Sichuan archive: Langmusi, Chengdu, Huanglong, Mt. Siguniang, and Tibetan highlands. Nature, spirituality, karma, and personal travel stories.
😢🎭🤐 A thread of fate, life’s jesting art, Midst warmth and joy, comes pain’s sharp dart. Not truly salty, yet not plain, Not quite close, yet not far in vain. Only I know my own heart’s strain. // 造化弄人如细丝， 暖意中夹着苦涩。 不咸不淡味难辨， 不远不近情难断， 唯愿自知其中事。 Zàohuà nòng rén rú xìsī, Nuǎn yì zhōng jiāzhe kǔsè. Bù xián … Read more
💭📖💪 The Tibetan people have a saying, “Who knows when death will come!” This aligns with what Tony said in “Green Book”: “Whatever you do, give it your all. When you work, work. When you laugh, laugh. When you eat, treat it like it’s your last meal.” It’s remarkably fitting. // 藏族人常言：“谁知道啥时候死！”这跟《绿皮书》里托尼说的：“不管做什么，都要倾尽全力，工作就工作，笑就大笑，吃东西，就当是最后一顿吃。” 相当的契合。 Zàngzú rén … Read more
🌿🏞️🍂 Contentment waits in countryside so fair, Enough for spring, summer, fall, and winter’s care. With gentle breeze and moonlight clear, A landscape of flowers and streams so near. Who could find a joy greater than here? // 心所喜处，乡野常在， 足供春夏秋冬之趣。 清风明月自得闲， 山水画卷草花间。 此乐几人能胜我。 Xīn suǒ xǐ chù, xiāng yě cháng zài, Zú gōng chūn xià … Read more
🏔️🕊️🚶♂️ From hill to hill, no bird in flight, From path to path, no men in sight. // 千山鸟飞绝， 万径人踪灭。 Qiān shān niǎo fēi jué, Wàn jìng rén zōng miè. // Thiên sơn điểu phi tuyệt, Vạn kính nhân tung diệt. // Nghìn non mất bóng chim bay, Muôn con đường tắt dấu giày tuyệt … Read more
⏳🌲🏙️ Life’s fleeting, swiftly we grow old, Time’s moon and breeze, flowers to behold. Ask those wanderers of yore, In forest, town, who truly knows more. A hundred years, we silently smile, told. // 浮生若梦忽已老， 趁雪月风花遂心意。 问那四方漂泊客， 林泉市井几知音。 百年空自暗笑身。 Fúshēng ruò mèng hū yǐ lǎo, Chèn xuě yuè fēng huā suì xīnyì. Wèn nà sìfāng … Read more
[Tiếng Việt ở phần dưới] Now I found out why there was this sailboat near Anshun Bridge (Chengdu), because it was related to Marco Polo. P.s.: Picture taken in Chengdu, Sichuan, China in 2019. — Thuyền Buồm Ở Cầu An Thuận Giờ mới nghĩ ra tại sao có chiếc thuyền buồm này ở gần cầu … Read more
🌿🧘♂️🌌 Treating people well is cultivation, being alone is character. // 待人友善是修养 独来独往是性格。 Dàirén yǒushàn shì xiūyǎng dú lái dú wǎng shì xìnggé. // Đãi nhân hữu thiện thị tu dưỡng độc lai độc vãng thị tính cách. // Đối xử với mọi người thân thiện là tu dưỡng, độc lai độc vãng là tính … Read more
🌱🔥❄️ There are no four seasons in life, only two seasons, hard work is the peak season, no effort is the off season. // 人生没有四季，只有两季，努力就是旺季，不努力就是淡季。 Rénshēng méiyǒu sìjì, zhǐyǒu liǎng jì, nǔlì jiùshì wàngjì, bù nǔlì jiùshì dànjì. // Nhân sinh một hữu tứ quý, chích hữu lưỡng quý, nỗ lực tựu thị … Read more
👣🚶♀️🏔️ Just let me go with you, let me go with you, Against the flow of whirling people, Toward the deserted hill, While our sleeves are swinging. // 就让我随你去，让我随你去， 逆着背影婆娑的人流， 向着那座荒芜的山丘， 挥挥衣袖。 Jiù ràng wǒ suí nǐ qù, ràng wǒ suí nǐ qù, Nìzhe bèiyǐng pósuō de rénliú, Xiàngzhe nà zuò huāngwú de shān qiū, … Read more