Three-day tour in Xining-recommended routes and attractions
Day 1 Re-recognize the arrival of the underestimated summer capital: Starting from breakfast, if you arrive in Xining in the early hours of the morning, you must not miss these local breakfasts, which are enough to wake up the whole city even in a chilly morning.
Narrow working face
In Xining, where cattle and sheep are eaten in a fancy way, sausage noodles play an important role in the local breakfast.
Sausage noodles can be eaten cold in summer and hot in winter. Serve a bowl of steaming mutton sausage noodles in the morning. You can have a bite of soup to warm your stomach first, and then order a small piece of pea sausage.
Mix well with the noodles with soup, and then enjoy it. The spicy taste makes people want to stop.
Gamian
"Ga" means small in Qinghai dialect. Gamian is a small noodle pulled by hand, which is one of the local specialty pasta in Xining.
There are many ways to make noodles, which can be fried or boiled. The most common way is to add beef and mutton, shredded peppers, melons, tomatoes and other raw materials to make a bowl of delicious noodle soup. Drinking this bowl of noodle soup early in the morning, coupled with a cup of salty tea full of energy, is not only delicious and full, but also enough to support the high-intensity play in the morning.
firecracker
This firecracker is not another firecracker. Xining firecracker is also a kind of local traditional pasta.
Compared with ordinary noodles, firecrackers are often only 3-5 cm long, so they are named after the shape of firecrackers. It's made of potato flour and tastes smooth.
Morning: Visit an amazing museum, Qinghai Tibetan Culture Museum.
If you want to choose a small and shocking museum, Qinghai Tibetan Culture Museum can't be missed. This is the only comprehensive museum in the world that comprehensively collects, protects, displays and studies Tibetan culture. If you have a strong curiosity about the culture and art of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, then you have come to the right place.
The treasure of the town hall of Qinghai Tibetan Culture Museum is a 6 18-meter-long giant Thangka "A Grand View of Tibetan Culture and Art Painting in China", which is the longest Thangka in the world.
Such a Thangka alone occupies the whole exhibition hall, which was created by 400 painters for 23 years. It's exquisite and extremely shocking.
Lunch: Wandering Food Street in Shuijing Lane, Jianghu
Shuijing Lane is located in the downtown area of Xining, starting from the west entrance of the commercial center in the east and reaching North Street in the west. It is one of the busiest commercial streets in Xining. Shuijing Lane is divided into two parts, one is snack street and the other is commercial street. All kinds of snacks in Xining can be eaten here, especially all kinds of Muslim beef and mutton products.
Mojia steet
Mojia Street is located on the south side of East Street in downtown Xining, opposite to Ma Yin Street. It has a history of 600 years. Similar to Shuijing Lane, there are a lot of Qinghai delicacies here, including stuffing, fried bean jelly, yogurt, fried cakes, noodles and instant noodles.
Afternoon: Go to the top of the mountain and wait for a sunset, nanshan park.
Nanshan park, located on the South Phoenix Mountain in Xining, not only has lush trees, but also has the best landscape in Xining. Fengge on the top of the mountain is the best place to climb and overlook. Looking around, Xining has a panoramic view.
Whenever the sun goes down and the sky turns red, you can climb high and look far, waiting for the magnificent sunset. A red sun falls from the sky and moves westward. Its splendor will definitely open your eyes.
Dinner: eat mutton in a kang pot.
Guo Kang mutton is a special feature of Xining, and it is a must-see food in Xining. There are steaming lamb chops, onions, potatoes, vermicelli and other ingredients in the huge kang pot, which are delicious, especially the lamb chops that are tender outside and tender inside are particularly attractive.
Day2 See Qinghai Lake one day in the morning: The blue lake is the best match for rape flowers.
Qinghai Lake
It takes only 2 hours to drive or take a bus from Xining to Qinghai Lake, seeing the scenery all the way, and then 1 hour to reach Heimahe Township. It is actually very easy to travel from Xining to Qinghai Lake that day.
Qinghai Lake, the "Pearl of Plateau", is the largest inland plateau lake in China and the largest saltwater lake in China. In July, the lakeside rape blossoms are in full bloom, and the golden blue concerto is a scenery that countless people yearn for.
Qinghai Lake has a vast area, and there are not a few excellent scenic spots around it. Heimahe Township, Erlangjian Scenic Area, Jinshawan and other places have their own unique scenery. Renting a bicycle to ride along the lake can get closer to that kind of beauty.
Afternoon: Pursuing the limited wonders of summer!
Yellow croaker migration
From May to August every year, there is also a "miracle of life" on the plateau! With the rising temperature and abundant rain, the flagship species of Qinghai Lake ecological chain-yellow croaker will begin to lay eggs upstream. In order to prolong their life, yellow croaker leaps against the current, and only individuals who have successfully climbed the slope can reproduce.
At this time, the yellow croaker migration spectacle of "half river and half fish" will be formed. At this moment, you can go to Huangyu Jiayuan Scenic Area near Qinghai Lake, Shaliu River, and fish-watching platform in Quanji Township, and have the opportunity to witness this magnificent moment of living and rotating.
Dinner: Enjoy a hot pot dinner.
Tu Qinghai hotpot
When it comes to hot pot, you often think of Sichuan and Chongqing, but do you know that Qinghai also has unique and delicious hot pot waiting for you to explore?
Qinghai earthen hot pot adopts traditional charcoal copper pot with mutton soup and sauerkraut at the bottom. The soup is clear in color and naturally mellow in taste. Cooking some mutton, the refreshing taste of sauerkraut perfectly forces the fresh flavor of mutton, which is rich but not greasy, making people's index fingers move.
On the third day, this kind of "cat sucking" is unusual! Morning: snow leopard+rabbit hair is also a foul!
xining wildlife park
Where can I see the animal community with unique characteristics of snowy plateau in China? Xining Wildlife Park is the best choice. As the only large-scale comprehensive zoo on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, snow leopard and rabbit, two super-network celebrity species, are not only the only ones in China, but also the ultimate medicine for "cat-sucking patients"!
The snow leopard, which lives near the snow line at an altitude of 3500-5500 meters, is known as the "most beautiful cat" because of its elegant appearance and cold body. There are five snow leopards living in Xining Wildlife Park, and the elusive plateau elves in the wild can only see them once in Xining.
If anyone can steal the limelight from the snow leopard, the rabbit will do its part. This little cat, which looks a little "stupid" in appearance, has the most recognizable appearance and has long been a spectator in the expression pack.
Of course, in addition to "network celebrities", there are vultures, Przewalski's gazelle, desert cats, and many plateau species that only know their names, which are also worthy of our attention.
Tips: when big cats go out at night, they must enter the park as early as possible ~
Noon: Unlock local food choices.
Xia Nanguan market
If you want to feel the local customs of Xining, it is a good choice to have lunch at Xi 'an Pass Market, which is very popular with local people. There are fireworks all over the street here, and what you can taste here is naturally the authentic flavor that local people pay more attention to ~
After eating and drinking enough, you can also visit the nearby Nanguan Muslim temple. Although this magnificent and exquisite religious building is generally not allowed to enter, you can already appreciate the beauty of the local Islamic architecture in Xining as long as you look from the outside.
Afternoon: pious choice before returning
Kumbum Monastery
Ta 'er Temple is the largest temple of Tibetan Buddhism in Qinghai Province and a must-see destination in Xining.
This temple has a history of more than 600 years. The building is a combination of Chinese and Tibetan styles, with high and low levels, carved beams and painted buildings, and is magnificent. Complement each other and have a spectacular momentum.
Mural painting, pile embroidery and ghee carving are also called "the three wonders of Ta 'er Temple". Murals and pile embroideries are quite amazing, and the flowers of ghee sculpture are lifelike, confusing and even more amazing.
Another way: Beichan Temple
Beichan Temple is located on the Beishan Mountain by the Huang Bei River in Xining City, so it is also called Beishan Temple. This temple is the earliest religious building in Qinghai, which was built in the period of Northern Wei Mingdi. Beichan Temple was originally a Buddhist temple, but later it was transformed into a Taoist temple because of the prevalence of Taoism.
The buildings of Beichan Temple are all loaded with dangerous rocks, facing deep valleys, and pavilions are suspended. The structure is ingenious, and the temples are scattered and orderly, which is a spectacle. The misty rain in the north mountain outside the temple was once one of the eight scenic spots in Xining
Dinner: an unforgettable experience of eating sheep
Hand-shredded mutton
The quality of mutton in Qinghai is excellent, and the local popular method of eating mutton by hand can give full play to the flavor of this high-quality ingredient.
Simply cooked mutton dipped in salt and pepper, the meat is tender, fat but not greasy, and won't plug your teeth. Not only can you not taste a little mutton, but you can even taste some milk fragrance.
Ending this carefree trip to Qinghai with a big meat meal will definitely leave good memories and the idea of coming back later.