Xining specialties are: 1, roast lamb; 2, dog water urine; 3, cassoulet mutton; 4, datong yak; 5, bee Erli crest; 6, Qinghai jade; 7, thick serge; 8, stuffed leather; 9, _ pot bun; 10, sweet spirits. Xining is located in northwestern China, the eastern part of Qinghai Province, Huangshui in the middle reaches of the valley basin, is the eastern gateway to the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, the ancient "Silk Road" south and "Tangfan Road" must be, since ancient times, is the key to northwestern transportation and military, known as the "Key to the West Sea".

West China is one of the world's high-altitude cities, known as "the key to the West China Sea" and "the throat of the sea and Tibet".

Xining Regional Culture

Xining is located in the combination of the Loess Plateau and the Tibetan Plateau, and is a multi-ethnic city whose culture and art are developed with strong ethnic and local characteristics. Tibetan buddhist temple of ghee flower, embroidery, mural is known as the "art of the three", Huangnan state of Rhegong art and Huangshangzhong peasant painting also enjoys a good reputation at home and abroad.

Cultural relics and monuments

As of 2012, Xining provincial cultural relics management organization, a provincial museum, city and county cultural relics management organization, city and county museums 3, professional cultural and scientific research personnel 28 people. There are more than 4,300 cultural relics spots found in Qinghai (705 in Xining), among which, there are 6 national key cultural relics protection units (Tal Temple and Longwu Temple, Qutang Temple, Mashangguan Ruins, Xihai County Old Town, Hot Water Cemetery), 224 provincial-level cultural relics protection units (64 in Xining), and 319 county-level cultural relics protection units (77 in Xining);

Collections of cultural relics of more than 160,000 pieces Xining Datong on Sun Jiazhai unearthed dance pattern colored pottery pots, is one of China's earliest painted dance graphics of colored pottery.