On the roof of the world, where millennia have shaped the earth into colossal, unyielding sculptures, three pairs of weathered feet trace stubborn paths against the wind, their strides once firm but now unsteady, drawing faint, invisible lines between a fading past and an unknowable future. For nearly 40 years, Ngawang Milang, Qamba Cering and Rigzin Wangzhab have lived in quiet parallel to the majestic ruins of the ancient Guge Kingdom in Zanda County of Ngari Prefecture, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region. The ancient Guge Kingdom was probably founded in the 10th century, but it was abandoned by the end of the 17th century.
