On the Road to Inner Peace

The pictures feature Hao Lei during her trip with photographer Wei Bing to Nepal and India. [Provided to China Daily]

An actress and a photographer made a pilgrimage to Nepal and India to produce pictures that they say were inspired by Buddha. Chen Nan reports in Beijing.

For anyone who wants to try something radically different or challenging, the story of Hao Lei and Wei Bing will be compelling. In the summer of 2010, the 34-year-old actress spent 16 days learning to take control, while the 44-year-old photographer spent a similar amount of time learning how to follow instructions.

They then spent half of June 2010 working together and created 26 photos and a documentary for the exhibition Thus.

The pair, along with a filmmaker and clothes designer, made pilgrimages to Buddha's birthplace in Nepal, the Bodhi Tree where Buddha achieved enlightenment, the Ganges River and the site of Nalanda, one of the first great universities in recorded history, to search for the truth of self.