Travelogue ⁽¹³⁾

It had been a long time since I last went to Miaofeng Mountain. I am about to leave Beijing for school elsewhere, and before leaving I wanted to visit Miaofeng Mountain. So the day before yesterday I took some time off and went. I had…

After the gaokao ended and I confirmed my admission, I gave myself a few days off and took my family to a small island for a trip. It was my first time visiting an island. The island is small; walking around it takes less than…

The hibernating days of winter are hard to bear. The north is bare, gray, and rarely green, and winter is long, from late November through late March—unlike my hometown, which is green year-round. So when spring comes, I go wild. Last Saturday and this Saturday…

On the evening of Saturday, September 19, I discussed with my son: "Where shall we cycle tomorrow? Shall we go deep into the mountains of Mentougou to see the autumn scenery, or go to Tongzhou to pay respects at Li Zhuowu's tomb?" My son, who…

After lunch, I suddenly felt like taking some time to wander through Beijing in late autumn. So I got on a bicycle and set off from Daojugou Bridge, riding along the Kunyu River all the way to Bagou Village, where I lingered for a while…

On October 27, 2019, I was in Wuhan, the City of Rivers. That day was the closing ceremony of the Military World Games, and the city of Wuhan was immersed in the excitement brought by an international sporting event. As a Hubei native born and…

On August 21, I rose very early in the mountains. Outside the door I met an early-rising mountain couple; I asked them whether there were wolves on the mountain. The old couple told me there were no wolves. I told them I had thought I…

Living in the mountains, I woke in the small hours. Opening the window, the night outside was cool as water, the sky filled with stars, and milky moonlight spread across the ground. In the mountains all was silent save for the chirping of autumn insects.

These two days I am staying in a sparsely populated mountain valley. In the valley there is a small village of fewer than a hundred people. Halfway up the mountain is a place for tourists to stay, accommodating thirty or forty people. Adding villagers and…

On August 6, 2019, I took my three students to wander through the Anguo medicinal-materials market. They have been studying medicine with me since the fifth grade of primary school, three years now, and it was time they came along to this largest medicinal-materials trading…