Male, Tibetan, from Guoluo, Qinghai, 1943 from Chongqing, a famous historian, humanist and explorer. Vice Chairman of Sichuan Scientific Exploration Association, one of the founders of the Association. Researcher of China Academy of Sciences, mainly engaged in anthropology, minority languages, culture, religion and history. Works and so on.
In order to study the history and culture of ethnic minorities in western China, Professor Deng spent a lot of time alone in snow-capped mountains and grasslands every year, visiting tough or kind tribal residents in the wilderness, jungle, valleys and foothills. He spent more than a dozen Spring Festival holidays in ethnic areas, and sometimes never came back for a whole year, so he was called "Professor Yak". He was also the first person in China to visit the Southwest Silk Road on foot. It is an authority on the study of the Southern Silk Road, the ancient tea-horse road, the entry of Mongolian troops into Yunnan, the ethnic corridor in Hengduan Mountain area, and the origin of Chinese civilization.
Professor Deng is excellent in poetry, calligraphy, painting and writing, and has the unique boldness, frankness, fortitude and personality charm of Kangba people. His humanistic care thought of "paying attention to the earth and life" has great influence. For 30 years, he has been writing and recording the history books of the arduous course of human development with solid feet. He told us that outside modern cities, people can live in harmony with nature, and simple and simple life also shows colorful life. As a model of modern explorers in China, Professor Deng presided over and planned a number of association-themed activities, such as "Shooting the Southwest Silk Road TV Film", "China People's Large Series Album" and "Heizhugou Scientific Exploration". Today, he is still active in the forefront of the association's activities in his sixties.
Besides exploring, Mr. Deng spent most of his remaining time teaching in colleges and universities. As a senior expert in history and folklore, as well as a calligrapher, sculptor and art educator with profound artistic attainments, he has been employed by Peking University, Sichuan University, Southwest Normal University, Chongqing Academy of Fine Arts, Sichuan Conservatory of Music and other universities as professors and doctoral supervisors. With his profound knowledge, careful and informative investigation experience and humorous talk, he often won the applause of students.