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Qinghai · Day Trip
The great monastery of the morning - the golden roofs, the butter sculptures and the prayer halls, then the capital’s Muslim quarter.
Morning at Kumbum (Ta’er Si) - the golden roofs, the butter sculptures and the thangka halls of the great Gelug monastery.
Afternoon in the Muslim heart of Xining - the great mosque and the lanes of the Hui quarter.
Evening at the Dongguan and river markets - mutton skewers, beef noodles and the candied fruit of the capital.