It is said that the G214 National Highway has pleasant scenery. What are its characteristics?

National Highway 214, from Xining to Jinghong. From the plateau to the river valley, and finally into the tropical rainforest. From a tourism perspective, this route has three major tourism resources: ice and snow, forests, lakes and rivers. The altitude difference exceeds 3,000, and there are four seasons along the way. It passes through Qinghai Province, Tibet Autonomous Region, Sichuan Province, and Yunnan Province. Passing through multiple ethnic autonomous regions” is also a very obvious feature.

214 connects many historical cities, and there are roughly three areas that attract Yaya. The first is Yushu Sanjiangyuan. This includes a part of Hoh Xil, which is high and desolate. The area above 4,000 meters above sea level is constantly windy and rainy, and hailstones as big as walnuts sometimes fall. The young men in Yushu are generally handsome, good at singing and dancing, and enthusiastic. The scenery, geography and cultural features are mainly concentrated in Nangqian.

Go down the Lancang River, pass through Qamdo in Tibet and Mangkang in Sichuan, and reach the Shangri-La Circle in Yunnan where the scenery is concentrated. These include Meili Snow Mountain, Shangri-La, Lijiang, Dali, Lugu Lake, and Daocheng Aden. In my opinion, the tourism atmosphere created by this circle is unique in the world. The geographical features of the earth's homeland are concentrated in this area, which will become the focus of western tourism. The destination of 214, "Suit Banna", is also eye-catching. Every winter is the carnival season in Xishuangbanna. Almost half of the tourists going to Yunnan go to this city like Thailand.

214 follows the origin of the river in a slope shape from north to south. People living here have lived along the river since ancient times, and exchanged materials with each other by horses, thus forming a caravan culture. Tibetans need tea from the south, and southerners need salt from Tibet. This supply and demand relationship forms the culture of the Tea Horse Road. After that, more and more people walked, and the road became wider and wider. Over time, an official road to Tibet was formed - the Tang-Tibet Ancient Road.