Tea Salt Lake is best visited in May, June, July, August and September.
The beauty of Chaka Salt Lake is enough to touch people's hearts. It is not so much a mirror of the sky as a dream. Tea Salt Lake, like a magic mirror, turns the world upside down. To go to the salt lake, you must take a small train and sit in the depths of the salt lake, caves and endless salt lakes. Very special! It's best to take a small train. You can go in for about 20 minutes. There are fewer people there, and the photos taken are more beautiful.
How to shoot the illusion of the sky?
Do not choose noon.
The best shooting time is when the sun sets and the sky becomes more and more beautiful. There is also a sunny evening, and the white lake reflects the blue sky, white clouds like cotton candy, and a warm sunset.
Be sure to stand still!
The most beautiful thing about tea is its reflection, so when you get to the middle of the lake, you must stand still. If you move your feet, your reflection will burn, and you won't have that kind of beauty.
Best location: deep in salt lake
Tea Salt Lake created a miracle: floating on the water. Due to the crystallization of a large number of lake salt sedimentary minerals in Chaka Salt Lake, a "salt plate" several meters thick is formed, which is covered with a layer of water several millimeters thick. From a distance, people standing on the salt pan seem to be floating on the water, and their reflections are clearly visible.
Practical tips for tea salt lake
Traffic guide
The distance of tea
Xining
3 10 km, starting in the morning
Xining
You can arrive at Chaka Salt Lake at noon. You'd better contact the local tour guide to charter a car.
Price time
Tickets for Tea Salt Lake are 70 yuan/person and train tickets are 35 yuan/person. Opening hours: 7: 00- 18: 30.
Best tourist season
See the salt lake scenery in summer, industrial salt mining in spring and snow scenery in winter. Sacrifice to the sea on the fifteenth day of the lunar calendar, take a small train sightseeing, take a yacht sightseeing, and watch artificial salt mining.
Can you treat beriberi?
Drivers on the road all know that soaking feet can cure beriberi. Whether there is beriberi or not, it is necessary to soak your feet.
Pay attention to altitude sickness.
Tea salt lake area is about 3000 meters above sea level, so be careful not to exercise vigorously to avoid altitude sickness.
Do a good job of sun protection.
On a sunny day, the light here is very strong, and the lake reflects light. Therefore, to prepare for sun protection, it is best to prepare a pair of sunglasses to protect your eyes, otherwise it will do great harm to your eyes.
Watch the rocks.
Because the salt layer is rough, it hurts to walk barefoot, and the mud in the lake is deep, so it is not recommended to walk too deep.
About taking good photos.
If you want to take a good photo in the salt lake, you have to spell RP. Most suitable for sunny days, after continuous sunny days. At this time, the crystallinity of the lake is very high, and you will see a thin layer of brine covering the white salt lake. Scenery and reflection are the clearest and purest.
You must remember to wear bright clothes when you go to the salt lake, not white or blue.
Because the sky is blue and the clouds are white, taking pictures has no effect.
I can't see the reflection of the car on rainy days.
Chaka Salt Lake, one of the "55 Places to Go in Life" selected by China Sky Mirror 055-79000 magazine.
It is said that Chaka Salt Lake is another mirror of the sky. The reflection ability of the lake is very strong, and all reflections can be seen. It is famous for this rare natural landscape, so it is called the mirror of the sky.
The premise is that the weather is sunny and sunny. And the day I went happened to be rainy, after extreme reflection.
So everyone's journey is different and the scenery they encounter is different. The rainy Chaka Salt Lake has a different kind of poetry, which makes me feel as if it has waited for me for many years and finally met it in endless time.
Whether I come or not, it waits there quietly. Silence here and listen to its dialogue with the sky; Wait here, waiting for the collision of hearts. One day, I will realize that everything happened when I was on the road.
The rain stopped and it began to turn a little blue the day after tomorrow.
I have been there once. Personally, I think the best time to go to Chaka Salt Lake is June. There is less rain in June, and the proportion of salt is significant, so the photo effect will be more obvious.
From the end of June to the beginning of July, it is summer in Qinghai. It is said that the summer in Qinghai is only about a week. It was the end of August when I went. I came to Qinghai with a temperature difference of 22 degrees from Shanghai at 36 degrees, and caught a cold.
Sunny days can capture the effect of the sky. It's raining and windy on cloudy days, so you can't see the special effects of the sky mirror when you come.
It is said that the most beautiful time in Chaka Salt Lake is before 10 in the morning and after 5 pm, that is, at sunrise and sunset.
Choose colorful clothes, preferably a long red dress or a big red silk scarf, and take the most beautiful photos.
I searched the above two photos online. These are all photos taken in colorful clothes on a sunny day. So, if you put on gorgeous clothes and go to Chaka Salt Lake on a sunny day, you will meet the most beautiful celestial mirror.
When doing the raiders, I learned that Chaka Salt Lake has six wonders: the mirror of the sky, the mirror of the night sky, the salt sculpture of Chaka Salt Lake, the railway track of Salt Lake, the train of Salt Lake, sunrise and sunset.
The reflection of the lake in Chaka Salt Lake is the same color as the sky, and stars are scattered on the lake. Therefore, the Chaka Salt Lake at night has the reputation of "the mirror of the night sky".
Salt Lake City Railway is a very short track leading to the center of the lake. The distance between the tracks is only 60 cm, which is a rare "inch track" train in the world.
It is necessary for every tourist to take a small train to enter the salt lake scenic spot, so the salt lake train is also a beautiful scenery.
In Chaka Salt Lake from May to September, the sunrise time is around 6:30 in the morning and the sunset time is around 19:30. So please put on your brightest clothes at the most beautiful time to experience Chaka Salt Lake!
Salt water is very corrosive. Remember to protect your camera. If your hand touches the salt, try not to touch the camera again.
Wearing sunglasses, the ultraviolet reflection of Chaka Salt Lake is very harmful to the eyes. Wearing sunglasses can protect your eyes very well.
It is important to pay attention to sun protection at high altitude. The ultraviolet rays in the plateau are much stronger than those in the plain, so it is necessary to apply sunscreen at any time.
I made a salt sculpture.
There are no shops except salt in the scenic spot, so please fill your stomach before entering the scenic spot.
Want to take a good picture, go down to the lake, walk barefoot in the lake, or barefoot. The photos you took are the best. But the salt is very thick, which will hurt your feet. And at the end of August, I felt that the temperature in the water was only about 10 degrees. It's really cold.
Unless you go to Qinghai in summer for a week, the temperature difference between morning and evening will be great, so take enough clothes.
Tea salt lake is a plateau area, so don't do strenuous exercise to avoid altitude sickness.
From Xining to Chaka Salt Lake, there is a special tourist train. The endless prairie along the road is full of beautiful scenery. It is suggested to go to Chaka Salt Lake by train, where you will meet beautiful scenery.
It was this special train that brought me to Chaka Salt Lake.