Hemu, a small village nestled in Altay Prefecture of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, remains cocooned in ...
It's deeply tied to his roots in Altay Prefecture, Xinjiang, where skiing has been part of daily life for centuries. A CHILDHOOD SHAPED BY THE MOUNTAINS Born in 2005 in Hemu Village, Buluer grew ...
WEI XIAOHAO/CHINA DAILY Zangar Kalimuhan, also from Hemu, said Buluer is a household name in the village because he is almost unbeatable in races on fur skis. "He is so fast that the one in second ...
Born in Hemu village at the foothills of the Altay Mountains in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, he probably gained basic understanding of the sport while using fur skis since he was 6 years old.
Buluer from Hemu village near Meilifeng said skiing on fur ... and breaks because we enjoyed it so much." In December 2021, Xinjiang formed a ski mountaineering team, and at the age of 16, Buluer ...