How did ancient people travel?

Nowadays, people want to travel in minutes, with convenient transportation and developed network. How did people travel in ancient times when there were no cars and planes and no network strategy?

Going away from home was a great event in ancient times. Maybe you won't come back when you go out, such as Qin Shihuang and Yang Di. Therefore, before going out, you must calculate a divination, turn over the zodiac, look at the Zhouyi, and choose an auspicious day for the zodiac before going out. In the Ming dynasty, divination books specifically for travel were popular all over the country, which was simply a necessary travel manual.

When you choose an auspicious day, you can't move without a strategy, so this kind of thing "strategy" has existed since ancient times. Shan Hai Jing is one of the travel treasures, and its geographical knowledge includes mountains, rivers, nationalities, products, products, medicines, sacrifices, witch doctors and so on. Recorded more than 60 kinds of natural disasters such as "from ruin", "cannibalism" and "seeing the flood", as well as 130 kinds of food that are "not hungry after eating" and "not cold after taking", which is simply a survival manual and a life-saving guide.

There are also the travel notes of ancient donkey friends, such as Zhang Su's Travel Notes on Taiwan and Xu Xiake's Travel Notes on Xu Xiake. He has traveled all over China, covering East China, North China, Central South and Southwest China, including Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Fujian, Shandong, Hebei, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Henan, Jiangxi, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hunan, Hubei, Guizhou and now. Travel all over Mount Tai, Mount Putuo, Tiantai, Yandang, Jiuhua, Huangshan, Wuyi, Lushan, Huashan, Wudang, Luofu, Panshan, Wutai, Lushan, Hengshan and Jiuyi Mountain; Visit Taihu Lake, Minjiang River, Yellow River, Fuchun River, Minjiang River, Jiuli Lake, Qiantang River, Xiaoshui, Xiangshui, Yujiang River, Qianjiang River, Huangguoshu Waterfall, Panjiang River, Dianchi Lake and Erhai Lake. It can be said to be a super-collection-level travel guide.

When you go out, you must take your ID card with you. Passports are also essential if you want to go abroad. The ancients had to carry the official "road guide" and the "customs clearance documents" as ancient passports.

Then the most important question comes. How to get there? Are you walking? Yes, just walking. The horses and chariots you see in TV dramas are all means of transportation for the rich or bureaucrats, and horses are only available for public trips like Tang Xuanzang. Of course, besides walking, there are also waterways. During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the Grand Canal was opened, connecting the north and the south. In the Ming Dynasty, chartering service was also very common. However, the waterway will also affect travel because of the change of weather and water flow direction. At this time, you can go to land.

In fact, I can't imagine how ancient people took their luggage when traveling, because they not only had to take clothes, dry food, umbrellas and other necessities, but also took chamber pot to the toilet. With pen and ink, chess, calligraphy and painting are all arty. So, there is still a car. The rich ride in carriages, and the poor ride in mule carts or ox carts.

Mule car "escort" has long battery life, fast speed and long distance. It only takes a few days to fly to Daiyue, which is your first choice for travel. Don't want to rush? I recommend "Taiping Car" series service, which is very rough. It is pulled by a cow and travels no more than 30 miles a day. There is an iron bell hanging on the car body, which makes a sound when driving, and can be heard for miles away, just like a horn, so that oncoming vehicles can prepare for avoidance in advance. Niu Niu is a "peace car" and enjoys a slow life.

In any case, it was really difficult for ancient people to get out of their homes. Unlike today when we travel with sugar, it is easy to save time and worry, and it is customized. It's good to live in 2 1 century.