In pics: A 39-year-old shepherd on the Pamir Plateau

Sheepherder Kurbanali Matsayin and his sheepdogs are seen at the foot of Mount Muztagata on the Pamir Plateau, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Sept. 6, 2023. (Xinhua/Lan Hongguang)

TAXKORGAN, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) -- At the foot of Mount Muztagata, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, a natural grassland has attracted sheepherders from surrounding villages to herd here, and Kurbanali Matsayin, a 39-year-old sheepherder, is one of them.

Sheepherder Kurbanali Matsayin herds sheep at the foot of Mount Muztagata on the Pamir Plateau, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Sept. 6, 2023. (Xinhua/Wang Fei)

Sheepherder Kurbanali Matsayin is seen at the foot of Mount Muztagata on the Pamir Plateau, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Sept. 6, 2023. (Xinhua/Cheng Tingting)

Sheepherder Kurbanali Matsayin and his sheepdogs herd sheep at the foot of Mount Muztagata on the Pamir Plateau, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Sept. 6, 2023. (Xinhua/Lan Hongguang)

Sheepherder Kurbanali Matsayin and his sheepdogs herd sheep at the foot of Mount Muztagata on the Pamir Plateau, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Sept. 6, 2023. (Xinhua/Cheng Tingting)

Sheepherder Kurbanali Matsayin and his sheepdogs are seen at the foot of Mount Muztagata on the Pamir Plateau, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Sept. 6, 2023. (Xinhua/Lan Hongguang)

Sheepherder Kurbanali Matsayin herds sheep at the foot of Mount Muztagata on the Pamir Plateau, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Sept. 6, 2023. (Xinhua/Wang Fei)

Sheepherder Kurbanali Matsayin is seen at the foot of Mount Muztagata on the Pamir Plateau, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Sept. 6, 2023. (Xinhua/Lan Hongguang)

Sheepherder Kurbanali Matsayin herds sheep at the foot of Mount Muztagata on the Pamir Plateau, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Sept. 6, 2023. (Xinhua/Jin Haoyuan)

This aerial photo taken on Sept. 6, 2023 shows sheep grazing at the foot of Mount Muztagata on the Pamir Plateau, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Jin Haoyuan)

Sheep graze at the foot of Mount Muztagata on the Pamir Plateau, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Sept. 6, 2023. (Xinhua/Lan Hongguang)

Sheep graze at the foot of Mount Muztagata on the Pamir Plateau, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Sept. 6, 2023. (Xinhua/Wang Fei)

Sheep graze at the foot of Mount Muztagata on the Pamir Plateau, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Sept. 6, 2023. (Xinhua/Wang Fei)

Sheep graze at the foot of Mount Muztagata on the Pamir Plateau, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Sept. 6, 2023. (Xinhua/Lan Hongguang)

Sheep graze at the foot of Mount Muztagata on the Pamir Plateau, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Sept. 6, 2023. (Xinhua/Lan Hongguang)

Sheep graze at the foot of Mount Muztagata on the Pamir Plateau, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Sept. 6, 2023. (Xinhua/Cheng Tingting)

A sheepdog herds sheep at the foot of Mount Muztagata on the Pamir Plateau, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Sept. 6, 2023. (Xinhua/Lan Hongguang)

Sheep graze at the foot of Mount Muztagata on the Pamir Plateau, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Sept. 6, 2023. (Xinhua/Lan Hongguang)

Sheep graze at the foot of Mount Muztagata on the Pamir Plateau, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Sept. 6, 2023. (Xinhua/Lan Hongguang)

Sheep graze at the foot of Mount Muztagata on the Pamir Plateau, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Sept. 6, 2023. (Xinhua/Lan Hongguang)

Sheep graze at the foot of Mount Muztagata on the Pamir Plateau, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Sept. 6, 2023. (Xinhua/Lan Hongguang)