Travel Notes of Qinghai Lake (a trip to Qinghai, Gansu)

When I came back from watching the sunrise in Heima River, I sold some breakfast in a restaurant. When I arrived at my residence, my son had already packed his salute. We had breakfast, and at about 7: 40, we headed for Erlang Sword Scenic Spot in Qinghai Lake.

Along the way are blooming rape flowers, blue sky, white clouds and rape flowers, all of which are the purest and most primitive colors of nature. A little after eight o'clock, we arrived at the scenic spot, with adult tickets for 90 yuan and student tickets for 45 yuan. Our son acted quickly, quickly bought a ticket and walked into the scenic spot.

Located in the northeast of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, Qinghai Lake is the largest inland lake and saltwater lake in China. Length 105km, width 63km. The lake is 3 196 meters above sea level and covers an area of 4,456 square kilometers. The circumference around the lake is more than 360 kilometers, which is more than twice that of the famous Taihu Lake. The lake is long from east to west, narrow from north to south, slightly oval and surrounded by mountains. Qinghai Lake is a plateau continental climate with abundant sunshine and strong sunshine. It is cold in winter and cool in summer. Warm season is short, cold season is long, and there are many strong winds and sandstorms in spring.

Today is cloudy, the sky is boundless, the scenic spot is clean and tidy, and the greening is good. After several boardwalks, we came to the sightseeing pier. If we don't take a boat, we can only walk by the sea. Air tickets are quite expensive, and all documents are not favorable. Take a boat to the dock in the lake. General one-way cruise plus return bus per person 140 yuan, large cruise per person 180 yuan. My son said it was too expensive, but he wouldn't let me buy it. I think this may be the only time in my life. It would be a pity not to take a good tour by boat. So we bought tickets and went on a boat trip. Fortunately, there is also the companion who watched the sunrise together in the morning.

In my impression, Qinghai Lake is a plain, a beach of blue on the map. The first time I heard about Qinghai Lake was in the science class in the fourth grade of primary school. The teacher pointed to a blue area on the topographic map of China and said that it was Qinghai Lake, the largest saltwater lake in China. More than 30 years later, Menghu, today, I finally came.

Cruise ships break the waves on the vast lake, as if sailing on an endless sea. There are many clouds in the sky, just like in Chaka Salt Lake, light gray clouds cover the blue sky and the sun. Although the blue of the lake is a little lighter, it is very clear, and you can see the fish swimming. Sometimes the sun shines through the clouds and onto the water. The sunshine is warm, sparkling and the fish is round without waves, which is a special scenery. It's a pity that we are sitting in the cabin, and our vision is not wide enough to be completely integrated with the lake like this sea. I can only watch the waves of the cruise ship gradually run to the stern. Half an hour later, we went ashore and went to another dock.

This pier is a long peninsula extending into Qinghai Lake, more like a sandbar dam. There are some beautiful plants growing on the beach, such as clematis glabra, Artemisia annua, Gansu ... As soon as my son arrived at the beach, he found a rabbit. He chased after his companions for a while, but the rabbit disappeared. Walking along the long beach, we can get close to the lake here, but the lake is bitterly cold. Layers of lake water rushed to the beach like the seaside in Beidaihe, but it was much cooler than the water in Beidaihe.

I sat at a loss by the water's edge, looking at the magnificent lake, boundless, heading for the distance. It's light cyan. Because there are many clouds, it is also light blue, so it seems that water and sky are the same color, which is extremely simple and harmonious. Qinghai Lake is extremely pure, and waves flock to the beach and then quickly recede. No back shell, no starfish, no aquatic plants. It seems that the waves have receded, leaving no trace. Like a person who has suffered a lot, he drinks too much bitter water, but never talks about it, indifferent and traceless. Maybe you are too naive to be good to everyone. You want everything to be simple, but you find nothing easy. You want to have a persistence, try to be kind to a person, and finally believe in the world, you can rely on yourself. The person you want to see is only meaningful when that person wants to see you. When you give up all your pride, but you can't get the attention of the other party, and you are always ignored by the other party, so you will choose to let go, choose to forget, learn to grow up, and be open-minded and tolerant to yourself, but people who always believe, understand and care about you will never give up on you. You always believe that everything in the world is beautiful, that the heart is right and the sky is not responsible. Just like the receding waves here, it has always been here and has always been beautiful. Although there is no trace, anyone who has been here and seen it will remember it.

Along the long beach, looking at the foggy Qinghai Lake, it seems that the melancholy just now has receded with the waves. It is eleven o'clock. We should go back. Crossing the end of the beach and a 2000-meter-long road around the lake, we arrived at the bus terminal and arrived at the parking spot in seven or eight minutes.

At the moment, the lake is very lively, many people are playing by the water, many yachts are flying on the lake, seagulls are flying leisurely, fish in the nearby water are swimming happily, and some people are trying to fly hot air balloons ... It's a pity that we have to leave and only visit the Qinghai Lake scenic spot. Jiro Jian can't go in to play this time. I hope there will be another time. 12 o'clock, our car started, the trip to Qinghai in Gansu ended, and we arrived in Zhengzhou around 10 in the evening. I lay in a comfortable semi-horizontal chair and fell asleep leisurely. "When the pillow is on the film, it is feasible to travel thousands of miles south of the Yangtze River." I hope that when I wake up from my dream, we have arrived at Zhengzhou's home.

The picture comes from the author.