What is the true meaning of tourism? Is it better to read ten thousand books than to travel ten thousand miles?
Life is becoming more affluent, and people's pursuit of quality of life is growing higher. Tourism, both a way to relieve stress and soothe the mood, and a great way to broaden one's horizons, is increasingly favored. It used to be a privilege of city dwellers, but now rural people are also full of yearning for travel. This is undoubtedly a specific manifestation of social development and progress, and people's thinking and awareness have undergone tremendous changes, which is a matter of joy and celebration.
So, what is the true meaning of tourism? Is it better to read ten thousand books than to travel ten thousand miles?
Tourism, as the name suggests, 'travel' refers to leaving one's home and walking on the road. 'Tour' refers to playing and watching. It means tourism is leaving one's familiar living circle to a place full of expectations and hope to truly feel the human environment. Before going to this place, you must carefully understand the path, weather changes, and various possible unexpected events. At this time, you can effectively verify your own strategic planning ability, because you can immediately confirm it.
Gold has no bottom, a person has no perfect one. Even if you are well-prepared, you still have to accept it passively. Because all plans must accept countless variables, which are known and unknown. For example, sudden weather changes, train delays, road accidents, traffic accidents, etc. When these situations occur, you can fully verify your adaptability. No matter how wealthy you are, if you disregard minor things, you might be frustrated. For example, a service staff in a dirty small shop can scold you arbitrarily, a poor and impoverished person will not move for your thick stack of money, etc. You might be completely overturned by a minor accident, completely changing your perception of things, suddenly realizing that you are so childish and speechless. Maybe this unintentional journey will make you fully realize your shortcomings, thus becoming stronger and more courageous, more rational and complete.
Perhaps in a moment, you suddenly realize that the people you have become accustomed to in your life are the ones you should cherish the most. Maybe you suddenly realize that no matter what happens, living well is the most meaningful thing; wasting effort pursuing things will have no meaning; happiness is not so difficult, it comes from simple and peaceful happiness. All of this comes from leaving your comfort zone and embarking on an unknown journey, which gives you the opportunity.
In the book, there is gold in the house, and there are colors like jade in the book. Reading can make a person exude a unique quality from the inside out. From the eyes, you can see more confidence, understand the world, and understand the principles of mutual generation and mutual destruction of all things in the world. But this quality is illusory, the result of self-thinking. It is at odds with the reality of life, which is a distance between the book and life. That's why the 'golden house' and 'jade colors' in the book are just in the book, without real-life verification. For example, you've read about the Yellow Crane Tower, read about the Yellow Crane going away and never returning, and said that thousands of years ago, it was empty and desolate. You may feel very moved, but it's just made up. If you really climb the Yellow Crane Tower and look out at the Yangtze River flowing east, Qinshan flowing westward and the trees on the Han River, then you can truly appreciate the beauty of the poem, truly understand the truth of life.
For example, when you read about Su Dongpo's 'Red Cliff Reflections,' you will admire its literary talent. But when you really stand in front of the Red Cliffs, facing the rolling river flowing east and never returning, you will be shocked by the surging waves and retreat, you can truly feel the excitement, you can truly understand the insignificance of humanity in the face of nature. You can truly understand the impermanence of life, even heroes and heroes will eventually become history's one drop of water splashed. You can truly broaden your mind and tolerate things you can't accept before. You can truly know what you want, what you should cherish, and what is the truth of life.
Therefore, it is reasonable to say that 'reading ten thousand books is better than traveling ten thousand miles,' but it is not comprehensive. It should be both reading ten thousand books and traveling ten thousand miles, and mutual verification. This may be the real reason people are so fond of tourism.
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