Sits at 2690m above sea level, the Lugu Lake overlaps the remote Yunnan-Sichuan border, with a depth of 93 meters the second-deepest in China.

At the south of the Dongguan Street, the Dongguan Mosque is one of the largest mosques in northwest China.

Kumbum Monastery, also called Ta’er Monastery, is about 27 kilometers southwest of Xining. It covers around 400,000 square kilometers and is home to over 750 monks.

Qinghai Lake, also called the Kokonor Lake in Mongolian language, is the largest inland saltwater lake in northwestern China measures 4,635 square kilometers in area.

Xijiang Miao Village is a picturesque mass of closely packed traditional dwellings ranged up the side of two adjacent hills, about 40 km southeast of Kaili and 30 km northeast of Leishan.

Hutongs are a special feature of downtown Beijing, where there are 4,550 of them. A hutong is a kind of lane or alleyways lined on both sides by courtyards containing compound houses.

Built in 1694, the Yonghe Lamasery is the largest lamasery in Beijing. In the tower there is a standing figure of the Buddhist saint Maitrya carved in sandalwood, eight meters in diameter and 18 meters tall.

The Summer Palace was a grand imperial palace and a royal garden of the Qing Dynasty. It is an outstanding example of imperial gardens in classical Chinese style. It houses tens of thousands of precious cultural relics.

Covering an area of 40 square kilometers, the Ming Tombs is a group of mausoleums of 13 Ming emperors and their empresses and concubines.