QingHai Lake in spring

Because it is deep inland, spring comes late in Qinghai Lake. Because of the high altitude and lack of oxygen, the spring temperature of Qinghai Lake is low. But even so, when the plum, spring and magnolia on the plain are competing to open, the seemingly yellow and bland river valley scrub and alpine meadow along Qinghai Lake, the dotted plum, crystal flower and microporous grass growing on the flowing rock slope are quietly changing. Especially the northwest needlegrass, sand song and splendid grass around Qinghai Lake, alpine meadow purple flower needlegrass, cold song, phoenix hair daisy, ice grass, clematis are also in the spring cold, cold air gradually spit out the new stamen.

　　Spring in Qinghai Lake is snowy.

　　After a heavy snowfall, the leaves of the grass that have just stretched out their yellow-green shoots are covered with layers of snow. But when the sun comes out at noon and the snow melts, the dwarf wildflowers will immediately reveal their gentle and sweet bodies and smile on the snow-nourished land. You will also be surprised to find that after the snow, the grass, the dark brown ground of the slope plateau, even a small leaf is too late to grow on the branches, will sprout a blue, purple, yellow flowers; a, two cordyceps, black head creeping on the ground. Early the next morning, gray clouds hung heavy in the sky, and large snowflakes fell again in the grass, wildflowers and wet marshes.

　　No need to worry. The snow in spring is warm, like a warm tide, diffusing over the earth, making the body of grass, the flowering leaves of gentian, the delicate face of green velvet artemisia, reappearing in the sunlight, inadvertently, shaking off the thin snow gently. When you listen carefully, you can still hear the drifting seeds and the rhizomes lying dormant in the ground, making a laughter.

　　In this way, in the sparkling snow again and again, the grassland people called geshan wildflowers, moistened by the snow meadow, finally in the altitude of 4,000 meters above the coast of Qinghai Lake, issued a strange fragrance.

　　Thereafter, another batch of seeds that reproduce life continue to wait patiently until they germinate, grow, blossom and bear fruit ......

　　This season, the cattle and sheep returning from the winter pasture migration smell the scent of grass.

　　The simple and honest shepherds, holding down their heartbeats in anticipation, long for the grass to be abundant and the flowers to bloom.

　　This season, people have so many reasons to fantasize about the future ......

　　This season, the grassland took the sunshine into their own organs ......

　　The earth warms up, the spring grass sprouts, and the white-capped peaks reveal the original color of the mountains. The countless rivers in the Qinghai Lake basin, covered in snow and ice, take a long breath of fresh air, Shu alive some stiff bodies, and begin to flow slowly.

　　The people of Qinghai Lake have never dared to ignore those seemingly less wide and less fertile small rivers. Without them, Qinghai Lake may have already become stagnant water, or a dry salt pond. On the steppe, the shepherd's tent should be set up not far from the river. Only when they face the flowing river, their hearts will settle down and their days will go on slowly.

　　Around the lake, there are many rivers directly related to Qinghai Lake. The ones that enter the lake directly and have a large watershed area are the Ikeulan River, the Hargai River and the Buha River. There are also some rivers that do not enter the lake directly but do not affect the intimate relationship with Qinghai Lake, such as the Xigar Qu, Xia and Ge Qu, Jun River and Xia Riha River, which also belong to the Qinghai Lake water system and also originate from the surrounding rolling hills and take Qinghai Lake as their final home, nourishing the big lake and sheltering this attractive water.

　　Spring in Qinghai Lake is windy.

　　Because of the wind, Qinghai Lake has a unique way of thawing, the "martial opening" and the "cultural opening".

　　Wenkai is elegant and takes place at night. After the wind, the lake, which is frozen for thousands of miles, will silently turn into a calm and mirror-like, green-blue and green spring water overnight; the prelude of wu kai is also due to the wind. But because the wind is too strong, the temperature inside the frozen ice suddenly rises, making the lake appear in an instant to blow up, separate, drift, crash, roar like a fierce beast scene, the scene is extremely spectacular. But it takes luck to be able to enjoy the spectacle of Wukai. But no matter what, from the day Qinghai Lake melts, the signs of life that are hidden along the shores of Qinghai Lake will roll in like a spring tide, unstoppable.

　　Under the clear sky in spring, the newly opened lake is blue and rippling. The mountains in the distance are clearly visible and unbroken. As you look far away, the grass around the lake is fresh and tender, and the blue marestail blooms in the transparent air.

　　The people on the shore of the lake were refreshed, their minds were clean, their breathing was smooth and they forgot their worries.

　　After a light rain, the shallow foothills and relatively low-lying places on the shores of Qinghai Lake sprouted lush green seedlings of barley. The barley looks similar to spring wheat, but the color is heavy, dark dark green. When you look carefully, you will know that the barley awn is longer than wheat, slightly rough, the edge is densely covered with small, thin spines. The naked eye can not see, you can feel with your hands, barley and wheat give a different feel.

　　The spring of Qinghai Lake has really arrived.

　　The spring of Qinghai Lake is not like the green willow that draws silk in the spring water and rain of the plains, nor is it like the peach-like red maiden of Jiangnan. The spring of Qinghai Lake is the poetry of ecstasy, the meeting of yin and yang, the moon, the mother, the dream of forgetting the sorrow. What's more, only the spring of Qinghai Lake can let you witness how the wild plants above 4,000 meters above sea level recover in the snow; let you see how the barren and silent earth opens up and embraces life in the snow and ice, and feel the life of the grassland people is not monotonous and dull.

　　You will also find that the people of Qinghai Lake cannot easily pick a small flower, nor will they catch every small fish that swims at their own will.

　　In the spring, the shepherds need to carefully serve the newly born lambs, mend the tents, prepare serge, prepare for the wedding clothes, and welcome the arrival of summer in the hustle and bustle.

　　The noble swans leave Qinghai Lake satisfied. However, the geese, brown-headed gulls, ruddy ducks, fish gulls and cormorants from the south and Southeast Asia are flying to Qinghai Lake day and night.

　　We cannot look into the hearts of the birds. In May and June, the females begin to incubate their eggs, and the birds are not as excited and aggressive as they were when they first arrived. The female incubates her eggs in the nest, while the male guards her carefully, or flies around to feed her, waiting for the baby to be born.

　　After more than thirty days and nights of incubation, the young birds emerge from the nest one after another. In the snow, the little Spotted-headed Geese with golden feathers and orange beaks are breaking out of their shells, waiting for their little heads to feed.

　　This is the spring in Qinghai Lake.

　　In the snow, the land is green again. Listen to the lake bloom in the strong wind. In the waves, the migratory birds are flying. In such a place, if you are a small grass, a flower, a small bird, how happy you should be.