Colorful Qinghai Lake

　　BEIJING, July 22 -- Qinghai Lake is situated in Qinghai Province and is the largest salt lake in inland China.

　　A herdsman leads a horse walks by a field of cole flowers beside Qinghai Lake on July 19, 2009.(Xinhua Photo)

　　Qinghai Lake is known as "the most beautiful lake" in China. It has an area of more than 4,000 square kilometers and located in the northeast of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Around the lake are grasslands and flowers with herds of animals. Behind the lake is the snowy mountain. This beautiful and mysterious scenery attracts many tourists from home and abroad.

　　A herd of animals eat grass on a pasture beside Qinghai Lake on July,2009. (Xinhua Photo)