Qinghai Province is located in the northeast of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. It is 1,200 kilometers from east to west in length and 800 kilometers from west to north in width. It is in the northwest inland District. It borders with Gansu Province, Tibet, Sichuan and Xinjiang, with a total area of 720,000 square kilometers. The area of Qinghai Province occupies one thirteenth of the total area of China...Qinghai Overview
Chinese Name: 青海 (qīng hăi)
Tourism Cities in Qinghai
Administrative: Qinghai Province governs 2 prefecture-level cities(Xining, Haidong) and 6 autonomous prefectures (Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Guoluo Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, and Haixi Mongolian Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture). Qinghai Provincial People's Government is located at No. 12, West Street, Chengzhong District, Xining City.
History of Qinghai
Qinghai has a long history, and is located in the cradle of the Chinese nation - the source of the Yellow River, the Yangtze River. As early as the late Paleolithic age, dating back 20,000 or 30,000 years ago, Qinghai's ancestors had lived in today's Qaidam Basin and Kunlun Mountains area. According to archaeological excavations, many ancient cultural relics prove that the development of Qinghai has at least five or six thousand years of history. It has brilliant Neolithic culture and its Qinghai painted pottery is world famous.
What to see in Qinghai
A branch of the Silk Road goes off westward from Lanzhou to Xining and Golmud in Qinghai Province, and then turns northward to Dunhuang to join the main Silk Road. The scenic spots and historical sites along this part of the Silk Road in Qinghai include Qinghai Lake, the Birds Island, the Salt Lake and Ta'er Lamasery, etc. With tourism facilities increasingly, it can provide a variety of effective tourism services for domestic and foreign tourists. Here lists top attractions in Qinghai.. ...Qinghai Attractions
When to visit Qinghai?
Qinghai forms a distinctive plateau continental climate because of the interactions of the factors, such as, its elevation, its terrain, its latitude, its geographic location, atmospheric circulation, etc. It is long but not cold in winter, short and cool in summer, and four seasons change obscurely. The local distributions of the temperature vary wildly; vertical changes are distinctive; the precipitation varies in different area, and the rainfall always concentrates in some seasons. Its annual average temperature is about 2 ℃ to 9 ℃; its duration of frost-free period is about 100 to 200 days; its annual rainfall is about 250mm to 550mm, mainly concentrate on July to September....Qinghai Climate & Weather Best Time to visit Qinghai
How to reach Qinghai?
Xining is an important gateway in the south route of Silk Road, commonly called “an entrance to Qinghai-Tibet Plateau” and “a key to Xihai”. Communication here has been convenient and fast since ancient times. Xining, as the capital of Qinghai Province, is the key transport conjunction of Qinghai Province. There is an airport, a railway station and bus stations in Xining; Xining has formed an assorted transport network of air, railway and bus, which has laid a transport foundation for going sightseeing....Qinghai Transportation
Qinghai Travel Tips
Since Xining is one of the important transit cities for train or flight into Lhasa, Qinghai tours are often arranged to connect with Tibet tours. Besides, Qinghai tour is a good alternative when Tibet is not open to foreign visitors with the Tibet-like highland view and Tibetan Temples, such as Taer Monastery.
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Qinghai Province, located in the northeastern part of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau in western China, borders upon Gansu and Xinjiang. A branch of the Silk Road goes off westward from Lanzhou to Xining and Golmud in Qinghai Province, and then turns northward to Dunhuang to join the main Silk Road. The scenic spots and historical sites along this part of the Silk Road in Qinghai include Qinghai Lake, the Birds Island, the Salt Lake and Ta'er Lamasery, etc.