Menyuan Rapeseed Flower Field

Chinese name: 门源百里油菜花海（Men Yuan Bai Li You Cai Hua Hai）
Location: Menyuan County, Haibei Tibetan Prefecture, Qinghai Province.
Ticket: Free
Estimated tour time:1-3 Hours
Recommended time to visit: JuL-Aug
Nearby attractions: Qinghai Lake, Zhuo'er Mountain, Chaka Salt Lake, Xianmi National Forest Park, etc.

Houndreds of miles of rapeseed flower fields are located in the basin. They connect Menyuan County,Qilian Mountains and Daban Mountains in Qinghai Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. It has a large rapeseed base in Qinghai and is the main vegetable oil-producing area in the northwest. Every July is the season for rapeseeds to blossom. From Qingshizui in the west to Yulongtan in the east, Lenglongling in the north bordering Gansu, and Dabanshan in the south, the rapeseed blossoms stretch for dozens of kilometers, and the entire Menyuan area becomes an ocean of gold.

Although the rapeseed is not rare, however Menyuan County rapeseed and southern rapeseed are completely different， closing to Qilian Mountain in its north, Yulong beach in the Datong riverside in its east, it next to Daban Mountain in its south extends for hundreds miles, just like a blonde ocean. Its golden richness rape flower is close to the Haomen Riverside, spread all over the Menyuan Basin for several hundreds miles. Under the deep blue sky of plateau, it mixes together with mountain and river, the village mingles with each other in the contrast with the sky. Whether you looking from a distance or looking closely, it looks like beautiful scenery.

Most of the fields tip to the west of Haomen River, therefore, standing in the bank of river and looking both side, gold is so overwhelmingly overspread here with no end. With Haomen River running through it, this scenery just like two silver lace lined with gold waving in the wind with the Qilian Mountain in a distance. In the contrast with the blue sky, the boundless golden seems extraordinarily gorgeous what is amazing and make people imagine a lot by this simple colorful structure.

Every July is the season for rapeseeds to blossom. From Qingshizui in the west to Yulongtan in the east, Lenglongling in the north bordering Gansu, and Dabanshan in the south, the rapeseed blossoms stretch for dozens of kilometers, and the entire Menyuan area becomes an ocean of gold.Rape flower here is different from the picture that Luopingduo hill shows; it draws a picture of rape flower overspread under the sky and cloud and snow mountain.