"Xu Xiake: Scan the code and hit the road!" Introduction
Xu Xiake, the "top travel blogger" of the Ming Dynasty, accidentally encountered a change in time and space while completing an extreme expedition. When he woke up, he was in 21st century China more than four hundred years later! Facing the iron-and-steel "iron armored bull running" (car), the "thousand-mile sound box" (mobile phone) held by everyone, the crowded scenic spots and the bizarre modern life, this well-informed explorer was completely confused.
Money can't buy buns? Scanning the QR code to pay made him think he was casting a spell! Cable car to the top as fast as lightning? But he sadly lost the wild joy of "mountains and rivers at his feet". Is the selfie stick a "soul-obsessing weapon"? The Internet hot words made him scratch his head! Xu Xiake's white prose is a mixture of sharp complaints and stubborn persistence, which collides with the various rules and wonders of modern society, causing laughter and sparks to fly.
However, the original intention of going back to the old path has not changed. From the misty south of the Yangtze River to the majestic Central Plains, from the mysterious southwest to the extreme edge of Tengchong, Xu Xiake began a "revisiting his old place" across time and space with the help of his enthusiastic (and often crushed) modern travel companions. He marvels at the speed of high-speed rail and the power of infrastructure, but is also worried about some over-development and ecological changes. What's more important is that his trip is no accident - the clues of "unusual movements in the mountains and rivers" he sensed in the dark are leading him to the end of the journey and the answer to the mystery.
There are constant adventures along the way: being watched as a cosplayer in Huangshan, being asked to "scan the QR code to make a reservation" when asking for Zen in Shaolin Temple, being at a loss in the bar streets of Lijiang Old Town, "hunting for treasure" side by side with the modern scientific expedition team in the Banna rainforest... The joke is the shell, but inside is a profound gaze on the great changes in ancient and modern mountains and rivers and a humorous discussion on the nature of travel...
Purpose: Through the absurd journey of an ancient geographer and explorer (Xu Xiake) into modern society, we explore the profound conflicts and possible integration between man and nature, tradition and modernity, material convenience and spiritual authenticity in the era of rapid technological development.