qinghai means "blue lake,"and indeed the name of the province comes from the pristine waters of the vast qinghai lake high on the plateau - the "roof of the world." three great rivers rise in qinghai: the yellow river and the yangtze river nurtured dazzling chinese civilizations that sprang up along their valleys; the lancang river starts here too irrigating first tibet and yunnan, before flowing through southeast asia as the mekong.historically remote, but not isolated, both the southern route of the silk road and the tang tubo road linking the tang emperors in chang an and the ubokings in lhasa made their way through the heart of qinghai.in the gentle embrace of sanjiangyuan - the great source of three rivers - are vast grasslands, rippling snow mountains, the devout pilgrims,sacred living creatures….
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圖書目錄
Foreword The World''s Biggest Nature Reserve See the Waters of the Yellow River Leap down from Hq The Thousand Year Search for the Source of the Yangtz Where the Lancang River Begins The Kunlun Mountains, Qinghai Lake and Longbao Ta Glaciers, Permafrost and Wetlands Sourceland of Three Great Rivers "Third Pole" Climate Unique Plateau Plants Wildlife Paradise Hoh Xil the Beautiful The Qinghai-Tibet Railway Sanjiangyuan Nature Reserve The Amazing Painted Pottery of Liuwan Mystery of a Vanished Civilization The Qiang n Earliest Inhabitants of the Yellow River Headwater The Tuyuhun n Ancestors of the "DJ Tuynhun and the Southern Silk Road Riyue Mountain m Witness to Han-Tibetan Kinship Nadun Festival and Lunziqiu Wutu Dance of the Tu People Tu Wedding Customs Rainbow Clothing Hua''er Gatherings and Shadow Plays King Gesar -- the World''s Longest Epic Butter Flower Sculpture and Regong Arts Cliff Carving in Hidden Valleys Khampa Horseracing Mani Stones and Sntra Walls Appendix