Ancient people, modern times

It was not long ago the Deng people in Tibet's Zayu county led primitive lives, dictated by ancient rituals and beliefs. Liu Xiangrui and Da Qiong discover that while the modern world has reached this remote community, traditional ways still thrive.

Life has changed so drastically and so quickly for the Deng people that Alusung, a former tribal chief, says he has personally witnessed his people leap from primitive society to modern life.

In the 1950s, Alusung inherited his father's position, becoming a teenage tribal chief. The 70-year-old is now the village head in Shaqiong village of the Tibet autonomous region's Zayu county.