Qilian Mountain From Zhangye, go to the north bank of Qinghai Lake Gangcha, follow the 227 National Road through Minle County, look west, see the distant sky is a snow-capped mountain, that is Qilian Mountain. Qilian Mountain, originally refers to the southernmost mountain mountain of the Hexi Corridor (the southern mountain of the Corridor, at an altitude of 5547 meters), or narrowly defined "Qilian Mountain". "Qilian" is the Hunnu language, Hunnu called the sky "Qilian", Qilian Mountain is the meaning of "Tianshan". Because it is located in the south of the Hexi Corridor, it has also been called Nanshan in history, and there are also names such as Snow Mountain and Baishan Mountain. In the early years of the West Han Dynasty, Huo went to the west to fight and conquered the Xiongnu. "Losing me Qilian Mountain makes my six animals not rest; Losing my Wuzhi Mountain makes me marry my wife without color." This is what the Xiongnu folk song refers to as "Qilian Mountain". Later refers to a series of mountains between Gansu and Qinghai that are geologically or geomorphologically linked.