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"climbing mount taishan has become a popular part-time job for college students" "college students lost 30 pounds by climbing mount taishan"... in recent days, mount taishan, the first of the five sacred mountains, has once again become a hot search on the internet, and college students' climbing has repeatedly attracted attention and become a hot topic. data shows that since 2024, mount taishan has received more than 6.25 million tourists. during the peak season, there are about 50,000 people per day, many of whom are college students from all over the country. it is understood thatmany local college students offer weekend hiking services online, and some receive as many as 40 to 50 orders a year.。

why is mountain climbing so popular and loved? what are the experiences and stories behind it?

20-year-old male student majoring in physical education:

i climb with you to earn some living expenses

there are 155 steps from guandi temple to hongmen palace; 783 steps from longshan square to shengxian square; 186 steps from qingdi temple to yuhuang peak... sun fuchuang, a sophomore boy, knows how many steps there are at each of the more than 30 nodes in mount tai. in the past year, he has walked back and forth between the top and the foot of mount tai at least 30 times. sun fuchuang said,there are no less than a hundred college students like him who have accompanied others to climb mount tai.。

xiao sun, 20 years old, is from zaozhuang, shandong, and has been accompanying the climbers for almost two years.

"just to earn some living expenses. my family is not well off. i was raised by my grandparents, who are ordinary, hardworking people.

"i started last year, and i am considered the first generation in the taishan climbing industry."

xiao sun introduced himself on his douyin account (mi taishan accompanying climbing seriously and responsibly):200 per time, free backpack. i am a local college student in shandong, 20 years old, a former table tennis student. i have no doubt about my running ability, i am in great shape and cheerful. i will chat with you all the way from the bottom of the mountain to the top, and let you know about the history of mount tai. i will explain it humorously and keep you emotionally stable, providing you with full emotional value. if you can't climb, i will coax you to the top of the mountain and take pictures for you all the way. i am your exclusive photographer, with decent photography skills and knowledge of first aid for injuries...

xiao sun said that his clients include humble and low-key bosses, carefree and energetic children, down-to-earth and kind-hearted employees, and elderly people who have experienced the vicissitudes of life but refuse to admit old age. they come from all walks of life.

i told my elder sister

climbing mount tai will definitely make you feel better

i felt pretty good about my first client: she was an older sister, in her 30s, a down-to-earth and kind entrepreneur.

last july, a tourist asked online: is there anyone who can accompany me to climb mount tai? i thought i could do it, so i took the initiative to accept her offer. it was summer vacation at that time.

she said she was in a bad mood and wanted to find someone to accompany her to climb mount tai. i told my elder sister,climbing mount tai will definitely make you feel better, there will be no bad mood anymore.

at the foot of mount tai, there is the wanxian tower, with a large stone inscribed with "getting better and better". the scenery gets better and better as you go forward. after crossing the yunbu bridge, there is a cliff stone inscription on the mountain beside the bridge, with "starting from here to be strange". my elder sister and i said that from here, the scenery starts to change. when we arrived at duisong mountain, there was a stone inscription with "starting from here to be strange". the scenery here is even more strange.

we were near the south gate of heaven, which is the dividing line between the human world and the heaven in taoism. i told my elder sister that if we took this step and passed this gate, we would enter a new realm and leave the past behind.

i slowly explained each stage to my elder sister, and her mood gradually improved.

two elderly people holding hands on chinese valentine's day

climb from the foot of the mountain to nantianmen

there are 7715 steps from the foot of the mountain to the top of the yuhuang peak. someone on the internet has calculated that if you go around the mountain road, you can climb it once.it's like climbing 300 floors.。

on chinese valentine's day this summer, someone contacted xiao sun. when we met, it turned out to be a grandparent, both in their 60s.

this is so rare! there are really many couples on mount tai. in order to see the sunrise, they will snuggle up on the mountain road of dongtianmen in the middle of the night and keep each other warm until dawn. there are also many adults and children on the mountain, and it is rare to see old people climbing the mountain. their faces are full of vicissitudes, but they are energetic. from the foot of the mountain to the top, they basically don’t need my support all the way.

grandpa and grandma held hands, i carried their backpacks, and told them about the natural and cultural history of mount tai all the way until we reached the south gate of heaven. they listened with great interest, spoke very little, and looked quite solemn.

when we arrived at nantianmen, i took a photo of the two old people holding hands.

on the chinese valentine's day, there were many young couples climbing mount taishan together. it was rare to see old couples climbing together. i was deeply impressed by their spirit of not accepting old age. where did they come from? why did they challenge mount taishan despite their old age? ... i was very curious about these questions but i would not ask them actively unless the customers asked.

i carefully sent her a message:

love yourself well...

some people climb mount tai to watch the sunrise, and some to watch the sunset. mount tai is not only full of tourists in a hurry, but also full of people with many things on their mind...

sophomore student fu linghai (tiktok: fu tongxue) is now the student with the best performance in accompanying people to climb mount tai.more than 10 customers contact us every day。”

in june this year, a customer uploaded a video of him accompanying his climber on a social platform. overnight, xiao fu became the most popular person on mount tai, and chengshi interactive also reported it.

after the last interview, xiao fu accompanied a girl to climb mount tai the next day.

the girl is one year older than me, she is pretty and elegant, very nice, and she even bought me a string of ingots made of copper coins. at the beginning, the girl felt a little tired, so i accompanied her to rest and chat.

as she continued to climb, she lowered her wrists. i suddenly noticed that there was a neat scar on her right wrist. i was curious about her story, but it was a very personal matter, so i couldn't ask more.

after climbing the mountain, we took the cable car down and i sent her to the car to go home. i carefully sent her a message: "love yourself well and don't hurt yourself." the girl replied that it was okay and sent a happy emoticon.

i also received a sister from sichuan, who was a few years older than me. she said that work was very tiring, so she came to mount tai to watch the sunrise. our country has so many beautiful mountains and rivers. later, every time i looked at her circle of friends, she went to the beach and the grassland, and i liked her comments. she said, no matter how much money you make, don't ruin your health.

when i accompanied her on the climb, we watched the sunrise in the early morning. she was so excited that she screamed and kept taking photos with her phone. a rosy glow appeared in the east, like red leaves covering the sky. the sun slowly climbed up, with a clear round outline and red and yellow tones. the crowd on the top of the mountain cheered and took out their phones to record the spectacular scene. some people waved the national flag...

xiao fu said that people who accompany others to climb the mountain often encounter such things: some people watch the sunrise, think seriously about life, and pray for blessings in life.

there are more people than just tourists on mount tai.

the boy stood in front of the diamond sutra in red for a long time

xiao zhang, a girl born in the 2000s, speaks in a baby voice. she is a junior in college and lives in yantai, shandong.

xiao zhang said seriously that she had only accompanied him to climb twice.the first customer was a girl from the class, free of chargeif a person has no worries,she can reach the top in two and a half hours. "no one in my circle of friends is faster than me.", xiao zhang felt somewhat pleased with himself.

xiao zhang said that he likes mountain climbing and only started accompanying people to climb mountains at the beginning of this year, but he never wanted to make money, so he only wrote 20 yuan as the fee on his social account.

"the second customer drove to tai'an station to pick me up in person. at first i thought he was a scammer, but i didn't expect that i would actually come."

the client was a little boy, whom xiao zhang described as: he looked very well behaved and was carrying a big schoolbag.

the two climbed to doumu palace and saw the diamond sutra in red in jingshiyu. the boy stood there for a long time with a solemn expression, and his words shocked xiao zhang: the boy said that he climbed mount tai just to see the diamond sutra in jingshiyu. when he was a child, he and his father climbed mount tai. at that time, the valley creek bed was still filled with water, but now it has dried up.the font of the diamond sutra faded that year, so his father carefully re-traced it stroke by stroke with a paint pen.。

seeing that the words he had traced in red had now faded, the boy felt a little sad and lonely.

xiao zhang said that he had an impulse at that time and wanted to ask his father why he couldn't come together, but he swallowed the words back when they came to his lips.

after that climbing companionship, xiao zhang deleted the promotion about climbing companionship on his social media accounts and stopped accepting orders.

"my family is in good condition, and i climb with others because i want to meet more friends who have the courage to take on the challenge. but there are too many people harassing me, or maybe the fee is too low."

xiao zhang also recalled an encounter that left a deep impression on him: he saw a boy who kowtowed every few steps he took, and he said, "i've never seen a peer as serious as him."

"i've also seen five or six-year-old children who refused to let their parents carry them and insisted on climbing up the stairs one step at a time."

xiao zhang said that in the past, when climbing mount tai at night to watch the sunrise, he relied on flashlights for lighting. in january 2024, the 13,000-meter mountain road from hongmen to the top of the mountain will be fully lit, and flashlights will no longer be needed when climbing mount tai at night.

xiao zhang said that more people came to climb with him, and night climbing reminded him of a poem:

"the street lights in the distance lit up, as if countless stars were twinkling. the stars in the sky appeared, as if countless street lights were lit..."

the girl came to climb mount tai when she was in a bad mood

after returning, i quit my job and moved to a bigger city.

during the climb, sun fuchuang would talk to the clients. "i explained the natural and cultural history of mount tai to them, and they also opened their hearts to me, a stranger, and shared their experiences and opinions. these experiences and opinions are extremely valuable, especially for young people like me."

xiao sun talked about an experience of accompanying a climber:

this summer, i accompanied an older sister who worked in a company to climb mount tai. we climbed at night that day, and when we reached zhongtianmen, it suddenly started to rain heavily, so we took shelter in a pavilion.

she talked to me for a long time. i found that my previous experiences, confusions, and psychological problems were so similar to hers. i was sometimes anxious and a little depressed, especially in high school, and she was the same.

she told me: everything has its destiny, don't be too anxious.

the sky cleared up, and we walked out of the pavilion. the clouds and mist on mount tai had cleared up...

this summer, i met a girl from henan, from anyang, henan, who worked in a pet hospital. she chatted with me privately that day and said she was going to climb mount tai the next day and was in a bad mood.

we met at the foot of mount tai. she wore a mask and was silent while climbing the mountain.

there are many stone carvings on the taishan mountain trail, all of which teach people to be optimistic. when we came across some temples and taoist temples, i told her about their history and functions.

when we got to nantianmen, i said to her,this is a dividing line. cross this door and forget all your troubles.。

i spoke for a long time in front of a stone carving, on which was engraved "it's beautiful whether it rains or when it's sunny", which means: the scenery is beautiful when it rains, and it's just as beautiful when it's sunny.

she took off her mask. i remember climbing over the nantianmen gate, and she started to feel happy.

every stone carving on mount tai has its meaning. the ancients did not carve them in vain.

she told me that working at a pet hospital, the boss was unfriendly and the work pressure was quite high.

i said, we are of the same age, we must be optimistic, no matter whether life is sunny or rainy, we must keep moving forward.

after climbing mount tai, we kept in touch and she told me that she had resigned from her job and moved to a bigger city to start a new development.

although we are strangers, we accompany each other.the journey of climbing is also a process of self-healing……

many people climb mount tai

i will think of the primary school text "porter"

xiao sun said, someone asked me if the fees were high, and i said not high, only about 300 yuan, and the actual amount i could get was only over 200 yuan.

"i have been thrifty since i was young. this money is earned by hard work, step by step, so i cherish it very much. in 2024, i only bought clothes once. it is not easy for everyone to make money, so i won't ask for too much. since i make money by physical labor, i will be honest, but the quality of service will not change.i have climbed mount tai quite a few times this year, and i have saved 7,000 yuan.。

"after climbing mount tai this summer, i went home and bought roast chicken, peking duck, hamburgers, and french fries for my grandparents. they have always lived in the countryside. now that i can earn money, i want to let them enjoy all the delicious food in the city while they can still move and have a good appetite. the mid-autumn festival and national day are coming soon, and i will take my grandparents out for hot pot."

xiao sun posted a circle of friends: a porter on mount tai, who looked to be in his 50s, carried more than ten bags of bottled water on both ends of his shoulder pole, weighing at least 50 kilograms.

photographed by netizen "qian'an"

"i met him when i was climbing with him during the summer vacation. when we were going down the mountain, i asked the porter if he was tired. he smiled and said no, showing his full white teeth. in fact, anyone would get tired, but there was an expression on his face that made him stronger than us young people. i especially admire this uncle: life is not easy, he carries a heavy burden, and he climbs up step by step with gritted teeth.

xiao sun said that among the porters on mount tai, there are young people in their twenties and thirties, but most are uncles in their fifties and sixties. he often meets them while accompanying them on the climb, and sometimes thinks of the text "porters" - "after returning from mount tai, i drew a picture: on the steep and seemingly endless mountain road, a porter in a red vest was bent by the weight on his shoulders, and he climbed up step by step. this painting has been hanging in front of my desk because i need it."

xiao zhang said that she could not forget those porters on mount tai.

"they carry their burdens and walk past you at a very fast speed, as if they will never look back... they earn their living by their own strength."

"porters" is an essay written by writer feng jicai in 1981. it was included in the primary school chinese textbooks in 1983 and has become a classic known to generations of chinese. according to a survey by the tai'an municipal government in 1996, nearly 200 million chinese people had read this essay in textbooks at that time, and feng jicai was made an honorary citizen of tai'an city.

illustrations for the textbook "porters"

feng jicai once said: "i have a connection with mount tai, which has given me many inspirations in life. when i was young, it was the porters who gave me great inspiration, which lasted throughout my life." mr. ji xianlin also said: "mount tai is one of the main symbols of chinese culture. if we want to promote chinese culture, we must first promote the culture of mount tai."

in the text "porter", the author has a conversation with a porter.

"i see you're walking very slowly, but how come you're always ahead of us? do you have any shortcuts?"

the porters replied, "how can we take a shortcut? aren't we taking the same path as you? you don't have any loads on your shoulders, so you can walk faster, but you have to stop to look around, play around, and have fun along the way! we are different from you. we are not as casual as you, doing whatever we like. we can't take a step without a firm footing, and we can't waste time. we have to keep moving forward.don't think we are slow, we will be ahead of you if we walk for a long time.。”

cheng xiaolong, reporter of chengshi interactive and metropolis express