Yushu City

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...