Due to the difficult environment and physical discomfort, his teammates gave up and went back to Beijing one by one. The 54 year old photographer picked up his camera, rented a Toyota and a Black Hawk helicopter to record the stories of Ngari.
His camera has captured the splendid Mt. Kailash, a holy mountain, which is known as the World's Center in the eyes of its followers, Mapam Yumco Lake (Lake Manasarovar), the world's highest freshwater lake, Pangong Tso Lake, the paradise of birds, the ruins of Guge Kingdom, a place dusty with age-old mystery, the majestical and grand Zanda clay forest,the traditional and unique marriage folk customs in Ngari and so on.
Wu's first visit to Nagri was in 1983 through the Xinjiang-Tibet Highway. Shiquanhe, capital of Ngari, at that time was just a very small village, with only about 10 households.
People described the size of the village that it is so small that one electric light could light the whole city. His second visit was in 1987. However, Wu still couldn't record all the beautiful meoments of Ngari with his camera.
About 15 years later, Wu made his third visit to Ngari in 2002, the year of horse in the Tibetan calendar.
People said Buddha Sakyamuni was born in the Year of the Hors, so taking ritual walk around the Mt. Kailash in the Year of the Horse,is very popular among Tibetan Buddhists. It is said that one circle around the Mt. Kailash in the year of horse is equivalent to 13 circles in other common years.
In May, Wu Yusheng led his director, cameraman, and driver with numerous auto parts, instant noodles, sausages, and pickles. Then he drove a new Cherokee from Beijing to Ngari via the Xinjiang-Tibet Highway.
China's weekly story (2013.01.27-01.31)
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