Travel Notes: Climbing Mount Tai

People always set out for too long and forget when and why they set out. It's like people live too comfortably and forget when and why they lived.

In February 2021, after writing an article about saying goodbye to 2020, I suddenly realized that I haven’t gone out for a long time. Because of the epidemic in the past two years, I have never dared to go out of other provinces. Gradually falling into the inertia of life. Go to work and get off work every day, eat three meals a day (sometimes two meals), use Douyin, get entangled in emotions, care about gains and losses, and feel heartbroken about separation. It seems like I haven't been myself for a long time. Oh, that's a girl who gets the simplest happiness from traveling around mountains and rivers. That's a girl who is happy just by eating some delicious food. I want to get her back, so I have to start from where I started.

Destination: Mount Tai

Group of people: Er Peng, Zhang Bo, Xiao Hong, me

Reason for departure:

After class, chat. Er Peng asked: "Li, is there any place you want to go?" I said: "There are many!" After Bala Bala mentioned a few destinations, Er Peng suggested that we go climb Mount Tai. It is close and we can go there on the weekend. After playing, don’t delay class. It also counts as a Children’s Day gift! Xiaohong also agreed. Er Peng said, I also have a friend who recently fell out of love, let’s call him too!

Result: So, the four of them formed a group and left as soon as they wanted.

After simply packing, I took the first step on my journey of thousands of miles.

At that time, there was no Line 3 in Normal University. At that time, we didn’t have much money in our hands.

At two o'clock in the morning, we arrived at Taishan Station safely. Before climbing, we were still alive and well.

When we walked under the dim mountain gate, there were people selling walking sticks, and some tourists were talking enthusiastically about watching the sunrise before they even started climbing. The four of us, apart from being a little excited, had no idea what this Lord of the Five Sacred Mountains would bring to us.

We started climbing, and it was pitch dark most of the way up the mountain, but we still worked hard to see the sunrise.

There were really so many steps on that stretch of road when it was dark, so many times after I went back, in my dreams, I was climbing the steps, which made me tired... It was indeed quite tiring. More than halfway up, Xiaohong and I I can hardly hold on anymore. Zhang Bo kept walking very fast and kept saying, Hurry up! But Er Peng's approach was much gentler. He lightened the burden for Xiaohong and me, carried our bags, and pulled Xiaohong and me with a stick. Hong, and later Zhang Bo also pushed behind. We were so tired that Xiaohong and I were too tired to leave, but Zhang Bo kept saying to hurry up! Later I realized that we need to understand that the way people express care is different, but the starting point is all good, and that's okay. In the end, it was the stern Zhang Bo and the gentle Er Peng who helped us two weak women climb the mountain.

Along the way, I saw a lot of beautiful words.

on the way

At that time, I wanted to give up a thousand times and didn’t want to climb anymore. I was really too tired. However, the encouragement and support from my friends and my desire for the sunrise on Mount Tai made me persevere in the end. Climb from midnight, until dawn, and then again at dawn. When they were almost at Nantianmen, Xiaohong wanted to sit down and rest, but Zhang Bo refused. Xiaohong asked why, and Zhang Bo said because... She thought it was a serious explanation, but in the end, he said, "Because we are a family"! As a result, the four people sang the song "Love Each Other" excitedly, making passers-by laugh almost crazy. Probably, they have never seen many college students sing so loudly and laugh so loudly while climbing mountains in the middle of the night! The happiness at that time was really simple and pure.

Of course, on the dark road, I, who was tone-deaf, sang to them a modified version of "Fairy Tale" ("Water Margin version" and "Journey to the West" version), which scared them, for fear that others would know that I was on the same page. .

We chatted happily and climbed the mountain nervously. When I turned around, it was already dawn.

In the end, we were still a little short of sunrise. Xiaohong and I rented military coats at the top of the mountain and curled up in them to sleep, feeling sleepy and tired. Zhang Bo and Er Peng were much more relaxed and relaxed. They ran around and went to several places that Xiaohong and I didn't go.

I'm afraid this kid has some skills!

The scenery along the way is very beautiful.

Strange pines and sea of clouds

Qingquan strange rocks

waiting for sunrise

Fairyland

Going down the mountain, I was supposed to take the cable car, but there were too many people, so I decided to give up. So we walked down the mountain, except for Nantianmen, where we ate and drank beer together in the ditch (I didn’t know at the time that I was allergic to alcohol, and I was really brave, even though I only had two sips). We happily ate, drank, laughed, and made fun. Zhang Bo no longer has that cold face. Later, we walked to the bus stop and finally didn’t have to go down the steps.

After going down the mountain, we went to Daming Lake, rowed a boat, and ate Shaxian snacks.

It's also very interesting when rowing. Er Peng and I, Xiaohong and Zhang Bo on one side, we compete in rowing. If we pedal faster, the boat will tilt towards them, and if they pedal faster, it will tilt towards us. One-sided, fooling around, I don’t know if this kind of competition will tip the boat, I just know it, but I’m still a landlubber. Who gave me the courage to get on the boat and compete? Thinking about it now, I was so brave at that time! This courage was probably given by Liang Jingru, right?

I didn’t know until the end whether Xia Yuhe was by the Daming Lake, but the bright figures and hearty laughter of the four of us pedaling hard were left in the Daming Lake.

There is no Xia Yuhe on the Daming Lake, only a little girl fishing.

The big girl sailing the boat

lotus pond

center of lake

There are not many scenic spots. We only went to Daming Lake when we came down from Mount Tai. Mainly because our legs were weak from walking on the steps.

What impressed me the most was that I told them that before getting married, they must climb Mount Taishan with their partner. If they can climb up and then go back down, they can get married together; if they can't support each other on the road and can't persevere until the end, then forget it. . After all, the hardships in life are much harder than climbing Mount Tai. Mount Taishan has given me not only the enjoyment of the beautiful scenery of strange pines, strange rocks, sea of clouds, and sunrise, but also a wonderful life experience of exploring the world for the first time. Along the way, everyone was talking, laughing, and noisy. But when each other had the idea of giving up, they encouraged each other and persisted. Probably, this is the meaning of friends' existence. When you want to give up on something you want to do, I will remind you and tell you not to forget the person who came with the original intention. At that time, I had time and partners, but no money. Now I have money but no time, but my original partner has long since disappeared. Later emotional experiences also often reminded me that the most important thing is not what the future will be like or how to live now, but never forget the original simple and happy self. Someone will betray you, hurt you, give up on you, but don't question yourself because of it. We must believe that we can handle all oncoming sufferings, we must cherish ourselves as we did in the beginning, and we must believe that there are friends behind us.

On the way back to the station, we sat on the ground outside the train station and played cards. Waiting at the station, we were too sleepy and fell asleep. Zhang Bo was responsible for looking after the bags.

Then, we arrived in Tianjin safely.

There was laughter and laughter all the way, even when we were tired, we were even more loving.

It’s my first time to go out and explore the world,

I have made several good friends in this life,

It's a worthwhile trip.

Later, the four of us often played together, went to the library together, ate together, worked together, and experienced many, many things.

Later, Zhang Bo Xiaohong went to graduate school, and Er Peng and I became part-time workers. At that time, our emotions had their own destinations, and the contact became less and less.

Later, we all went through the trough periods of our respective careers or love, and we comforted each other when we were most helpless.

Now, we are in constant contact, and we especially cherish this friendship with so many stories from a simple and innocent age.

Our future trip is on the road. Our friendship is on the road.

I think my desire to climb Mount Taishan with the person who will spend my life with me in the future is also on my way...