Qinghai: Zhouer, Wucai, Kunlun Mountain, July 2025

Zhouer Mountain 卓尔山 is one of my favorites of this Qinghai photo trip.  It is a branch of the Qilian Mountains, with a hilly grassland landscape and a red sandstone Danxia landform.  Also called Zongmu Mayuma which means “beautiful ruddy queen” in Tibetan, it is regarded as a sacred mountain by local Tibetan Buddhists.  Legend […]