“In that distant place, there is a good girl… I would like to wander on the grassland and follow her…” I think many people can hum this familiar tune. It is said that Mr. Wang Luobin lived in Jinyintan Grassland. After meeting the beautiful girl Dolma, I composed this widely circulated song. This was once a little-known mysterious restricted area. It gave birth to the first atomic bomb and hydrogen bomb of New China, and was China’s first nuclear weapons development base.
The western part of Jinyintan Grassland is adjacent to Qinghai Lake, and the northeastern part is surrounded by Qilian Mountains. With an average altitude of 3200m, it is divided into Golden Beach and Silver Beach. A small river flows through it. On the grass beach on the north bank, there is a kind of golden and fragrant flower called golden dew plum blooming, so it is called Golden Beach; on the grass beach on the south bank, there is a world of silver dew plum, which is as white as silver, so it is called Silver Beach. Every summer, wild flowers bloom, and Jinhua white flowers bloom into patches, like golden and silver grassy beaches, hence the name Jinyintan grassland.
Telephone
0970-8645228;18809701001
Reference when using
1-3 hours
transportation
It takes about 2 hours by bus from Xining Long-distance Passenger Transport Station to Haiyan County. The fare is 15 yuan/person. There are shuttle buses every hour, and the transportation is very convenient.
Opening hours
All day (January 1st - December 31st, Monday - Sunday)