Qinghai Slideshow

This is a collection of images from a trip to China's Qinghai Province in late April/early May 2007, set to the song "Cool Calm" by Kensuke Shiina & Irama Buyung. The trip covered Xining City, Qinghai Lake, Taer Monastery, Tongren Monastery, Xunhua City, Mengda Lake, Wendu Monastery, and Huzhu City. The man at 3:40 is not wearing a hat, rather, his hair is spun into a turban. Qinghai means "Turquoise Sea" in Chinese; even though this province is located very far from the coast, Qinghai lake is so massive that it resembles a sea horizon, and thus it justifies the moniker. Qinghai has traditionally been a part of ethnographic Tibet, but it also features other unique nationalities, such as the Sala muslims, descendants of Kazakh nomads who settled here 800 years ago, and the Tu people, who were once closely tied to northeastern Mongolian tribes, but have long since settled in the hills north of the Yellow River.

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[superyounan1]

great video! the guy at 3:54 is my fav

[OuLuYang]

Yeah, that guy was really friendly

[gingiskhan100]

@superyounan1 4:14 looks like my uncle

[GuamKomudo]

I knew it wasn't Chinese, but I only have experience in the official language of China and some Cantonese. I thought it was like Tibetian or something cause they are like in the same place lol

[73Hamizie]

hahahah.. why the song background is in Indonesian language... but the slide show the views & peoples from Qinghai, China??

Koknya bahasa Indonesia digunakan dalam lagi tu... Mengapa ya? Tapi apa-apa pun, sedap jugak lagu itu yichhh...

[GuamKomudo]

Is this song in Tibetian or the place language of Qing Hai? Sounds... Dosent sound like my friends Chinese, hes from Qing Hai =D But he also dosent sound like a choir of girls... So i cant really compare xD lol

[harlequinhybrid]

Wicked song

cool photos

[pikakiko]

oh i see u did in the description box. when does it appear? kinda in a hurry

[pikakiko]

did u go to the qinghai lake?

[alivet0day]

great!

[kalivala]

Dude, the song is Indonesian. It's in Javanese. What's it gotta do with the places?

[cheesechaser]

damn! we should've gone to qinghai. very nice vid. check out my slideshow.