In praise of slower pleasures 年轻人推崇公交慢旅的乐趣 Eschewing planes and trains, some travelers are using buses to make the journey to their destination. 一些旅行者避开飞机和火车，选择乘坐公共汽车前往目的地。 In an era dominated by high-speed trains and budget flights, a growing number of young travelers are redefining exploration by opting for slow, immersive journeys via public bus. The trend, driven by a desire for deeper cultural engagement and cost-effective travel, is reshaping how some among the younger generation experience the country's vast landscapes and diverse communities. 在高速铁路和廉价航空主导的当下，越来越多的年轻人选择乘坐公交车进行慢速沉浸式旅行，重新定义“旅游”。旨在追求更深入的文化体验和经济实惠的出行方式，这一趋势正在重塑年轻一代对中国广袤景色和多元社区的探索方式。 Most people would take a three to four-hour flight or the high-speed train to travel from Beijing to Hong Kong, but 22-year-old Shen Tie, a journalism student and self-proclaimed bus enthusiast, instead opted to take 120 buses, stopping at more than 3,100 stations on his winding 13-day journey along the public transit network in December, at a cost of 2,800 yuan. 大部分人会乘坐三四个小时的飞机或者乘坐高铁从北京去往香港。21岁的新闻专业学生沈铁（音译）自称为“公交迷”，他在2024年12月从北京出发，耗时13天，乘坐了120辆公交车，途经3100多个站点，最终抵达香港，全程花费约2800元人民币。 Shen's ambitious Beijing-Hong Kong trek required days of planning. Without relying on navigation apps, he pieced together routes using map software, improvising when roads dead-ended or schedules shifted. "If a bus line was canceled, I'd detour west or backtrack to find alternatives," he says. 沈铁的雄心勃勃的北京至香港之旅需要数天的规划。在不依赖导航应用的情况下，他使用地图软件拼凑路线，并在道路断头或时刻表变动时即兴调整。“如果某条公交线路被取消，我就会向西绕行或返回寻找替代路线，”他说。 Apart from logistics, Shen's trips are a study in the regional diversity. He documents how bus designs shift from Beijing's Foton models to Shandong's Yutong buses, while dialects — Shanghainese, Cantonese, Hokkien — become markers of place. "I've been recording station announcements since middle school. It's like collecting stamps," he says. 除了行程安排，沈铁的旅行也是对地区多样性的研究。他记录了公交车设计如何从北京的福田车型转变为山东的宇通公交车，而方言——上海话、粤语、闽南语——成为地方的标志。“我从中学开始就录制车站广播，就像集邮一样，”他说。 For 20-year-old Ye Shubo, a chemistry major at Nanjing University in Jiangsu province, bus travel is more than a mode of transportation. During his 12-day journey from Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, to Lhasa, Xizang autonomous region, Ye took more than 60 buses and covered nearly 4,000 kilometers, spending about 7,000 yuan (including accommodation, food, and tickets). 对于20岁的江苏省南京大学化学专业学生叶书博（音译）来说，公交旅行不仅仅是一种交通方式。在他从浙江省杭州到西藏自治区拉萨的12天旅程中，叶乘坐了60多辆公交车，行程近4000公里，花费约7000元人民币（包括住宿、餐饮和门票）。 Despite its appeal, bus travel isn't without its hurdles. Ye remembers a mishap in Xuancheng, Anhui province, where the infrequent schedule of a rural bus forced him to rely on a taxi driver's help. To mitigate such moments, he carried spare change for cash-only buses, researched regional schedules, and packed essentials like altitude sickness medication for high-elevation routes. 尽管公交旅行具有吸引力，但也面临挑战。叶书博记得在安徽省宣城市的一次意外，由于农村公交车班次稀少，他不得不依靠出租车司机的帮助。为了减少此类情况，他携带了零钱以应对只收现金的公交车，研究了各地的时刻表，并为高海拔路线准备了高原反应药物等必需品。 While affordability matters, Ye emphasizes cultural curiosity for future bus trips. He plans to visit historical sites in Qingdao, Shandong, for its German-style architecture, and Shenyang for the 9.18 Historical Museum, which is dedicated to the rail incident Japan used as a pretext to invade China in 1931. 虽然价格便宜很重要，但叶书博强调对文化的好奇心是未来公交旅行的动力。他计划前往山东青岛，参观德国风格的建筑，并前往沈阳参观“九一八”历史博物馆，该馆为纪念日本在1931年以铁路事件为借口入侵中国的事件而修建。 These bus trips mirror a broader movement among the youth. Social media platforms like Bilibili, Red-Note, and Douyin have popularized "bus travel diaries", with influencers documenting their cross-province routes. 这些公交旅行反映了年轻人中更广泛的趋势。在哔哩哔哩、小红书和抖音等社交媒体平台上，“公交旅行日记”日益流行，许多博主记录了他们跨省的公交路线。 前往小宇宙评论区与主播互动
