Yushu City Attractions

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 huge earthquake on 16 April...

Longbaotan Black-necked Cranes Nature Reserve in Yushu榆树市隆宝滩黑颈鹤自然保护区 Longbao Beach has high mountains on both sides, extending in parallel, with a valley of 10 kilometers in length and 3 kilometers...

The Zhi Qu (Tibetan) or Tongtian River (Chinese: 通天河; pinyin: Tōngtiān Hé), flows within Qinghai Province of southern China. It is within the Yangtze River Basin—Chang Jiang drainage basin. Tongtian River is the source of Yangtze River, it flows through...

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, China. On July 7, 2017, the...

Princess Wencheng Temple (Nampar Nangzed Lhakhang), or Nampar Nangzed Chok-hangis situated in Bainagou, the south of Jieshi Township, Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province, where Princess Wencheng stayed the...