Yu Guangzhong's works: How to relieve worries, only to travel alone

The purpose of travel is different, some are quite serious, in order to increase knowledge, grandiose mind, is simply an extension of education. All universities in Taiwan have graduation trips, and sightseeing means more than cultural tours, and the travels cannot be too far. In the past, British university students often went to southern Europe after graduation, especially to Italy for a "grand tour": Milton, Grey and Byron, who came from Cambridge, were no different. Byron traveled all the way to Asia Minor, and in that day's way, he traveled far enough. Confucius was suitable for the week and asked Lao Tzu. Sima Qian was twenty years old, "traveling south to Jianghuai, Shanghui Ji, exploring Yu Cave, peeping into the Nine Doubts, floating in Shen Xiang; northern Wawen Tears, talking about the capital of Qilu, and watching Confucius's legacy...", which is also a grand tour of cultural significance. Su Rui believed that Sima Qianwen had a strange aura and was able to travel, so he himself had to "seek the wonders of the world and the magnificence of the world, so as to know the vastness of heaven and earth." Passing through the former capital of the Qin and Han Dynasties, looking at the height of the Southern Songhua, and looking at the rushing of the Yellow River in the north, I want to see the ancient Haojie." It is worth noting that Su Rui said that his viewing of the mountain was "arbitrary". Wanton, that's what indulgence means. Chinese in the face of nature, he really enjoyed himself, and even when he degraded officials and far away, he could still "wantonly be in the mountains and rivers" like Liu Zongyuan.

Xu Wenchang was unmotivated, and he also "indulged in the landscape and water, walked the land of Qilu Yanzhao, and looked at the desert poorly." Whether it is wanton or unbridled, it all shows that the tour is enjoyable.

Liu Zongyuan first ascended the Western Mountain, lingering until dusk, "the heart condensed and released, and the ten thousand transformations were meditated". You are happy to this point, and you can really forget your worries.

Not all wise men love to travel. Kant lectured geography and ethnography, but never left Königsberg. Every day at 3:30 p.m., he wore gray clothes and dragged his cane, and went out for a walk, but it could not be said to be a trip.

His adoring junior, Schopenhauer, also walked for two hours every afternoon, rain or shine, but walked around only in the street shaded by the Unter den Lam trees, and walked like this for twenty-seven years, and did not go out of Frankfurt.

Another philosopher, Bacon, held the traditional aristocratic view. He said: "Travel complements the education of teenagers and increases the experience of old age."

But many people travel for fun, for freedom, for the sake of leisure. Chinese say "flowing water does not rot", Westerners say "rolling stone without moss", all because of the relationship that has been moving. The most romantic is the novelist Stevenson.

He declared in Donkey's Back: "As for me, the purpose of the trip is not to go there, but to move forward. I am traveling for the sake of traveling. The most important thing is not to stop. ”

In "The Prodigal Son", he says it even more freely: "I just want to have the sky above my head and the road under my feet." "As for the way to travel, of course, it varies. It is true that having a good companion is a great pleasure, but this kind of person is too difficult to find.

Even if you can find it, you must have the same financial and physical strength, and you must have time at the same time, not to mention that the road is far away and people are tired, and the days are long, even if the two saints are afraid that they will not be able to bear each other.

However, the relationship between the humble and orderly master and servant or the master and apprentice on the road together, like "Mr. Quixote" or "Journey to the West", is easier to last. No wonder Pan came to say "group travel soon". Western writers also advocated traveling alone.

Jiplin thinks that it is fast to travel alone. Jefferson also believes that traveling alone is more beneficial because it is more thoughtful.

Traveling alone has the double benefit. The first is that there is absolutely no restraint, everything can be done according to one's own interests, as long as you endure a little loneliness, you will be exchanged for great freedom. Of course, all problems must also be solved by themselves, which can train the spirit of independence and autonomy. The biggest test of solo travel is whether a person can be his partner.

In a world of nonsense, it is not necessarily a good thing to be able to be exempted from the burden of dialogue. A person who can think should be happy to be with himself.

On the days when I was driving for a long time in the United States, the vast scenery changed outside the window, and the reverie of prosperity fluctuated in my heart, so internal and external, the virtual reality corresponded, from the gray dawn to the dusk, only to feel overwhelmed, rarely bored.

Another advantage of traveling alone is being able to go deep into a foreign land. People who travel in groups are equivalent to separating themselves from the world, and it is their travel companions who are separated in the middle. The more travel companions there are, the more unable to see the world around you. Maintaining at least minimal courtesy and intermittent conversations with each other is no longer very leisurely.

Once I was riding a train south with a writer to give a joint lecture, and along the way we maintained a marathon conversation, and our lips were already scorched. After the speech, back to the hostel, it is inevitable to follow the ancient people's bedtime talk, almost all night.

The car on the way back can not be relatively speechless, of course, continue to talk, no, continue to fight. When I arrived in Taipei, I was already exhausted, and I felt that I could really keep my mouth shut for three years, and remain silent like gold for three years.

If you are unfortunate enough to get caught up in a tour group, then there will always be dozens of tourists between you and the exotic scenery or people, just like wearing a raincoat shower.

To experience life in a foreign land, it is best to be naked and fully engaged, like diving. Wrapping up the beauty and attractions with the clever tongue of a guide and delivering it to a group of tourists armed with cameras is not a trip, it can only be called "canned singtseeing".

Daniel j. Boorstin said it best: "The former traveler took the initiative and tried to find people, to take risks, to experience." The current tourist is content to be passive, just waiting for the funny things to fall on his head, this kind of person just needs to sightseeing. ”

Although the ancients traveled hard, the mountains and rivers were one journey away, not only deep in the people, but also deep in nature. Even if it is riding a horse, of course, it is more bitter to the hip meat, but it is more realistic.

"Riding a donkey into the sword gate in the drizzle" like Lu You is much more interesting than flying over the sword gate in the aircraft sofa.

The more primitive the mode of transportation, the stronger the sense of wind and dust in guanshan travel, and the higher the sense of achievement of travelers.

Thirty-five years ago, I moved to Taiwan from Hong Kong with my mother, took a steamship, and after two days and two nights of tilting in the wind and waves, I saw Keelung floating on the water. Now flying to Taiwan, just burst out of the customs and do not have a sense of trekking, there is no sense of storm and dust, and if you want to take a boat, you can't sit down.

So when I travel, as long as I can take the train, I don't take the plane.

If you can drive yourself, of course, it is better. Lawrence of the Abbes likes to ride motorcycles at high speeds, and he thinks that cars are stubborn and only deserve to ride in the wind and rain. Some arrogant young people ride bicycles to travel to foreign countries, not all to save money, but to go deeper, more calmly, and use their muscles and bones to experience the world and the length of the road. If this kind of youth wants to be my son-in-law, I will give priority.

Travelers bite through the cocoon of habit and fly to the outside world, big and small troubles, all of them stay in their own cities. The tiredness caused by habits is dull. As soon as you pass through customs, this moss-like feeling of being possessed is freed.

Travel is not only a change in space, but also a change in time.

Once on the journey, the order of daily life is all chaotic, in fact, travelers do not have a "daily" life. Because of this, when we travel, we often forget that today is the day of the week, and forgetting the time is to forget the worry. Besides, different countries have different times, and you don't use the original time anymore, so how can you still be subject to the original reality?

On the eve of the trip, you will gradually feel the excitement of departure, and the existing troubles seem to be easier to endure. A few days after I returned home, I caressed the souvenirs I brought back like the booty, flipped through the washed photos like reviewing the proud battle tracks, and there seemed to be a sense of movement in the blood.

In retrospect, even the theft of wallets or the mistaken loss of flights became funny.

Listening to people talk about the interesting things of the journey, just like listening to people recounting sexual encounters, although the listeners scratched their boots and half-believed, they tried to maintain a polite smile, but the people who said it always danced with their eyebrows, repeatedly explained the details, but they were still unfinished.

Therefore, before and after the trip are subjected to quite pleasant fluctuations, almost a spiritual change of blood, can relieve worries.

Of course, even the longest journey will bring pedestrians home, the soles of their boots sticking to the dust of the distance. All the bridges in the world, all the roads, no matter how many left and right turns, always return to their own door in the end.

However, when traveling, it is just like drunkenness, and the time limit for relieving worries is ultimately limited, and Su Xuan wakes up with the same confusion.