1963 Born in Heilongjiang Province, China
1987 Graduated from Beijing Teachers University
1993 Filmed minority peoples and Japanese women in northeast China (Hi8 camera).
1994-97 Made two films in Latse county of Tibet. (THE ELDERS, GONGBO’S HAPPY LIFE)
2000-01 Filmed SPIRIT HOME, Shanxi.
2002 Filming hospice project in Beijing.
2006 Editing SPIRIT HOME.
2007 Editing hospice project DREAM OF THE EMPTY CITY.
2008 Filmed SPIRAL STAIRCASE OF HARBIN in Harbin.
2011 Filmed WHEN THE BOUGH BREAKS.
There are many local Mani associations that are mainly composed of the elders in Tibetan rural areas. It’s a very important daily routine for them to recite Mani scripture (om mani ped me hom). The Tibetan people believe in the life cycle and that evil deeds will cause suffering. They have to do good things and recite the Mani all…
Gongbo is an ordinary peasant living in Tibet whose life is simple and plain. He works, provides for the whole family and raises children. Just like anyone else living in the world, Gongbo has to sustain various pressures from the life, such as his expectation of another son after his wife’s bearing six daughters consistently, his anxiety for the debt…