What are we doing when we travel? (Original graphic)

Tourism is quite popular in recent years.

Local governments are willing to take the development of tourism as an effective means to develop local economy. After all, under the banner of environmental protection and pollution control, there are not many means to develop the economy under the premise of increasingly fierce competition in other industries, but tourism is definitely a "win-win" move, which can not only protect and optimize the environment, but also develop the local economy and stimulate people's consumption. For ordinary people, "playing games, eating chickens, jumping mahjong, swiping mobile phones and punching in" are called the three favorite cultural and recreational activities of the masses. So the government is willing to support the people's willingness to participate, and everyone is very happy. Some young people even set up a banner to regard "traveling" as their long-term lifestyle in an attempt to enjoy the unique feeling of "always on the road".

However, man is a "meaningful" animal after all. Once any popular entertainment activity is spread out and played too much, someone will start asking about "meaning", otherwise it will be "tired of playing". Therefore, if you don't want to turn tourism into "sightseeing" and be led by the nose, "get on the bus to sleep, get off the bus to pee, and take pictures when you get to the scenic spot", you have to ask the question "What are we doing while traveling". After all, Qian Shan is full of water. How can you see the world from a place where you are tired of living to a place where others are tired of living? I don't know what I'm doing, and it has no specific meaning. How is it possible?

Then the question comes: what is the meaning of tourism?

To sum up, the significance of tourism is nothing more than the following:

1, an opportunity to enrich life and find "integrity"

When you feel that life is dull, shallow, pale and boring, with no sense of purpose and meaning, and often say "this is boring and that is boring", congratulations: you have found the first meaning of travel for yourself-going out, seeing the mountains, seeing the water, meeting people's hearts, and letting the unique "strangeness" when traveling break the stagnant water and shallow reality. You can polish the mirror in your heart and observe yourself, so that you can find some meaning or value of your life, and thus gain invisible motivation to cope with the stormy future.

The first meaning of tourism is to enrich life and find the meaning of life.

2. A way to kill time and overcome boredom.

I answered a question on Zhihu: What do you think is the most lacking in life? I answered half jokingly and half seriously: what I lack most is time! However, looking around, it seems that what many people lack most is time-not time in physical measurement, but time in "state"-they seem to be "idle"! One-on-one ride to work all day long, followed by "doing nothing", "being bored" and "being bored", and then spending a lot of time playing games and socializing inefficiently in Tik Tok. Not that you can't spend time like this. Anyway, time is your own, and how you want to spend it is your own business. However, it is a pity that precious and scarce time and life, which cannot be copied and regenerated, are unconsciously wasted on some worthless things, which is both boring and useless. However, where should this time be spent? Reading is useless, learning is useless, exercise is too tired, overtime is too bitter ... What other methods can kill time and overcome boredom? Why don't you hurry up and prepare for a trip far or near? You can also take this opportunity to get rid of the control of your life by your mobile phone and computer!

Therefore, the second meaning of traveling is to kill time and overcome boredom.

3. A practice of broadening one's horizons and seeing the world.

The world is very big, and the world is really big. You can't stand on the bow of the Titanic and shout "I am the king of the world!" " Like Leonardo. It is impossible to fantasize about owning the whole earth with a globe like a madman, but it is still possible to go out and see the world and see people and things completely different from the "present life" that you are already familiar with or tired of, even if you take a look and come back. Because "going out to see" broadens your horizons and sees how fresh and vast the world is. Of course, if you are just a person who is good at communication and likes to communicate, then "going out" can continue to broaden its functions and realize the fourth meaning of travel;

4. One finger breaks the barrier and arouses emotions

Anyone who has traveled will feel a sense of "release" to some extent. You can "relax, let go of your troubles, lower your posture and let yourself go" by traveling. Of course, if you just "can't let go" and stretch yourself too tight, traveling is not fun at all. You still refuse to "let go" when it's all over, making yourself nervous and tired, and no one gives you money, right? When it comes out, let's "release" (release and bloom your own choice), ok? In the state of "letting go", people are most likely to do two things: break down the "barriers" that hinder interpersonal relationships and provoke their own or others' feelings. So, Tom, Harry, Tom, Tom, Tom, Tom, Tom, Tom, Tom, Tom, Tom, Tom, Tom, Tom, Tom, Tom, Tom, Tom, Tom, Tom, Tom, Tom, Tom, Tom, Tom, Tom. As long as you don't deliberately carry it, don't be too "artificial" and don't be too "selfish", you can make one or several good friends every time you travel, and even after the trip, you and them are still willing to continue this beautiful emotion. On the other hand, in the face of magnificent mountains and rivers and beautiful flowers, how can we not be tempted? Why not shout "holy shit" to vent your inner feelings? Why not try to run a relationship with teasing? (premise: no violation, no foul, no injury). At this point, tourist attractions, especially those among online celebrities, are more perceptive than ordinary people. Then, Lijiang, Shuhe, Dali, Fenghuang, and those towns with Jiangsu and Zhejiang customs, which one doesn't play the affair card and which one doesn't sing the ambiguous drama? Again, as long as it doesn't violate the law, violate the rules and hurt people, it's quite interesting to encounter a feeling of pounding in the journey of physical and mental pleasure. Of course, if you just can't put down your shelf and face, there is a fifth meaning waiting for you when you travel;

5. Wandering around, punching in, showing off, pretending to be forced.

Although this method is "cheap", it is still a feast for the eyes to wear the crown of "Go to Wan Li Road" in the circle of friends, while punching cards everywhere, eating and drinking, and sending some pictures and words. Of course, if you are good at taking pictures and have the advantage of being handsome and straight-faced, or if you are a master of P-pictures with filters, plus some sensational or hurtful words (you can't write them yourself, just copy them online, and you especially like to use the name Cangyang Jiacuo ...), then you can integrate some petty bourgeoisie feelings-congratulations, you can not only use tourism to force, but also force. After all, whether it is reading, scientific research, work, or other powerful skills (crafts), it takes a long time and unimaginable efforts of ordinary people to accumulate to a level that can be forced. The only thing in the world is "tourism". Eating, drinking and having fun, wandering around and making friends can highlight their extraordinary power of broad vision and rich tourism. Isn't this meaning enough?

6. Upgrade: Travel, an exploration to challenge the limit and discover yourself.

In 2002, I followed a group of donkey friends to the Old Three Gorges for the first time. It was the last National Day holiday before the Three Gorges Reservoir was officially impounded. It took me seven days to go back and forth and walk through the old Three Gorges along the fiber-pulling plank road by the river. I wanted to die. Suddenly I felt that the "trip" I had experienced before was simply low-level, so I automatically and consciously upgraded and fell in love with "trip" (donkey trip? ) this activity. Free team, backpack load, enter inaccessible secrets in the form of "self-abuse", and challenge the double limits of physical strength and will. At this time, its significance does not lie in "where have I been" or "the challenge is elsewhere", but in the way of "donkey walking", it hits its "tolerance bottom line" again and again, so that it can rediscover its true self in hunger, fatigue and even pain, including real pain, real ability, real strength and real humility!

However, this kind of play is no longer a simple "swim", it is called "walk" or "donkey walk". When you are tired of wandering around and punching in, and playing "tourism" is no longer helpful for dopamine secretion, you may have the ability and motivation to upgrade your gameplay and make yourself get a more unforgettable life experience in the "donkey journey" of challenging the limits and discovering yourself.

Can this also be regarded as an "upgraded version" of tourism?