Zoige grassland is located at the big bend in the upper reaches of the Yellow River. It is a special area on the eastern edge of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, with an altitude of 3,300 to 3,600 meters. Also known as Songpan Plateau.
Zoige has always been the main road leading to Gansu and Qingdao, and it is the important town of North Road in Aba Prefecture. Located in the triangle, it reaches Hehuang Valley in the north, Minjiang River, Dadu River in the south or Jialing River in the east, and reaches Sichuan Basin. The importance of transportation and trade makes Zoige grassland always the frontier of communication and integration between the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and the mainland, and it is also a battleground for military strategists.
Zoige is also the place where the Red Army's Long March passed! Yak and highland barley on the plateau are important foods for our great ancestors to "cross the grassland three times".
The whole grassland is between tall mountains, and the grassland is full of lazy cattle and sheep.
The sun shines on the grass, the grass bears seeds and the wind shakes the leaves. We just stood there, not talking, and everything was beautiful.
Dandelions and flowers are everywhere, as well as cow dung and sheep dung.
The grassland is beautiful, but it is definitely not suitable for women to drive alone. Somewhere in the grassland, I got off in a hurry and went to the depths of the grassland to solve the problem. As a result, several local men immediately appeared on the roadside to strike up a conversation, which scared me to flee. I am in a hurry.
I used to think that if I wanted to see the grassland, of course I had to go to Hulunbeier. I didn't expect the grassland in Gansu to be so beautiful. There are few other vehicles on the grassland road, and the road conditions are good. When we went, it was the season when the plateau flowers were in full bloom. All kinds of small yellow flowers and purple flowers are bright and dazzling.
This fat groundhog is sitting on the side of the road. When he saw us stop, he quickly ran back to his cave. Look carefully again, there are many holes in the grassland the size of a big bowl.
Happy prairie dogs, I won't bother you. We are just passers-by, and you are the real owners of the grassland.