简介:EDITOR’SNOTE:AlthoughSwedishexplorerSvenHedinventuredintoNgarifromXinjiangin1902,theregionremainsmysteriousandunknowntotheoutsideworld.ThispromptedtheStateCulturalRelicsBureauandtheCulturalRelicstosendateamintoNgarialongtheLhasa-Ngari-Yecheng(Xinjiang)route.ThepurposewastoexploretheZhangzhungCivilizationthatexistedpriortotheGugeKingdom.Accordingtolegend,ZadaintheXianquanheRiverValleyisthecentralpartoftheZhangzhungKingdom,whichwassoformidablethatthekingdomwasdividedintoInternal,CentralandExternalZhangzhungandInternalZangzhungalonecoveredpresent-dayNgariandLadakh.Thiswriterwasoneoftheteammembers.