Ta er monastery is located in huangzhong county, 25 kilometers southwest of Xining city,Qinghai province. It is rated as 5A tourists attraction.Together with Drepung Monastery, Sera Monastery, Gandan Monastery, Tashilhunpo Monastery in Tibet and Labrang Monastery in Gansu, they are collectively known as the six major monasteries of the Gelug Sect (yellow sect) of Lamaism in China.

Qinghai Lake is located at west of Xining city 160 km.In Mongolian language Qinghai hu means blue sea. It is the largest salty lake and inland lake of China. It covers an area of 4583 square km.The average depth of it is 18.6m now.The average depth of it is 18.6m now.The sea level of the lake is 3196 m. It is very cool here because of the high altitude. Even in the scorching summer, the average daily temperature is only 15 degrees, so it can be an ideal summer resort.

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