Gansu-Qingdao Ring Road (2) Chaka Salt Lake

After getting up in the morning and driving for more than four hours, heading northwest along the border of Qinghai, we arrived at the very famous Chaka Salt Lake, known as the "Mirror of the Sky."

This place is now a tourist area, but in the past it was actually a salt field. Needless to say, this lake must also be a saltwater lake!

Scenic area gate

This was the symbol of the saltworks back then.

The characteristic of this place is that the water and sky are the same color, and it is very pure white and blue, giving people a translucent feeling. There is no doubt that this place must be a paradise for photography, and all kinds of brightly colored clothing are the mainstream.

Sky‍

There are many people, which affects the photo effect

Aobao is determined to have it.

Run inside and take a photo

‍How to take portraits

Walking inside, you can still see traces of salt mining. The piles are full of salt.

There is a small train in the scenic area that can go all the way to the inside. Of course, there is no problem in walking there. In fact, there is only this kind of material that can be photographed after arriving here. The real creativity must be reflected in various portrait photography.

There are helicopter tours available.

Here’s another photo of myself at work

This place is actually just one entry and one exit, which takes more than two hours!

The driving distance for this large loop tour is very long. I left here and continued westward, arriving at the destination - Delingha at around 5pm. After checking in, I learned about the local situation. Anyway, if I hadn't come here, I would not have known there was such a thing. place.

"Delingha" means "golden world" in Mongolian. There is a famous poet in this place - Haizi. In his 1988 poem "Diary", there is a line "Sister, I am in Delingha tonight", which I seem to have heard of in a trance. To commemorate this poet, the city of Delingha has built the Haizi Poetry Exhibition Hall and the Haizi Poetry Stele Forest. You should visit this anyway, but unfortunately I didn’t take any photos.