Must see! Here is the guide for the five-day, four-night Qinghai-Gansu loop.

My dears, the Northwest has always been a popular tourist destination! You must make a good plan before setting off. Save this travel guide that avoids detours! ㅤ 🗺️Five-day fun route list🧾 🚘Day1: Xining ➡️Sun Moon Mountain ➡️Qinghai Lake (Heima River) ➡️Chaka Salt Lake ➡️Delingha (stay)🛏️ 🚘Day2: Delingha ➡️Crossing the Qaidam Basin ➡️Dachaidam Emerald Lake ➡️Dunhuang (stay)🛏️ 🚘Day3: Dunhuang➡️Mogao Grottoes (tickets should be purchased around 9am)➡️Mingsha Mountain and Crescent Moon Lake➡️Shazhou Night Market➡️Dunhuang (stay overnight)🛏️ 🚘Day4: Dunhuang ➡️ (passing by) Jiayuguan Pass ➡️ Zhangye Colorful Danxia Geopark ➡️ Zhangye (stay) 🛏️ 🚘Day5: Zhangye➡️Biandukou➡️Qilian Grassland➡️Gangshika Snow Peak (view from a distance)➡️Menyuan Rapeseed Flower Sea (only in July-mid-August)➡️Xining (end) ㅤ 🌄The most popular tourist spots in Qinghai and Gansu✨ Sun and Moon Mountain🌟: This is the dividing line between loess and grassland. On one side is grassland scenery, and on the other side is pastoral scenery. The scenery is unique and full of stories. ㅤ Qilian Mountains⛰️: The mountains are continuous, the grasslands are vast, the snow-capped mountains and forests complement each other, like a beautiful natural painting, quite spectacular. ㅤ Ta'er Monastery: As a well-known Tibetan Buddhist temple, it has exquisite architecture and a unique artistic atmosphere, which allows people to experience a strong religious and cultural atmosphere. ㅤ Qinghai Lake💙: It is a large saltwater lake with azure blue water and bright golden rapeseed flowers by the lake. The scenery is unforgettable. ㅤ Chaerhan Salt Lake🌊: The salt lake is wide and its surface is like a mirror, reflecting the sky and clouds, creating a beautiful sky scene. ㅤ Mogao Grottoes🗿: There are a large number of exquisite murals and Buddha statues with a long history, which show the outstanding artistic level of ancient people and are very shocking. ㅤ Menyuan🌼: In July and August, large areas of rapeseed flowers bloom, all golden, like a golden ocean, the scene is spectacular. ㅤ Qinghai's natural landscape: forests, grasslands, mountains and rivers are all available. The natural landscape is rich and diverse, the air is fresh, and everywhere is a gift from nature. ㅤ Chaka Salt Lake🌟: The salt lake is white and the water is shallow, so you can take beautiful reflection photos. It is known as the mirror of the sky and is romantic and charming. ㅤ ❤️Before departure, these goodies must be prepared🛍️ 🆔Documents: You must bring your ID card, and also bring your student ID, military ID, press ID, and other documents that can enjoy discounts. 🧥Clothing: The temperature difference between morning and evening is large in the Northwest. If you go there now, you can bring a windbreaker or down jacket. If the weather is warmer, just bring a coat. 📱Electrical appliances: drones, power banks, headphones🎧, chargers, etc. 🤧💊: colds💊, motion sickness💊, Band-Aids🩹, etc. 🕶Others: sunscreen, sunglasses, umbrellas🌂, disposable bed sheets, disposable toilet covers, etc. ㅤ ☀️Check the weather forecast in advance📅 The average temperature in August and September is between 15 and 32 degrees, with a significant temperature difference. It is cooler in the morning and evening and warmer at noon, with a temperature difference of more than ten degrees. ㅤ 🚨Notes, don’t ignore it⚠️ Prepare a thermos cup. The water in the northwest is hard, so it is recommended to drink boiled water, which is generally provided by hotels. If your baby minds direct contact with the bed outside, you can consider bringing a sleeping bag 🛏️ or a crawling mat, which I have personally tested and found to be very useful. The diet in Gansu and Qinghai is mainly meat-based, with beef and mutton being the most common. The taste is spicy, so if you are not used to it, you can bring some snacks. There are many ethnic minorities in Qinghai, so you must respect the beliefs and customs of the local people and don't touch them casually or make loud noises.