denny Ethnic & National book

1 - ''Qinghai lake''; 2 - ''Howling of Yellow river'' Huang Hetao is from Kunming, Yunnan (southwest China) and is a member of the Tu ethnic minority. His repertoire consists mainly of traditional folk and patriotic songs. He appeared in national youth singing competitions, sang a theme song for a movie, and performed at official public events. Qinghai Lake is sandwiched between Hainan and Haibei Tibetan Autonomous Prefectures in northeastern Qinghai. The lake is located at the crossroads of several bird migration routes across Asia. Many species use Qinghai as an intermediate stop during migration. The Yellow River or Huang He / Hwang Ho (simplified Chinese: 黄河; traditional Chinese: 黃河; pinyin: Huáng Hé; Mongolian: Hatan Gol, Queen river]) is the second-longest river in China (after the Yangtze River) and the sixth-longest in the world at the estimated length of 5464 kilometers (3395 mi). Originating in the Bayan Har Mountains in Qinghai Province in western China, it flows through nine provinces of China and empties into the Bohai Sea. The Yellow River is called "the cradle of Chinese civilization", as its basin is the birthplace of ancient Chinese civilizations and was the most prosperous region in early Chinese history. But frequent devastating flooding when the silt washed down from the upper reaches elevated the river bed in its lower course higher and higher, sometimes above the level of the surrounding fields, has also earned it the unenviable names "China's ...