travel with yoga

Chapter 1 The wind is blowing, Luoyang
Ten years later, in April 2014, Luoyang!

The Qingming Festival has passed, and spring has arrived in March. For Luoyang, the thousand-year-old ancient capital, it is once again the time for peonies to bloom!At this moment, there are many flowers blooming all over Luoyang, and all kinds of peonies are in brilliant purples and reds. It can be said that only peonies are the true national beauty, and they move the capital in bloom!Many people who have heard that "Luoyang's peonies are the best in the world" have traveled thousands of miles to come to Luoyang to linger among thousands of flowers and enjoy the prosperity of the world!

At this time, Ma Xiaoliang was playing with the camera, looking for a suitable picture.As a photographer for a website in Guanzhou, Ma Xiaoliang can’t even remember how many times he has been to Luoyang. Since returning to Guanzhou after graduating from Shunde College in 2007, Ma Xiaoliang has become the editor of a website in Guanzhou. Later, with his own photography Become a photography editor.Since Luoyang is a famous cultural ancient city in Jiangnan Province and has a large number of tourist attractions, plus the annual Luoyang Peony Exhibition, every time the Luoyang Peony Flower Exhibition comes, I will come to Luoyang with a mission to find suitable shooting scenes. However, this seems to be a mechanical task for Ma Xiaoliang. Although the photos he takes every year satisfy everyone, the website and even readers, there always seems to be something missing. As for what is missing?Even Ma Xiaoliang himself couldn't explain clearly.

The sun was exceptionally bright outside. Ma Xiaoliang, who was wandering in the Sui and Tang Botanical Gardens, looked at the famous Jiuzhou Lianqu, which is a circle of lakes surrounding a small island. In fact, this is not an island, but there are nine small bridges gathering here. People can start from Turn either way here.The reason why it is called Jiuzhou Lienqu is probably because there were Jiuzhou and Jiuding in Luoyang in ancient times (when the Western Zhou Dynasty was established, the Duke of Zhou ordered people to place the Jiuding, symbolizing royal power, outside the Mingtang in Luoyang), so this Jiuzhou Lienqu was cleverly designed.

Although it was almost 7 years since graduation, Ma Xiaoliang had just ended a relationship. After graduation, he met a girl from his hometown through a high school classmate, and eventually broke up due to various reasons.Nowadays, Ma Xiaoliang is addicted to photography and can't help himself. He plays with the camera everywhere to take pictures of scenery, but rarely takes pictures. He usually calls himself an "outdoor photographer".The reason why he is called an outdoor photographer means that he cannot take pictures indoors. As for people, he cannot take pictures either indoors or outdoors. Only those who have known Ma Xiaoliang for a long time know that Ma Xiaoliang once took pictures of people when he was a freshman and posted it on his blog. However, before the end of his freshman year, Ma Xiaoliang suddenly deleted all his blog content. He decisively quit the Shunde College radio station during his sophomore year and never fiddled with a camera until he graduated.Now that I have been on the website for a long time, no one knows about it, so Ma Xiaoliang is often sent to take pictures of scenic spots, such as the Peony Festival, where you only need to take pictures of flowers without having to take pictures of people. Ma Xiaoliang is the one.If you need to take pictures of people, the website also has a lot of photographers and photography enthusiasts who can contribute, so there is no shortage of good photos.

At noon, when the sun was at its best, Ma Xiaoliang stood on the small island in the middle of the lake in Jiuzhou Lianqu, trying his best to take pictures of the peonies on the shallow lake near the island.There are boating people everywhere on the lake, many of them young girls wearing Hanfu.It has to be said that compared to the past when people liked ultra-short suspenders, today's Hanfu is more pleasing to the eye and looks particularly elegant. In addition, this is an ancient capital with a thousand years of history and a profound cultural heritage. Many of the pavilions and pavilions are in the ancient style of the Han and Tang Dynasties. Nature seems particularly meaningful.Although there were many women wearing Hanfu around, Ma Xiaoliang didn't bother to take a picture. After all, he had been a self-proclaimed outdoor photographer for many years, and he had almost forgotten what it felt like to take pictures of people.

Facing the Yingtianmen ruins of the Sui and Tang Dynasties not far away, Ma Xiaoliang thought that maybe many, many years ago, there were pavilions and pavilions here, and there were flowers everywhere, but now they have disappeared, and only these peonies are still there. It was in full bloom, which reminded him of the scene many years ago. It was also a field of peonies, but it no longer had the concentration and heartbeat that he had when shooting.

Every place has left behind some unforgettable people and things. This is Luoyang, not Shunde.Suddenly a small boat appeared in front, with a slightly lazy woman in Hanfu sitting on the bow, looking at the lotus flowers around her in boredom, and talking to the people around her.When she looked up, Ma Xiaoliang, who was holding the camera in his hand, suddenly woke up. At this time, the woman's eyes had a feeling of déjà vu, or as if she had known her for a long time.At this time, Ma Xiaoliang thought of a movie line: "On the road, I met someone who looked very much like you, but I knew it was not you, but I looked at him for a long time." He picked up the camera by mistake and took five or six photos in a row.Seeing someone taking a picture of herself, the woman raised her head slightly and saw Ma Xiaoliang holding a camera. Instantly, her eyes no longer had the same lazy look, and she even turned her face away. In this way, the boat rowed further and further away, and Ma Xiaoliang kept staring. He watched the woman in the boat until he could no longer see her.At this moment, Ma Xiaoliang sighed in his heart: Today I finally believe it. There are really similar people in this world, but this is Luoyang, not Shunde City, nor Jiangbei Province.Suddenly I felt a little cold and the wind started blowing, Luoyang.

　The novel "Traveling with Yoga" is officially launched. It follows the book "Going to College Again in 2003" and begins a new story ten years later!Hope you like it!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)