Qinghai Attractions

雅砻江Yalong River in Qinghai and Sichuan Yalong River (Chinese: 雅砻江, p Yǎlóngjiāng, w Ya-lung Chiang, IPA ) or Nyag Chu (Tibetan: ཉག་ཆུ་, z Nyag Qu) is an 822-mile (1,323 km) long river in Sichuan province in southwestern Chin ...

Yellow River or Huang He ( listen (help·info)) is the second longest river in Asia, after the Yangtze River, and the sixth longest river system in the world at the estimated length of 5,464 km (3,395 mi). Originating in the Bayan Har Mou...

Bayan Har Mountains in Qinghai Province巴颜喀拉山脉 Bayan Har Mountains (Chinese: 巴颜喀拉山; Mongolian: Баянхар уул, Bayanhar ūl, meaning “rich black” ), formerly known as the Bayen-káras, are a mountain range in Qinghai Province, China. ...

The name Yangtze River, as well as various similar names such as Yangtse River, Yangtze Kiang etc., is derived from Yangzi Jiang ( Simplified Chinese: 扬子江; Traditional Chinese: 揚子江; pinyin: Yángzǐ Jiāng) listen , the Chinese name for the ri ...

Zhaqu River (扎曲河) is a tributary in the upper reaches of the Yalong River (雅砻江), located in Zhake Township (扎科乡), Ganzi County (甘孜县), within Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (甘孜藏族自治州),...

Thrangu (or Trangu) Monastery (创古寺/青海禅古扎西求林寺/禅古寺) is located about 7 km south of Jyekundo in the Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Qinghai province, China, or the traditional Tibetan cultural region of Kham. Description Prior to the hu ...

Longbao Black-Necked Crane Nature Reserve (隆宝滩黑颈鹤自然保护区) is a national-level nature reserve located in Jielong Township (结隆乡), about 80 kilometers northwest of Jiegu Subdistrict (结古街道), Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (玉树藏族自治州),...

Tongtian River (通天河) is an upper section of the Yangtze River (长江), located in Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (玉树藏族自治州), Qinghai Province (青海省). It begins at Nangqibalong (囊极巴陇), where the...

Hoh Xil or Kekexili, (可可西里自然保护区, Mongolian for “Blue Ridge”, also Aqênganggyai for “Lord of Ten Thousand Mountains”), is an isolated region in the northwestern part of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in Qinghai province, C ...

The Princess Wencheng Temple (文成公主庙), also known as Nampar Nangzed Lhakhang (那巴里囊则拉康), is located in Bainagou (贝纳沟), to the south of Jieshi Township (结石乡), in the Yushu Tibetan Autonomous...