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I have always believed in Sakyamuni's words: No matter who you meet, he is the person who should appear in your life. It is no accident that he will definitely teach you something. So I also believe that no matter where I go, it is the place I should go, experience something I should experience, and meet the people I should meet.

First volunteer trip,

Recording life in a unique way,

Life is trivial, and over time, you will forget the things that bring you happiness.

Always write travel notes and record the beauty of life

When you are troubled, you can flip through the photo album and see the places you have been to.

Although sometimes I forget the scenery I have seen

But I can always get back the mood at that time

All works in this article were taken by me

Let's talk about the strategy first ~

Xingping Ancient Town in Yangshuo County is 23 kilometers away from Yangshuo County and 7 kilometers away from Yangshuo High-speed Railway Station. It has convenient transportation. There is a ticket hall selling bus tickets on the right side of the high-speed railway station. It takes only 10 to 15 minutes to reach Xingping Town. There is no fixed time for buses to Yangshuo or Xingping. There are buses when trains arrive at Yangshuo Station. However, there will be a fixed time to get to the high-speed rail station in a town or county. You need to consult the passenger station or hotel for the specific time.

Xingping's original name was Xiping. Due to the vicissitudes of history and age, it was mistakenly named Xingping, which has a history of more than 1700 years. It is located northeast of Yangshuo County, on both sides of the upper reaches of the Li River. Xingping is famous for its beautiful mountains and rivers and world-class scenery. It is the essence of Guilin's mountains and rivers. Throughout the ages, Xingping's beautiful mountains, rivers and waters have attracted countless poets and literati to be intoxicated. Marshal Ye Jianying, a proletarian revolutionary of the older generation, once wrote when he was traveling in Xingping in 1963 that the spring breeze was clear and the water was light, and the strange peaks were lined up to greet him.

Ma Yue Huashan people looked in the mirror, and indeed he won in Xingping. The immortal poem.

In July 1998, then-US President Bill Clinton browsed the Li River and visited Xingping Fishing Village, which aroused many Chinese and foreign tourists to visit and follow the president's footsteps.

Xingping Millennium Ancient Town

It mainly reflects the old streets and new streets. In Xingping Town, the entrance is on the right side of the Xingping Passenger Station. Blue bricks, bluestone and blue tiles, most of which are about a century old houses, and many indigenous residents live here.

Laozhai Mountain,

Laozhai Mountain is located on the bank of the Li River in Xingping Town. The Li River turns into a 90-degree bay at the foot of the mountain. You can watch the most beautiful sunset on the Li River and the whole picture of Xingping Town. It is useless to talk about the scenery, so watch the photos and experience it. There are hiking trails that lead directly to the top of the mountain. Walk for 5 minutes to the archway of Xingping Ancient Town in the direction of Xingping Wharf. Take the steps of the path to the left and go up the mountain. Pay attention to the instructions on the way. The mountain road is steep, so it is recommended to wear hiking shoes and sports shoes. Just carry 2 bottles of mineral water. It will be dark down the mountain after watching the sunset and requires flashlight lighting. After arriving at the pavilion on the top of the mountain, you can climb along the rocks next to it to the best viewing position, which is dangerous.

Laozhai Mountain at 5 o'clock in the morning is like a sea of clouds in a fairyland. Laozhai Mountain is a must-visit place to reach Xingping, even Yangshuo, and Guilin.

20 RMB attractions/Jiuma Painting Mountain-

Go straight to Xingping Wharf. Cross a bridge and turn left

RMB 20 is 2.5 kilometers away from the town. It takes about 20 minutes to walk. There will be some small steps on the left side of the road that can lead to the river. You can go up to a shoal in the river and watch the RMB 20 background. You can also watch it on the observation deck. Jiuma Painting Mountain is 7 kilometers away from the town. It is recommended to rent an electric car. The scenery along the way is very beautiful. After arriving at Lengshuidu Wharf, you can take the ferry and cross the other bank to watch the panoramic view of Jiuma Painting Mountain.[ps: Jiuma Painting Mountain is only for viewing. You cannot climb without crossing the other bank. You can also go down to the river and play in the water to watch the side of Jiuma Painting Mountain. Be careful of the rapid current. Don't go too deep.

Xianggong Mountain.

After arriving at Jiuma Huashan Wharf, you can cross the opposite bank by walking or cycling, and take a local vehicle to reach it. Bicycles and electric cars can be boarded on the ferry. You need to purchase a ticket of about 60 yuan to enter when you arrive at the entrance of the scenic spot. There are repaired cement stairs. It takes 15 minutes to reach the observation deck. If you want to watch the sunrise, it is recommended to charter a car to the hostel. It is more affordable. You can consult the hostel for details.

Located on the west bank of the Li River, Xianggong Mountain is overlooking from the top of the mountain. The peaks are arranged in an orderly manner, surrounded by the winding mountains of the Li River. The unique geographical location here has formed a unique shooting angle. In addition, light and shadow, clouds of clouds, sunrise, and morning glow have attracted countless photographers to take pictures here. Such a beautiful scenery moved him. Expressed at the beauty of nature.

Write the strategy here for the time being. It's late at night and it's time to tell a story.

Volunteer trip. Originated from a regret,

Guilin, before this year. I have always had vague memories. When I was very young, I had been to Yangshuo, Guilin with my family. My memories only stayed in Yangshuo, Guilin in the textbooks.

April 18th. Guangxi's unique ethnic festival, the third song fair in March, has a holiday even after the Dragon Boat Festival. I made an appointment with friends to visit Yangshuo to regain my childhood memories. As a result, my friends broke the appointment, and I came here with my girlfriend. I was a little scared by the enthusiasm of Boss Wang and the landlady. But he quickly integrated into it. After a simple rest, I booked a meal at the hostel and headed to Laozhai Mountain.

The beautiful scenery here fascinated me, because I booked a meal at the hostel and had to go down the mountain in advance in order to catch the opening time. I regretted not seeing the beautiful sunset.

Because of limited time, I left this place that I couldn't leave.

By chance, I learned that Thirty Shades Youth Hostel was recruiting volunteers. I signed up without hesitation with confusion about my studies and life path ~ I was lucky to be hired ~.

July 8

Carrying my luggage and embarking on the train to find answers.

Arrived at Thirty Degrees Youth Hostel at 2 noon.

When I first arrived, the boss seemed surprised that I was really here ~ After a brief rest, I couldn't wait to receive training and get on track as soon as possible. But I was told to rest first ~

I took out my camera and began to observe the details, design concepts and culture of the store. In order to integrate into this environment as soon as possible.

By the way, the boss lady took me to meet Sister Tang, who is responsible for logistics and cooking, and Sister Xiaorong, who is responsible for sanitary linen.

the next day

Got up early and received the first day of training with infinite enthusiasm

The training period is 3 days in total. The front desk is in charge.

The first day is to memorize the volunteer work code, watch it, learn relevant information, and familiarize yourself with the basic process

The second day is to familiarize yourself with various viewing methods, process orders, and practice speaking skills.

The third day was practical work. By the way, I was familiar with the prices of various drinks and drinks in the store, the locations where various substances were stored, and the contact information of some suppliers.

The work content includes check-in and reception at the front desk, processing orders, and organizing and guiding guests to play various games together. If the aunt is very busy, she needs help ~[ps: Try to help when she is not busy ~]

Eight hours of working time a day, shifts, and vacations/I don't want to get off work when I am enthusiastic ~ I reluctantly retreated to the side to rest under the threat of the bosses ~

Working hours are fast ~ When there are no guests, I am free, even if I am resting, which is why I don't like getting off work ~ In the later summer vacation, there are more volunteers and more rest time.

I usually live in a mixed quadruple room. Some special circumstances also require our volunteers to make available beds for guests. We go to sleep on the sofa ~ Oh ~ Wonderful experience.

For food, I usually go to eat Guilin rice noodles for breakfast. Super delicious!!! Recommend Shanwaishan rice noodles next to the passenger terminal. How delicious is it? I don't forget to pack a piece for the road when I leave

Sister Tang cooks all Chinese and dinner. Sister Tang used to run a restaurant ~ the beer fish she made is very delicious ~ I guess if she insists on making a restaurant, there will be nothing to do with Sister Liu's beer fish.

List of dishes

I used the oven to make grilled fish for the first time under the coercion of the boss. The taste was surprisingly delicious. Later, during continuous improvement, Sister Tang named this dish Sanhua Grilled Fish. Because it is marinated with local Sanhua rice wine.

In fact, this meal is the last meal that the bosses will eat in the store when they are about to go to Chengdu to meditate. After that, they will entrust the store to us for half a month. It is a very subtle feeling.

early

I usually use my spare time to take guests to many places, and I also make friends and meet many interesting guests.

He also temporarily served as a travel photographer. Take beautiful photos.

Not long after I started working, I formed a very deep friendship with a Japanese guest and a guest from Shanxi

Before leaving, he sat on a bamboo raft with them in the early morning to watch the sunrise. Took this dreamy picture.

Photo taken by passers-by gang

Japanese brother

medium-term

Everything was on track, and volunteers arrived one after another.

Let me introduce our volunteer Kanako, a friend we met.

Xiao Xiao, the second volunteer to arrive, came to the store on the 12th. At that time, the landlady asked me to pick it up at the passenger terminal. I hesitated for a while, and just walked out of the door and found that I was already at the door. Oops, oops, I went forward to help with my luggage. I was so embarrassed. I regret that I should have gone earlier, haha. As soon as I finished resting and went downstairs, I grabbed me to talk about some things, some precautions, places to store supplies, etc. The lady boss stopped me and said that you should train her as soon as she first arrived. Can you let her go? Then I stopped it. hahaha

Xiao Xiao is cheerful, straightforward and cute, patient, and conforms to the style of a girl in Chengdu, Sichuan. Sometimes she gets confused ~~ I know later, haha

Pang Hu, whose real name is Huang Huanming. Arrived on the 14th, honest, optimistic and smiling. I insist on drinking milk every day and love to play basketball. When I arrived at the store, I was busy closing the table, but I just looked up to say hello. I didn't control some details properly, and occasionally made some mistakes. My style of action was casual, which was inconsistent with me. I quarreled a lot. Haha, boys don't hold grudges. Before leaving, I made an appointment to compete in badminton. It seemed that I was sick and had to fight again another day.

Shuyi, when I arrived at the store on the 17th, there was another female comrade. The lady boss asked me to make grand preparations. I couldn't dawdle like last time, so..

In this way, we welcomed him back at the station. It seemed that when I entered the store, I was scared by the boss sitting on the sofa playing games. There were some minor episodes later. He was more introverted, worked diligently, meticulously and patiently, and had a lot of work experience. He was also the oldest among us hahaha.

Wu Tan, who is in the same school with me, started a college student and worked as a driving school agent. I learned to drive from him. I am very familiar with him and I am very careless ~ hahahahaha

Becoming more and more intimate with Thirty Shades of Gray,

Unconsciously, I fell in love with life here more and more, became more and more familiar with it, and everything became familiar with it.

Every day is a different story, different guests, and after the opening sentence, everyone has taught me something more or less.

I like to work early shifts because every day's story starts with the morning shift counting in the yellow wool felt wallet at the front desk. Handle overnight orders, correct room conditions, boil boiled water and soak hawthorn tea. Take care of the front desk, sit quietly and wait for the story to arrive, and gradually find the answer to life. This is life. Live together every day and enjoy life.

About the soundtrack, vignettes.

One afternoon, Boss Wang took out his projector and enjoyed the movie alone. Why did he choose this song "StarryStarryNight, a Starry Night"? It is related to this movie and is also consistent with this article.

When I was cleaning up the hall, I found Boss Wang watching this movie. I was a little surprised and smiled.

This movie is exactly "Loving Vincent, The Mystery of the Stars"

Not many people watched the movie released at the end of 17th, and those who watched the movie all left after watching the end of the movie. At the end of the game, I found that everyone seemed to be here alone, so I could think about it interestingly.

For nearly 7 years, Loving Vincent has spent 65000 oil paintings by 125 painters from 15 countries, painting all by hand, a frame of sorrow, joy, and hard work. With the brilliance under the darkness of life, they can see clearly the sufferings of the world, but still love him.

Thanks to Loving Vincent, a great purely hand-painted animated feature film, we can enter Van Gogh's life from a first perspective. Follow the road he once walked and see the scenery he has seen. Words were pale and weak in front of Van Gogh

Some people cried when watching this movie. Some people are sleepy. What you understand will naturally understand, without explanation,

On a starry night,

Impatience in the city has deprived us of the opportunity to look at the stars.

Lying under the mountains with several friends. Watching the starry sky and shooting stars from time to time, isn't it a mystery of the starry sky? I can't help but think of why I came to this place. The answer has long been solved.

This work.

is the answer.

At the same time. I met a guest, maybe this is a noble person. He is a professional photographer, who has helped me a lot and made me strengthen my dream. I don't regret what kind of person I am in the eyes of the world, a nobody, an insignificant and annoying appearance. Such people will have no place in society now and in the future. All in all, I am the most humble and inferior person. However, even if this has become an indisputable fact, one day I will use my works to show the world that I, a nameless soldier, a mere untouchable, have treasures in my heart and brilliance.

Later stage.

As mentioned earlier, bosses want to go to meditation. After learning the news, I was somewhat expectant and uneasy.

entrusting the store to us means trusting us. We must not betray this trust and do our best,

A few photos before leaving,

In the first few days after leaving, I was very uncomfortable and confused. Several volunteers even showed a casual attitude, and they quarreled with Fat Tiger a lot about this. Haha ~ Slowly, they began to coordinate and cooperate with each other, and tried their best to ensure normalcy.

It was almost time to leave, and I gradually began to feel reluctant and began to think about everything when I first arrived. Last night, preparing dinner,

I also made beer fish with my own hands, which is a success in stealing the master. After dinner, I took my camera and went to the riverside. When I saw that the beautiful sun was about to set, I ran towards Laozhai Mountain. I was in time. I watched the sunset accompanied by the mist, forming an ink painting, and I was immersed in it.

I could only sit quietly and watch. When I regained my senses, there was only a rosy sunset.

The whole picture of Xingping Town. Where the story begins.

the 15th day of the 8th

I repeatedly confirmed whether there was a mistake, whether tomorrow was the time to leave, and the calendar and time told me that it was today,

I packed my luggage. Took it from the front desk to the outside.

When the time came, Fat Tiger sent me to the station. On the way, Xiao Xiao chased me out and handed me the mug I had left. The moment I put it in my backpack, the story of all this ended.

Goodbye, Xingping, thirty degrees of gray.

BY~ Zeng Gao