Editorial note: "When you reach middle age, you should ask yourself, have you ever had this guy happy?" Shenzhen mediaman Zhan Weixiong asked us this direct sentence. Most of the first half of Taiwan’s 50 generations follow the path that society expects. They read more books and lack a lot of "body" experience. After retirement, he devoted himself to climbing the mountain, and felt the spirituality and sacredness of the words and the satisfaction of the words in the mountains. He also participated in the music festival of storm. He did not hesitate to get in the rain, and from a new "body feeling", he felt that he was a new person one by one.

What is true happiness? Everyone's answers may be different. Zhan Weixiong, known as the "social observer", was good at exploring the crystallization of civilizations built by humans: culture, music, and aesthetic design. After retirement, he spent more time in the mountains and mountains of Taiwan, sometimes staying for a week or 10 days.

Why did you fall in love with mountaineering after middle age? Zhan Weixiong's answer is simple: "Because I can have great happiness in the mountains."

The original impression of the mountains comes from the mountain enlightenment of reading and physical memory

Zhan Weixiong's mountain enlightenment first came from his parents who worked in the Forestry Bureau. "I have had experience in the deep mountains since I was a child. In that era, many mountain areas were under control and most people could not enter."

He still has some impression of the mountains he felt at the time: "That space is very attractive to me. The mountains are very peaceful and there is no one. The moisture in the air and the clouds in the mountains have a sense of remoteness and drought." At that time, Zhan Weixiong's mother was in charge of the management office, so he contacted many magazines and books related to the mountains and forests.

When he was good at writing since childhood, he became a young literary boy in China. He met the mountains of Taiwan in prose, novels and poems. "At that time, Zheng Chouyu's poem was very red, but few people knew that he was also a mountaineering enthusiast and a permanent director of the Taiwan Youth Mountaineering Association, so he wrote a series of poems related to Taiwan's mountains."

Zhan Weixiong once read a poem called "The Prodigal Son Maqin", which depicts a story about Maqin, a young man who came from a tribe and was the director of the high mountain. One day, he suddenly lost his story. —— "He has a spirituality about the description of natural space, which fascinates me."

After middle age, Ice Island Travel, which was uninhabited in the ice islands, in this way, during his growth period, Zhan Weixiong also joined the mountain climbing club after being admitted to National Taiwan University. But then, major events of the times such as the closure and strictness of Sino-US relations occurred. His magazine career went from outside the system to within the system, and later he also devoted himself to the field of advertising and cultural creativity. The mountain climbing was slowly pushed to a corner of his heart until he was about to retire.

In 2012, Zhan Weixiong resolutely decided to end the few small magazines he had been running. "At that time, I felt a sense of misfortune between people, and I wanted to go to a place where there were no people." Why did I feel misfortune with people? Zhan Weixiong laughed and said, "In fact, I have always liked to be more independent than others. When I was editing, the most painful thing was to wear a suit to attend various social scenes, and even if I had nothing to do, I had to look for questions with others. "

So, that year, Zhan Weixiong and his wife spent 10 days to travel to Bingdao for a self-guided trip. "That's really a place where you can't see people for more than a few times. A small town has a population of only a few ten people, and the children's school may be 30 kilometers away."

Because I like ice island so much, Zhan Weixiong took another trip with two sons the next year. This time, not only the island is open, but it will also park at a fixed-point overlook for 3 or 5 days, and then hike in the nearby mountainous area. "I bought a lot of equipment at that time, and when I came back, I felt that it was a pity to put it on, so I started walking from the suburbs of Taiwan and slowly advanced to climbing."

It was not about walking into the mountains but about letting the mountains go into my heart

Zhan Weixiong said that climbing mountain has two kinds of fun for different people: one is the satisfaction of climbing to achieve the goal, and the other is the feeling during the climbing process, which belongs to the latter.

"Climbing is an achievement that can be quantified and easy for society to understand. At the foot of the mountain, you can collect more than others. But I never think that climbing is to conquer a mountain, but it should be the mountain that allows you." Compared to climbing a mountain alone, Zhan Weixiong prefers to "walking" itinerary across different mountain areas, because the terrain, route changes and feelings along the way are richer.

"In the city, you don't touch too much nature. Most of the time when people stay in cold rooms, the feeling of changing seasons may not be obvious. Only when you walk into the mountains can you feel the existence of nature so huge. In contrast to the human world, many things are actually small." Zhan Weixiong said that people will feel their insignificance in nature, but their senses will be magnified and become sensitive.

"Even if it's just a leaf, a light or the wind blowing through your body, if your speed is slow, you can feel the mystery and motility."

In 2019, Zhan Weixiong even hosted a "Alpine Reading Club" at Hebei Peak, an altitude of 3,422 meters, to direct Sugratland female writer Na'en. Nan Shepherd wrote the classic "Birth of the Mountain" in the Second War.

"The author of this book has spent almost his life exploring a Sugratland. What she has gained is not only the physical experience of the senses, but also the super worldly freedom of spirituality. This feeling is that only those who walk into the mountains can be physically allowed. Even if you have walked countless times, you can always encounter countless unknowns in the realm of nature. It is a sensual exercise that will allow both the body and the mind to grow wisdom.. ”

The beauty and danger of the mountain opens the body and the heart.

For many mountain climbers, the reason why mountains are fascinating is another meaning that they have certain risks: the beautiful nature may turn into a dangerous situation. "Because there may be a life-threatening environment, we must have full respect for it. Some people like to walk the trails easily, take photos at the top of the mountain, and then go down the mountain to eat a chicken and soak in the hot springs and go home. That's not the pattern I like."

The geological age of Taiwan is only 6 million years old, so the mountains are very young, with 268 mountains above 3,000 meters, so it is easy to encounter high mountains and deep waters, and the cliffs are deep and deep. "In that kind of environment, it will only have a certain primitive instinct. If you want to pursue zero risk, then go to the gym and adjust the slope." Zhan Weixiong said with a smile.

Zhan Weixiong, who has been in the mountains for 7 years this year, has a goal this year: to complete the hundreds of mountains. "I didn't deliberately set this goal. I just found out this year that I had climbed 87 seats, so I wanted to plan to complete it. After I finish it, I will continue to walk up the mountain."

In order to cultivate the physical fitness of climbing, Zhan Weixiong also began to reduce his weight and exercise. "The body's movements depend on muscles to move, but the fat is not strong, only weight. It's like walking with a sandbag on his back, which makes it very difficult." Now, his body is much thinner and much better in spirit than before, which is an unexpected gain.

How do many people who are safely carrying most of their children take the first step in their adventures? "In fact, you just need to let your body feel sweet, and it's hard to forget." He walked into the mountains with many friends. After several years, 70% or 80% of people "try to become subjects" and began to love climbing.

Don't just follow the expectations of society. Finding the blind spot that has been lost

In addition to opening up a new vision of physical and mental spirit, walking into the mountains after middle age has also changed Zhan Weixiong's life view. "In the past, you thought that after preparing and planning something, of course you should get results, but this is not necessarily the case in the mountains. Sometimes when you encounter bad weather and bad physical condition, you have to stop and retreat, and come back next time."

"Now I can do it better if things are not done. As you wish, accept it, and even thank the loss, because that is also a result, or see your limits, you may push forward a little bit next time."

Zhan Weixiong encourages readers of 50+ to jump out of their daily habits and activate the touch of their senses. "Most of what we think and do in our daily lives are familiar, and 90% of our physical cells are sleeping. Sucrates once said: Life without examining is not worth living. After I went to climb the mountain, I gradually realized that this refers to the physical experience of the body."

"I will tell you honestly. Many people who are born in the fifth grade or above are born in this way. I didn't feel good about it!"

"Many people like me, follow the paths that society or others expect, rarely use their will to choose or use their entire body and mind to feel anything. To put it bluntly, they are so ordinary, without ups and downs, and have no taste."

As a well-in-committed music fan, Zhan Weixiong highly recommends the Fuji Shrimp Music Festival held in Japan every year (Fuji Rock). "The music festival feels like a young person is having fun. In fact, many middle-aged Japanese uncles participate every year, just to have three days of life that they usually don't have, or the pure and real time they have had when they were young."

"To be a unique person, you have to wake up your body experience so that your life can pursue various possibilities for growth and three-dimensionality. After 50 years of age, it is a time for reborn (rebirth). From deep inside, you can feel like you have become a new person one by one." Zhan Weixiong said.

Original text: Go to the mountains after retirement! Zhan Weixiong: Don’t be so ordinary after middle age, you must make your body feel good