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1. Qinghai Lake Scenic Spot,
Qinghai Province
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2. G eographic location:South of Gangcha County,
Qinghai Province
Level:AAAAA
Famous scenery:Bird Island, Erlang Sword, Fairy
Bend, Sands Bay, Sand Island
Opening hours:Open all day
Qinghai Lake Scenic Spot in Qinghai Province is located in the
northeastern part of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, in the northwest of
Xining City, in the south of Gangcha County, 136 kilometers away
from Xining City, between 99°36′～100°16′ east longitude and 36°32′
～37° north latitude. Between 15′, it is a national 5A tourist
attraction.
Qinghai Lake is known as the “Xihai”, also known as “Xianhai”,
“Fresh Water Sea”, “Beihe Bohai”, is China’s largest inland lake and
the largest saltwater lake. The lake is 3,196 meters above sea level.
The lakeshore is 360 kilometers long and covers an area of 4,583
square kilometers. The lake is cold and salty. There are Haixin
Mountain in the lake, surrounded by mountains: Datong Mountain in
the north, Riyue Mountain in the east, Nanshan in the south, and
Rubber Mountain in the west. The average temperature in the
summer season is only 15 °C, making it a natural summer resort.
Development History
In 2005, Qinghai Lake Scenic Spot in Qinghai Province developed
winter tourism projects and produced ice sculptures such as house
signs and good luck.
From January 18th to February 18th, 2006, Qinghai Provincial
Tourism Bureau and other departments held Qinghai Lake Scenic Spot

3. in Qinghai Province to hold the exhibition of ice sculptures, ice sports
and entertainment activities, traditional national sports competitions,
national songs and dances, etc. Lake ice and snow festival.”
On January 1, 2015, the “Regulations on the Management of Qinghai
Lake Scenic Area” was officially implemented. According to the
regulations, the Qinghai Lake scenic spot in Qinghai Province starts
from the lakeshore line, 50 meters away from the east of Huanhu
East Road, 50 meters away from the west of Huanhu West Road, 100
meters away from the 109 National Highway in the south, and 100
meters away from the Qinghai-Tibet Railway in the north. Except for
projects planned and constructed along the towns and towns along
the lake and urban areas, it is forbidden to build, expand or rebuild
permanent buildings and structures that are not related to the
protection of scenic spots.
On June 17, 2017, 2017 Qinghai Lake International Sculpture and Land
Art Tourism Season was opened in the Shadao Scenic Spot in Qinghai
Lake. 13 sand sculptures including the National Unity and the King
Gesar were collected, and “Qinghai Lake Our Homeland” was
launched. Five earth works of art such as the Tree of Life.
In September 2018, the ticket price of Erlangjian Scenic Spot was
lowered from 100 yuan/person to 90 yuan/person, and the off-season
remained unchanged; the ticket prices in Bird Island Scenic Area and
Shadao Scenic Area were abolished.

4. Geographical environment
Geographic location
Qinghai Lake Scenic Spot in Qinghai Province is located in the
northeast of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, 136 kilometers away from
Xining City. It is located between 99°36′～100°16′ east longitude and
36°32′～37°15′ north latitude. It is surrounded by four mountains:
north It is Datong Mountain, with Riyue Mountain to the east,
Nanshan Mountain to the south, and Rubber Mountain to the west.
Lake District Overview
Qinghai Lake is 3196 meters above sea level, with an average water
depth of 18.6 meters and a maximum depth of 32.8 meters. The
lakeshore line is 360 kilometers long. It is 106 kilometers long from
east to west, 63 kilometers wide from north to south, with an area of
4,583 square kilometers and a lake water capacity of 85.4 cubic
kilometers.

5. Landform
The Qinghai Lake scenic spot in Qinghai Province is a plateau
landform with a flat terrain. The shore of Qinghai Lake is a plateau
grass dam with natural pastures.
Climate
The Qinghai Lake scenic spot in Qinghai Province has a plateau
continental climate with abundant sunshine and strong sunshine; cold
winter and cool summer, short warm season, long cold season, strong
wind and sandstorm in spring; less rainfall, same season of rain and
heat, and distinct dry and wet seasons. Most of the annual sunshine
hours in the Lake District are more than 3,000 hours, which is about
700 hours higher than the eastern latitudes of Qinghai; the annual
sunshine percentage is 68-69%. The annual total radiation is 171.461
kcal/cm 2 /year -106.693 kcal / cm 2 /year, which is slightly higher
than the temperature in the eastern and southern parts of the Huabei

6. Plain Lake District at the same latitude, with an average annual
temperature between 1.1 ° C and 0.3 ° C; It is slightly lower than the
north, with an average annual temperature between -0.8 °C and 0.6
°C, an average maximum temperature between 6.7 °C and 8.7 °C, an
average minimum temperature between -6.7 °C and 4.9 °C, and an
extreme maximum temperature of 25 °C and 24.4 °C. Extreme
minimum temperatures -31 ° C ~ and -33.4 ° C. The Loess Plateau is
10 to 40 kcal/cm 2 /year.
Hydrology
Qinghai Lake Scenic Spot in Qinghai Province has less precipitation
throughout the year, slightly higher in the east and south than in the
north and west. The annual precipitation in the east is 412.8 mm,
359.4 mm in the south, 370.3 mm in the northwest, and 360.4 mm
and 324.5 mm in the west. The annual evaporation reached 1502 mm,
and the evaporation far exceeded the precipitation. The precipitation
in the lake area changes greatly in the season, and the precipitation is
mostly concentrated in May to September, with the same season of
rain and heat.

7. Natural resources
Plant resources
There are five types of natural vegetation (shrub, grassland, desert,
meadow, marsh and aquatic vegetation) in Qinghai Lake Scenic Area
and surrounding areas in Qinghai Province. The warm grassland, the
warm desert steppe and the alpine swampy meadow adjacent to the
lakeshore are Mainly, the main dominant populations are Stipa
grandis, Stipa breviflora and S. chinensis.
The Qinghai Lake Scenic Area in Qinghai Province and its surrounding
areas are in the Tangguite area of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau sub-
region in the Pan-Arctic Plant Zone in the Chinese flora zoning. It is a
young flora formed during the uplift of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. The
flora is complex and has many plant species. Its composition includes
plant species, ferns, mosses, fungi, algae and lichens. The main
dominant species are Stipa grandis, Stipa breviflora and S. glabra.
grass. There are 52 families, 174 genera and 445 species of seed
plants, mainly angiosperms, while gymnosperms have only 6 genera
and 3 genera.

8. Animal resources
There are 189 species of birds in Qinghai Lake Scenic Area and
surrounding areas in Qinghai Province, belonging to 14 orders and 37
families. The number of birds accounts for 55% of the total number of
birds in the province, of which 63.6% are migratory birds. Ordinary
birds include fish gulls, which are state-level protected animals, such
as brown-headed gulls and bar-headed geese. The national secondary
protected animals include crickets and swan. The national first-class
protected animals have black-necked cranes.
There are 42 species of 5 species belonging to 5 orders in Qinghai
Lake Scenic Area and surrounding areas in Qinghai Province. The
species of mammals account for almost one-third of the province, and
there are many species of rodents, carnivores and artiodactyls. There
are 6 kinds of protected animals and 11 kinds of national second-class
protected animals. It is a national first-class protected animal,
Przewalski’s gazelle (other name: beach yellow sheep, beach gazelle),
and is one of the world-class endangered wild animals.

9. Main Attractions
Scenic spot
Erlangjian Scenic Area
Erlangjian Scenic Area is located on the south bank of Qinghai Lake. It
was previously known as the 151 base. It is the first torpedo launch
test base in China. It is the tourist reception base and ethnic customs
experience base around Qinghai Lake. Erlang Sword is a jewel in the
tourist area of Qinghai Lake with its special geographical location in
Qinghai Lake and ecological natural resources based on grasslands,
beaches and animals. The location of Erlangjian Scenic Spot is “the
place where the service person is served”. Erlangjian has built a
viewing area with a combination of bird watching platform, Guanhai
Bridge and Guanhai Pavilion. It is a large-scale national song and
dance, Tibetan customs park, holy lake sacrifice and other tourism
projects. The recreation area is a water recreation area with activities
such as cruises, jet skis, water bikes and self-driving yachts.

10. Bird Island Scenic Area
The bird island scenic spot is also known as Xiaoxi Mountain or Egg
Island (named after the bird’s egg). It is located 4 kilometers north of
the west bank of Qinghai Lake and the Buha River mouth. The east
end of the island is large and the west head is long and narrow. M.
After 1978, the northern, western and southern sides of the lake were
exposed to the land.
Bird Island is named after hundreds of thousands of migratory birds
on the island. It is a place with aura and vitality on the shores of
Qinghai Lake. Between April and June each year, nearly 100,000
migratory birds migrated here and thrived here, which is a wonder of
Qinghai Lake. In order to protect the bird’s hereditary territory from
interference, and to ensure that more tourists can take a bird’s-eye
view, Bird Island has built a multi-functional half-bunk bird-watching
bird-watching room, lounge, cafe, and multimedia showroom. room.
The shelter passage is 443 meters long and has a construction area of
2,800 square meters.

11. Sand Island Scenic Area
The Shadao Scenic Area is located on the northeastern shore of
Qinghai Lake. The Jinsha Bay and Yinsha Bay are accompanied by
each other. The Sun Lake, Crescent Lake and Lusong Lake are dotted
with each other. The sands and silver sands are in harmony with each
other. Water yachts, sand boarding, beach bikes, beach cross-country,
horseback riding and camel riding are the special tourist experiences
of Sand Island.
Fairy Bay Scenic Area
Located on the north bank of Qinghai Lake, Fairy Bay Scenic Spot is
an important wetland of Qinghai Lake and a traditional sanctuary for
the Tibetan people. There are many varieties of animals and plants
here, and the wetland landscape is unique, especially the land of
dozens of birds that love to migrate. It is the home of the swan.

12. landscape
There are two wonders in the lake area: one is the bird island. Every
spring and summer, hundreds of thousands of migratory birds come
to the islands of Haixi Mountain and three stones. The second is the
fishery. Qinghu Lake is rich in carp, which is a rich natural fish farm.
Honors
In November 2004, Qinghai Lake Scenic Spot in Qinghai Province was
rated as “the most attractive tourist scenic spot in the west” by the
Western Development Research Center of the Chinese Academy of
Social Sciences and the Western Development Campaign Committee
of China.
In January 2006, Qinghai Lake Scenic Spot in Qinghai Province was
selected by the Central Civilization Office, the Ministry of
Construction and the National Tourism Administration as “the
advanced unit for the creation of civilized scenic tourist areas in the
country”.

13. In 2007, Qinghai Lake Scenic Spot in Qinghai Province was awarded
the title of “National Tourism Business Card” at the Boao
International Forum. In February, Qinghai Lake Scenic Spot in
Qinghai Province was approved as a national 4A-level tourist scenic
spot by the National Tourism Scenic Area Quality Rating Committee.
In 2011, Qinghai Lake Scenic Spot in Qinghai Province was ranked as
the most popular tourist destination list, ranking 12th. It is the only
scenic spot in Qinghai Province that entered the list. On August 29th,
Qinghai Lake Scenic Spot in Qinghai Province passed the assessment
of the national 5A level scenic spot with a total score of 971, and was
rated as a national 5A-level tourist scenic spot by the former National
Tourism Administration.
On December 26, 2016, Qinghai Lake Scenic Spot in Qinghai Province
was included in the national “Lake Tourism Destination” construction
list.
Travel Information
Ticket
Erlang sword peak season: 90 yuan / person
Bird Island Free
Sand Island Free
Beach 22 yuan / person

14. Traffic
Shuttle line
From Qinghai Bayi Passenger Transport Station in Qinghai Province,
go to Qinghai Lake Erlangjian Scenic Area
From Qinghai Bayi Passenger Transport Station in Qinghai Province,
drive to Qinghai Lake Shadao Scenic Spot
Cycling route
Good cycling enthusiasts can ride from Xining to Huanhu Lake along
Qinghai Lake. For those with general physical strength, you can take a
bus to Qinghai Lake Erlangjian Scenic Area and experience a beautiful
section of the scenery, such as the 70km road from Heimahe
Township to Bird Island.
Self-driving route
The road from Xining to Qinghai Lake is about 80 kilometers away,
and about 400 kilometers a week around the lake. Self-driving route
around the lake: Danghe River – Riyue Mountain – 151 base –
Erlangjian Peninsula – Jiangxi Ditch – Heima River – Chaka Salt Lake
– Guanhai Pavilion – Shi Naihai – Bird Island – Gangcha – Shadao –
Atomic City.
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