http://www.chinatravel.com/rssRSS-BoardMon 21 Apr 2008 0:00:00 GMTchinatravel http://www.chinatravel.com/qinghai/transport.htmXining Airport, in Huizhu County, is the only second-grade airport in Qinghai Province and is an important air traffic junction in Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. It is 29 kilometers from Xining Airport to the center of Xining; the price of airport bus is 8 yuan; if you take a Xiali-branched taxi, it will cost you about 50 yuan. There are fights from Xining to Beijing and Xian every day among domestic airlines; the rest of the flights are from Xining to Shanghai, Chengdu, Chongqin, Dunhuang, Geermu, Guan...Mon 21 Apr 2008 0:00:00 GMTchinatravel http://www.chinatravel.com/qinghai/transport.htmThere are tens of main highways in Qinghai Province, such as, Ganqing, Qingzang, Ningzhang, Ningling, Ningguo, etc. These highways take Xining as the center and expand to different directions. Besides, there are over 100 highways and roads to connect different cities and counties inside and outside of Qinghai Province. Xining Long-distance Bus Station controls almost all the long-distance buses through Qingzang Highway, Qingxin Highway and Qingshuan Highway which are the main highways connecting...Mon 21 Apr 2008 0:00:00 GMTchinatravel http://www.chinatravel.com/qinghai/transport.htmThe communication network of Xining railway can lead everywhere. Lanqin Railway and Qingzang Railway cross Qinghai Province through Xining, connecting Beijing, Shanghai, Qingdao, Xian, Lanzhou, Geermu and Eurasia Land Bridge, which is good for foreign trade. Xining is the transport junction of Lanqing Railway and Qingzang Railway. In Xining Railway Station, Lanqing Railway helps you go east; there is Qingzang Railway to take you west; and Ningda Railway goes north. There are also some branch lin...Mon 25 Feb 2008 0:00:00 GMTchinatravelhttp://www.chinatravel.com/qinghai/Geographic Location: It is located in the northeast of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. It is 1,200 kilometers from east to west in length and 800 kilometers from west to north in width. It is in the northwest inland District. It borders with Gansu Province, Ningxia, Tibet, Xi'an City, with a total area of 720,000 square kilometers. The area of Qinghai Province occupies one thirteenth of the total area of China. Ethnic Group and Population: There are 43 ethnic groups in Qinghai Province, they li...Fri 22 Feb 2008 3:01:00 GMTchinatravelhttp://www.chinatravel.com/qinghai/transport.htm...Fri 22 Feb 2008 3:01:00 GMTchinatravelhttp://www.chinatravel.com/qinghai/transport.htm Geographic Location: It is located in the northeast of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. It is 1,200 kilometers from east to west in length and 800 kilometers from west to north in width. It is in the northwest inland District. It borders with Gansu Province, Ningxia, Tibet, Xi’an City, with a total area of 720,000 square kilometers. The area of Qinghai Province occupies one thirteenth of the total area of China. ...Fri 22 Feb 2008 3:01:00 GMTchinatravelhttp://www.chinatravel.com/qinghai/transport.htmSpecial Local Products in Qinghai 1 Xuelian Features: it is one of composite plants, commonly called jerry fish Xuelian or snow rabbit. Xuelian grows in the flowstone patch of the lofty mountains which are from 3,900 meters to 5,600 meters above sea level. It is a perennial herb and the aboveground part has medical value. 2 Cordyceps sinensis Features: it tastes sweet and its property is mild. It is good for the lung and the kidney, improves marrow, and can stop bleeding and resolve phlegm. ...Fri 22 Feb 2008 3:01:00 GMTchinatravelhttp://www.chinatravel.com/qinghai/transport.htm 1 Local Special Dishes Squirrel-shaped Huang Fish Features: Eliminate the spine and the ventral spine of the Huang Fish; cut the meat of fish into willow leaf pattern; marinate the meat in the salt water and cooking wine for several hours; take out the meat to drip and then wrap the meat with starch paste; fry the fish with mild fire; the convex concave cubed fish are like squirrels; the fried cubed fish are fished out to put on plate; put on the dressing made of white sugar, vinegar, pepper...Fri 22 Feb 2008 3:01:00 GMTchinatravelhttp://www.chinatravel.com/qinghai/minorities-festival.htmQinghai National and Cultural Tourist Festival Time: in the late July Place: Xining Content: Large-scale national dance and singing performance, exhibition of national handcrafts Organizer: Cultural Department of Qinghai Province Tourist Administrative Bureau Four Great Meeting Festivals in Taer Temple Time: first month of the lunar New Year Place: in Taer Temple Content: The first meeting festival is called prayer meeting festival of the first month of the lunar New Year. It is held fr...Fri 22 Feb 2008 3:01:00 GMTchinatravelhttp://www.chinatravel.com/qinghai/history.htm The History of Qinghai The Governor of Guangdong Province and Guangxi Province -Chenchunxuan proposed to set up Qinghai Province in the thirty-third year of the reign of Guanxu in the Qing Dynasty (1907). In 1916, Maqin was in charge of the army and government of Qinghai and he was ambitious to set up Qinghai Province; his staff proposed to take the jurisdiction of the guard official of Ganbianning into Qinghai Special Administrative Region like Rehe and Chahaer for further exploitation and c...