A photo taken by Baigal, from Xiliin Gol League in Inner Mongolia autonomous region, shows local people's happy lives. [Photo by Baigal/for chinadaily.com.cn]

Photos showing herdsmen's families taken by Baigal, a photographer in Xiliin Gol League, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, received an award at the recent Fifth Silk Road Image and Video Exposition in Xi'an, Shaanxi province.

Baigal has taken more than 200 photos over the past two decades, focusing on Mongolian families at the Uzhumuchin grassland, depicting people's happy lives.