March 20,2017--Serthar means "Golden Horse" in Tibetan. What does a Golden Horse running on the snow look like? I honestly have no idea. Although I have visited the pastoral areas of Tibet and other Tibetan areas many times, this was the first time I stayed on the grasslands, enveloped in the vast wilderness.

 

It is bizarre that everyone says Serthar is an alpine pastoral area, but having waited on the grasslands for a whole winter, I never saw any sign of snow.

 

However, just as I was lamenting the lack of snow, heavy snow started falling. It snowed every day, day and night, with sunny spells followed by further snow, for more than half a month. When other places in China are busy ushering in Spring, Serthar enters a world of ice and snow – it’s truly incredible!