The New Avargul: Melodies From The Desert - Dao Lang
Theme song for another TV series called "Melodies From The Desert", a compilation of tales from caravan pack herd drivers and merchants traveling the Silk Road across the western desert during the late Han Dynasty which connected Imperial China to the rest of Eurasia. Facing starvation, relentless brutal weather and temperature extremes, and constant attacks from bandits and gangs of robbers drawn to the precious goods that the caravans were carrying. Avargul is one of the lonely cities along this trade route, located in westernmost Xinjiang almost near the border of what is today Tajikstan, then a prefecture city and the main operations base of the Imperial Han Army in the western part of the empire. Here, "Avargul" is also personified as a mysterious nomad woman who can communicate with wolves and uses this to protect the caravans that traverse the desert, as the fearsome Han Imperial troops stationed in the city also does.