Young teen girl Xiu Xiu is sent away to a remote corner of the Sichuan steppes for manual labor in 1975 (sending young people to there was a part of Cultural Revolution in China). A year later, she agrees to go to even more remote spot with a Tibetan saddle tramp Lao Jin to learn horse herding.

Wen Xiu

Lao Jin

Li Chuanbei

Father

Belt Man
February 19, 1998

Wen Xiu

Lao Jin

Li Chuanbei

Father

Belt Man

