Singing Sand Dune is piled up with sand in five colors of red, yellow, green, black and white. The so-called singing sand does not sing by itself, but creates singing sound when people tread or slide on the surface of the sand, which is a kind of miracle of the nature. Some describe this phenomenon as "an astonishing sound of the nature". When sliding on the steep slopes of sand dunes from the top, the drifting sands look like beautiful brocades hung up on the sand dunes or dancing golden dragons, accompanied with beautiful singing sound. The singing sounds like the sound traditional Chinese music instruments. Hence, the mountain gets its name because of the singing sound of the sand. 

Crescent Lake is at the northern foot of the Mingsha Hill and is 118 meters from east to west and 25 meters from south to north. The water is five meters deep. The crescent-like lake is surrounded by the sandbut never buried by it. The water in the lake is very clear all year around.