Beyond the Snowstorm

The geographical appearance covered in this episode is the most diverse and rich in the series.There are the grasslands of Inner Mongolia and the Gobi Desert of Gansu, as well as the dense forests of the Northeast and the western frontier.There is Yadan in Dunhuang, which is famous for its "Devil City", there is also Tianchi in Changbai Mountain, a mortal wonderland, and there is also a deserted desert.

Wild horses, wild boars, goose-throated antelopes, gerbils, whooper swans, demoiselle cranes, sand foxes and Siberian tigers live here. There are also the Kazakhs who tame golden eagles for hunting, the Hezhe people who use traditional methods to break ice and fish, and who raise silkworms and weave colorful silkworms.The Uighurs who wear silk, the Ewenki who raise reindeer as a means of transportation, and of course the Mongolians who live on horseback.A large part of the episode shows the close connection between animals and the lives of ethnic minorities.This relationship has been around for a long time, and there are even vivid depictions of camel caravans in Dunhuang murals.