QINGHAI PROVINCE
Qinghai Lake: Located in the northwest Qinghai Lake Basin of Qinghai Province, it is not only the largest inland lake in China, but also the largest saltwater lake in China. In many ways, it looks like a boundless sea. It means “cyan sea” in Tibetan, and even in July and August, the average daily temperature is only about 15 degrees Celsius. Qinghai Lake is very beautiful all the year round, surrounded by thousands of acres of rape flower fields and alpine pastures. Wild flowers colorful, such as silk brocade, countless cattle and sheep fat, dotted.
It is located in Xinzhai Village, 6 km east of Jiegu Town of Yushu Prefecture. It is the largest prayer place in the world using a pile of Mani stones. The city covers an area of about two football fields, and the rectangular city is made of mani stones carved with scriptures and Buddha statues. The outer wall of Shicheng is about 6 m high, which is built with huge stone blocks. Different wall sections are inlaid with colorful Buddha statues and huge six-character stone walls for believers to worship at any time when they pass the city. In the bright sunshine of the plateau, presented in front of you is clearly a huge temple of Buddhist culture, an incredible miracle!
Day 1. Arrive in Beijing at night and enjoy the night view of the city.
Day 2.Visit Tiananmen Square and Chairman Mao Memorial Hall. In the afternoon, head to the Forbidden City, a world cultural heritage site and the imperial palace of Chinese emperors from the 14th to the 20th century
Day 3.Climb the famous Great Wall in the morning. In the afternoon, head to the International Stadium “Bird’s Nest” and the National Aquatics Center “Water Cube”
Day 4.Take a flight to Xining. In the afternoon, visit Xining Food Street, and in the evening, enjoy the night view of Xining.
Day 5.In the morning, visit Kumbum Monastery, the birthplace of Tsongkhapa, the founder of Gelug Sect of Tibetan Buddhism. Every day, a continuous stream of pilgrims come to make their pilgrimage. In the afternoon, we will visit Qinghai Lake, the largest lake in China.
Day 6.Take a bus to Yushu and enjoy the beautiful scenery of the Qinghai Tibet Plateau along the way. After arrival, visit and pray for blessings in the world’s largest Mani city, “Ghana Manicheng”.
Day 7.In the morning, visit the Three Rivers Source Monument. Yushu is the common source of worldrenowned rivers: the Yangtze River, Yellow River, and Lancang River. In the afternoon, visit the Lebou Scenic Area, and in the evening, enjoy the night view of the plateau city at the observation deck.
Day 8. Return to Chengdu by flight in the morning. In the afternoon and evening, go for shopping and enjoyed delicious food on Chunxi Road, one of the three major shopping streets in China.
Day 9. Return to Kathmandu and end the wonderful journey.