"Let's go! Cao Funing, the author of Seeking a Life on Earth, said: "Now I am happier than before. 」

Interview, Editor/Jane Rou, Photography/Provided by Cao Funian

"I decided to go far away, as far away from Taiwan Province Province as possible, and as far away from the normal life track of more than 20 years as possible. I need to do something more intense to cover up my contradictions, and maybe I can get rid of the problem for a while and let an outsider see the crux of the problem. 」

Cao Funing, 20 14, fled this world with such a mood. After a journey of 36 1 day, all the experiences, the amazing, fearful, joyful and horrible parts of Hua Song's life have been put into life for a long time.

Read "Let's go! Working in the world is like a visible journey. With Cao Fu-nian's vivid and concise style, it's like really following her around the world for 36 1 day, holding her breath or smiling at the ups and downs in her adventure.

Q: "Reading" and "traveling" are often compared or compared with each other. I majored in language and literature in college, and then what? I have been a writer for a long time, and now I have the status of a traveler who travels around the world. What do you think of the meaning and relationship between "reading" and "traveling"? What roles do these two play in your life? Answer? I was very active when I was a child, and reading was the only way to calm me down. I like reading very much. When I meet a good book, I not only read it after class, but also secretly put it under the table during class. My parents encourage their children to study, and my father has a mantra: "You can save everything, but you can't save money on books." . Under his philosophy of life, we don't often buy new clothes or go to restaurants, but there are always new books in the bookcase.

The reason why I started writing was for Jin Yong's novel The Legend of the Condor Heroes. When I was in the fifth grade in China, I began to be fascinated by Jin Yong. The Legend of the Condor Heroes was the first old work I came into contact with. But at that time, a set of four-volume series cost 1000 yuan, which was simply sky-high for primary five students. The way of education at home is to let children fight for what they want. I know I can't afford a book with a thousand dollars, and I haven't thought about asking my parents for it. I just borrow books from my classmates first or go to the library bookstore to read them.

At that time, the class teacher Ning strongly advocated reading and bought several sets of books, thumb library, world literature masterpieces, detective novels and so on. The reading area was set up at the back of the classroom, and the activity of "writing 50 reading experiences and exchanging 1000 book gift certificates" was carried out. I was full of longing for the legend of the condor heroes, and decided to participate as soon as I heard the activity.

The report on reading experience has a prescribed format, including book introduction, famous sayings and epigrams, experiences and lessons, and the length is about the length of a half-manuscript paper. But it took me two years to complete the experience of 50 books for The Legend of the Condor Heroes, and I got this set of books back before graduation. These fifty book reports written for interest have also turned writing from school homework into a happy thing.

I am persistent about what I want to do. No matter what difficulties or setbacks I encounter in the process, I will not give up easily. The same is true of this round-the-world trip. Even if I was stolen and cheated along the way, I just want to solve it at the moment and don't want to shrink back and go home.

I always like reading novels about travel, adventure and fantasy, but I didn't really start traveling until I went to college. I left Taiwan Province Province for the first time and went to Fudan University to do summer research at the age of 20. The bustling Shanghai is completely different from the Shanghai described by Zhang Ailing. However, it is the first time to experience the interest of "reading Wan Li's book and traveling on Wan Li Road", and to reflect on the past in the book to the present moment of the journey has a great multiplier effect, whether it is a reinterpretation of the text or the depth and breadth of the journey.

Before I set out to travel, I had a lot of doubts about myself. I don't know if everything I owned would be better than before if I left resolutely. I don't know who I can talk to about all kinds of uncertainties, but I can only find some encouragement from other people's travel notes. At that time, I borrowed all my travel notes from the library, so I went to the bookstore to find them if I didn't get enough, except "Over the Mountains" and "Fuck the plane! I traveled around the world in a down-to-earth manner, 860 days! The unprecedented adventure of hiking on the Amazon River gave me courage. The 25 people I met in 25 cities and the classic old Patagonia express interviewed by Spanish reporters during my trip all influenced my future travel writing direction. And Liao Yunjie's "Walking Alone in the Border" may be that the author's age and background are similar to mine, and it is a book that I read repeatedly from the beginning to the end of my life.

On this round-the-world trip, I brought two books: a French book in Spanish, and Latin America: The Cut Blood Vessel written by a friend. The author of the latter is Uruguayan journalist and writer Eduardo? Galeano, this book examines the political and economic environment in Latin America from the aspects of colonization, labor and distribution, and criticizes imperialism. Because I didn't know much about Latin America at first, and I was very quick at that time, it was difficult to read quietly. After traveling to South France, I opened this book in a leisurely state and finally read it in one breath, which was deeply touched by the travel experience in the first half of the year. As for western law, I only read a few pages. Learning a language, as long as you are not afraid of being laughed at, you will learn it slowly over time.

I still read a lot of travel-related books, and because I have walked through some places mentioned in the book, I feel more when I read them. I am currently watching dog day? Cat Time: Han Lianglu's A Journey to London, Travel and Reading, and Travel Objection. These reflections on the tourism industry are all wonderful works by the author after extensive reading and cross-referencing books, travel and opinions. I hope that one day, I can write such wonderful words like these authors.

Ask? What kind of situation and mood is the story of traveling around the world written, and what are your thoughts on this journey? Answer? The first draft of this book comes from a travel diary and was written while waiting for a bus, taking a bus or sleeping. Write whatever you want. After returning to Taiwan Province Province, I immediately went back to the workplace to sort out these travel memories, which was also a relief from work. Although I am often busy until midnight, I feel quite happy.

People who have traveled with me should often take out their diaries or mobile phones and laptops to write in my spare time. My memory is not very good. Writing is my homework when I travel. The feelings and feelings gained during the trip are very strong and frequent. Many memories of meeting for a period of time, once diluted and reconciled by other emotions, will never come back.

With the end of the trip and returning to life, the memories and feelings during the trip will gradually fade away. Reading other people's travel notes when traveling can effectively mobilize the mood. I was only brave at that time, Walking on the Road of Dreams and Traveling in the Deep of Asia all helped me finish this book when I was writing about customs.

The deeper you know about a place, the more you can make profound and incisive observations when traveling. I have always believed that to write meaningful and informative travel notes, the author should read a lot of books, widely accept other people's views and stir up his own set of ideas.

Because "let's go! The first draft of "Working in the World" was mostly a reduction of travel diaries, and it was almost finished soon after returning to Taiwan Province Province. Nearly a year has passed, and I spent almost all my time searching for information and revising manuscripts over and over again. When traveling, clarify the situation of the country, correct the fallacy of understanding, and even rewrite the whole article. In the process of searching for information, I also read many books and articles that I have never touched before, and I have grown a lot.

It takes a year to sort out the memories of a year's trip. I think this book is like a trip to 1+ 1 From the first draft to the final draft, every trace of revision is also the footprint of this round-the-world trip.

Ask? After 36 1 day ended your efforts to "make a living" in the world, what inspiration and change did this "comma of life" give you? Do you have different views and values about the world? Any brilliant plans for the future? Answer? I used to be a perfectionist, not only tired of myself, but also tired of doing things with my partners. There are too many variables in this trip, so I slowly let go of perfectionism, let go of myself and try to enjoy what happened, good and bad. Now I am happier than before, and I can enjoy my life more easily. For this world, I also began to practice putting aside my prejudice and trying to understand different aspects of a country from different angles.

I still like news writing and hope to continue to develop in this field. However, in addition to writing other people's stories in the future, I still hope to continue writing my own stories.

Ask? Journalists who used to write about others have now become travelers and writers who can write about themselves. What is the difference and transformation between these two roles, and what is the difference in mood? Answer? I am ashamed to call myself a "traveler". Compared with many great backpackers and travelers I met on my trip, I only explored a small part of this vast world. Everyone has his own wonderful story, and I happened to be lucky enough to publish a book to share my experience.

From chasing other people's stories to writing your own, it is like getting energy from others and becoming a person who can share and pay. Although this trip has nothing to do with dreams, some friends and readers later said that after reading my travel notes, I decided to realize my travel plan that has been brewing for many years. This is unexpected, and I am very happy.

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