A source of inspiration
China DailyEcological preservation is a major theme throughout the dance drama, featuring dancers performing as wild animals. Tong went on three trips to Qinghai's Sanjiangyuan area, the headwaters of the Yellow, Yangtze and Lancang rivers, for a recent dance drama she directed. He witnesses the sublimity of snow-covered mountains, learns about the profundity of local culture, and befriends sincere and hospitable locals including Tashi, head of a mountain patrol team protecting local wildlife, and his daughter Drolma, who yearns to see the outside world. Ecological preservation is a major theme throughout the dance drama, which features dancers acting as wild animals, displaying their movements and characteristics, as well as the relationship between people and nature.