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Yunnan: A Spontaneous Journey Through Western Yunnan Some trips are meticulously planned—three pages of攻略 (travel guides), hotels booked well in advance, and even a checklist of what to eat each day. And then there are trips where you simply throw a bag over your shoulder,…

Only Longing Remains: A Soul's Elopement to Yunnan Some journeys aren't about reaching a destination—they're about rediscovering the self buried beneath the rubble of daily routine. When I finally pressed the confirm button on that flight ticket to somewhere far away, I knew that a…

A Pilgrimage of One: A 12-Day Journey of Self-Redemption Across Yunnan Foreword: When Life Becomes Nothing but Escape Have you ever had that moment—when love shatters, work collapses, and every day feels like drowning, with even your breath carrying pain? In September 2012, I was…

Stillness and Motion: A Yunnan Journey in Golden October – A Dialogue Between Soul and Landscape From October 15 to 30, 2012, I embarked on a 16-day journey through Yunnan, starting in Lijiang, passing through Lugu Lake, Shangri-La, Meili Snow Mountain, and Yubeng, finally ending…

Lugu Lake: A Place Beyond Words Weibo: @CallMeXiaoMiao | WeChat: miaophoto This piece of writing stems from a trip I took during the May Day holiday in 2012. To be honest, when I first published this travelogue on Mafengwo, my attention to the craft of…