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Ge Er Mu City
The towering Kunlun Pass guards the northern gateway to Tibet, flanked by the shimmering crystal expanse of the Chaerhan Salt Lake.
Spatial Framework & Civilizational Geography · Prefecture-level
Haixi
Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture finds its regional character in garden landscapes and scholarly traditions.
Regional story
A place shaped through time
Within the regional setting of Qinghai, the spatial identity of Haixi is first captured by this local fact: “Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture finds its regional character in garden landscapes and scholarly traditions.” It points to an observable local combination in which the setting of Haixi is shaped by both environment and lived practice. Historical development brought natural conditions and human activity into repeated negotiation, leaving traces in settlement, routes, and memory. Specific places and continuing lives turn a broad regional relationship into experience that can be observed and checked. The meaning of Haixi rests in specific places and continuing life, not only in its name or formal classification.
Haixi
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De Ling Ha City
The Bayan River brings life to green desert oases, where the twin lakes of Keluke and Tuosu mirror expansive starry skies.
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Mang Ya City
The mineral-rich Aiken Spring bubbles beside vivid emerald salt lakes, surrounded by wind-carved yardangs at the western gate of the Qaidam.
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Wu Lan County
Crystalline waters of Chaka Salt Lake reflect mountain skies like a natural mirror, bordered by green oasis pastures and historic Dulan Temple.
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Dou Lan County
The Reshui Tomb complex preserves opulent burials of the Tuyuhun and Tubo kingdoms along the southern branch of the ancient Silk Road.
County-level
Tian Jun County
Rugged crags of Mount Tianjun frame the headwaters of the Buha River, where ancient cliff grottos look over sweeping alpine grasslands.
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Hai Xi Meng Gu Zu Zang Zu Zi Zhi Zhou Zhi Xia District
Wind-sculpted yardangs and vast salt flats mark ancient desert routes across the historic Lenghu and Mangya wilderness of western Haixi.
Haixi
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Qaidam
A high-altitude inland treasure basin — desolate on the surface, yet beneath lies an extraordinary wealth of salt lakes and mineral resources.
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Atlas Attractions
Chaka Salt Lake Sky Mirror
A crystalline salt lake reflecting clear skies like a flawless mirror, with 3,000 years of salt mining heritage.
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Qarhan Salt Lake Ten-Thousand-Zhang Bridge
China's largest inland salt lake (5856 sq km), crossed by a highway and railway built directly on hard salt crust.
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Dachaidan Emerald Lake
A constellation of mineral-rich salt ponds gleaming with brilliant emerald and turquoise hues in the desert.
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Wusute Water Yadan Geopark
The world's only water-submerged Yadan geological formation, with sculpted mounds rising out of azure lakes.
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Keluke-Tuosu Twin Lakes
A pair of adjacent freshwater and saltwater lakes, serving as a vital wetland oasis in the arid basin.
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