Xining Guide

Kanbula National Forest Park

It's about 180km from Xining, which is about 2 and a half hours' drive.  All the mountains are featured with the Danxia landform. There you could see the very upper stream of the yellow river.   

Ta'er Monastery (Kumbum Monastery）

Ta'er Monastery with over 600 years'history, located at Lusha'er Town,Huangzhong County, Xining City,Qinghai Province, is one of the 6 major monasteries delicated to Gelupa Sect of Tibetan Buddhism.

Featuring a grand architecture complex, Ta'er Monastery is a treasure...

Ta'er monastery(Kumbum monastery)

The Ta’er monastery was founded in 1377 during the Ming dynasty. Ta means pagoda.  It got the name after the silver pagoda was built in memory of Zongkaba, the founder of the yellow sect of Tibetan Buddhism. The silver pagoda is called "gunbenxian balin" in Tibetan, which means "maitreya...

Chaka salt lake

   Chaka salt lake is a natural crystallized salt lake over 3000 years, located in chaka town, wulan county, haixi Mongol and Tibetan autonomous prefecture, Qinghai province. It is one of the four major salt lakes in the Qaidam basin."Chaka" is a Tibetan word meaning salt pool,...

the Sun and Moon mountain

  The Sun and Moon mountain is located 40 kilometers southwest of huangyuan county, Qinghai province, and east of qinghai lake. It is a branch of Qilian mountain ,which runs from northwest to southeast. It is 90 kilometers long and 10-15 kilometers wide, with an average elevation of about...

Qinghai Lake

Qinghai Lake is located at west of Xining city 160 km. In Mongolian language ""Qinghai hu" means blue sea. It is the largest salty lake and inland lake of China. It covers an area of 4583 square km. The average depth of it is 18.6m now.The sea level of the lake is 3196 m. It is about 360km to...

Xining Nadam Fair

It is a Mongolian annual traditional festival, especially popular in Innner Mongolia, Gansu, Qinghai and Xining and Xinjiang. This festival is held every golden season, in July and August, with rich rainfall, lush grasslands, flourishing livestock, fine weather and freshh air. 

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Xining City

Xining is the capital city of Qinghai Province. It has a history of more than 2100 years , acting as a major stopover and trade center on the ancient Tang-Tibet Road and Silk Road. Xining is also called the "ancient city on the plateau". Honored as an excellent tourist city in China, Xining has...

Xining Dongguan Mosque

mosic in Xining

XIning is a city with lots of Islam people and also Tibetan people. Most of the hotel or the restaurant are run by the the Muslim people.  If you come to Xining, the Dongguan mosque is the very place you need to go in the downtown of Xining.