"Eight Thousand Miles" interweaves shots of the vast Mongolian landscape and mysterious Lhasa, with scenes of folk dances and villagers in exotic ethnic costumes. There are also news clips and interviews of people on the streets.
蒙古、哈薩克等地理風情的介紹中，穿插著充滿豐富民族色彩的配樂；偶爾也來段地方性歌舞，也有新聞片慣常見到的現場訪問引出故鄉的奇人異事，而老家的吃食，故都的街頭，家鄉人的喃喃低語…… 全都納入鏡頭中。