Things to do in Huzhu

Silk Road Experss

The "Silk Road Dream" train is set to debut in 2024 as a sister train to the Hulunbuir, operated by Starry Rail Travel. The train's design prominently features Han Dynasty cloud patterns, using a palette of green and blue landscape tones complemented by the red of Han Dynasty lacquerware, perfectly blending Eastern aesthetics with Silk Road culture. Highlights of the Silk Road Dream train include: Exclusive Service: The train accommodates 80 passengers and is staffed with 32 train stewards and 5 vacation ambassadors, providing attentive service around the clock with a family-like atmosphere. A travel photographer is also on board to capture moments of the journey. Multifunctional Carriages: The Starry Palace Lounge Car features a dual-door design that breaks traditional constraints. Upon opening the doors, passengers are greeted with a spacious, hotel lobby-like environment. The train is equipped with both Chinese and Western dining cars, as well as multifunctional carriages for sightseeing, tea tasting, karaoke, and more. Star Hotel-Style Rooms: There are 38 rooms available, including twin, double, family, and suite options, all equipped with private bathrooms and large viewing windows. In 2025, the train will introduce the "Cruise China Carnival" series, the "Southern Xinjiang" series, and the "Qinghai-Gansu" series, offering a total of 10 routes covering 15 provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities, with 22 stops. These routes not only include the popular classic Northwest routes, allowing passengers to view diverse landscapes from deserts and gobi to salt lakes, and explore the treasures of the Mogao Caves in Dunhuang, but also offer the unique experience of "the train as the destination," starting right from your doorstep.

Songduo Forest Park

Nanguan Mosque

Nanguan Mosque is one of the representative Islamic buildings in Xining. It is located in the city center and combines traditional Islamic style with Chinese architectural elements. Built in the 14th century, this mosque is not only the center of religious activities, but also an important window to understand local culture. Visitors can feel the strong religious atmosphere here and appreciate the unique architectural art. The mosque is open to tourists, but you need to pay attention to the prayer time. It is recommended to visit during non-prayer hours to avoid disturbing religious activities. You need to take off your shoes and dress appropriately when entering the mosque. Female tourists are recommended to wear a headscarf. Nanguan Mosque is conveniently located and tourists can choose to take a bus or taxi to get there. There are many restaurants and shops near the mosque, providing a rich variety of halal food and souvenirs. It is recommended to check the opening hours and visiting instructions in advance when visiting to better plan your itinerary.

Qinghai Tibetan Culture Museum - South Pavilion

Qinghai Tibetan Culture Museum - South Pavilion is located in Xining, Qinghai Province, and is a comprehensive museum dedicated to showcasing culture and history. Qinghai Tibetan Culture Museum - South Pavilion is dedicated to preserving and promoting rich cultural heritage, providing visitors with a platform to gain an in-depth understanding of history, art, and lifestyles. Qinghai Tibetan Culture Museum - South Pavilion features an architectural style that blends traditional elements with modern design concepts, giving it a solemn and distinctive appearance. The museum's exhibition halls are well-laid out and feature a diverse range of exhibits covering art, folklore, history, and more. Through carefully curated exhibitions, visitors can systematically learn about the evolution and development of the culture. In terms of folk culture, the South Pavilion vividly showcases the daily lives, festive activities, and traditional customs of the people through physical artifacts, photos, and video materials. Whether it is traditional clothing, cuisine, or vibrant festival celebrations, visitors can experience the unique charm and diversity of the culture here.

No. 7 of Best Things to Do in Northwestern District of China

Zhangye Colorful Danxia Scenic Spot

Zhangye Colorful Danxia Scenic Spot is located in Linze and Sunan counties at the northern foot of Qilian Mountain. The attraction is 40 km east of Zhangye city and 20 km north of Linze county. Covering a total area of 50 sq km with 4 sq km accessible to visitors, it's currently recognized as a UNESCO Global Geopark and a national 5A-level tourist attraction. The attraction features seven viewing spots, including Colorful Cloud Sea, Colorful Fairyland, Colorful Splendor, Colorful Rainbow Glow, Crouching Tiger Gorge, Colorful Ao River, and Wanxiang Earth Forest Valley, along with over 30 scenic views such as Dragon Playing with Fire (colorful hills), Monkey Gazing at the Sea, Turtle Asking the Sky, Golden Toad Seeking the Way, Giant Scallop, Colorful Screen, Sleeping Beauty, and Crouching Tiger. It is a highly integrated area of colorful hills and Danxia landforms. The colorful hills amaze visitors with their vibrant hues, intricate layered patterns, majestic scale, and breathtaking vistas. The Danxia landform area of Wanxiang Earth Forest Valley features towering peaks resembling a forest, with a harmonious yet dramatic arrangement of sparse and dense formations. These extraordinary shapes, carved by nature's artistry, combine grandeur, peril, wonder, elegance, and serenity in one spectacular landscape. After being promoted to a national 5A-level attraction and global geopark, Zhangye Colorful Danxia Scenic Spot aims to become an international travel destination. By deeply exploring and optimizing regional cultural resources, the scenic spot will leverage its unique tourism assets and cultural heritage to transform into a western China-based international resort with scientific research appeal. Centered around colorful hills and Danxia landforms, it highlights the aesthetic and scientific value of geological resources while prioritizing their protection and development. The composite attraction primarily offers geological sightseeing and recreation, complemented by cultural experiences, folk customs, and leisure vacations.

Bianmagou Flower Sea

The Bianmagou Flower Sea Scenic Area is located at the edge of Shuobei Township, Datong County. Standing on the hillside and looking at the 600-acre flower sea scenic area, you can see the Bianma flowers blooming on the green hillside. The winding wooden plank road connects the unique cabins, like a fairy tale world.

Painting Grand View Exhibition Hall

The exhibition hall of the Grand Painting Exhibition displays the "Grand Painting Exhibition of Tibetans in China", which has won the "Guinness World Record" certificate and is protected by national copyright. The "Grand Painting Exhibition" is about 618 meters long and covers an area of ​​about 1,500 square meters. There are more than 700 thangkas and more than 3,000 different embroidery patterns. The content is profound and extensive, including the Tibetans' understanding of the formation of the universe, history, religion, medicine, cultural life and other aspects. It can be called an encyclopedia of Tibetan culture. The "Grand Painting Exhibition" took 27 years from planning to completion. It was painted by more than 400 Tibetan, Mongolian, Tu and Han scholars, experts, and arts and crafts artists from five provinces and regions, including Qinghai, Tibet, Gansu, Sichuan and Yunnan, using natural painting pigments and traditional Tibetan art painting techniques. The picture is magnificent, colorful, magnificent, and every detail is present, and it is extremely detailed and breathtaking!

No. 1 of Best Things to Do in Qinghai

Chaka Salt Lake

Chaka Salt Lake is a salt field with a history of over 3,000 years. The lake water has a high salt content and naturally crystallizes into a white lake surface, reflecting the sky, clouds, and mountains on the opposite shore in the water, creating a very beautiful scene. Visitors can also walk barefoot onto the lake surface to view and photograph their own reflections, just like a mirror of the sky. On sunny days, the brine in Chaka Salt Lake crystallizes to a high degree, revealing a thin layer of brine over the pure white salt lake, with clear and pristine scenery and reflections. In the sculpture area of the attraction, you can see the stone-carved Guardian Goddess of the Salt Lake. Besides this sculpture, the other dozen or so large sculptures are all salt carvings, including figures such as the Maitreya Buddha and Genghis Khan. Walk along the path to the lakeside, and you will see the pure white Chaka Salt Lake, where you can enjoy yourself to the fullest. In the middle of the lake, a railway extends into the lake, and at the starting point is where you can take the mini train to travel deep into the lake, where the scenery is even purer.

No. 5 of Family-friendly Attractions in Qinghai

Xining Nanshan Park

Nanshan Park is located on Nanshan Mountain on the southwest side of Xining. The whole park is a mountain. If you have a half day or so in Xining City, you may come here to climb the mountain and stroll. To play Nanshan Park, you usually take a bus from the urban area to the vicinity of Nanshan Road, or take a taxi. The climbing road is easy to walk, and it is not tiring. You can also take a car to send it up for about 10 yuan. In addition to the Phoenix Terrace on the top of the mountain, there are also simple children's amusement projects and Tibetan style gardens in the mountains. In addition, many sunflowers are also planted at the foot of the mountain, and every summer and autumn, a large number of sunflowers bloom, which is very beautiful. Near Nanshan is the very famous Nanchan Temple in Qinghai Province, which was built in the Northern Song Dynasty and is one of the earlier Han Buddhist temples in Qinghai. In addition, the large-scale Chinese Buddhist Bhikuni Temple Fazhuang Temple is also here, and you can play together.

No. 1 of Best Things to Do in Ningxia

Shapotou Scenic Area

The scenic spot is located 16 kilometers west of Zhongwei City, Ningxia, on the southeastern edge of the Tengger Desert. The scenic spot has successively won honors such as "the first batch of national 5A-level tourist attractions", "the top 500 global environmental protection units", and "the first batch of national tourism standardization demonstration units". The three major cultural elements of the scenic area include the "Yellow River Culture" based on the intangible cultural heritage sheepskin rafts, the "Desert Culture" based on straw grids and Desert Legend Park, and the "Starry Sky Culture" based on the Desert Star Hotel. The tourism resources of these three elements have created a unique and magnificent landscape of "sunset over the long river and starry sky in the desert". The "six major ways to play" are highly praised and loved by tourists. Among them, the Yellow River projects include sheepskin rafting, Huangtengda, Yellow River speedboat, drift boat, passionate sandboarding and high-altitude bungee jumping, etc. The desert projects include Desert Camel, Desert Flying (Stepping into the Blue Clouds), and Sand Sea. Surfing, etc., starry sky projects include stargazing lectures, meteor feasts, sand therapy experiences, star cakes and other special products. In addition, there are also privately customized products for hiking, desert expansion, and educational and entertaining study experiences. The scenic area not only has diverse cultural elements and fun project experiences, but also multi-level accommodation experiences waiting for you: the butler-style Diamond Hotel, the quiet Desert Star Hotel for stargazing, the quiet Yellow River Courtyard in the bustling city, and finally the economical and affordable business-style Tourist Service Center Hotel and other differentiated tourist accommodations for you to choose from.