Hwang Ho, the Yellow River, in Qinghai Province, China

Tibetan women pray at Harvest Festival, Tongren Area, Qinghai Province, China

Rape and barley fields by the Hwang Ho, Yellow River, at Lajia, Qinghai Province, China

Rape and barley fields by the Hwang Ho, Yellow River, at Lajia, Qinghai Province, China

Red Sect Buddhist monastery, Archon, Baima, Qinghai Province, China, Asia

Crowds of costumed dancers celebrate Chinese New Year, Xining, Qinghai Province, China, Asia

Back of a Tibetan man with needles inserted into skin in manhood rites in Qinghai Province, China, Asia

Opening parade, Yushu Horse Festival, Qinghai Province, China, Asia

Women in traditional Tibetan dress, Yushu, Qinghai Province, China, Asia

Woman riding donkey cart on a tree-lined road, with bicycle in distance, Dunhuang, Qinghai Province, China, Asia

Men in traditional Tibetan dress, Yushu Horse Fetival, Qinghai Province, China, Asia

Yellow River, Lajia, Qinghai Province, China, Asia

Stilt dancers in parade at New Year celebrations in Qinghai Province, China, Asia

Line of people wearing Tibetan traditional dress, Tongren, Qinghai Province, China, Asia

Tibetans dressed for religious shaman's ceremony, Tongren, Qinghai Province, China, Asia

Young woman wearing typical amber jewellery, Yushu Horse Fair, Qinghai Province, China, Asia

Tibetan dance, Yushu Horse Festival, Qinghai Province, China, Asia

Tibetans dressed for religious shaman's ceremony, Tongren, Qinghai Province, China, Asia

Tibetan racers, Yushu Horse Fair, Qinghai Province, China, Asia

Little girl wearing traditional amber jewellery at Yushu, Qinghai Province, China, Asia

Tibetan woman spinning, Qinghai Province, China, Asia

Portrait of a Tibetan woman wearing jewellery near Maqen, Qinghai Province, China, Asia

Rape and barley fields by the Yellow River at Lajia, Qinghai Province, China, Asia

A group of Tibetans eating at the bazaar at T'Aer Monastery, Qinghai province, Tibet, China, Asia

Yushu, Qinghai Province, China, Asia

Tibetans using motorbikes instead of horses, festival, Qinghai Province, China, Asia

Namtso lake or Nam tso lake in Tibet China. Nam Tso Lake is the second largest lake in Tibet, and one of the most famous places on the "Roof of the World". The lake itself is located at an altitude of 4,718 m, and has an area of 1,920 km². This lake is the largest of the lakes in the Tibet Autonomous Region, although it is not the largest on the Qinghai Tibet Plateau, a title that belongs to Lake Qinghai, more than twice the area of Namtso, which is more than 1,000 km, in the northeast, in Qinghai province.

Tibetan Buddhism, religious Cham mask dance at the important Gelugpa monastery of Kumbum, Huangzhong, Xinning, Qinghai province, formerly known as Kokonur, Tibet, China, Asia

A display of clocks and watches for sale in a market in Xining in China's western Qinghai province.