From a rural shepherd with only five or six acres of mountain land and half a head of oxen, he has become a nationally renowned painter. For decades, he has gone out to sketch and shoot scenes, covering mainland China, border areas, Europe and America, Hong Kong and Taiwan, and various parts of South Asia. His paintings have been published in countless publications both domestically and internationally, earning him the title of "heartshaking symphony", "reaching the beauty of spiritual conception", and "a model of realism". He was originally a true "son of the sea".