For those who love to play tiktok, do they often see some people share the beautiful scenery of the tea card Saline Lake? The formation of salt lakes is due to disasters or crustal movements. The Qinghai Tibet Plateau used to be a part of the ocean. After a long period of crustal movement, the ground rose to become the largest plateau in the world. The original sea water left in some low-lying areas and formed many salt lakes and ponds. Chaka Salt Lake is one of them.
Chaka Salt Lake was once an outflow lake, flowing eastward into Gonghe Basin and into the Yellow River. About 100000-130000 years ago, tectonic uplift occurred, which turned it into an inland lake. Due to the small annual rainfall, the amount of water injected into the salt lake is very small, and the evaporation is severe, which provides favorable conditions for the accumulation of tea salt. Because the water of Chaka lake belongs to brine type, the brine will recrystallize into salt layer after several years of exploitation. Due to the unique natural environment in various aspects, Chaka has formed a rich salt storage, with a preliminary proved reserve of 440 million tons, which is enough for the people of the whole country to use for more than 70 years.
How was Chaka Salt Lake formed?
The lake area and water depth of Chaka Salt Lake are obviously affected by seasons. The lake water area can reach 104 square kilometers in rainy season, which is more than ten times of Hangzhou West Lake. The lake water area in dry season is obviously reduced. There are salt beds at the bottom of the lake, generally 5 meters thick, and the thickest part is 9.68 meters. There are more than ten kilometers of mayana river flowing into the East Bank of the lake. The flow of other salt lakes is very small, and most of them are seasonal rivers. The amount of water makes the salt lake different in four seasons and provides a beautiful scenery for this sky mirror.
Where is Chaka Salt Lake? Chaka Salt Lake is located in Chaka Town, Wulan County, Haixi Mongolian and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province. Chaka town is located at the intersection of national highway 109 and 315. It is an important station of the ancient Silk Road. It is 298 kilometers away from Xining in the East and 200 kilometers away from the state capital Delingha in the West. It is known as the east gate of Qaidam. Historically, it is the only place for merchants and tourists to enter Xinjiang and Tibet. The 'mirror' and 'Jing' of Chaka Salt Lake are like entering a dream, as if they were separated from each other. Standing on this mirror of the sky, everything is still and reverie is infinite.
Chaka Salt Lake is also called Chaka or dabsunnur. Chaka means salt pond and sea of green salt in Tibetan. Under the interpretation of Tibetan, the beauty of "disorganized" has changed; dabsunnur is Mongolian, and it also has charm. People in the local town read the card. There is no obvious boundary between water and sky in the distance. Here, the sky is a part of the lake, and the lake is the supplement of the sky, which seems real and illusory. In Chaka Salt Lake, you can either take a small train through the lake for sightseeing, or visit the spectacular scene of salt mining, or enjoy the beautiful sunrise and sunset glow, or watch the strange shaped salt flowers through the clear lake water, and discover the mystery of the deep salt lake.
How to play Chaka Salt Lake
Standing on the lake and taking photos from various angles, the beautiful foot of Chaka Salt Lake is inspiring. It is not so much a mirror of the sky as an illusion. Chaka Salt Lake is like a magic mirror, turning the world upside down.
Barefoot and the salt lake are in close contact. The sky mirror of China is very beautiful. When I take off my shoes and wash my feet, I feel very different and beautiful in the water. Experience the sky and water contact, white clouds reflection.
3. Walk along the rail line to the salt lake. The most attractive place of Chaka Salt Lake is its rail leading to the center of the lake, the Open Salt Lake, the two straight rails and the crooked electric poles, just like the doomsday scene in the movie. It's a kilometer or two from the entrance to the rail. Stop in front of several huge salt sculptures at the starting point of the track, and then walk into the salt lake.
Take a small train to enjoy the scenery along the way. To go to the salt lake, you must take a small train to the deep salt lake, karst cave and endless salt lake. It's very special! It's better to take a small train. You can go to the very inside. It takes about 20 minutes. There are fewer people there. The photos are more beautiful.
5 look at the rare salt sculptures standing between heaven and earth. Each one is a big stroke. The salt sculptures with various legends and characters as the theme stand in front of you, which is very shocking! The life span of salt sculptures is longer than that of sand sculptures. Thus, they stand in the open world and let the wind blow and the sun shine.
Enjoy the most beautiful starry sky in China. Chaka Salt Lake is located at 36 & deg; 18 north latitude. Beside the salt lake, there is a train. Under the shining stars, it seems to take you to the picture in the fairy tale, which is so unreal.
How to photograph the illusion of the sky?
Don't choose the midday period. The best time to shoot is sunset. The sky will become more and more beautiful. There is also a sunny evening after rain, the white lake reflects the blue sky, white clouds like marshmallow, and the warm sunset.
Stand still! Don't move your feet! The most beautiful thing about the tea card is the reflection, so when you get to the middle of the lake, you must stand still. If you move your feet, the reflection will be pasted, and there will be no aesthetic feeling.
3 best shooting position: deep in the salt lake, Chaka Salt Lake creates a wonder: floating on the water. Because a large number of lake salt sedimentary minerals crystallize out and form a "salt plate" with a thickness of several meters, and a layer of water with a thickness of several millimeters is laid on it. From a distance, people standing on the salt plate seem to float on the water surface, and the reflection is clearly visible.
Practical tips for Chaka Salt Lake:
■ Transportation Guide: Chaka is 310 km away from Xining. You can get to Chaka Salt Lake at noon from Xining in the morning. You can get to Chaka Salt Lake at noon. You can get 80 yuan / person by bus and 300 yuan by car. You can also take the coach to Chaka, Ulan and Delingha. If you charter a bus from Heima River, it will cost about 200 yuan.
Price time: 50 yuan / person for Chaka Salt Lake tickets, 35 yuan / person for small train tickets, and opening hours: 7:00-18:30.
The best travel season: Salt Lake scenery in summer and autumn, industrial salt mining in spring and snow in winter. On the 15th day of the May of the lunar calendar, the activities include sightseeing by train, sightseeing by yacht and watching artificial salt mining.
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■ pay attention to high altitude reaction: the altitude of Chaka Salt Lake area is about 3000 meters, and it is necessary to pay attention not to exercise violently to avoid plateau reaction.
■ do a good job in sun protection: there is a strong time line in sunny days here, and there is reflection on the lake surface, all need sun protection preparation, and it is better to prepare a pair of sunglasses to protect the eyes, otherwise it will cause great harm to the eyes.
■ pay attention to the rock stratum: because the salt layer is relatively rough, walking barefoot will have some pain, and the deep mud in the lake is deep, so it is not recommended to go too deep.
■ about taking good photos: if you want to take good pictures in the salt lake, you have to spell RP. It is most suitable to come to visit on sunny days, and come after sunny days for several consecutive days. At this time, the crystal degree of lake water is very high. You can see that the white salt lake is covered with a thin layer of brine, and the scenery and reflection are the most clear and pure. Finally, you can't miss it near Chaka Salt Lake
After visiting Chaka Salt Lake and Mohe salt field: Mohe salt field is 20 km away from Chaka Salt Lake. The biggest advantage is that there is no admission ticket. It belongs to the same salt lake as Chaka Salt Lake. But it's not as famous as Chaka Salt Lake, there's no small train, no tickets, but it's also very beautiful and worth visiting.
The nearby Qinghai Lake must not be missed
Chaka Salt Lake, wait, I'm here to call on you to take good care of the environment of Chaka and let our sky mirror clean to the end!