Qinghai Lake

Qinghai lake, in the ancient was called "west sea", also called "fresh water" or "fresh sea". In Tibetan it was called" "cuowenbo" which means "blue sea", called "kokonor" in Mongol's Lake quay dialect. Since the area around Qinghai Lake was Qiang people's pasture in the past, it was also called "xianbeijianghai"(fresh low Qiang sea), some people in the Han dynasty also called it "god sea". Since Beiwei period, the name is changed to "Qinghai".

Qinghai lake is China's largest inland salt lake, with an area of 4,456 square km and a perimeter of 360 km, twice the size of Taihu lake in Hubei province. The east and west sides of the lake is long and the south and the north sides of the lake is narrow, looks like the oval shape of  the maple leave. Since the average daily temperature in the hottest period of summer is only about 15 centigrade, Qinghai Lake is a favorable summer resort.