Shuijingxiang starts from the west gate of the commercial center in the east and ends at Beidajie in the west. It is the busiest commercial street in Xining. Shuijingxiang is divided into two parts, one is the snack street and the other is the commercial street. You can eat all kinds of snacks in Xining here, especially all kinds of halal beef and mutton. There are many Tibetan jewelry shops in the commercial street, selling small items such as jewelry and shawls, as well as stalls selling specialties such as saffron and wolfberry. Ordinary shawls are about 20 yuan/piece, large wolfberries are about 50 yuan/jin, and saffron is 15 yuan/bag. Shuijingxiang can be said to be a must-visit place in Xining. There are a wide variety of goods here, the sales volume of goods is extremely large, and tourists are bustling. Even if you don’t buy anything, you have to come to Xining to stroll around.
Attractions Location: Chengzhong District, Xining City, Qinghai Province
Transportation:
Line 18 gets off at Ximen Stadium Station; Lines 5, 19, 32, 34, 40, 58 and Special Line 3 get off at Tianqiao Commercial City Station.
Time reference: Less than 1 hour
Discover the charm of Shuijing Lane, a historic and cultural alley in Xining, Qinghai, perfect for a day of leisurely exploration combining history, local snacks, and shopping.
Accommodation/Food: Stay in Xining city hotels near Shuijing Lane. Sample specialties like hand-pulled noodles, yak meat, and local pastries.
Souvenirs: Tibetan prayer beads, local handicrafts, miniature models of Shuijing Lane architecture.
Spend two days exploring Shuijing Lane and the rich cultural sites around Xining.
Transportation: Use taxis or city buses for short distances; walking is feasible between many downtown sites.
Accommodation/Food: Xining city hotels or guesthouses. Try Tibetan butter tea, barley wine, and local dumplings.
Souvenirs: Qinghai embroidery, local herbal teas, Tibetan silver jewelry.
Combine urban cultural exploration with nature trips nearby.
Transportation: Private car or organized tour for Qinghai Lake trip; taxis and buses in Xining.
Accommodation/Food: Stay in Xining or near Qinghai Lake for the night. Enjoy local fish dishes and yak meat specialties.
Souvenirs: Salt products from Qinghai Lake, Tibetan handicrafts, yak wool scarves.
Add visits to Tibetan villages near Xining to experience traditional Tibetan lifestyle and crafts.
Accommodation/Food: Stay in local guesthouses or return to Xining. Taste traditional Tibetan barley cakes and yak butter tea.
Souvenirs: Handmade wool products, Tibetan jewelry, traditional thangka paintings.
Explore a broad range of Qinghai's cultural and natural highlights.
Transportation: Taxi or arranged tours recommended for distant sites.
Accommodation/Food: Xining hotels or guesthouses near monasteries. Enjoy vegetarian monastery meals and Tibetan bread.
Souvenirs: Buddhist prayer beads, monastery thangka paintings, local incense.
Combine city, cultural, natural, and rural experiences around Shuijing Lane and beyond.
Transportation: Private car or tour bus essential for long-distance travel.
Accommodation/Food: Overnight in Xining. Sample local dairy products and Tibetan dishes.
Souvenirs: Salt crystals, Tibetan crafts, Qinghai herbal teas.
Spend a week deeply exploring Qinghai’s cultural heritage, natural wonders, and Tibetan lifestyle with Shuijing Lane as your cultural hub.
Accommodation/Food: Stay in Xining hotels near Shuijing Lane. Enjoy fusion dishes combining Han and Tibetan flavors.
Souvenirs: Tibetan arts and crafts, Qinghai specialty snacks, handmade wool products.
The dinner location was chosen to be Shuijing Lane nearby. Shuijing Lane belongs to the Chengzhong District of Xining City. It starts from the west gate of the commercial center in the east and ends at Beida Street in the west. It has been established for more than 30 years and is the most lively commercial street in the ancient city of Xining. Shuijing Lane has a wide variety of dried goods from the north and south, local snacks, and ethnic products. The sales volume of goods is extremely large, and it is known as a place of gold in Xining City where "a fortune is made every day".
The key points to mention are the dried goods and local snacks from the north and south of Shuijing Lane, both of which are well-known to everyone in the local area. Local snacks from all over the country and the dried goods specialties of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau are all on display in the two-mile-long Shuijing Lane.
Tickets: Free; Suggested visiting time: any time.
The snack street is next to the commercial street. The road is not wide and there are many snack shops on both sides.
There are many places to eat in Shuijing Lane, but I didn't see any big skewers, only small ones. There is a shop called Arabic Snacks, which actually sells potato chips and oden. It was the first time I saw grilled lamb intestines here, and I felt that the middle of the lamb intestines tasted like flour, which I personally didn't like. There is a Yongqing Yogurt here. In addition to yak yogurt, the store also has sweet mash made from highland barley, which feels quite unique.
It's a famous commercial street. Since it's a commercial street, there's not much to see. Just look around. There are quite a lot of people.
Shuijingxiang is divided into two streets, left and right. Enter from the main gate, and the specialty street on the left. If you want to eat, go to the right. I remember we bought wolf tooth potatoes and oden in Shuijingxiang, and then found a store and ordered lamb skewers, lamb kidneys, lamb soup, lamb intestine noodles, and a bottle of Coke. To be honest, it was really average. It was edible, not bad, but also not delicious. I really couldn't accept the lamb intestine. After eating, I went to the specialty street next door and bought beef jerky and raisins. The beef jerky and raisins were indeed delicious.
Shuijing Lane starts from the west gate of the commercial center in the east and ends at North Street in the west. It is the busiest commercial street in Xining City. It mainly sells Tibetan handicrafts, northern and southern dried goods, and folk snacks... The beef jerky tastes good and is not expensive. There are also stuffed skin, barbecue, and yogurt to satisfy your appetite.
There are indeed a lot of things in Shuijing Lane, and they are cheap, but of course a little more expensive than in the Tibetan area.
When we got to Shuijing Lane, we found that it was a snack street. The food was very good. We ordered shredded potatoes, stir-fried chicken, lamb chops in a kang pot, and boiled beef, which cost 230 yuan.
I bought a wolf tooth pendant for 200 yuan, but it turned out to be a fake! ! ! I really want to curse 🤬
Shuijing Lane belongs to the Chengzhong District of Xining City. It starts from the west gate of the commercial center in the east and ends at Beida Street in the west. It has been established for more than 30 years and is the busiest commercial street in the ancient city of Xining. Shuijing Lane has a wide variety of dried goods from the north and south, local snacks, and ethnic products. The sales volume of goods is extremely large, and it is known as a place where "every day makes a fortune" in Xining City. Among them, the focus should be on the dried goods from the north and south and local snacks in Shuijing Lane, both of which are well-known to everyone in the local area. Local snacks and specialty dried goods from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau are all competing for style in the two-mile-long Shuijing Lane.
Shuijingxiang and Mojia Street are both famous commercial streets in Xining City, and are also the favorite places for foreign tourists to visit Xining. However, Mojia Street focuses on food culture, while Shuijingxiang is a famous market. There are also some snacks in the market, but there are more shops selling local specialties. I bought a Tibetan antelope handicraft here as a souvenir of my trip to Qinghai Province. The price is not high and it is very unique.
A narrow alley with a food street where locals will visit, with obvious local characteristics
There are many special snacks, and local people from the surrounding area also come here to eat, so they are not expensive.
Since we went there after dinner, we didn't eat much at the snack bar. We just bought sheep hearts and sheep livers bought by locals at the gate. They were really delicious, especially the sheep hearts. Then I bought a string of peach blossom stones for Gua Jie, 15 yuan a string of bracelets. You must not buy expensive jewelry, they are all fake. There are also shops that say if you don't believe whether it is real, I will cut it open for you to see, don't let them cut it, you can't stop buying it after cutting it. Although it's only one or two hundred, it's still not cost-effective to buy fakes. So when you go there, it is recommended to buy some cheap jewelry to play with, and then buy some snacks.
Recommended snacks and places to buy souvenirs!
It is said that Shuijing Lane is the place with the most delicious food, but when we went there, there was nothing delicious at all! So we just ate something and went back. Later we found out that it was Eid al-Fitr (a Muslim festival, equivalent to our Chinese New Year), and we didn’t go to eat during lunch time, so many stores were closed~
Shuijing Lane is a small commodity and food pedestrian street in Xining City, Qinghai Province. It mainly sells some commodities and foods with Northwest characteristics. Generally speaking, the price is not high. It is a good place to walk around Xining. There are also some snacks, which taste OK. Just pick a clean and hygienic store to go in.
The thousand-year-old "Shuiyantou" and the hundred-year-old Shuijingxiang. Looking back at the history of Xining, many old people may not forget that the old Xining city was full of earthen alleys, and every street and alley had a ditch, commonly known as a Yanggou, with water flowing every day. It is said that someone dug a hole at the southern end of the city wall and led water into the city, so the locals commonly called this place "Shuiyantou". Later, people used the "Shuiyantou" to lead water from the canal at the foot of Nanshan Temple into the city, flowing through the streets and alleys for people to irrigate the land and gardens, and sprinkle the streets to suppress dust. Around 1943, the old police station also asked each merchant on the East and West Streets to equip each household with a Taiping bucket filled with ditch water at the door as the fire-fighting reserve water at that time. "Shuijingxiang" belongs to the Chengzhong District of Xining City. It starts from the west gate of the commercial center in the east and ends at Beida Street in the west. It has been established for more than 30 years and is the most lively commercial street in the ancient city of Xining. Shuijing Lane has a wide variety of dried goods from the north and south, local snacks, and ethnic products, and its merchandise sales are extremely high. It is known as the place in Xining City where "a fortune is made every day."
Yogurt is a must-try. This kind of cold noodle is a must-try. It is different from other places. The rest... is similar to most snack streets.
There are a lot of northwest specialty noodles, and the bowls are big and affordable, and there is also very delicious yogurt. If you like noodles, you might as well go there.
If you want to buy some local specialties in Xining, Shuijingxiang is the best choice. I specifically asked local friends that the black wolfberry and fern hemp in Shuijingxiang are still guaranteed, and the price is not outrageous. Some locals will also buy them. I came in winter, and the prices of various specialties are much cheaper than in summer. For example, black wolfberry is 380 yuan per catty in summer, and I bought it for 300 yuan. Fern hemp is 158 yuan per catty in summer, and I bought it for 90 yuan. Dried blackcurrant is also delicious. It is 48 yuan in summer, but now it only costs 20 yuan. There are also some snacks in Shuijingxiang, and the taste is okay. Just choose a clean and hygienic store. Yogurt is worth a try. You must buy this kind of bowl with a layer of cream on top. The stuffed skin is delicious. Unlike other places, the stuffed skin in Qinghai is very thick and chewy. I like it! Pay attention to the eating habits of some halal stores.
Overall it's pretty good, a street of snacks, and the local specialties are ok
A market, nothing special was found.
The narrow and long street is clearly divided into different areas. There are restaurants, clothing and specialty stores, food and specialty stores, and a vegetable market. It is richer than Mojia Street. There are several large shopping malls nearby, and the transportation is convenient.
Shuijing Lane, the world of foodies, Xining on the tip of the tongue, a commercial street, but there are really a lot of food
The most famous shopping street in Xining City has a large number of specialty foods, cultural relics and souvenirs. It is a must-visit place in Xining City.
It is a place to eat and a street of snacks, but Xining doesn't seem to have any special food. It is quite convenient to gather snacks from all over the world.
Xining Snack and Specialty Street is as famous as Mojia Street. It is a good place to buy Northwest specialties and taste Northwest cuisine. It is worth a visit!
A long alley with various small shops on both sides. Half of them sell fruits, meat and vegetables, and some sell tourist souvenirs. They are all similar. I wanted to buy two shawls, but many shops were closed in the morning, which was a bit boring.
On August 7, 2016, my family traveled to Xining and came to Shuijingxiang to eat delicious food and visit the market. It felt like the commercial center of Xining, but our impression was just average.
Personally, I think it's nothing special. It's just a street selling food and souvenirs. And the snacks there are not the most Xining-style or the best! But if you have plenty of time and nowhere to go, you can go there!
The barbecue here is good, the meat is very fresh, maybe I have a light taste, it feels a bit salty. Overall it is good. (p1, p2) The yogurt tastes very pure, better than the usual ones, but it is not advisable to eat too much (p3). The barley sweet mash feels... Many people say it is delicious, but it feels average. (p4, p5)
(p6, 7, 8, 9) in order.
The taste is strong. Drinks or water will consume it quickly.
Kang pot lamb chops: the rice cake strips inside are more delicious than the meat, the meat is harder to chew, and the potato cubes are crispy on the outside and the inside, which is quite delicious.
Mutton offal soup: The mutton soup is very pure and not very smelly. The cabbage is cooked until soft, but the mutton inside is not rotten, and the vermicelli is chewy.
Firecracker noodles: a bit shady, I personally don't like the taste, like boiled white noodles with oil on top and three thin slices of mutton. Most of the attention is on the mutton.
There are two alleys in total. One is dedicated to selling snacks, and the other sells local specialties. You can find all kinds of Gouji and barley wine here. The prices are cheaper than all the other local specialty shops I have seen before. It is a good place to buy souvenirs.
A must-go for tourists from other places, and a place where locals often go for leisure. There are too many things to eat and many specialties to buy. It is worth a visit.
If they sell local snacks like lamb intestines, yogurt, lamb skewers, etc., and local specialties like yak jerky, you can buy a shawl. I bought one at a reasonable price, and the important thing is that it looks good in photos.
It feels like a place for tourists, I don't particularly like it
A local market, I think. Selling some specialties, very local characteristics. I ate Qinghai old yogurt here OMG I dare not taste it
Shuijing Lane is the busiest commercial street in Xining. On one side there are local specialties and ethnic products, and on the other side there is a street of local snacks. The prices are generally reasonable.
Here are some delicious snacks worth trying:
1. Yongqing Yogurt (but the old yogurt in Shuijing Lane tastes good, about 5 or 6 yuan per bowl, pure natural and without additives)
2. Lamb Intestine Noodles
3. Barley sweet mash
4. Stir-fried skin
5. Beef noodles…
It is almost in the center of Xining City. There are many snacks and local specialties. Next to Wangfujing Department Store and Snack Street. It is worth recommending for eating, drinking and having fun.
A large market in Xining City, with a large scale. The prices are reasonable. There are many stalls selling local specialties at the street corners.
Shuijingxiang is one of the two markets in Xining along with Mojia Street, and Shuijingxiang is even more magical because Xining people generally know where Shuijingxiang is. The last time I went to Xining, I wanted to go to Shuijingxiang and asked the locals. The enthusiasm and hospitality of the locals will be unforgettable for me!
How can a foodie not go to Shuijing Lane when visiting Xining? Here is a collection of Northwest delicacies. Don't miss the kang lamb chops.
It’s only a little over 1km to walk to Shuijing Lane, and I really walked a lot today.
A street of specialty products. The prices are cheaper than those in Mojia Street. A must-go place for buying specialty products
Shuijing Lane has spicy hot pot, beef and mutton, barbecue, milk tea, stuffed skin, cakes, cold drinks, smoothies, juices, a wide variety of products, and it is also very lively. Many locals go there, and it is worth a visit.
The functions of Shuijing Lane are clearly divided. The snack street, specialty street and Tibetan jewelry street are clearly separated, and you can go directly to the category of goods you want to buy.
There are Tibetan ornaments ranging from tens to thousands of dollars, so you need to be discerning to distinguish the real from the fake. In fact, if you just want to see something new and beautiful, there is no need to buy expensive stones here.
Shuijing Lane is the busiest commercial street in the ancient city of Xining. Shuijing Lane has a wide variety of dried goods from the north and south, local snacks, and ethnic products.
If you are traveling to Qinghai and you stay in Xining for a day, I highly recommend going to Shuijingxiang. This is a pedestrian street for eating, drinking and shopping. It is recommended to buy souvenirs here, and you can still bargain. The driver recommended going to the small commodity city to buy them before, but the small commodity city is really difficult to walk to, and the prices of some things are also very expensive after you get there. So if you want to buy small items, souvenirs, or want to eat snacks, you can go to this Shuijingxiang.
We went to Shuijing Lane, which is not long and is divided into two parts, one for selling all kinds of snacks and the other for wholesale specialty products. Shuijing Lane is not as good as it used to be. I picked a few of the snacks sold there and they felt very average and expensive.
It was really great! There was food and shopping! We had the second best meal of this trip, which was lamb skewers, lamb intestine noodles and barbecue, which were very good! If you go, just look for the one with a lot of people queuing up.
Shuijing Lane, I walked around it at night and found that it had everything. There were all kinds of crystal Tibetan ornaments and shawls at the entrance, and there were all kinds of dry goods and local snacks from the north and south inside.
There are many kinds of snacks in Shuijing Lane, and the prices are not expensive. There are also various specialties for sale, such as the special bracelets here, which are suitable for tourists to choose as gifts to take home, and the prices are relatively cheap! There is a rotating hot pot nearby that is particularly delicious and super cheap. I will never forget it after I come back! ! ! !
There are many people selling Tibetan jewelry, but the prices vary greatly. It is best to buy them in the middle of the street. The prices in the shops at both ends are very expensive.
The two of us foodies ordered 1 kilogram of lamb chops, which were made into two flavors, hand-pulled lamb and grilled lamb chops. The hand-pulled lamb, which looked like boiled lamb, was just average. I prefer stronger flavors, and the grilled lamb chops were good.
We went to Shuijing Lane in Xining at night. The whole street was full of food. The lane was very deep and we didn’t finish walking through it, but there were really a lot of food options, most of which were halal restaurants.
The yogurt is very delicious. I basically eat two bowls a day. However, the yogurt there is more sour, so some people may not be used to it. But you must try it.
It is divided into three sections: dry goods (highland Kunlun snow chrysanthemum, ginseng fruit, wolfberry, etc.), accessories (King Kong knots, jewelry), and various special foods. If you buy souvenirs, remember to bargain.
Shuijingxiang's specialty shopping is not as good as Mojia Street, but things like wool blankets and bracelets are in Shuijingxiang, and you have to bargain.
Shuijing Lane has local snacks and some handicrafts, which is worth visiting compared to Mojia Street.
On the first morning in Xining, we came to Shuijing Lane. With typical tourist mentality, we found a family with the most tofu pudding and local steamed buns, which tasted good!
It is a very busy street with many snack shops selling Yongqing yogurt and other dried fruits, specialties, and places like barber shops for the convenience of life.
You will definitely find the one that suits you if you walk around the busy streets:)
It is not far from Mojia Street and you can go shopping there
I don't recommend it... There are a lot of snacks, but I don't like them...
There are a lot of people, there are many special small commodities, you can buy some tourist souvenirs
There are many snacks, the lamb skewers are delicious! The old yogurt is very unique!
The alleys are similar to those of a market, with a constant stream of people. I found a small stall and tried the yogurt and stuffed skin made by the locals. The yogurt was very sour and the stuffed skin was very spicy. I am not a foodie, so I just felt that it tasted good, but I couldn't tell whether it was delicious or not.
Shuijingxiang is indeed a street full of ethnic characteristics, with all kinds of specialties, all kinds of real and fake handicrafts, and all kinds of bracelets. I think it is not inferior to Panjiayuan! The two sides of the street are densely packed with jewelry and jade hand-held pieces, which stimulated me so much that I couldn't help but buy two more strings of hand-held pieces.
Then walk further in to the local specialty market, where the most popular items are real and fake Cordyceps, saffron, yak whip, black wolfberry, Qinghai snow chrysanthemum, etc. I don't know how my wife was brainwashed and insisted on buying some of these things to replenish her body. I thought they were all fake, but since I had bought the bracelet in advance, it was not appropriate to express my objection at this time! I had to give up...
There are shops on both sides of Shuijing Lane, and the prices are not cheap. There are many shops selling handicrafts, so just take a look.
It’s especially good to find food in Shuijing Lane... If you want to buy special shawls or something, you must compare prices from three stores, because there are such stores all along the way...
It is a place where things are sold. The shawls here are more expensive than those in Lijiang.
It is a gathering place for tourist souvenirs, but there are several small shops selling good yogurt, stuffed skin, sweet mash, and barbecue. I can't remember the name of the shop, just go in when there are more people.
Shuijing Lane belongs to the Chengzhong District of Xining City. It starts from the west gate of the commercial center in the east and ends at Beida Street in the west. It has been established for more than 30 years and is the busiest commercial street in the ancient city of Xining. Shuijing Lane has a wide variety of dried goods from the north and south, local snacks, and ethnic products. The sales volume of goods is very large, and it is known as a place of gold in Xining City that "makes a fortune every day".
The key points to mention are the dried goods and local snacks from the north and south of Shuijing Lane, both of which are well-known to everyone in the local area. Local snacks from all over the country and the dried goods specialties of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau are all on display in the two-mile-long Shuijing Lane.
Shuijing Lane is on the west gate side, where there are shops selling yogurt and clothes, as well as some shops selling Tibetan cultural items, shawls, and Bodhi. Basically everyone who goes to Xining will go there for a look.
A street of small commodities! The driver of the chartered car told me that only tourists come here to buy things! As the name suggests, you know! I bought a bracelet with a cow stock for 80 yuan, but they said it was plastic. Anyway, I like it very much! I have kept it all the time! It seems that there is a place to eat here, and there is a fat man Zhong who cooks lamb chops! It is divided into large and small portions, super delicious!
Shuijing Lane is the most famous and busiest pedestrian street in Xining City, just like every big city has a nationally famous pedestrian street, such as Beijing's Wangfujing, Tianjin's Quanyechang, Chengdu's Chunxi Road, etc. Shuijing Lane has a wide variety of dried goods from the north and south, local snacks, and ethnic products. The sales volume of goods is very large, and it is known as a place where "every day makes a fortune" in Xining City. I tasted the local pure Northwest lamb skewers there. To be honest, compared with the taste in Beijing, I am a little bit uncomfortable with it.
The Shuijing Lane is actually a small alley selling all kinds of Tibetan jewelry. Poor people like us who have no money in our pockets can only look at it through the glass window.
It is really beautiful inside, and there are many delicious foods. It is a paradise for foodies. There are all kinds of snacks inside, and the taste is also very good. There are also clothes and bags for sale, as well as local specialties of Xining, etc. You can choose to go there with friends. The service is also very good. I recommend everyone to experience it. "Shuijing Lane" belongs to the Chengzhong District of Xining City. It starts from the west gate of the commercial center in the east and ends at Beida Street in the west. It has been established for more than 30 years and is the most lively commercial street in the ancient city of Xining. Shuijing Lane has a wide variety of dried goods from the north and south, local snacks, and ethnic products. The sales volume of goods is extremely large. It is a place of gold that is known as "making a fortune every day" in Xining City.
The key points to mention are the dried goods and local snacks from the north and south of Shuijing Lane, both of which are well-known to everyone in the local area. Local snacks from all over the country and the dried goods specialties of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau are all on display in the two-mile-long Shuijing Lane.
Tickets: Free; Suggested visiting time: Any time.