Qinghai Lake
Qinghai lake, in the ancient was called "west sea", also called "fresh water" or "fresh sea". In Tibetan it was called" "cuowenbo" which means "blue sea", called "kokonor" in Mongol's Lake quay dialect. Since the area around Qinghai Lake was Qiang people's pasture in the past, it was also called "xianbeijianghai"(fresh low Qiang sea), some people in the Han dynasty also called it "god sea". Since Beiwei period, the name is changed to "Qinghai".
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