at first glance. Henan County not only has a large grassland, but also a holy lake. Although the depth of the lake is not deep, only one meter, Fairy Lake has many natural caves. . Think about how beautiful a fairy lake suddenly appears in a large grassland.

If you want to appreciate the scenery in the northwest of the desert, but can't go that far, then you might as well come to Henan County.