3 Year Bike Ride Collects Stamps from Every Post Office in China

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From 2018 to 2021, a Suzhou man toured China by bicycle, taking in the nation’s 56 ethnic groups and getting his map stamped at 334 post offices. Now, a 30-second video clip of the stamping has gone viral, reigniting the man’s desire to complete that missing; Taiwan.

2018年至2021年,一名苏州男子骑自行车环游中国,走遍了全国56个民族,并在334个邮局盖了地图。现在,一段 30 秒的盖印视频在网上疯传,重新点燃了该男子完成失踪的愿望;台湾。

Hu Hao turned 30 years old on 30 May, 2018. That’s when he made the decision to leave his job and its annual salary of ¥400,000, to spend the next 3 years of his life on a bike riding 80,000 kilometres.

2018年5月30日,胡浩30岁了。就在那时,他决定辞去40万年薪的工作,用自行车骑行8万公里来度过接下来的3年。

Hu recalled later, ”When I was young, because my family was poor, I was very envious when I saw other children riding bicycles, and I wanted to own one, so cycling became a childhood dream”.

胡先生后来回忆说,“小时候,因为家里穷,看到别的孩子骑自行车,我很羡慕,就想拥有一辆,所以骑自行车就成了儿时的梦想”。

All along his long journey, Hu would use a drone to take pictures of the local scenery and share them on social media, attracting over 800,000 followers. 

在漫长的旅途中,胡锦涛用无人机拍摄当地风景并分享到社交媒体上,吸引了超过80万粉丝。

“By riding a bicycle at a slower speed, you can better experience the customs of each place”, Hu said, adding that it was his tour of Shandong Province which impressed him most.

“骑自行车,放慢速度,可以更好地体验每个地方的风土人情。”胡锦涛说,印象最深的是这次山东之行。

There, local residents he met along the way would over and over invite him to their homes. After he politely declined, they would come after him, bearing gifts of fruit and water, reminding him to quench his thirst on the road.

在那里,他沿途遇到的当地居民会一遍又一遍地邀请他到家里做客。当他礼貌地拒绝后,他们就会追上来,送上水果和水,提醒他路上解渴。

Hu showed reporters his map, which was specially customised before the tour. At more than 2-metres long and 1.8-metres wide, now the map is densely covered with post office stamps.

胡锦涛向记者展示了他在巡演前专门定制的地图。地图长超过2米,宽1.8米,现在上面密密麻麻地贴满了邮局邮票。

“When I first went to a post office to get it stamped, the staff was not surprised. But as there were more and more stamps, so they became very surprised, and were very careful when stamping. They were worried that the stamp would be crooked or that it may be out of position”, Hu said.

“第一次去邮局盖章时,工作人员并不感到惊讶。但随着邮票越来越多,他们感到非常惊讶,盖章时也非常小心。他们担心邮票会歪,或者位置不对。”胡说。

The video clip of those post-office workers stamping away has now received in excess of 350,000 likes and 48,000 comments, reports the Yangtze Evening News.

据扬子晚报报道,这段邮局工作人员跺脚的视频目前已获得超过35万个点赞和4.8万条评论。

But Hu’s comment himself is one of regret. Due to COVID, his cycling trip failed to make it to Taiwan. Today running his own gym in Suzhou, he said, “I’m working hard to prepare for the next trip. Be sure to add the stamp of Taiwan!”.

但胡锦涛本人的言论却令人遗憾。由于新冠疫情,他的自行车之旅未能成行。如今在苏州经营着自己的健身房,他说:“我正在努力准备下一次的旅行,一定要加上台湾的印记!”。

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