[2025 Nangqian Attraction] Travel Guide for Ga'er Temple (Updated Apr)

👉Ga'er Monastery features a unique geographical environment. It is the largest monastery of the Tibetan Bon religion, situated on a mountain at an altitude of around 3700 meters. 👉The monastery is divided into an upper and a lower temple. The upper temple is where monks practice their religion, with temples embedded in the cliffs. The lower temple is where laypeople live, spread across the hillside like a village. 👉The area encompasses high mountain pastures, primeval forests, and streams among the woods. It's a collection not only of temple culture but also of the tranquil and pleasant nature between heaven and earth. 📍Address: Bamai Village, Baizha Township, Nangqian County, Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province 🚗Transportation: Self-driving or chartered car, at the border of Qinghai and Tibet, 76 kilometers from Nangqian County town, 250 kilometers from Yushu Prefecture's capital, Jiegu Town. ➡️Route: Turn south at the 1024-kilometer point of National Highway 214 into the gravel road leading to Baizha Forest Farm, continue for about 25 kilometers, then head west into Balong Gully (also known as Ga'er Monastery Canyon), and drive about 15 kilometers to the end of the canyon to reach Ga'er Monastery. ❤️Features: ✔️Legend has it that over 700 years ago, the great master Padmasambhava practiced here. ✔️The treasures of the monastery are a pair of unique prayer wheels, said to be part of the dowry Princess Wencheng brought when she married Songtsen Gampo. 🏞️Sightseeing: 1. At the foot of the monastery's mountain, there is a highland meadow surrounded by a lake. 2. Cars can drive along the mountain road all the way to the top of the monastery, where there is a parking lot. 3. The lower temple is halfway up the mountain, said to be where lay practitioners practice, resembling a village on the hillside. 4. Driving all the way to the top, the upper temple is embedded in the cliffs, with the sound of chanting and grand temples. 5. After visiting the upper temple, you can go to the back mountain. In summer, the area is lush with trees, covered with wildflowers, colorful prayer flags, and you can overlook the entire monastery. Ga'er Monastery Grand Canyon Ecotourism Area

👉These red salt fields are just too beautiful! The Baizha Salt Field in Nangqian, Qinghai, is located by the Dana River. Overlooking the square salt pans below the mountain, they resemble a palette, and the salt fields on the mountain follow the terrain like terraced fields. 👉Baizha Salt Field is one of the oldest salt fields in the Yushu area of Qinghai. With a thousand years of salt mining experience, it still uses ancient salt-making techniques to this day. 👉In summer, the scenery on the way to Baizha Salt Field is very beautiful, with mountains, grasslands, wheat fields, and ancient villages. Accompanied by beautiful scenery all the way, you will encounter this stunning red salt field. 📍Address: Baizha Village, Baizha Township, Nangqian County, Yushu, Qinghai 🚗Transportation: Self-driving or chartered car, Baizha Ancient Salt Field is 45 kilometers away from Nangqian County 🏞️Features: This boutique tourist route of Baizha Salt Field is cool and comfortable in summer. Along the way, there are alpine meadows, river canyons, sacred mountains and holy lakes, and many ancient villages and temples. From natural scenery to cultural features, it has everything. 🚘Route: Nangqian—Zhaqu River—Naijia Ma Sacred Mountain—Baizha Ancient Salt Field—Ga'er Temple Grand Canyon—Yixiantian—Ga'er Temple—Lacuo Lake ❤️Activities: Photographing villagers harvesting salt, experiencing salt harvesting, walking the ancient salt road, and the sky mirror of the salt fields, etc.

In 2010, a major earthquake occurred in Yushu, causing many people to die. People from all over the country gave great help to Yushu. Therefore, to thank the aid from the compatriots across the country, Yushu decided that all scenic spots in the area would be free of charge, permanently. This place is more mysterious than Tibet, more primitive than Xinjiang, and as sacred as Sichuan. It is even a paradise for travelers, ranking among the top in China. It is Qinghai Yushu. 🚉Travel Guide: ✈️You can choose to fly to Yushu Batang Airport 🚅You can choose to take a bullet train to Xining, and then depart from Xining to Yushu Recommended attractions: Hoh Xil This is a sacred place to witness life and faith, a paradise for rare wild animals. On the way, you can see snow-capped mountains and grasslands, lakes and wetlands, and groups of wild animals. △The core area is prohibited to enter, only for distant viewing, please pay attention to safety! Sanjiangyuan China's first national park, where the mountains stand tall, on both sides of the Yellow River, presenting a fascinating picture. Coming here is like walking into a huge natural zoo: Tibetan antelopes, wild donkeys, and wild yaks can be seen everywhere Chumar River Under the sun, the Chumar River looks like rocks washed by water, and also like the 'blood of the earth', which is really amazing Jiegu Temple The temple and the monks' houses are well-arranged, towering above the hill. Standing here, you can see the whole town, which is very spectacular and vast Gaer Temple This is an ancient temple hanging on a cliff, with an altitude of more than 3700 meters. It is the largest temple in the White Sect of Tibetan Buddhism. You can visit the treasure of the temple, a pair of peculiar prayer wheels. It is said that this pair of prayer wheels was the dowry brought by Princess Wencheng when she married Songtsen Gampo, and was later placed in Gaer Temple Baizha Ancient Salt Field An ancient salt field with a longer history than Chaka Salt Lake, still using the ancient salt-making process. The scenery is pleasant in summer, with mountains, grasslands, wheat fields, and ancient villages, forming a picture Xinzha Mani Stone Scripture City At an altitude of more than 3600 meters, the Mani pile is magnificent and is known as 'the largest place in the world for making wishes'. Although these characters are mysterious and difficult to understand, they are as elegant as artworks Yushu Horse Racing Festival The largest Tibetan carnival in Qinghai, held on the Zaxi Grassland from July 25 to August 1 every year. Those who are going to play recently can pay attention The name 'Yushu' is translated from Tibetan, meaning 'ruins'. There are countless praises for this place: 'Ocean of Song and Dance', 'Hometown of Song and Dance', 'Ancestor of Famous Mountains', 'Source of Rivers', 'Land of Yaks', 'The Closest Place to the Sky in the World'.