Yanzi | Our Nature Trip
Xiaojing said this season is also nice. When there are mushrooms, our eyes are focused on the mushrooms, so we don't see other things. The treasures we picked up are even more.
After working at Cangshan Hiking House, I gained many like-minded friends. When not working, we often arrange trips together.
This time, Xiaojing and I planned to set up camp deeper in the forest.
Camp by the stream
My home is under two pine trees.
After setting up the tent, we went to play in the forest. You Qinlan is Xiaojing's friend. Although we just met today, I immediately knew she is someone comfortable to be with. No need for deliberate conversation, no feigned enthusiasm. Everyone is naturally relaxed.
Finding Toona sinensis in the primeval forest is also magical. The wild toona has a very strong flavor; even the place where we pan-fried it still had its smell the next day.
The surroundings are silent. I wander in the shade, as if lying in the belly of the forest. The little animals must be resting just like us, and so are the black bears. Only the little birds are talking all night.
Woken by birds, they are still sleeping. I go for a walk in the unexplored forest.
I picked a small cluster of cream-colored polypore mushrooms. We can add to breakfast again.
Xiaojing said this season is also nice. When there are mushrooms, our eyes are focused on the mushrooms, and we can't see other things.
The treasures we picked up.
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Two months ago in Chiang Mai, I stumbled upon the chance to start learning how to build mini programs. My AI programming mentor, Wangshen, told me, 'Once you finish your mini program, write a summary report.' Now I've completed the new mini program for Cangshan Hiking Home, and it's already being tested. It not only solves problems I've wanted to address for a while, like adding age tags to filter activities and providing an English version, but it has also introduced new features, such as browsing restaurants, guesthouses, and meeting points on a map for a more intuitive experience, and using AI to provide quite intelligent responses.
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Over the past two years, we have taken guests to celebrate the Torch Festival in Songhe Village, Eryuan. Together we slaughtered a sheep, and with the whole village, erected a huge torch in the center of the village square. Everyone made their own torches from hemp stalks, and together with the older and younger villagers, we rushed to grab the blessing baba (cakes) from the big torch, passing blessings to each other with fire. Even for me, a native Bai person, these are rare and precious traditional festival experiences. Dali has endless festivals, and I want to experience them more before they fade away. I remember the Torch Festival of my childhood: torches were no longer enough for me. Before the festival, I would tell my dad to prepare a bucket of waste engine oil and diesel, mix them together, and then I would tightly bind cotton and old cloth with rope into a ball (some kids would secretly take cotton from their quilts at home to make it). Finally, I would make an iron wire ball, soak it in the bucket of oil, and secretly take it out every day to look at it, looking forward to having a great time on the day of the Torch Festival. We would compete in the village and by the rice fields to see whose fireball or torch was more impressive. When the torches and fireballs were almost burned out, we would rush home, walk around the potted fruit trees in circles, and say blessing words, hoping they would grow even better in the coming year.