Herbariums collected by Zhong Yang and his team are ready to be sorted in Zhong Yang's workplace at Fudan University. [Photo by Feng Ai/Xinhua]

Zhong Yang, a sower on Tibet's snow-covered plateau

How can mortals record the immortal beauty of the world? Botanist Zhong Yang, a professor at Fudan University, demonstrated his answer with his life's work.

In search of plant samples, he traveled to places that no botanist had ever before set foot. On the northern slope of Qomolangma - which is known as Mount Everest in the West and reaches more than 6,000 meters above sea level - Zhong carried out his work as no one had done before. He traveled more than 500,000 kilometers, spending more than 100 days in the most desolated places each year. Thanks to his audacity and dedication to his work, he collected 40 million plant seeds and surveyed the organisms on the "roof of the world" in the Tibet autonomous region.