Habitat

The Dulong nationality has a population of over 5,000 people, mainly found in the Gongshan Dulong Autonomous County of the Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture in Yunnan Province. In Tibet Autonomous Region, Drung people are mostly live at Qamdo Area near Yunnan province.

The Dulong Gorge is a magical place to people outside. Straight fir and dense pine trees cover both banks of the winding river. Here in the shade, various rare birds, animals and valuable raw materials for drugs are found. However, as soon as the Moliwang pass of the Gaoligong Mountain is blocked by heavy snow every October, the whole gorge is locked in winter stillness, awaiting the early return of spring.

The Dulong River starts in Cayu County in snow-covered Tibet and runs to the west of the Gaoligong Mountain in Yunnan Province. There it rushes and roars down the high mountain ridges and forms the spectacular Dulong Gorge along part of the Sino-Burman border. People living on both sides of the Dulong River believe that they are sustained by its water, so they name themselves the Dulongs after it.

The Dulong Gorge is steep and cruel, but it is also beautiful and gentle. Now when groups of their young people travel beyond its rough mountain paths, when butterfly tattoos have disappeared from the Dulong girls' faces, their ancient gorge too is quietly undergoing changes. Once so faraway, the Dulong Gorge and stories of the hard life there are coming closer to us day by day.