Travel Smart

Author: Xu Chengbei
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Publish Date: 2004-05-01
Features: In a passive environment, I walked for fifteen years, traveling alone through twenty-two provinces. This journey is deeply etched in my memory. During this wavering process, it felt like traveling, but with a greater proportion of pain and humiliation. The essence of travel is to seek one's own scenery. I briefly summarized my thoughts on the "way" of travel into eight points. What is its core? "Seeking one's own scenery" should be the foundation of travel culture. The subject of travel should be people, and truly heart-touching "scenery" should be stumbled upon by chance. Of course, it is also what those who have mastered the art of culture inevitably attain. Moreover, the "victory" of humanistic scenery over natural scenery should be pursued. We should strive to elevate natural scenery through humanistic scenery. Travel should begin with spontaneity, not relying on tour guides and planning from the start to gain industrialized profits. The greatest profit lies within the heart of the traveler. In terms of writing, I began each "way" with a short passage, interspersed with several essays related to that "way," and concluded with a summary. This may be like peering through a tube, glimpsing the essence of travel from personal experiences, hoping it can touch you in some way.