What happened to a man who got cancer and was lucky to be "reborn" after ten years on a green train?

In the memory of most China people over the age of 30, there is always a memory related to the green leather train.

Qian Haifeng, a 49-year-old general electrician in a hotel in Wuxi, Jiangsu, spent nearly 10 years photographing the green leather train in China. His work "The Green Leather Train" won a photography award. Recently, his story was made into a video. Only half an hour after its release, the number of hits has exceeded 654.38+million, and the total number of hits currently exceeds one million.

"Maybe it's because there is a * * * sound." Qian Haifeng said that the audience used to take the train, go to school, go to work, sleep in the road and sleep in luggage. ...

He said that everyone who has taken the green leather train will have a memory of his own.

"Speaking of the influence of the Green Leather Train on me, to be honest, it's really nothing. I still work and take pictures. If there is any change, it is more interviews with the media. " Qian Haifeng said with a smile.

Qian Haifeng, a 49-year-old native of Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, speaks Mandarin with a local accent.

In 2000, he suffered from nasopharyngeal carcinoma. In 2005, through active treatment, nasopharyngeal carcinoma did not recur, and Qian Haifeng finally survived.

"As the doctor said, you don't have to look at the cure rate. For an individual, there are only two outcomes, one is life and the other is death. " Qian Haifeng said he was very lucky.

Start "walking alone"

From 65438 to 0987, after graduating from high school, Qian Haifeng went to Wuxi Hotel to work as an electrician with a monthly salary of 200 yuan, which was envied by everyone at that time. In the hotel, he can see many English documentaries.

"I picked up the camera, walked alone, took the train or photographed the local folk customs. I was going to shoot people, not just the scenery. I think about it now, and the documentary I have seen has some subtle influence. " He said.

In 2005, after five years of treatment, he got rid of everything and it was useless to save money. In case of cancer recurrence, no amount of money can live. It is better to spend this money on his hobby-"going to far away places to see".

Therefore, he became a lonely backpacker. "Walking alone is not walking alone, but walking alone. There is no constraint, no destination, and you can do whatever you want."

Qian Haifeng started his first trip to Tibet in 2006. "At that time, I really wanted to turn over a new leaf. Now I want to go to Tibet. " He recalled that he was still very excited when he saw Potala Palace, Namco and Tanggula. Because these are all things in geography books, it is almost indescribable to look so close.

As a result, he felt dizzy as soon as he came back. "Then I thought it was over again."

After a general examination, the doctor told him that this was a normal reaction and he would be fine after a few days' rest. But the doctor also "warned" him: "You can't go to such a high altitude area with serious respiratory diseases. You are desperate, that place is not where you go. "

In 2007, he wanted to visit Xinjiang again, but some places were over 4000 meters above sea level. For the sake of safety, he put his trip to high altitude at the end. "I didn't respond that time, so I decided to leave my footprints on the land of China."

Under normal circumstances, Qian Haifeng's itinerary is more casual, but he will never join the group. "The cost of joining the group is relatively high. Going to Tibet may cost 10 thousand yuan. It may be enough for me to go to three or four thousand yuan. "

Qian Haifeng said that if you can take the bus, you can take the bus. When there is no bus, he will stop and sit. He also chose the most economical hotel accommodation and stayed in the villagers' homes without hotels.

Green train

Before 2008, Qian Haifeng tried to walk alone on the road, but did not focus on the green leather train. In his eyes, "the green leather train is just a means of transportation that carries itself alone."

He was not moved until he saw Wang Fuchun's work The People of China on the train. "The green leather train is almost the main means of transportation for me to walk alone. I think I can try it myself and photograph the small society in the green leather train. "

As a result, in 2008, Qian Haifeng's first work "Green Leather Train" started shooting.

In the photography circle, people commented on his Green Leather Train and said, "Qian Haifeng is very clever. When the high-speed rail was opened, he began to shoot green leather trains. " On August 1 2008, the first Beijing-Tianjin high-speed railway in China was opened to traffic.

"In fact, this is just a coincidence. I really didn't think about this point in time. " Qian Haifeng said with a smile that when he thought he could "pat the green train", he didn't deliberately shoot the green train, but recorded the pictures he was interested in on the way to "overlook".

By 20 10, there will be no more green leather trains between Shanghai and Nanjing and Shanghai. Qian Haifeng once posted a picture of "green leather train" in the forum. After he agreed, it was published in the paper media by the local media. "I think my photo is still meaningful."

"At that time, although the pace of the high-speed rail era was accelerating, there were still quite a few green leather trains." He said.

By 20 12, when he planned to go to Guiyang again, he found that the green leather train from Shanghai south to Guiyang had stopped. "At that time, I felt that the place where China should go was almost the same, but the green leather train will soon withdraw from the historical stage." Since then, his itinerary has been adjusted to take the green leather train.

A real "small society"

In online comments, netizens' stereotype of the green leather train is "messy" and "crowded".

Qian Haifeng thinks so too. This is the real scene of the green leather train. "It's not the kind of green leather train that literary youth feel. The real green leather train is a poorly equipped and chaotic means of transportation, but it is very lively and realistic. "

With the progress of society, when Qian Haifeng went to shoot Spring Festival travel rush assault again in recent years, he found that the interior of the car was obviously much better than in the past. Some post-90s also wrap up the garbage, put it in plastic bags or throw it into the trash can.

But there must be many so-called uncivilized scenes. He said that if the train is crowded, the smell in the carriage is really hard to smell. Although his nose is bad, he can still smell everything. "On the crowded train, some girls went to the toilet and covered their noses. I have also taken these details. "

Qian Haifeng once photographed the green leather train of cotton farmers returning home. After your feet are raised, you have to let others move their positions before your feet can be put down. "Almost all the spaces are crowded with people, and so am I, sitting directly on the garbage." Because the bus was too crowded, passengers couldn't walk around at all, and they couldn't throw the garbage into the trash can, which was caused by the environment at that time.

In addition, on the green leather train, if your feet don't move all the time, you will get edema. "I once took a photo. That's 20 13, the green leather train from Chengdu to Shanghai. Because Spring Festival travel rush was in a hurry, the original hard berth was changed into a hard seat, and the top floor was changed into a luggage rack. The young man just curled up on the luggage rack and couldn't stretch his legs. Very uncomfortable. Only when he gets to the station can he put his foot out of the window and kick. "

Your own "shadow"

"I am actually just an ordinary migrant worker. I am just like them. " Qian Haifeng said that he always shoots people and things on the green leather train with a "head-up" attitude, recording the truest living conditions of others and himself. "If you are photographed by a photographer who lives an exquisite life, it is estimated that you can't photograph that feeling."

Standing for a long time will be too much for anyone He said that during the day, some young people may be ashamed to sit on the ground. However, after a long time, young people will sit down. "If your body is overdrawn, you won't think it's uncivilized."

Qian Haifeng said that when shooting, he actually had similar experiences with the people in those photos. "You see them lying under the table and under the seat. In fact, I can see my own shadow in these photos. I was also lying in the aisle, lying under the seat. I also eat a cup of instant noodles and eat the cheapest box lunch. "

Qian Haifeng told reporters that because the hotel has off-season and peak season, he often works overtime in peak season and goes out for "long-distance travel" in off-season. Qian Haifeng's travel is random, and so is his shooting. "I don't have to shoot anything or go anywhere."

It is this accidental "randomness" that allows him to capture more "wonderful" places in his trip.

Photo witness? Beautiful love

In recent years, in order to shoot the last green leather train, Qian Haifeng will change shifts with his colleagues.

When he knew that the green leather train from Mohe to Shenyang was going to be retired, he immediately transferred to Mohe with his colleagues. "I also photographed the last green leather car from Beijing to Zhangjiakou, Hankou to Weihai, Shenzhen to Xinyang and Shenzhen to Wenzhou. If you don't shoot, you won't have it. "

Qian Haifeng said he wouldn't take the high-speed train to shoot. "With my current income, I can't support it and stop walking." He smiled and said that maybe at that time, he would choose to look at photos at home and recall his story on the green leather train.

During the trip, Qian Haifeng often encounters unexpected "stories". He recalled that in 20 14, on a green leather train in Xi' an, there was a boy and a girl beside him. Because the boy went to college in Xi 'an and was also a "donkey friend", they chatted well and left QQ for each other. Later, Qian Haifeng also took photos of him and the girl next to him.

Two years later, the boy suddenly left him a message on QQ, "Do you still remember me? I sat next to you on the train in Xi 'an. Isn't there a girl there? She is my girlfriend now. That night was the first time my girlfriend and I met. I remember you took a picture. Do you still have it? "

"Still there." Then, Qian Haifeng sent the photo to the boy.

He said that he also happened to shoot such a story. "Although it's just an ordinary photo, it's too precious for them. Recorded their first acquaintance. " He said that when boys and girls got married, he would enlarge this photo for them.

"There are also wonderful stories in the green leather train, just like in the novel." Qian Haifeng said.