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　　Qinghai Lake is the largest inland lake and the largest salt lake in China.It is vast, ethereal and magnificent. It is a huge mirror given by nature toQinghai Plateau.

　　In ancient times, Qinghai Lake was called "Xihai", also known as "Xianshui"or "Xianhai". In Tibetan, it is called "cuowenbo", which means "Blue Lake"; inMongolian, it is called "kukunuoer", which means "blue ocean". As the area ofQinghai Lake belonged to the pastoral area of the Beihe people in the earlydays, it was also called "Beihe Qiang sea", and it was also called "Xianhai" inthe Han Dynasty. It was renamed "Qinghai" from the Northern Wei Dynasty.

　　Qinghai Lake covers an area of 4456 square kilometers, with a circumferenceof more than 360 kilometers, more than twice the size of the famous Taihu Lake.The lake is long from east to west, narrow from north to South and slightlyoval. At first glance, it looks like a big poplar leaf. The average water depthof Qinghai Lake is more than 19 meters, the maximum water depth is 28 meters,and the water storage capacity reaches 105 billion cubic meters. The elevationof the lake is 3260 meters, higher than the two Dongyue mountains, Mount Tai.Because of the high terrain here, the climate is very cool. Even in the hotsummer, the daily average temperature is only 15 ℃, which is an ideal summerresort.

　　Qinghai Lake is located in the northeast of Qinghai Plateau. It has vastterritory, vast grassland, numerous rivers, rich water and grass, and quietenvironment. The lake is surrounded by four towering mountains: Datong mountainin the north, Riyue mountain in the East, Nanshan Mountain in Qinghai in theSouth and rubber mountain in the West. The four mountains are all between 3600and 5000 meters above sea level. Looking around, it is like four high naturalbarriers, which tightly encircle the Qinghai Lake. From the foot of the mountainto the lakeside, there is a vast, flat and boundless grassland, while the vastand blue Qinghai Lake is like a huge jade plate embedded between the mountainsand grasslands, forming a magnificent scenery of mountains, lakes andgrasslands.

　　The scenery of Qinghai Lake is quite different in different seasons. Insummer and autumn, when the majestic mountains around and the vast grassland onthe West Bank are dressed in green, the Qinghai Lake has beautiful mountains,clear waters, clear sky and beautiful scenery. The vast rolling thousand milegrassland is like a thick green carpet. The colorful wild flowers decorate thegreen carpet like brocade and satin. Countless cattle, sheep and fat horses arelike colorful pearls spilling over the grassland. Large areas of neat andpicturesque farmland beside the lake are rolling with wheat waves, andcauliflower is golden and fragrant; The Qinghai Lake, with its vast expanse ofblue waves and the same color of water and sky, is like a glass slurry ripplinggently. In the cold winter, when the cold current comes, the surroundingmountains and grasslands become withered and yellow, sometimes with a thicklayer of silver. In November every year, Qinghai Lake begins to freeze. The vastand clear surface of the lake is covered with ice, jade and silver. It is like ahuge mirror, shining in the sun and shining all day long.

　　Qinghai Lake is famous for its abundant yellow croaker and rich in fishresources. It is worth mentioning that the ice fish produced here are morefamous. Every ice season, after the Qinghai Lake is frozen, people drill holeson the ice to catch fish. Under the temptation of sunlight or light, theunderwater fish will automatically jump out of the ice hole, catch and cook. Ittastes delicious.

　　Haixin mountain and bird island in Qinghai Lake are both touristattractions. Haixin mountain, also known as Longju Island, covers an area ofabout 1 square kilometer. Rocky island, beautiful scenery, since ancient timesto produce Longju famous. The famous bird island is located in the west ofQinghai Lake, near Buha River, the largest river in the lake. Its area is only0.5 square kilometers, but there are more than 100000 migratory birds in springand summer. In order to protect the bird resources on the island, there are alsospecial agencies responsible for bird research and protection.

　　There are vast natural pastures, fertile fields and rich mineral resourceson the Bank of Qinghai Lake. It is snowy in winter, rainy in summer and autumn,abundant in water and rainfall, which has good conditions for the development ofanimal husbandry and agriculture. As early as in ancient times, it was animportant place for horses, cattle, sheep and other livestock. The horsesproduced in the area of Qinghai Lake were very famous in the spring and Autumnperiod and the Warring States period. They were called "Qin horses" at thattime. The ancient famous book of songs once described the majestic and goodgallop of "Qin horse". Later, in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the horses producedhere developed into unique good horses after mating with "Wusun horse" and"Xuehan horse". It is not only famous for its charisma, but also for its abilityto fight.

　　Qinghai Lake is surrounded by flat terrain, fertile land, agriculturalproduction also has broad prospects. While giving priority to the development ofanimal husbandry, the local people have also planned to open up forage and feedbases, set up state farms, and develop crop production based on oil and feed. Inthe desolate and lonely grassland of the past, they have successively built anumber of new towns, such as Daotanghe, and then set up a number of factoriesand mines, including coal, building materials, mechanical repair, furprocessing, and so on Ethnic products, etc.