Is it called 'Mirror of the Sky in China', does the sky of China agree?

💧Often you will see such a set of photos on the Internet: a beautiful girl 💃 draped in a red scarf or wearing a red long dress, barefoot standing in a lake of blue and white interweaving 🌊. The lake surface is as transparent and holy as a mirror, reflecting the beautiful shadow of the girl. The check-in place for this set of photos is the Chaka Salt Lake in Qinghai. 💧'Chaka', in Tibetan means 'salt pool', and in Mongolian it means 'sea of blue salt'. During the formation of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, some seawater accumulated in the low-lying areas and actively became many salt lakes and ponds. Chaka Salt Lake is one of them. The lake surface here is 3100 meters above sea level, 15.8 kilometers long from east to west, and 9.2 kilometers wide from north to south, in an oval shape. 💧According to the introduction: Chaka Salt Lake is surrounded by snow-capped mountains 🗻, the calm lake surface is like a mirror, reflecting the beautiful and intoxicating sky scenery, it has been rated by the National Tourism Geographic Magazine as 'one of the 55 places a person must go in his lifetime', and it is even known as the 'Mirror of the Sky in China'. But I want to ask a question based on my personal experience, who gave Chaka Salt Lake this title? Is it the tourists or the experts, or the sky of China? Calling it the 'Mirror of the Sky in China', does the sky of China agree? 💧I came here in September, fantasizing about standing on the 'Mirror of the Sky' lake surface, taking a few memorable photos, what a comfortable thing it would be. However, when I took a bus for several hours, then took a small train 🚂, put on heavy boots and came to the heart of the lake, came to this so-called 'Mirror of the Sky', I asked myself: Is this muddy salt alkali beach in front of me the 'Mirror of the Sky'? Did I come at the wrong time? Isn't September the best season to come here? Is the weather wrong, it's a sunny afternoon 🔆! 💧The reality gave me the answer: this is indeed Chaka Salt Lake, but it is far less stunning than imagined, and it is not as beautiful as the photos on the Internet 😝! All there is here is a fairy-tale-like small train 🚂, and a few artificial salt sculptures along the way, and tourists who are taking photos in the lake like dumplings 👨‍👨‍👧‍👧. Chaka Salt Lake, let alone a mirror, it can't even be called 'clean', let alone 'clear'. 💧The photos on the Internet can only be appreciated. In reality, the so-called Internet celebrity check-in places sometimes really make people feel regret and regret. On such a sunny day, the scenery is so 1⃣, if it's a cloudy day, I guess the scenery can't even be 2⃣. 💧After returning from Qinghai, I learned that the so-called 'Mirror of the Sky' effect requires the joint action of light 🌈, water surface 🌊, and salt 🌫 crystals, and it won't work if one is missing. Therefore, the best time for the three to be one is probably after a heavy rain ☔️, when the weather suddenly clears up 🔅, that may be the most beautiful moment of Chaka Salt Lake, the real mirror of the sky. 💧I also learned that in Qinghai, there are actually many lakes with beautiful scenery, such as Chaerhan Salt Lake, Mangya Emerald Lake, Dachaidan Emerald Lake, Xitaijinoer Lake, etc. And Chaka Salt Lake belongs to a place where you will regret it if you don't go, and you will regret it even more if you go 🤭. 💧Some netizens commented on Chaka Salt Lake like this: 'As a local, I really can't stand it anymore. A few years ago, Chaka was really a mirror in the sky, now it's a stinky ditch, all polluted and destroyed.' Chaka Salt Lake, perhaps once a beautiful place, but now it is not as beautiful as the Internet says, let alone as stunning as the 'Mirror of the Sky', at most it can be considered a Internet celebrity check-in lake 🌊. 💧Leaving aside the lake itself, if you come here to see the small train 🚂, appreciate the salt sculptures, understand the crystal clear, pure quality of blue salt production process and scene, it is also worth it. But expecting to be able to take those filter big shots on the Internet here is a bit unrealistic. As for being called 'Mirror of the Sky in China', not only the sky of China will not agree, but also many of us ordinary tourists, I guess many people will not agree 😊🚫. 📍Tips: 💦Address: Chaka Salt Lake is located in Chaka Town, Ulan County, Haixi Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai, about 300 kilometers from Xining. 💦Cost: about 200 yuan, including ticket 60 yuan + bus 30 yuan + small train 100 yuan (round trip) + battery car 10 yuan (round trip). 💦Opening hours: peak season (May to October) 7:00-20:00, off-season (November to next April) 7:30-19:00. 💦Title: National 4⃣A Scenic Area, China's first green edible salt production base. 💦Tour time: about 2⃣ hours. 💦Precautions: The UV rays in the scenic area are very strong, you need to bring sun protection and anti-high anti-products, etc. Chaka Salt Lake