Amazing Qinghai Lake scenery attracts tourists

Tourists enjoy themselves by the Qinghai Lake, about 150 kilometers west of Xining, capital of northwest China's Qinghai Province, August 13, 2009. Located in northeastern part of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau with an altitude of over 3,200 meters, the Qinghai Lake, covering an area of 4,300 square km, is the largest inland salt-water lake in China as well as an important ecological and natural reserve. (Xinhua/Zhang Yanhui)

Tourists enjoy themselves by the Qinghai Lake, about 150 kilometers west of Xining, capital of northwest China's Qinghai Province, August 13, 2009. (Xinhua/Zhang Yanhui)

Photo taken on August 13, 2009 shows the rape flowers field by the Qinghai Lake, about 150 kilometers west of Xining, capital of northwest China's Qinghai Province.(Xinhua/Zhang Yanhui)(Xinhua Photo)

Tourists are seen in a ship in the Qinghai Lake, about 150 kilometers west of Xining, capital of northwest China's Qinghai Province, August 13, 2009. (Xinhua/Zhang Yanhui)

Tourists are seen by the Qinghai Lake, about 150 kilometers west of Xining, capital of northwest China's Qinghai Province, August 13, 2009. (Xinhua/Zhang Yanhui)

Tourists enjoy themselves by the Qinghai Lake, about 150 kilometers west of Xining, capital of northwest China's Qinghai Province, August 13, 2009.

Located in northeastern part of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau with an altitude of over 3,200 meters, the Qinghai Lake, covering an area of 4,300 square km, is the largest inland salt-water lake in China as well as an important ecological and natural reserve.