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preface
We have been busy running around life all our lives, but there is such a person who has traveled all over China, some people say he is a "hiking master" and some people say he is "the first crazy in the world", he started hiking at the age of 24, walked more than 400,000 kilometers of land, and died at the age of 59 to end a 35-year hiking trip, during which he saw the vast desert, also walked the winding mountain paths, and conquered the snowy plateau with thin air. So what made him choose to hike at such a young age? What did he experience during this one's journey?
The starting point of the journey
The man with firm eyes and a smile in the picture, Xie Jianguang, was born in a rural family in Yinzhou, Zhejiang Province, and his parents were old farmers with their backs to the sky facing the loess, and with Xie Jianguang's birth, he brought a lot of joy to this barren family.
But what is more realistic is that it is difficult for the two to rely on farming to have some meager income to support themselves, and even fewer can give Xie Jianguang, so Xie Jianguang's childhood was not happy, often hungry and full, because family conditions are really limited.
Xie Jianguang had just finished primary school when his family had been forced to drop out because he could not afford school fees, and his neighbors in the village introduced him to a carpenter's apprenticeship, and his parents agreed thinking that their children could learn some crafts.
In this way, the young Xie Jianguang began his own learning road, don't look at the age of elementary school things but very fast, some technical things can be taught once can be a seven, seven, eight, eight, the master who took him at that time felt that this child had talent.
As he grew older, Xie Jianguang often made some ingenious things with the skills he learned, such as some wooden boxes, wooden tables, stools, etc., and after the family knew it, they all felt that this child had a craft that could support himself.
But no one expected that the index fingers of Xie Jianguang's two hands were cut off during a use of the cutting machine, although it was not saved when it was sent to the hospital in time, and it was also at that time that Xie Jianguang was left with a lifelong disability.
Xie Jianguang, who lost his fingers, is obviously no longer suitable for the delicate work of carpenter, and he can only choose to go home first to follow his parents to farm, although it is very hard, but the family is also very happy together.
I thought that it would be good to live a dull life like this, but when Xie Jianguang was 17 years old, he suddenly fainted and was sent to the hospital and was found to have congenital heart disease, which undoubtedly brought a thunderbolt to this family.
In order to save this desperate son Xie Jianguang's parents devoted all their family savings, just to give Xie Jianguang hope to live, after this kind of hovering on the edge of life and death, Xie Jianguang suddenly realized the importance of life.
In the face of the failure of work, the fragility of life, he looked down a lot, but also made him feel a lot of changes, more open-minded, for Xie Jianguang at this time, tomorrow and accident, no one knows which will come first, cherish the present is particularly important.
For a long time to come, Xie Jianguang pondered what is the meaning of life? It is to be a farmer like his parents and busy all his life, thinking of this, Xie Jianguang shook his head: No, this is not the life I want.
Instead of sitting still like this, it is better to take the initiative and do what he wants in his limited life, Xie Jianguang wants to go to this small village to see the outside world, to see the great rivers and mountains of the motherland, to experience a different life.
The parents agreed that because they only wanted their children to be healthy and happy, Xie Jianguang began his journey with 150 yuan, a notebook, a book of poetry and simple clothing when he was 24 years old.
Life on the go
At this time, Xie Jianguang relied on the carpenter knowledge he learned as a child, and with the help of his parents, he simply transformed the family's handcart into a "wooden house", and his plan was to start from Wenzhou, from Ningde to Fuzhou, and finally reach the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau all the way west.
This "wooden house" is wrapped with a layer of iron to withstand the wind and rain, and the inside is divided into two layers, where some simple daily necessities can be placed on the top, and a bed is made into a bed below.
But Xie Jianguang's parents did not expect that he would have been gone for 35 years, and after departure, Xie Jianguang saw a lot of new things that he had never touched during the journey, of course, although there was a lot of joy during the journey, it was not smooth sailing.
Along the way, he recorded his experiences of the places he went, recorded them in the form of words, occasionally encountered photos taken by fellow Chinese people, would hang them in his "wooden house", and also generously let everyone visit his "hut".
Of course, his "wooden house" has also been repaired and crumbled many times during the journey, and at this time, Xie Jianguang built a small stainless steel cart with the help of his riding friends, which is much wider than the previous "wooden house".
Everyone knows that there will be unexpected accidents during the hike, in addition to the most important point is money, there is no financial resources to support this long journey, and the 150 yuan brought out before going out is almost nothing.
Since coming out, Xie Jianguang has not bought a single piece of clothing, sometimes he is really hungry and picks up the food discarded by others, and sometimes even goes to the restaurant cafeteria to eat the leftover meals of customers.
Despite the fact that life has come to such a point, Xie Jianguang has never thought of backing down and still insists on his hike, in his words: the outside world is really beautiful, I like this breath of freedom.
But there were also many dangers during the journey, once Xie Jianguang temporarily rested on the grasslands of Inner Mongolia, and a wild wolf appeared not far away, when the wild wolf was only more than ten meters away from Xie Jianguang, staring at Xie Jianguang motionlessly.
But fortunately, this wild wolf did not attack him and survived, not only that, but Xie Jianguang also suffered the impact of the flood, causing his luggage to be washed away, so that he could only gnaw the bark of trees and dig wild vegetables for a long time.
To say that what impressed him the most was the time he spent the night in the cave, Xie Jianguang, who had nowhere to go under the downpour that day, could only choose to spend the night in a cave not far from the mountain, the cave was dark and damp, and he could hardly reach his fingers in the innermost part.
Just when he was about to take some warmth, there was a sudden "click" under his feet, Xie Jianguang looked down and saw that he actually stepped on a skeleton, which suddenly startled Xie Jianguang, it turned out that there was a coffin not far away, surrounded by white bones.
Seeing that this scene changed to other people, he had already left, but Xie Jianguang walked over slowly, and said with words in his mouth: I'm sorry, while carefully putting all the white bones back into the coffin.
In this way, Xie Jianguang spent this stormy night with the white bone coffin in the cave, which was also recorded and seen later in Xie Jianguang's notes, and the specific events that happened at that time Xie Jianguang's memory is very vague.
Of course, in addition to these anecdotes, Xie Jianguang also met his own love on the journey, it was on a sunny afternoon, and a somewhat tired Xie Jianguang fell asleep looking at the poetry book on the bench.
When he woke up, he found that the poetry book around him was missing, he searched everywhere but could not find it, and a woman appeared not far away, holding the book of poetry in her hand and reading, Xie Jianguang walked over.
"Hello, this is my book of poems," Xie Jianguang said politely, "I'm sorry, I just walked through and picked it up and read it when I saw this book of poems on the ground," the woman responded with a smile, and the two also found a common topic because of a book of poems.
After talking, I learned that this woman is a Chinese teacher at the school next door, and she usually likes poetry, but just when Xie Jianguang opened his mouth to ask, suddenly the class bell rang, and the female teacher said hello politely and left in a hurry.
It was not until after class that the female teacher came to the playground to find Xie Jianguang and return the poetry book, the two had a deep understanding, the female teacher actually had a dream to go to the outside world to see, but there were too many constraints to achieve this wish.
Compared with Xie Jianguang's experience, the female teacher is more curious, she likes to listen to Xie Jianguang tell her experience along the way, the things she encountered, the people she met, and the beautiful scenery she saw, which made her listen to it with pleasure.
The female teacher not only did not dislike Xie Jianguang's sloppyness, but took him to cut his hair and take a bath, warmly invited him to eat In the time that the two got along, the female teacher also hinted at her own intentions, hoping that Xie Jianguang could stay.
Xie Jianguang also moved his heart for the female teacher, and it was rare to meet someone who shared his interests and had the same ideals in life, but after Xie Jianguang's deliberation, he politely rejected the female teacher's wishes, and finally decided to pursue his ideals.
In this way, Xie Jianguang put away this beauty, took his bag and continued to move towards the destination, and in Xie Jianguang's notes, it was also recorded that someone asked him how long he was going to walk like this, and his answer: In this life, as long as I live, I will not stop.
The end of the journey
In this way, Xie Jianguang, who has been walking on the road, has changed from a young guy to an old man who is nearly 60 years old, and he has spent his beautiful youth on the road of hiking.
On the way to travel in 2018, Xie Jianguang suddenly fainted, fortunately was found by nearby villagers and sent to Heihe First People's Hospital for treatment, but when the doctor examined him, he found that at this time, Xie Jianguang had stomach bleeding in his body, even accompanied by heart failure and other diseases, and many organs of the body had been seriously damaged.
The doctor also tried his best to heal, but unfortunately failed to snatch his life from the hands of death, and left this world forever on the third day after entering the hospital for rescue due to the failure of multiple organs in the body.
epilogue
About Xie Jianguang's life, some people say what this picture is, his parents gave birth to him did not choose his own way of life, and in the end he died in another country so desolate, and some people said that he was really brave to do what I wanted to do but did not dare to do, in fact, in life, each of us has the opportunity to choose, but some people choose three meals a day to be safe, some people choose to be free in the mountains and rivers, no matter what kind of life they choose, life only hopes that we can treat ourselves and the people around us well, no matter where we are, take good care of our bodies.