In this novel Purple Highland Barley, Tibet is a place with the warmth of life and filled with the atmosphere of daily life. Through the description of the fates of three sisters living in the Tibetan area and their journey inward, this book shows us the enormous changes that the Himalaya mountainous area has experienced which are brought by the transformative age. It also offers us a view of a daily and peaceful Tibet and a sight of the rural life experiencing great social vicissitudes.