Recently, the People's Daily released the #2020 List of the Happiest Cities#, many of which are familiar to us, and the list is well deserved
But! She also found a city of some interest inside, Xining.
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Probably the first reaction of many people when they see this city is: Where is Xining?
These two words seem to be very familiar and seem very strange. 90% of people do not know Xining, just as 90% of people have a hard time answering the provincial capital of Qinghai in 5 seconds.
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Indeed, because Qinghai is really a place without a "sense of city". The whole of Qinghai Province has a vastness that you can't imagine: you can put Shandong, Liaoning, Anhui, Zhejiang, and Jiangsu in one breath! More importantly, although Qinghai is vast, the population is less than 6 million...
As a result, the public's cognition of it has gradually solidified, believing that it is all no man's land of the holy lake of the snowy mountains and grasslands, as if it is difficult to say the names of places other than Qinghai Lake and Chaka Salt Lake at once... Not to mention the impression of Qinghai as a "city".
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However, for Qinghai, which is half of the world and half of the wonderland, Xining is the richest and most all-encompassing "human world" in the middle of the mountains.
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It is universally recognized as the "summer capital of China", but few people come to escape the summer. For many people who come to Qinghai, Xining is just a small transit station, and people who yearn for mountains and rivers have come here, settled down and plunged into the vast northwest.
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But in fact, even with a quick glance, this "largest city on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau" can still give a deep and vague impression. Profound because it is not the same as any city you encounter, vague because it is so grand and rich that it is difficult to touch the whole picture for a while.
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Many people think that this is just a simple Tibetan area, but in fact, there are six major ethnic groups living here, Han, Tibetan, Hui, Mongolian, Tu and Sala, and the tolerance of different ethnic groups has created the city's magnificent religious culture.
The multi-ethnic fusion has created a magical food culture here. When hungry, a bite of lamb and noodles, and then a delicious sauce of the Great Northwest, and then sit around at night to punch qinghai soil hot pot, the stomach of the day is filled happily.
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Although it does not have the magnificence of Qinghai Lake, it has a pure landscape that has been underestimated for a long time. The wind of the Sun Moon Mountain has been wafting through the prayer flag for a thousand years, and the beauty of the mountain and faith has become a set of holy poems.
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There is also the idyllic temperament of the old city and the old street, with a little bit of exotic style of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, forming a slow life town that you can't forget if you have been there, and you are reluctant to leave if you have been there.
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However, walking into the city center and ascending to the overlook, Xining is a rising northwest city, the lights are brilliant, and the development of the new era makes Xining, the provincial capital, increasingly full of vigorous economic take-off.
Therefore, today's sister will take you to see what kind of human world this long-underestimated Qinghai's largest city has made the years of happiness.
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The happiness of Xining lies in the tip of the tongue
When it comes to Northwest cuisine, many people's first impression is Gansu and Xi'an. In the eyes of many people, Xining is in the existence of "no one", "gourmet desert".
However, the sister must boldly open the wheat this time: only by eating and understanding Xining can we truly understand the Great Northwest.
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Qinghai lamb
Recently, Mongolia sent 30,000 sheep on the hot search, but in China, to nominate the place that can eat mutton the most, Xining, will definitely strive for a C debut.
Lamb is delicious, and the premise is that sheep are good. Relying on the unique environment, Qinghai sheep has the characteristics of tender meat and soft taste. As a result, the Xining people near the water tower began to eat sheep in a variety of ways, making each sheep a delicacy on the tip of the tongue.
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White strips, that is, hand-grabbed lamb, bone-in lamb cut into strips, boiled in water with salt dipped in some chili cumin, Qinghai sheep taste fat but not fat, tender and smooth, this is the most simple and rough way to eat lamb.
White lamb is not unusual, but the delicious dish of kang pot lamb chops is difficult to find out of Xining. After the lamb chops are put into the saucepan with water and simmered, then add the onion and carrot green and red pepper, season and then open the pot to the table, a bite of lamb down tender and flavorful, the lamb is delicious.
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Of course, barbecue is the greatest respect that Northwesterns have for lamb. The lamb kebabs in Xining are fragrant, and in the evening or late at night on the streets, no contemporary hungry person can resist the temptation of a bunch of barbecues.
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Not only the steak, but also the rest of the ribs were clearly arranged.
N kinds of sheep's trotters can be eaten everywhere in the streets of Xining, such as brine sheep's trotters, roasted sheep's trotters, peppery sheep's trotters, clear water sheep's hooves and yellow braised sheep's trotters. The four legs of a sheep and goat seemed to be unable to satisfy the mouth of the Xining people.
Or, on a cold winter day, sit in a small restaurant on the side of the street and have a warm haggis soup and its official CP, the steamed bun. Steaming hot, this is the simplest and most hearty breakfast for Xining people.
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Pasta
When it comes to Qinghai pasta, it is estimated that a single article is not complete. This place rich in wheat and barley, the love of the opposite group is far beyond the imagination of outsiders. Walking into the streets and alleys of Xining, you will spy on a gorgeous and intricate pasta kingdom.
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Steamed steamed buns are the most common staple food seen on the streets of Xining. Ordinary hair noodles are rolled with vegetable oil, smeared with natural pigments such as red yeast and turmeric, and then layered into a dough with strange patterns, and put into a pot to cook.
Ga noodles are the nostalgia of every Xining person. Ga, in Xining dialect means small. The rolled noodles are cut into long strips, rolled into small square slices, cooked with lamb and vegetables, can be fried or soupy, dry or wet. Xining's love for his hometown has 10 points, of which 7 points are left to Ga noodles.
There is also a bowl of sheep intestine noodles, which is also a favorite of Xining people. In the cleaned lamb intestines, bean noodles are poured and then cooked- sliced- fried, and finally covered with noodles and eaten. Coupled with a mouthful of beef and sheep bones boiled into a "sour soup", eat the warm yangyang beauty, this is Xining's small luck.
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Xining also has a kind of noodle cake called dog peeing. In the past, oil was expensive, and Qinghai people could only use a small pot to pour oil along the edge of the pot a little, like a puppy peeing. But even with an appetiteless name, Qinghai turned it into a sweet and soft delicacy.
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Sweet Northwest
In everyone's eyes, the northwest is a salty, salty and spicy place, but in fact, Xining has a refreshing sweetness. Sweet is the last tenderness and stubbornness of the northwestern people.
A bowl of cool and sweet sweet pickles, fermented with barley or barley, sprinkled with sesame seeds when eaten, the entrance is refreshing and unobstructed, this is a delicacy that the sweet party can not forget after eating.
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Milk egg mash, mash added to eggs and milk boiled, out of the pot sprinkled with sesame seeds and goji berries, taste milky, egg smooth, mash sweet, capitalized delicious!
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A little tired? Then come to a bowl of Xining old yogurt, want that kind of yellow, the best fermented with yak milk. Add some sugar and stir well, this is a simple, fresh and original Xining flavor.
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Qinghai clay hot pot
In the morning, at noon, lamb + pasta, afternoon tea sweet pickle or yogurt, in the evening, you also have to leave a stomach for the Qinghai soil hot pot.
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This is the most delicious thing that can beat the Xining style in one pot. Beef and mutton are cooked and then put into a copper pot to continue simmering, a variety of vegetables to base, soup with beef and sheep bone broth, very suitable for cold weather to eat.
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Although it looks like the old Beijing hot pot, but the taste is completely different, the sister loves the crisp and soft croquettes, sucking up the fresh aroma of the broth, and eating it is delicious and beautiful.
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Xining's happiness lies in faith
In Xining, man can be a neighbor of the gods.
Xining has a multi-ethnic integration and a harmonious coexistence of their respective beliefs. Here, you can encounter the mysterious Tibetan Buddhism, you can pay homage to the solemn mosque, and you can also purify your soul by practicing faith in the ancient Zen temple.
In Xining, people become clear because of their faith, and their days become bright and transparent.
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Taal Monastery, one of the six major temples of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism. A must-see landmark for all who have visited Xining. People marvel at its grandeur, its magnificence, its sacredness and its solemnity.
The most famous here is its Rulai Eight Pagodas, which stand on the square in honor of the eight great merits of Shakyamuni. The striking colors of white, yellow and red are like daigo empowerments, which carry out the purity of the Buddha and the blue sky.
You think the Temple of Taal is pure because of its eight towers, but it's unimaginably gorgeous. Entering the temple gate, the Chinese-style cornice dome blends with Tibetan color ornamentation to form a magnificent and magnificent poem.
Under the vigorous visual impact, there is a pure faith hidden here. The days of practice here are slower than time, and the breathing is purer than the sky. There was a burst of Sanskrit sounds, and everyone who walked into it seemed to be one step closer to the Buddha.
Here you can also see rare scenes of debate elsewhere. The monks not only had red faces, but also had penetrating wisdom. To come here, you don't have to take refuge in body and mind, but you can always find some answers for life.
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Dongguan Grand Mosque
Xining is also a city that cannot be separated from the mosque. So the Great Mosque on Dongguan Street stood in a corner of the city, listening to the prayers of every Muslim.
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Compared with the prosperity of the Taal Temple, the Dongguan Mosque is solemn. Built by Zhu Yuanzhang himself during the Hongwu Dynasty of the Ming Dynasty, this mosque is the largest mosque in China, but from the outside, it is quiet enough to freeze time.
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But, if you walk in and watch, it's full of moving details. When the sky is clear, the northwest wind blows into the years, and the time of the mosque is also quiet and grand.
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If there is a Sunday of Worship, or a religious festival such as The Lord's Day and The Day of Erder, this ancient mosque is truly awakened, and countless Muslims come to worship and the faith is slowly taking place here.
BeizenJi Temple
On the north mountain on the shore of Huangshui, there is the most vicissitudes and the most silent Buddhist intention in Xining, that is, the North Zen Temple.
Beishan has a cave known as "Nine Caves and Eighteen Caves", and its existence is not inferior to Dunhuang, not inferior to the Longmen Grottoes. There are many murals and statues of Buddhist gods hidden in it. It was man who carved the mountain wall into the shape of faith.
On the mountain here, there is another North Zen Temple, which hangs on the mountainside, so that the devout faith is away from the hustle and bustle, quietly covering the aging of the mountain stone.
As soon as the north wind blew, the desolate smell appeared in the human world. It is a Zen that is not disturbed by people, and it is quietly left in the human world by faith.
Nanzen-ji Temple
At the foot of Phoenix Mountain in Xining, there is also a Nanchan Temple. Unlike the properties of Tibetan Buddhism at Taal Monastery, this is the Zen temple of the Pure Land Sect of Chinese Buddhism.
Originally built during the Northern Song Dynasty, the Buddhist temple is lonely and the Zen room is quiet, which is a good place for Qing cultivation. In Xining, I was accustomed to seeing the hot faith in Tibetan areas, and when I walked in the Nanchan Temple, I suddenly gained the familiar Buddha's intention.
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The happiness of Xining lies in the mountains
Although it is only a 2.5h drive from Xining to Qinghai Lake, this makes many people ignore the local landscape and water secrets of Xining.
But Look sister wants to say that Xining actually has its own natural scenery, as well as its own hidden beauty.
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Sun Moon Mountain - Backward River - Qinghai Lake, which is the most classic path for countless people to travel around the Great Northwest. The grassy and velvet Sun Moon Mountain does not have the majesty of the snow peak, but has more of the pure beauty of heaven.
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This is the last stop for Princess Wencheng to bid farewell to her hometown, the mountain wind blows the hunting sound of the prayer flag, and the homeland slowly disappears with the ruts. From princess to princess, the rebirth of a legendary woman has gradually been written into the scrolls of history.
Putting aside the epic past, the cattle and sheep in the mountains do not ask about the world, and the probe looks at the passing travelers. This scenery is magnificent under the harmony between man and nature.
Oh yes, don't forget to punch in the multicolored prayer flag here, no matter who is no one, the casual shooting is a beautiful hard photo, this year's circle of friends, it is you!
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Black Springs Reservoir
The Heiquan Reservoir, located in Datong Hui Turk Autonomous County, Qinghai Province, is not only an important part of Qinghai's "Introduction to Dajihuang" project, but also a magnificent landscape and water world.
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There are mountains and rivers as colorful as oil paintings, and large monochromatic blocks fill every inch of beauty between heaven and earth. The white clouds in the blue sky gently passed, and the water of the black spring slowly flowed through the spring and autumn of the world.
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The happiness of Xining lies in the flow of time
As an ancient city built in the Western Han Dynasty, Xining will always have a thick and fascinating history.
However, more than 2,000 years of time in Xining is also three-dimensional and full. It is not only statically preserved in the scenic monuments, but also polished the present moment of Xining with time, so that it shows the moving face of the fusion of old and new.
The ancient city of Dangar
The ancient city of Dangar is a place where the Loess Plateau and the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau are merging, where farming culture and grassland culture collide, and the Tang dynasty ancient road and the South Silk Road cross here, forming a historical echo.
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It is located on the north bank of the Yellow River, on the shore of the West Sea, the source of Huangshui, where many ethnic groups gather. Due to its special status, it is known as "Haizang Throat" and "Tea Horse Shangdu", which is a strong ink in the history of Xining.
After more than 600 years of history, the brick, wood and stone carvings of the ancient city reveal the exquisite architecture of the ancients. Walking on the empty old street, the style of the years has passed, and the vicissitudes of the face still exist.
Namsan Park
Sister-in-law rarely lets people visit a park in a city, but in The Nanshan Park in Xining, Sister-in-law advises you to take a good walk.
This is the highest place in Xining, and there are also traces of historical flow.
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Legend has it that when the south is cool, there is a phoenix flying to Xining Nanshan, and there is a small pavilion in the northwest of Nanshan Park that is also called Phoenix Terrace, so the song "Fengtai He Ri Feng comes to swim, the phoenix stays from gao feiyun, the Qiang flute cannot be blown down, and the fiber crescent moon hangs on the top of the mountain" The song began to sing. Since then, "Fengtai Liuyun" has also become a major scenic spot in Xining.
Xining Old Street
Mojia Street is a well-known old street in Xining, with many snacks, many tourists, and many tricks, and the sister is actually not very recommended.
But a bowl of sweet pickles is innocent. If you just want to eat and drink on this visit, you can also try the snacks of the old street.
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If you really want to touch the real Xining and feel the breath of the old city, you can go to South Street - North Street - North Garden Lane for a walk. Here is the most authentic city life in Xining, and there is also the idyllic time of the old city.
Alternatively, you can walk into Xining's Xinqian Night Market at night, which has the most authentic fireworks in Xining. You can eat from beginning to end with your eyes closed and feel this bustling northwestern world.
Or you can also walk along the river in the city, blowing the evening breeze and feeling the deep and gentle night in Xining.
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And finally a little tail,
Still reluctant to Xining, the old city in the northwest.
There is so much beauty in this city that has been overlooked,
But it has been quietly given to all citizens
Output a happy life.
When you think it's not a traditional old city,
The new geometry bookstore will immerse you in romantic time and space.
This is an autumn mountain,
There is snow in winter,
In spring and summer, there are lovely small towns in the bustling world.
If you go to the Great Northwest next time,
Remember to stay in Xining for 1-2 more days,
Slowly feel this from the Banks of the Huangshui River
Happiness.