Jinyintan Grassland , also known as Jinintan Prairie, s located in Haiyan County, Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Qinghai Province,. Here, National Highway 315 passes through the prairie. It borders Qinghai Lake in the west, and is surrounded by Qilian Mountains in the northeast.

Jinyingtan Grassland  has an average elevation of 3200m and is divided into Jintan (Golden Beach) Grassland and Yintan (Silver Beach) Grassland. While a small river runs through it, the grassy beach on the north bank is blooming with a golden fragrant flower called Jinlumei, so it is called the golden beach; on the grassy beach on the south bank is the world of white as silver silver plume, which is called the silver beach. Every summer, wild flowers bloom and Jinhua white flowers bloom into pieces, like golden and silver grasslands. The Jinyintan grassland is named after it.

Aerial photo taken on July 30, 2020 shows the view of Jinyintan grasslands in Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Qinghai Province. (Xinhua/Wu Gang)
 

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