In recent years, the natural, cultural and cultural environment in China has undergone major changes. People of our generation who once loved traveling and living (not sightseeing and leisure travel) no longer love it as much as before. The emotions on the road can no longer be felt. We can only feel and recall it from Xu Wei's songs back then. From backpacking freely when I was young, I experienced the psychological feelings brought by nature, humanities and geography on the road, to traveling by car, basically traveling alone, purely personal experience and feelings on the road. At that time, there were still many local characteristics in various parts of the country, which would bring me different experiences due to changes in the local environment. Seeing different scenery, of course, not only natural scenery, I was fascinated by the physical and psychological feelings it brought.
With the changes in many factors, the vigorous development of economic GDP and various transportation infrastructure across the country has accelerated the process of national integration. Any small county along the 18th line will feel that apart from being slightly inferior in terms of hardware, its awareness of humanistic environment is not much different from that of big cities, because every small county, town, and town is on par with big cities, and information communication In the era of high-speed Internet communication, the overall ideology of any region has also converged. This may make travelers feel a little lonely after traveling, but there is nothing wrong with that. Any region must develop its economy and improve its living conditions. I wonder if there is a solution to the contradiction between the rapid (blind) economic development and the diversity of humanities and folk customs.
Let’s talk about the natural scenery. Our country has a vast territory and the natural scenery is very good. In fact, many natural landscapes and geographical diversity are outstanding if compared to any country in the world. However, many landscapes have been over-exploited by humans, losing the original natural wild flavor and adding traces of urban parks. We who have traveled thousands of miles are not here to experience the leisure parks at our doorsteps. . . I heard a few days ago that the wall of the Feilai Temple Observation Deck in Meili Snow Mountain in Deqin is going to be demolished. Although this is good news, but let’s take a closer look. In order to charge for the observation deck, the entire road was built with walls. In essence, it was forcibly blocking the sight of travelers and passers-by. Who has the qualifications to fence the great rivers and mountains of the motherland? It is understandable that the murals in the caves of the monuments and temples are not allowed to be photographed, for fear that the camera flashes of the large influx of tourists will accelerate the aging of the monuments. Will the majestic Meili Snow Mountain be damaged by the eyes of passers-by? Money should be spent in a proper way, in a more humane and win-win way, instead of building walls and charging tickets in such a crude way.
The large number of tourists is also an unsolvable problem, not to mention holidays. Traveling at that time may be tantamount to suffering. You may regret it when you see the crowds of people in a scenic spot. With the emergence of travel self-media, a large number of full-time travel self-media people are visiting everywhere. They dig out all kinds of niche places, shoot them into videos, and present them on major platforms. Then a large number of tourists flock in, and various niche places become Internet celebrity attractions one by one. Many areas in the west that were originally somewhat mysterious, such as Ali in Tibetan areas, Medog, the Xinjiang-Tibet Line and Pangong Lake, have lost their mystery and tranquility. As for the famous 318 Sichuan-Tibet Line, news of heavy traffic jams in the middle of the night are often heard. In the city, you can often see stickers on many cars saying "318 must be driven in this life", so it was destroyed.
For those of our generation who once loved traveling, it’s not that they have closed their hearts when they grow old. They have not closed their hearts, but the scenery is no longer the same.