The Sun and Moon mountain is located 40 kilometers southwest of huangyuan county, Qinghai province, and in the east of qinghai lake. It is a branch of Qilian mountain , which runs from northwest to southeast. In the history the Sun and Moon mountain area is an important path of south branch of silk road, which passed by the Sun and Moon mountain, Qinghai lake, Qaidam basin to west regions.

Chaka salt lake is a natural crystallized salt lake over 3000 years, located in chaka town, wulan county, haixi Mongol and Tibetan autonomous prefecture, Qinghai province. It is one of the four major salt lakes in the Qaidam basin. "Chaka" is a Tibetan word meaning salt pool, which is also the salt of blue sea.

Dan geer ancient city was well compared as the throat of Qinghai and Tibet . Dan Geer means white conch in Tibet language. The Dan Geer city used to be reputated as the trading capital and little beijing,where the loess plateau and Qinghai-tibet plateau combined , farming culture and the grassland culture intersected , Tang Fan road and south silk road went through and many people gathered

The heavenly lake is a typical natural lake surrounded by high snowed mountain,which is well known as "pearl of Tianshan mountain". In 2013 it was collected into the World Heritage List by UNESCO.

The construction of Jiaohe ruins can be the largest , oldest and best preserved raw-soil construction city in the world. And it‘s the most complete urban remains as well ,which was kept over 2000 years. It’s well known as the eastern Pompeii. In 2014 Jioahe ruins were put into the world heritage list by UNESCO.