10 years since the Qinghai-Tibet Railway opened to traffic, the people of the snowy plateau are still all smiles

Original title: The snowy plateau in the railway era

-- The 10th anniversary of the opening of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway

At the bridgehead of the Tuotuo River Bridge in Qinghai, local people welcome the "Qing 1" train departing from Golmud (photo taken on July 1, 2006).

San Nong Zhi Tong Che comprehensive report: On July 1, 2006, on the long road where Princess Wencheng once entered Tibet, the Qinghai-Tibet Railway opened to traffic and was hailed as the "Sky Road." This plateau railway, the highest in the world and the longest in route length, is "10 years old" this year. Over the past 10 years, this "Sky Road," like an auspicious "khata," has carried the sons and daughters of the snowy plateau toward the shore of their happy dreams. Xinhua News Agency reporter Chen Xie, photo

At 18:37 on July 1, 2006, the "Qing 1" train departing from Golmud passed smoothly through the Tanggula Pass, the world's highest railway point at an altitude of 5072 m. Xinhua News Agency reporter Gesang Dawa, photo

At 20:55 on July 3, 2006, the first T27 passenger train from Beijing West Railway Station to Lhasa arrived at Lhasa Railway Station. Released by Xinhua News Agency (photo by Gama)

A Tibetan antelope forages by the Qingshui River near the Qinghai-Tibet Railway (photo taken on August 9, 2006). Xinhua News Agency reporter Hou Deqiang, photo

A Qinghai-Tibet Railway train passes through the Nagqu section (photo taken on October 25, 2006). Xinhua News Agency reporter Jueguo, photo

A train entering Tibet passes through the Kunlun Mountains permafrost thermosyphon test area (photo taken on June 13, 2007). The Qinghai-Tibet Railway construction project adopted various technical measures such as thermosyphons and crushed-stone slope protection to effectively protect the permafrost environment along the route. Xinhua News Agency reporter Hou Deqiang, photo

A Qinghai-Tibet Railway train runs across the grasslands of northern Tibet, where using bridges instead of embankments effectively protected the plateau ecology (photo taken on June 26, 2007). Xinhua News Agency reporter Phurbu Tashi, photo

Tibetan wild donkeys, a national first-class protected animal, are active on the pastures along the Qinghai-Tibet Railway (photo taken on October 23, 2011). Xinhua News Agency reporter Hou Deqiang, photo