Departing from Yantai, where I traveled in 2025
Passing through 2025, this piece is dedicated to the years of travel
January: Departed on Lunar New Year's Eve, Nanning Qingxiu Mountain Park, Langxi Night Market; Chongzuo white-headed leaf monkeys, Heishui River; Tian'e County Hongshui River, Blue Knife Fish Storm; Guizhou Luodian Daxiaojing, Rongjiang Niubie, Guizhou Village Supermarket, Huanggang Dong Village
February: No long trips, Haiyang Xiaohoujia Ice Waterfall; Pingdu Ice Stone Stream
March: Plum blossom viewing at Maichua Fishing Village in She County, fish lantern show and eating Mao tofu and stinky mandarin fish in Zhanqi Village (friends still miss Huizhou cuisine), plum blossoms at Tiesi Temple in Huzhou; exploring the mysterious Xianren Cave in Guolukang Village, Yantai; peach blossoms in Shangshao Village, Qingzhou; cherry blossoms, rapeseed flowers, and magnolias in Qingdao; Longkou Wakou Village mine pit, Xiheyang ancient village; apricot blossoms in Shangzhu Pan Village, Penglai
April: Rapeseed flower sea in Jiagongti Meiganling, Jixi; rhododendrons on Zijin Mountain, She County; Xin'anjiang Landscape Gallery in Shendu Town; Mao tofu and stinky mandarin fish; cherry blossoms in Bashan Village tea garden, Fuyang; Fuchun River; Nanjing Laomendong; Xuyi crayfish; Xinyi River Music Festival; rhododendrons on Yashan, Qixia
May: During Labor Day, took friends to tour Baima Township Ruidong Village Huangmaojian alpine rhododendrons in Chun'an County, Zhejiang; Kengkou Village, Suichang; Jiangnan Bingchacha; Nanjianyan; Yancheng Farmer Street Night Market, Zhulin Grand Hotel; YOMA Music Festival on Yangma Island
June: Metasequoia forest in Yekou Village, Weihai Hot Spring Town; century-old cork trees on Zhangjia Mountain; wheat waves at Longshan Lake, Rongcheng; lotus flowers at Dongshan Hotel, Yantai; Qingdao 212 Music Festival (featuring Richie Ren, Kenji Wu)
July: Sunflowers in Yaqian Village, Laishan; golden lotus flowers at Tuoliang, Shanxi; Xinzhou Ancient City; Foguang Temple
August: Returned to Xilin Gol, Guyuan Grassland Sky Road, Taipusi Banner Milk Lake, Zhenglan Banner Grassland, Hongtu Naori, Xilinhot Thousand-Mu Willow Orchid, Highway 99; Balin Right Banner, Wengdu Maogen
October: During National Day, took friends to Qinghai, Xianmi National Forest Park, Jinta Poplar Forest (Gansu), Gaotai Poplar Forest (Gansu), Zhangye (Gansu), crossing Qilian Mountains, Guomi Village, Xiatang Village; Weifang Salt Lake, Zhangqiu Mingshui Ancient City, Zibo Dongniujiao Reservoir, Zhenmenyu, Shianyu to admire yellow sumac leaves; bird waves at Yellow River Estuary, Dongying
November: Red leaves at Yushan, Penglai; maple leaves at Shenqing Palace, Laoshan; maple leaves at Wusi Farm, Xiagezhuang, Laixi; ginkgo at Yanyadong, Kunyu Mountain; maple forest at Yangting, Weihai; Huangmagua Forest; took friends south to enjoy autumn, Yancheng, Hongcun + Tachuan, sunrise and morning fog at Lucun, Xixi South, Hengxinling alpine chrysanthemums in Xitou Town, She County, exploring fish lanterns in Zhanqi Village, Huizhou Ancient City, Yangchan Tulou, Wuyuan Shangtan Village, Longwei Village, Chaguan Village, Jujing Village, Zhang Village morning fog, Xiangao Ancient City, maple leaves at Tianpingshan, Suzhou, Lingering Garden, Yangcheng Lake Maple Avenue, Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs; persimmon forest at Houliujia, Shiliang Town, Longkou
December: Special forces one-day weekend tour in Nanjing, Bald Cypress at Yanque Lake, Ming Xiaoling Stone Statue Road, Wutong Avenue, Linggu Temple West Road, Red Maple Hill at Zhongshan Botanical Garden, snack street
Life never stops, travel never ends, we who love travel are forever young