Tharlo is an orphan. Now grown up, he makes a living as a sheep herder in the village. He has grown a ponytail, so people simply call him “Ponytail”, since nobody remembers his real name anyway. Tharlo has a remarkable memory. He remembers so many things, except his own name. He is now in his forties, and he has yet to have his first woman. Now Tharlo goes to town to take a photo for his identity card. He meets a girl in the barber’s shop who changes the course of his life. He embarks on the journey to find his true self. He sells all his sheep and those entrusted by other villagers to him for care, and decides to use the money to go out into the world with the girl, only to find himself being deceived and cheated by her. Ironically, in his journey of self-discovery, Tharlo has lost his sense of self. As he witnesses in the mirror his ponytail being cut off and leaving him bald, he can no longer see himself as a man with a history that he recognizes.

讲述青海尖扎地区的拉隆村和达莫村世代友好，两村向来有着传统射箭比赛的习俗。射箭世家的大儿子扎东已经连续两年输给了达莫村的神射手尼玛，无缘象征神射手的“五彩神箭”。怀恨在心的他阻扰尼玛与自己妹妹的恋情。两个村的孩子暗地里也在比试箭艺，长一辈则对传统渐渐的流失而担忧。尖扎县政府将要举办的一场大型国际射箭比赛，扎东和尼玛将代表各自的村庄争夺唯一的参赛资格……

2018 Chinese Tibetan-language film by Pema Tseden

A filmmaker searches the Himalayas for an actor and actress to play the lead roles in his Tibetan opera.

气温在零下40℃的高原上，牛粪是牧民家的温暖，牛粪是没有污染的燃料，是供神煨桑的原料，是驱暗的灯盏；牛粪可以用来建筑家园和围墙，是草原上的天然肥料、是治病的药物、是除垢的洗涤物，小孩子可以用牛粪做玩具，艺术家可以用牛粪制作佛像；从牛粪可以看出草原的好坏，从牛粪可以判断牦牛的病情。总之，牛粪是我们高原人所不可缺少的。但是我们离没有牛粪的生活越来越近，没有牛粪的日子也是我们自我遗失的日子，是给我们生活带来灾难的日子，也是我们与大自然为敌的日子。到那时，我们的慈悲心与因果观，善良的品性都将离我们远去。

A touching story about Tibetan people’s pilgrimage to Lhasa.

The rich complexity of human relationships is central to this story of a young girl, her father, and his father, who each long to strengthen their bonds, but find themselves fighting the weight of personal and national histories. Tibetan writer-Director Sonthar Gyal (The Sun-Beaten Path) makes breathtaking use of the Tibetan plains and mountains as an epic backdrop to this intimate family drama.

本书是一本羌族民族史，也是一本羌族民族志。羌族主要聚居于四川省阿坝藏族羌族自治州的东南隅与北川地区，即汶川﹑北川﹑茂县﹑松潘﹑理县等地。 本书希望通过 “羌” 之历史，说明华夏（自觉的）西部族群边界变迁，以及其如何贡献于近代中华民族之形成。这项研究是基于一个简单的思考架构，即“羌” 曾是古华夏心目中的西方牧羊人或西方异族概念，它代表古华夏自觉的我群西方边缘（the sense of otherness）。因此探索华夏历史记忆中 “羌人” 概念的转变，便是探索华夏自觉的（或主观认定的）我群西方边缘之变迁。不只如此，在公元7世纪以后，青康藏高原东缘华夏心目中的诸羌部落又成为吐蕃（与后来的藏族）之政治﹑宗教﹑文化与族群之边缘（朵康）。这样的历史发展终使得青康藏高原东缘之广大地区及其人群，在近代时成为汉藏间一个模糊的边缘。这也是本书书名《羌在汉藏之间》用意所在。