Tourism Resources in Haixi Prefecture of Qinghai Province

Haixi Prefecture is rich in natural and cultural landscapes, especially Kunlun Mountain, which is "the first mountain in China" and "the ancestor of Wanshan Mountain". Its Kunlun Mountain culture has a long history and occupies an important position in China culture. It is the great totem of the Chinese nation and the strongest natural link connecting the Central Plains and the western minority areas.

Qaidam Basin is one of the four great basin in China and the main part of Haixi Prefecture. Its rich resources of salt and chemical industry, coal, oil and natural gas and non-ferrous metals are the pillar and superior resources of Qinghai's economic development, and also an important material basis for Haixi Prefecture to develop industrial tourism. In particular, the construction of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway and the implementation of million tons of potash fertilizer in Chaerhan and million tons of soda ash in Delingha provide good conditions for the development of eco-tourism and industrial tourism in the plateau. Golmud 4A Kunlun Cultural Tourist Area, Delingha Keluke Lake and Alien Site Tourist Area have begun to take shape, and dulan county International Hunting Ground has been established for many years, enjoying a certain popularity in the domestic tourism market.

The unique Ya Dan landform and desert Gobi in the west of Haixi Prefecture are the most attractive tourist attractions for scientific investigation and tourism explorers.

Haixi Prefecture is a vast grassland with rich Mongolian and Tibetan folk customs, which is the best place to attract domestic tourists to experience the folk customs of ethnic minorities.

Haixi Prefecture has rich types of tourism resources, complete functions, excellent combination and rich scientific and cultural connotations. Most of the tourism resources have maintained their original features, and the landscape is unique, beautiful and mysterious. It is an ideal resort for mountaineering, eco-tourism, scientific investigation, cultural tourism, emergency tourism, religious pilgrimage, and understanding Mongolian and Tibetan ethnic customs, and it is also a new growth level for China's tourism industry to transfer to the west.

Haixi Prefecture has many tourist resources, the highest in Qinghai and even the whole country, and it is a tourist area that Chinese and foreign tourists yearn for. The famous mountains and rivers, the source area of the Yangtze River, the Gobi Desert, the cultural legends of Kunlun, the "foreign land ruins", the Tubo culture, the Mongolian and Tibetan customs and other tourism resources in the region all reflect the primitive, simple and rugged natural environment and natural tourist attractions of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, which is in line with the demand trend of world tourism for novelty, knowledge, difference and pleasure. If it can be developed and utilized reasonably, it will be very attractive and competitive both inside and outside the province and at home and abroad. Below I will introduce the natural landscape and human landscape in this area in detail:

1, Yangtze River source

The Yangtze River originates from the glacier on the southwest side of Gladanton Ice Peak, the main peak of Tanggula, with an altitude of 6548 meters, which is divided into two semi-arc glaciers in the north and south. The length of the north and south branch glaciers is 12.5km and 10. 1km respectively. The widths are 16 km and 1.3 km respectively. There are 5 km and 2 km long ice towers at the end of the glacier. The glacier is huge and crystal clear, and the surrounding peaks are covered with silver and clouds. Glacier meltwater became the original flow of the first river in the Yangtze River, located at 90.7 ′ east longitude and 33.28 ′ north latitude. It belongs to Tanggula mountain area under the jurisdiction of Golmud city. The source of the Yangtze River is also rich in crystal stone, pyrite, lead-zinc mine, plateau naked carp, snow chicken and other resources. On the hillside and at the foot of the mountain is an endless prairie, rich in cold-tolerant plants and wild animals. The magnificent and rich source of the Yangtze River will be presented to the world with its gorgeous colors and broad mind. The source of the Yangtze River, the source of the Yellow River and the source of the Lancang River were designated as "Three Rivers Source" nature reserves by the state in 2000.

2. Kunlun Mountain, the first mountain in China.

Kunlun Mountain, located in the south of Qaidam Basin, is the "ancestor of Wanshan Mountain" in the cultural history of the Chinese nation, the ancestral home of Chinese children, the gathering place of myths and legends, and the sacred place of Shenxian Mountain.

"Shan Hai Jing" records that it is the capital of the emperor, with Tianzhu and Tianmen, which is the place of the gods. In "Kunlun Shenzhou", Kunlun Mountain has three heavens, one is Qingliang Mountain, which won't die if you climb it, and the other is a mysterious garden, a paradise in the air, which can make wind and rain; The three realms are heaven, and the ascent is immortal. It is also said that Kunlun Mountain has one to nine days, and those who can reach nine days are the Giant Buddha, the Great God and the Great Sage. The Queen Mother of the West and Jiutian Xuan Nv are the gods of Jiutian.

According to some ancient records, the palaces of the Queen Mother of the West in Kunlun Mountain are very magnificent, such as Langfeng Hall, Tian Yong City, Jasper Hall, Qionghua Palace, Zicuidan Room, Hanging Garden Palace and Kunlun Palace.

According to legend, in Kunlun Mountain, there are not only many blue sheep, white deer, eagles, finches, mountain foxes, snow leopards, blind bears and tigers, but also legendary beasts, such as enlightened beasts, rosefinch, colorful wind, flying dragons, walking dragons, cunning, nine bijuu and so on.

"Nachi" is Tibetan, which means "the place where the Buddha statue is placed". According to legend, when Princess Wencheng entered Tibet, the craftsmen and attendants who brought the golden Buddha statue from the West Road were extremely tired. After they found the clear spring, they put down the Buddha statue and drank heavily, hence the name "Nachi". Whether this legend is true or not, Nachi, as the first scenic spot and inn in Golmud, can't help but make people stop. The evening here is red, orange, yellow and green, purple, blue and white; The scene is unpredictable, dazzling and fascinating. According to legend, a tourist in Tongquetai, built by Cao Cao, Emperor Wu of Wei, drank the water from a clear spring and wrote poems. He said, "A clear spring sprays stones, and silver beads and jade grains come out of the water. Why do you have to go back to Tongquetai when you have a heart? " At present, more than 1000 Taoist believers travel to Kunlun Mountain from overseas every year, and Kunlun Mountain has a very prominent position as a blessed land of immortals and a ancestral home of Taoism.

3. Shell beam

Located in a desert area in the southeast of Nuomuhong Township, dulan county. Shell Mountain is not high, which is the poetic exaggeration of desert people. East-west, about 70 meters wide and about 2 kilometers long. About copper coins, about thumbs, and hundreds of millions of shells are condensed with saline-alkali sediments, which are layered and varied. It used to be an ancient sea with clear water. Now, the ancient sea recedes and the land rises. Shell Mountain is a relic of the ancient sea and the best witness to the vicissitudes of life. It is a powerful evidence to study the geological evolution of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and has high geological tourism value.

4. Keshaotu Natural Scenic Area

Located 40 kilometers southwest of Dulan County, with an altitude of 3,600-4,200 meters, the mountains are lush with cypresses, continuous grass and flowers, with snow on the top and light clouds. The mountain stream gurgles down the river, and the cliff at the source is inlaid with crystal clear glaciers. In summer, a waterfall flies down from the glacier, splashing jade with flying beads and making a noise. Climbing the cliff, looking around, more than a dozen springs rush out and weave through the rock grooves. All these, together with the surrounding tents and herdsmen's smoke, form a charming and strange plateau scenery.

5. Xiehadang and Kecuo Natural Scenic Spots

Located 25 kilometers east of Dulan County, the two places are about 6 square kilometers. During this period, the mountains were beautiful, with ancient cypresses and lush vegetation, and willow trees in the forest were overgrown with yellow thorns. Looking up, the clouds are light and the wind is light, and the smoke is halfway up the mountain. Sometimes the mountains are hidden in the clouds, flickering, overlooking the mountains, the ravines are deep and quaint, and the mountain springs shuttle through the forest, sometimes appearing and sometimes disappearing.

6. Horuson Lake Scenic Area

Huolusong Lake is located in the northwest of Tiangeli Village, Nuomuhong Township, at the bottom of Qaidam Basin, with an altitude of 2,580 meters. The water surface is 2 16.8 square kilometers and the lake is 8 meters deep. Endless reeds grow on the east and west sides of the lake, undulating with the wind. Blue waves are rippling. On the southeast bank of the lake, there are three shell mountains, which were piled up when the sea turned into land thousands of years ago. After the sun shines, the white light flashes, which is confusing. At the turn of spring and summer, birds play on the lake, and the magical landscape of nature is panoramic. At the source of the Tiangeli River, three hot spring rivers flow into the lake. Due to the crisscross of reed root and the deposition of soil in the lake, floating "reed boats" of different sizes are formed on the lake. Covering an area of 70-80 square kilometers, Tiangeli Lake is densely covered with reeds, and there are rare birds such as black-necked cranes, white swans, striped geese and yellow ducks in the lake, which is amazing.

7. Shrimp gathering peak

Shrimp gathering peak stands in the quiet Jiangmen ditch of Guli Township, more than 200 kilometers southeast of Dulan County, with an average elevation of more than 4,400 meters, surrounded by stone pillars of Kunlun Mountain. Locals call it Jianghongmen Mountain, with a relative height of about 200 meters. The waist and top of the peak are facing the sun, about 70 square meters, all of which are shrimp fossils, which are blue-black and shiny in the sun. Looking from a distance, it looks like a strange relief, dazzling, just like a group of shrimps making waves in the sea, or trying to be brave, or urging Ji to get angry, or curling up and struggling, as if they were still struggling to the death after being injured ... It is brave and vivid. Shrimp gathering peak records the geological rings of Qaidam and vividly engraves the life track of the earth on the pillars of Kunlun, which is an important material for studying the geological changes of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.

8. Dulan International Hunting Ground

Dulan International Hunting Ground is divided into Balong Hunting Ground and Guli Hunting Ground, which are located at 135KM and 153KM in the southwest of the county, covering an area of 1900 hectares and 25,000 hectares respectively. The hunting ground is 3000-5000m above sea level, belonging to Buerhanbu mountain area, the remaining vein of Kunlun Mountain. In the hunting ground, the mountains are high and steep, and the surface is weathered rock. With the mountain, the hillside is steep and the shady slope is flat; During the period, the ditches are tortuous, the mountains stand upright, the morning mist is dense, and the streams are gurgling. Mountain willows, thatch and rock sheep appear in groups, which is a good place for hunters to look for animals to shoot. In Dulan Hunting Ground, there are a large number of animals, including snow leopard, argali, white-lipped deer, Tibetan gazelle and rock sheep, as well as red deer, wolf, musk deer, red fox, plateau rabbit and snow pheasant, pheasant, ring-necked pheasant and so on. Among them, the number of blue sheep is large, and there are often four or five hundred group roaming activities. There are cars, horses, camels and yaks in the hunting ground, and guests can choose from them, and there are enthusiastic guides to guide the hunters. Dulan International Hunting Ground is an open swimming hunting ground. It is open for hunting twice a year in April, May and September, with 65438+ 10. At present, it receives hundreds of foreign tourists every year and has a certain reception capacity.

9. Ya Dan landform

Located in Nanbaxian and Niubiziliang areas in the west of Qaidam Basin, there is a landform formed by wind erosion for thousands of years. It is composed of all kinds of grotesque mudstone. Some are small peaks 20-30 meters high; Some are like giant gods soaring into the sky; Some pop up like mushrooms; Some of them are like beautiful ballets, with peculiar and spectacular shapes, which make people feel like they are in another world, so people also call them "ghost towns". When you come here in summer, you can often see the "mirage" landscape, and the dusty chariots and horses, vast buildings and luxurious buildings are even more dazzling. It will become the most attractive tourist attraction in Haixi.

10, Dachaidan Hot Spring

Dachaidan Hot Spring is located in Jianshan Mountain, which is 10 km north of Dachaidan Town. It is full of air, like a pearl-shaped spray, clean and clear, and the water accumulates into a pool. The temperature of spring water is generally around 80 degrees. Even if you come here to play and take a bath in hot summer, you will see the steam in the distance. Spring water contains a lot of minerals, which can treat diseases such as dermatosis and arthritis.

1 1, Queen Mother of Xiyaochi Gongtiezhu

The Queen Mother of the West has more than one Yaochi, and Qinghai Lake is her largest Yaochi. Chahannuoer in Wulan County is not far from the stone chamber of the Queen Mother of the West, and it is the most primitive Yaochi of the Queen Mother of the West. Wallet Lake, located in the southwest of Delingha, is the Yaochi where the Queen Mother of the West once built a palace at sea. In Kunlun, there is the mysterious Yaochi of the Queen Mother of the West. There are many iron columns in Yaochi Palace. The iron column is hollow, which is really a wonder.

12, Wallet Lake-Crook Lake, Tosu Lake

Crook Lake, located 30 kilometers southwest of Delingha, is connected with Tuosu Lake in a brackish water area, and is called "Wallet Lake". Birds gather in the bird island in the lake, and the reeds by the lake are all tourist attractions. Freshwater lake, one of the lakes, has clear water, fish in it, lush grass, flocks of cattle and sheep and beautiful scenery. On the other side of Wallet Lake is a saltwater lake. By the lake, there is a monkey mountain. Like a guardian who is absorbed in protecting the lake. According to myths and legends, once upon a time, the Queen Mother of the West sat on a fairy stone at the top of Aolaihua Street in Dongsheng Shenzhou for a while. A drop of red moon fell on the stone, and after a long time, she gave birth to a stone egg, which turned into a stone monkey and later became a Monkey King. When he made a scene in the Heavenly Palace, he secretly ate the Queen Mother Xiantao because he didn't know that he was the son of the Queen Mother of the West. The Seven Fairys of Xiantao were hard to choose. Later, Tang Priest got a positive result when he learned that he was the son of the Queen Mother, so he came here to do his filial duty and guard his mother's Yaochi Palace.

Crook Lake, which was invested and built in 1980s, has facilities such as simple wharf, cashier's room and restaurant, as well as simple water transportation such as cruise ships, and has a certain reception capacity. Crook Lake covers an area of 57.4 square kilometers, and the artificially cultured fish species include carp, herring, crucian carp, bream, crab and shrimp. The output of aquatic products reached 170.5 tons. However, the utilization rate of resources is low and the development prospect is very broad.

13, Baishu Mountain

Located in the cypress mountain north of Delingha, the capital of the autonomous prefecture, cypress trees are lush, and there are red willows and mountain flowers among the cypresses; Waterfalls splash pearls and jade, making a sound; The white clouds around the top of the mountain are like gauze; At the foot of the mountain, the clear Hechi reflects the tall and straight figure of the mountain peak. Breeze blowing, blue waves rippling, blue sky, mountains and rivers, pool water set each other off into interest, forming a wonderful plateau landscape painting.

Harihatu primeval forest 14

About 15km northeast of Wulan County from Qingxin Highway is the Harihatu primeval forest tourist area, where pine and cypress are in the mountains, the mountains and rivers are beautiful, and the water surface is rugged, forming a kind of natural beauty, which makes people relaxed and happy.

Jinzihai is located about 80 kilometers southwest of Wulan County, with an area of 0.45 square kilometers. The two rivers branch off from the lake and send clear springs to the southeast and southwest, flowing all year round. The west and northwest of the lake are deserts. The east and southeast of the source are surrounded by reeds more than 2 meters high, and the area near the lake is a grass belt with a width of 100 meters.

In summer and autumn, the lake in Jinzihai Lake is sparkling, fish are jumping on the lake, and flocks of birds are playing by the lake, which is full of fun of returning to nature. In spring, flocks of yellow ducks and seagulls thrive here, and in autumn, geese stay here temporarily, sometimes overwhelming and covering the sun; In winter and spring, when the lake is frozen and cracked, it looks like a buffalo, which makes people feel mysterious. Sand-skiing, fishing and swimming here can make people feel relaxed and happy.

16, Zhaqun Shenshan

Among the Tianjun boats, there is a majestic mountain called Zhaqun Mountain, which is said to be the place where the Queen Mother of the West and Jiutian Xuan Nv practiced martial arts and translated the art of war. There are several more wonderful places on this holy mountain. Among them, there is a divine spring at the foot of the mountain, and its spring water is delicious and very strong. It is said that people can cure all diseases by drinking it. This spring was used by the Queen Mother of the West and Jiutian Xuan Nv when refining the elixir of life. There are three caves shaped like female vulva on the west side of the holy mountain, which are called the source of life. Legend has it that people who go in from the upper hole and come out from the lower hole will avoid disaster and be as lucky as longevity. Not far from this mountain, there is a cave that is not deep. It is said that it leads directly to Qinghai Lake, but no one has come to the end so far.

Tianjunshan 17

Tianjun Mountain is located in the south of Buha River in the eastern margin of Qaidam Basin, and it is one of the mountains around the lake 13. It is 20 kilometers away from the county seat. This is a summer resort with unique scenery. The mountain is 4600 meters above sea level, steep and spire-shaped. Looking up, it is faint and smoky. The mountain is hidden in the fog and exposed at the foot of Mount Li, flickering and unpredictable.

There is only a steep path leading to the top of Tianjun Mountain. The path is narrow, like a narrow intestine. There are cliffs by the road. Climbing from the path to the top of the mountain, I suddenly felt suddenly enlightened A flat grassland 5 kilometers long and 2 kilometers wide appeared in front of us. Here, there are green grass and wild flowers, like brocade and embroidery. Every summer, nearby herders often drive their cattle and sheep to the top of the mountain to graze. Dense willows grow in the north of this mountain. Looking from the south, it is a lush pine forest. The mountains in the southwest are continuous, and the oriental grassland is endless. This mountain "will rain where there are clouds, and when it rains, it will turn into snow". Whenever it is foggy, it becomes chaotic. When it is crisp in autumn, you can overlook the clear water of Qinghai Lake, which is 100 km away. On the mountain and below, there are flocks of rock sheep, rushes, and sometimes wild horses and bears.