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Zhuo'er Mountain 卓尔山

Zhuo'er Shan

Zhuo'er Mountain (卓尔山) is a mountain spur of the Qilian range standing on the north bank of the Babao River in Qilian County, Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai, whose Tibetan name Zongmu Mayouma (宗穆玛釉玛) is given as meaning the beautiful rosy queen.

A wide mountain panorama: rounded green and dry-gold slopes with terracing sweeping down in the foreground, a valley floor with a small town, fields and a road in the middle distance, darker forested ridges beyond and a snow-streaked range on the horizon; a deep blue sky with cumulus and cirrus, a dark hill at the left, a fence post at the left edge, a small white structure on the right ridge and a white watermark © 郭泽泽泽泽泽 / guozzzzz.lofter.com at the lower left.
A wide mountain panorama: rounded green and dry-gold slopes with terracing sweeping down in the foreground, a valley floor with a small town, fields and a road in the middle distance, darker forested ridges beyond and a snow-streaked range on the horizon; a deep blue sky with cumulus and cirrus, a dark hill at the left, a fence post at the left edge, a small white structure on the right ridge and a white watermark © 郭泽泽泽泽泽 / guozzzzz.lofter.com at the lower left. · 郭泽泽泽泽泽真 · CC BY 2.5
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About Zhuo'er Mountain

The People's Daily Overseas Edition describes Zhuo'er Mountain as a spur of the Qilian range with a highest peak of 4,328 m, composed mainly of red sandstone and conglomerate. The Qinghai provincial government portal's account of the same mountain places the scenic area's construction site in Babao town, Qilian County, close to the Babao River and facing the sacred Ami Dongsuo (阿咪东索), also called Niuxin Shan (牛心山), across the water. Both describe the same frame around the summit: the much higher Niuxin Shan opposite, the Ladong gorge (拉洞峡) and Baiyanggou scenic area (白杨沟风景区) to left and right, the Qilian range behind, and the Babao River running along the foot of the mountain.

Inside the scenic area, the People's Daily Overseas Edition describes a gate halfway up the mountain and two-way visitor boardwalks built along the winding slope, with pavilions spaced at intervals for resting and photography, and calls the summit the best viewpoint because it is open and unobstructed. The provincial portal's account names a beacon tower (烽火台) as a place to stand and look out over Qilian, notes large rape fields and green highland barley on the lower slopes, and reports the Tibetan legend that makes Zongmu Mayouma a dragon-realm princess and Ami Dongsuo, guardian deity of the Qilian Mountains, her partner. Neither cited page gives the mountain a designation, an operating body or a statement about its present opening.

What to look for

  • The summit viewpoint, which the People's Daily Overseas Edition calls the mountain's best because it is open and unobstructed
  • The two-way visitor boardwalks built along the winding slope, with rest pavilions at intervals along them
  • The beacon tower (烽火台) named in the provincial portal's account of the mountain
  • Niuxin Shan (牛心山), also called Ami Dongsuo (阿咪东索), which both accounts place across the Babao River from Zhuo'er Mountain
  • The Ladong gorge (拉洞峡) and Baiyanggou scenic area (白杨沟风景区), placed to the left and right of the summit view in the People's Daily Overseas Edition account

Location & getting there

Getting to Zhuo'er Mountain

Check weather, trail access and the last return service. A mountain or forest area is not one entrance, and a map’s central pin may be far from the trailhead.

  • Search for 卓尔山 with 海北藏族自治州 and 祁连县.
General visit reminders

Check weather, trail access and the last return service. A mountain or forest area is not one entrance, and a map’s central pin may be far from the trailhead.

AI illustration: Rust-red sandstone layers with eroded vertical grooves and small green plants at their base.
AI illustration · AI 示意图（景观类型参考，非实拍） · 丹霞红砂岩层理 — A general visiting detail, not an exact view of this place.
Mountains & forests · 山岳／森林 →

Find Zhuo'er Mountain

卓尔山 · 祁连县

Amap · 高德地图Approximate pin · 近似位置Apple Maps · 苹果地图

The pin marks the area, not the entrance.

Sources & visit information

The linked sources support the identity and background described in this introduction. Opening hours, admission, activity availability and exact arrival arrangements have not been comprehensively checked. Confirm current visitor information with the venue; the original catalogue locality and editorial review flag are retained.

China Revealed · Editorially updated 2026-10-07