Body-building coach Qu Yang and his girlfriend have decided to celebrate the traditional Mid-Autumn Festival (the 15th day of the eighth lunar month) in Meili Snow Mountain in Yunnan Province. They also plan to visit the ancient "tea caravan road" and enjoy the Tibetan style festival in Lijiang.
"Under the full moon, we can dance with Tibetans and drink highland barley wine. I believe such activity must be really interesting," said Qu.
A dozen of young Beijing white collars will accompany them on their journey to Yunnan. However, during their trip they will have no opportunities to take a bath, get phone calls and log on to the Internet. These young people also need to endure the grim weather and rough mountain paths.
He Jing, the only unmarried girl among these people, is slim and pretty. She revealed that to watch a full moon at an altitude of 2,000 meters must be quite romantic.
Such self-help journey has become more and more popular among young Beijing people. Currently most of them plan to enjoy their National Day holiday out of town.
Beijing travel agencies estimate some 200 thousand Beijing residents will travel outside Beijing everyday from October 1 to 7 during the week-long National Day holiday, on which the forthcoming Mid-Autumn Festival will fall this year.
(Self-help journey has become more and more popular among young Beijing residents.)
