Category Archives: 西宁

Progress

Posted on October 3, 2016 by d4vid

I saw these transmission towers going up and over the mountains just like the Great Wall does. I was struck by how much construction was going on, out in the middle of a sparsely-populated province.  I saw tunnels being bored through mountains … Continue reading →

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Geology

Posted on October 3, 2016 by d4vid

I found the geology of Qinghai intriguing.  Parts of it reminded me of parts of California, other parts reminded me of the Rocky Mountains, and still others reminded me of the (frankly, insane) geology of Wyoming and Yellowstone Park.

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Shanshui III

Posted on October 2, 2016 by d4vid

From the top of the Wild Animal Park, I was able to capture how Xining is cosseted between stark, low mountains to it’s north and tree-covered low mountains to it’s south.   I loved the trees turning yellow.  Perfect for Golden … Continue reading →

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Sherlock

Posted on October 2, 2016 by d4vid

Sunflower seed shells.  An old Chinese man has sat upon this very bench!  The game is afoot…

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Wild

Posted on October 2, 2016 by d4vid

Went to the 西宁青藏高原野生动物园 (Xīníng qīngzàng gāoyuán yěshēng dòngwùyuán) or the “Xining Zoo” or more accurately “Xining Wild Animal Park” or even more accurately “Xining Tibetan Plateau Wild Animal Park” or for the truly pedantic “Xining Qinghai & Tibetan Plateau Wild … Continue reading →

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Multifarious

Posted on October 2, 2016 by d4vid

This (surreptitiously taken) photography sums up the Muslim section of Xining in particular and much of China in general:  a butcher shop (with meat lying out) next to a metal tubing shop next to a clothes shop next to a toilet … Continue reading →

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Minarets

Posted on October 2, 2016 by d4vid

Xining was a stop on a minor branch of the Northern Silk Road route.  This explains the huge amount of Muslim cultural influence  here, like the impressive Dongguan Mosque. As an 8os kid, I must confess that it was impossible to see … Continue reading →

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Intangible

Posted on October 2, 2016 by d4vid

I was very proud of myself for being able to read that title of this exhibit:  青海是一个多民族地区 (Qīnghǎi shì yīgè duō mínzú dìqū meaning “Qinghai is a Multi-Ethnic Area”)  And it’s true.  Unlike many provinces which are so overwhelmingly Han, … Continue reading →

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Regional

Posted on October 2, 2016 by d4vid

This is the impressive entrance to the Qinghai Regional Museum (with typical Chinese scale.) Weirdly, the main exhibit hall just brags about commerce.  The dairy industry…  The “this one robot” industry… And the “alcohol not famous enough for you to … Continue reading →

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Plateau

Posted on October 1, 2016 by d4vid

I flew to Xining in the Qinghai province — the second west-most province in China, high on the Tibetan Plateau  — and checked in to the Sofitel in a new part of town.  So new that those brightly lit places below my … Continue reading →

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