格尔木,河流汇聚之意。昆仑山的冰雪融水流淌成溪,在荒滩戈壁蜿蜒而行,汇聚成河,东流入海。自然的力量,造就了河流。人的力量,造就了城市。格尔木,是一座因工程而生的城市。格尔木原本仅仅是个地名,没有具体方位。1953年8月,“青藏公路之父”慕生忠将军率部队行至昆仑山下的一条河流处,有人问:“将 Golmud, the meaning of the river convergence. Kunlun Mountains snowmelt flowing into streams, meandering in the deserted Gobi, converging into a river, east into the sea. The power of nature, created a river. Human power, created the city. Golmud, a city born of engineering. Golmud was originally just a place name, there is no specific orientation. In August 1953, ”Father of Qinghai-Tibet Highway“ General Mu Shengzhong led a force line to a river under the Kunlun Mountains. Someone asked: ”