The unshakable religious sincerity of Tibetan Buddhism

The Ta'er Temple, one of the six temples of the Gelug Sect of Tibetan Buddhism, was the birthplace of Tsongkhapa, the founder of the Gelug Sect.

Qinghai Lake in autumn

Although they say autumn is not the best season to visit Qinghai Lake, in my eyes, it's a different kind of beauty. After taking a 25-hour trip by train, I finally reached my destination - Qinghai.

Summer views of Qinghai

Summer is the best season to see Qinghai, and tourism is picking up in the province.

Rock of ages

The Nuwa myth inspired La Haiqing to build a garden and park celebrating Qinghai's unique rock formations.

China's largest lake expands its charm

Thanks to an increasing precipitation and ecological protection measures, Qinghai Lake has been expanding for seven consecutive years to an area of 4,353.72 square meters, the largest coverage in 11 years.

Blossoming cole flowers attract tourists to Qinghai

Blossoming cole flowers in July every year usually attract a large number of tourists to the county.

Qinghai

Qinghai

Qinghai

A tourist admires the embroidery on clothes of Tu minority girls on Friday in the Huzhu Tu Autonomous County in Northwest China's Qinghai Province. The girls organized a folk culture show to attract tourists during the National Day Holiday, and help them learn about some of the special features of Tu ethnic culture. [newsphoto.com.cn]

Qinghai

Qinghai

Tour of Qinhai Lake cycling race

A boy watches the race during the Tour of Qinhai Lake cycling race in Northwest China's Qinghai province, July 20, 2010.