Anhui – Zhejiang – Shanghai 2019, Day 1: Saigon To Huangshan Tunxi Airport

Anhui – Zhejiang – Shanghai 2019, Day 1: Saigon To Huangshan Tunxi Airport

Only 9 days before had I decided to go on another trip to China with my twin sis, this time to 3 provinces/cities of Anhui, Zhejiang, Shanghai. My main visits would be Huangshan (Yellow Mountain), Shanghai, Hangzhou, and Yanguan Ancient Town. This was another trip that required no individual visa (like my previous trip to […]

Nature Wisdom

Water is inherently tranquil, but its surface ripples in the wind

🌊🏔️❄️ Water is inherently tranquil, but its surface ripples in the wind. Mountains remain timeless, but snow crowns the white hair. // 水本无忧,因风皱面,山原不老,为雪白头。 Shuǐ běn wú yōu, yīn fēng zhòu miàn, shānyuán bùlǎo, wèi xuě báitóu. // Thủy bản vô ưu, nhân phong trứu diện, sơn nguyên bất lão, vi tuyết bạch đầu. // Nước […]

Mountain Life

Rise and fall outside the mountain

🏞️🌲🌾 Rise and fall outside the mountain, Those in the mountain don’t know. In the past year, There’s nothing to worry about. So people in the mountain, Live well into old age. They’re willing to eat pine flowers and cypress seeds, Old people return here for peace. // 山外兴与废, 山中皆不知。 算来一年中, 所忧无一时。 所以山中人, 人人皆其颐。 松花柏子肯许食, […]

Mountain Adventure

Since the mountain doesn't come to us, let's go to the mountain

🏔️🚶‍♀️💪 Puisque la montagne ne vient pas à nous, allons à la montagne. // Since the mountain doesn’t come to us, let’s go to the mountain. // 山不向我走来,我便向山走去。 Shān bù xiàng wǒ zǒu lái, wǒ biàn xiàngshān zǒu qù. // Sơn bất hướng ngã tẩu lai, ngã tiện hướng sơn tẩu khứ. // Nếu núi […]

Human Connections

The road is tough, not because of water or mountains

🚶‍♂️🌊🏔️ The road is tough, not because of water or mountains, but because of the ever-changing nature of human relationships. // 行路难,不在水,不在山,只在人情反覆间。 Xínglù nán, bùzài shuǐ, bùzài shān, zhǐ zài rénqíng fǎnfù jiān. // Hành lộ nan, bất tại thủy, bất tại sơn, chỉ tại nhân tình phản phúc gian. // Đường đi khó, không […]

Jane Austen

Why not seize the pleasure at once, how often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish preparations

😊⏳🚫 Why not seize the pleasure at once, how often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish preparations. (Jane Austen) P.s.: Picture taken in Langmusi (Taktsang Lhamo), Sichuan and Gansu, China in 2019.

Adventure Awaits

🌄🌺❤️ Just let me go with you, let me go with you, with the flow of busy people, towards the hills full of flowers, and swinging our sleeves. // 就让我随你去,让我随你去,随着熙熙攘攘的人流,向着开满鲜花的山丘,挥挥衣袖。 Jiù ràng wǒ suí nǐ qù, ràng wǒ suí nǐ qù, suízhe xīxīrǎngrǎng de rénliú, xiàngzhe kāi mǎn xiānhuā de shān qiū, huī huī yī […]

Shennongjia

Shennongjia

Nửa đêm lên giường bỗng dưng nghĩ đến địa điểm tiếp theo ở Trung Quốc mà mình sẽ đi tự túc là Thần Nông Giá (thuộc tỉnh Hồ Bắc). Tên vừa hay ho, mà rừng cây thuốc quý này nọ cũng là lạ. Vừa check thử Thần Nông thì ra cũng xem như là thủy […]

Travel Dreams

I want to go to the ends of the earth again

🌍✈️ I want to go to the ends of the earth again. // 又想去天涯海角。 Yòu xiǎng qù tiānyáhǎijiǎo. // Hựu tưởng khứ thiên nhai hải giác. // Lại muốn đi tận mường Tông Tênh trời vằn, mường Tông Lang trời trũng. P.s.: Picture taken in Tianmen Mountain, Zhangjiajie, Hunan, China in 2019.