2026-03-3 posts

Newsflash

• "Small Express Delivery" Serves "greater People's Livelihood" Bengbu Express Delivery Facility Construction Upgrade Speeds Up

  According to Bengbu Daily, the "last mile" has always been a bottleneck in the development of express delivery in rural areas. However, with the implementation of the "Bengbu City Express Facilities Management Measures", these problems may be solved. Recently, the express service windows of more than 10 village-level party-mass service centers including Jixi Village in Changfen Town and Qilong Village in Tangji Town in Huaiyuan County were officially opened to provide collection and delivery services, further extending government and postal cooperation services to rural areas, and promoting new breakthroughs in the construction of the city's terminal delivery network.

  As the country's first management measure on strengthening the construction of express delivery facilities, the "Bengbu City Express Facilities Management Measures" was officially implemented on March 1. The "Measures" have a total of 24 articles, focusing on strengthening the management of express delivery facilities from four aspects: building infrastructure, improving the terminal express delivery system, promoting the green development of the industry, and standardizing the management of express service vehicles.

  There are more and more smart express lockers in the community, but sometimes they are not enough. The "last mile" is still a problem for express delivery. Taking 2019 as an example, Bengbu City installed a total of 1,168 sets of smart express lockers throughout the year, an increase of 15.48% over the same period, and the number of compartments was 118,561, an increase of 16.51% over the same period. However, in fact, the growth rate of terminal delivery facilities has not yet met the growing needs of urban e-commerce development and residents' online shopping needs. To this end, the "Bengbu City Express Facilities Management Measures" clearly stipulates that new residential areas, reconstructed and expanded residential areas, and renovation of old residential areas in cities and towns must set up express terminal infrastructure according to needs. Encourage express delivery companies of different service brands to strengthen cooperation and resource sharing, and promote the construction of urban and rural terminal comprehensive service platforms. Support express delivery companies to cooperate with e-commerce, agriculture, supply and marketing, commerce, transportation and other enterprises to establish county, township and village consumer goods and rural production material distribution network systems.

  Since the implementation of the "Measures", the city has actively promoted the construction of a comprehensive service platform for urban and rural express delivery terminals, and guided five express delivery companies in Bengbu City, STO, YTO, Best, Yunda, and Tiantian, to establish Anhui Zhucheng Express Co., Ltd. to innovate business concepts, improve the business skills and quality of employees, and realize joint collection and delivery of express delivery terminals. Zhucheng Express outlets provide residents with doorstep express services. So far, 71 outlets have been built, and it is expected that about 200 outlets will be built in the city to solve the last mile problem of express delivery. At the same time, the Municipal Postal Administration, on the basis of the second batch of pilot projects for the coordinated development of e-commerce and logistics express delivery, has promoted the standardization of express delivery business premises, guiding express delivery companies to upgrade and renovate their business premises. Express delivery companies such as Huaiyuan Zhongtong, Guzhen Zhongtong, and Zhucheng Express have built more than 30 standardized business premises with high standards, thereby further improving the service image and service level of the city's express delivery industry.

  "Green express delivery" has been a hot topic in recent years and is also the development trend of the express delivery industry. In this regard, the "Measures" pointed out that companies engaged in express delivery business should promote green packaging and recycling of express delivery, guide consumers to use recyclable and easily recyclable degradable alternative products, support the promotion of the use of biodegradable express packaging and recycling transfer bags, and set up green recycling devices for packaging waste in business premises to solve the problem of green express development. "In order to put the green concept into practice, we carried out a pilot survey and conducted a comprehensive survey. Through telephone inquiries, business discussions, on-site surveys and other methods, we investigated the current status of green environmental protection work of each mailing company, as well as the use of green environmentally friendly packaging bags and 'slim tape'." Guo Youbing, director of the Municipal Postal Administration, introduced that during the pilot survey On the basis of the research, the Municipal Postal Administration, together with the Municipal Development and Reform Commission, the Bureau of Commerce, and the Ecological Environment Bureau, formulated and issued the "Implementation Plan for Bengbu City to Promote Green Environmental Protection Work in the Postal Industry" and obtained a special fund subsidy of 500,000 yuan from the Municipal Development and Reform Commission to further promote the implementation of green and environmental protection work in the city's postal industry and see real results.

  In order to solve the problem of difficulty in passing express service vehicles, the municipal postal management department will also work with the public security, urban management law enforcement, transportation and other departments to standardize the management and use of express service vehicles in accordance with the law, unify the express vehicle numbers, strengthen label management, purchase vehicle insurance, and ensure the passage and temporary parking of express service vehicles that comply with the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology's "Road Motor Vehicle Manufacturing Enterprises and Product Announcement" or "Anhui Province Electric Bicycle Manufacturing Enterprises and Products that Meet Registration Standards". "Through the implementation of the Measures, the construction of express delivery facilities in the city will be further promoted, the pace of optimization and upgrading of the industry will be accelerated, and the postal industry will be promoted to a high level and high quality development." Guo Youbing introduced.

  (Li Jing, Wang Xiaowei and Wu Siqi)

  43 minutes ago

• Guangxi Wancun Basketball Tournament Kicks Off With Excitement In The New Year, Integrating Folk Customs And Offering Rich And Eye-catching Prizes

  China News Service, Nanning, February 23 (Huang Lingyan) In the New Year of the Horse, the flavor and vitality of Zhuang Township are intertwined. The ninth Guangxi Ten Thousand Villages Basketball Game of the "Sports Lottery Cup" kicked off with the theme of "National Fitness New Year's Eve". With the distinctive characteristics of "grassroots competition and national participation", it deeply integrated the folk customs from all over Guangxi and became the most popular cultural and sports event in Bagui New Year. During the Spring Festival, more than 8,000 basketball games were organized and held across Guangxi, attracting more than 10 million spectators.

  The picture shows the scene of the Guangxi Wancun basketball game. Photo courtesy of Guangxi Sports Bureau

  At the Putang town-level competition in Xingye County, Yulin City, the "characteristic entrance ceremony" of the 16 rural teams in the town attracted attention. The Putang village team carried rice noodles, sugar rings, and white glutinous rice noodles, and the Shiqi village team displayed "Xian Jin Feng" "Ice Lychee" lychee samples, the Longqi Village representative team brought organic camellia oil and flower nectar, and the Anguo Village representative team appeared in "new clothes" wearing golden sugar oranges, and the competition venue was transformed into a "rural cultural tourism agricultural product promotion meeting."

  Huanjiang Maonan Autonomous County in Hechi City has integrated the Maonan Dragon Festival folk custom performance into the competition schedule, and the stadium and inside are filled with rich ethnic customs. The down-to-earth prizes of the Chaodong Town-level competition in Fuchuan Yao Autonomous County, Hezhou City became the highlight of the event: the champion received a 300-jin fat pig, the runner-up received a 200-jin pig, the third runner-up received a sheep, and the top four received chickens and ducks. All participating team members received encouraging red envelopes. These "farm-flavored" rewards make the villagers feel more cordial. The Xinqing Village competition in Maping Town, Xiangzhou County, Laibin City attracted 8 powerful teams from Guangdong, Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia and other places to gather. 16 duels competed for the championship prize of 51,888 yuan, making the influence of Guangxi's "Village BA" span the province.

  The picture shows the Guangxi Wancun basketball game attracting a large number of spectators. Photo courtesy of Guangxi Sports Bureau

  During the event, various localities used the event as a medium to deeply implement the integration concept of "sports + culture and tourism + agriculture + commerce", creating an integrated development effect of "one game, multiple benefits". According to incomplete statistics, during the Spring Festival, the 9th Guangxi Ten Thousand Villages Basketball Tournament spurred consumption of more than 200 million yuan, truly realizing a virtuous cycle of "hot events, lively market, and happy people".

  Liang Jianbo, deputy director of the Sports Bureau of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, said that from competition on the field to consumption activation, from nostalgia to cultural empowerment, the Guangxi Wancun Basketball Game takes the Spring Festival as an opportunity to spread the national fitness trend throughout the Bagui countryside and become a vivid practice for Guangxi to promote the deep integration of national fitness and rural revitalization. “There are stadiums everywhere and competitions in every village” in various places, which not only enriches the cultural life of villagers during the Spring Festival, but also demonstrates the positive, united and enterprising spirit of farmers in the new era.

  At present, the township-level competitions in the region are still advancing in an orderly manner, and the municipal competitions and finals will begin in March. The Sports Bureau of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region will continue to deepen the "sports +" integrated development model, build the event into a cultural card for rural revitalization and a national fitness brand event, and promote the "heat" of mass sports in the region. (over)

  2 hours ago

• Many Places In The UK Celebrate The New Year, And The Charm Of The Chinese New Year Blooms In Public Spaces In British Cities.

  The Chinese New Year marks the Year of the Horse on Bingwu of the lunar calendar. The warm spring breeze penetrates the coolness of late winter in England and spreads the oriental charm of the new year to the urban streets. From the New Year's Eve lights on the banks of the Thames, to the fireworks and temple fairs in traditional markets, to the grand celebrations in landmark squares, the Chinese Spring Festival has entered the public spaces of British cities, creating a unique New Year scene.

  On New Year's Eve, both sides of the Thames River were filled with lights. The red and gold lights symbolizing auspiciousness and joy were lit up as scheduled. The water ripples reflected the lights, and the city's landmark London Eye was dressed in New Year's attire. In the streets and alleys along the river, dancing lions dance to the beat of sonorous drums and dance among the crowds of people, where traditional customs and modern cities quietly blend together. Many local people stopped to watch and take photos. They said that the London Eye and the New Year lighting on the riverside have long become the most oriental cultural event in winter.

  On the fifth day of the first lunar month, Camden Market is bustling with people, red lights are hung high and Spring Festival couplets are seen. At the temple fair, the singing of operas was melodious and melodious, the melodies of folk music were clear and moving, and traditional arts bloomed with unique brilliance on the streets of foreign countries. In the intangible cultural heritage experience area, calligraphy writings on blessings and handmade exquisite objects attract people of different skin colors and ages to actively participate.

  On the sixth day of the first lunar month, Trafalgar Square welcomes the largest New Year celebration of the Year of the Horse in the UK. The parade started from the square, with leaping dragons and lions, and colorful floats, winding all the way to Chinatown, where the sounds of gongs and drums, laughter, and cheers intertwined and echoed. On the main stage, the lion dance was solemn and solemn, the martial arts performances were vigorous and powerful, and the cultural programs were brilliant, which vividly displayed the charm and splendor of Eastern culture. In the evening, Chinatown lights are brightly lit and shops welcome customers. The warmth of reunion and nostalgia continue in the night.

  During the Chinese New Year, British dignitaries specially sent letters to send blessings and extend best wishes for the New Year of the Horse to overseas Chinese and all citizens.

  On February 21, local time, the 2026 London Camden Market Chinese New Year Temple Fair was held, supported by the China Tourism Office in London. Pictured is an artistic performance. Photo by China News Service reporter Ouyang Kaiyu

  The New Year is coming not only in London, but also across the British Isles. Dragons and lions danced in Birmingham's Chinatown, and cities such as York, Edinburgh, and Cardiff successively lit up New Year lights and staged cultural performances. Heathrow Airport, King's Cross station and other transportation hubs have red lights hanging high, which is full of new year atmosphere.

  Reporters who covered different New Year events in the UK had the same feeling. From overseas Chinese to local people, from long-term residents to travelers, people from different backgrounds gathered together for the New Year event. Today's Chinese New Year is no longer just a holiday for overseas travelers, but has become a public cultural celebration integrated into British society.

  On February 22, local time, the Chinese New Year celebration hosted by the London Chinatown Chamber of Commerce was held in Trafalgar Square. The picture shows local customers rushing to buy New Year souvenirs. Photo by China News Service reporter Ouyang Kaiyu

  "Traditional New Year customs take root in public spaces, and Eastern culture is passed down from generation to generation in cross-cultural exchanges. It not only carries the unchanging feelings of the overseas Chinese about home and country, but also builds a solid bridge between the peoples of China and the UK." Zhu Hua, an academician of the British Academy of Social Sciences and a professor at the School of Education, University College London, told reporters from China News Service that today's Spring Festival has become an important "living language" for Sino-British exchanges, telling new and moving stories of the integration of civilizations. (over)

  4 hours ago

• Eradicating Evil Is On! Ren Suxi And Wang Xiao Interpret A Small Town Mystery, And The Battle Between Good And Evil Is Thrilling

  China News Service, February 23rd. On the 23rd, the 16-episode human crime drama "Extermination of Evil", adapted from Remy's novel "Oldboy" and directed by Teng Huatao, with Wang Xiaohui as executive producer, Wang Xiaoyan, Liu Wenyang, and Ma Hao as chief producers, and Nie Chengshuai as screenwriter, was officially launched at the iQiyi Mist Theater.

  

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  Starring Ren Suxi, Wang Xiao, Cai Wenjing, Li Zefeng, etc., the play uses a small town mystery as a guide to weave a web of fate. It not only outlines the picture of the life-and-death struggle between grassroots police and drug dealers, adhering to their beliefs, and punishing crimes, but also depicts the ordinary people struggling to survive under the torrent of fate.

  On the eve of the premiere, "Extermination of Evil" released character posters. The four-person portrait poster uses a unique oil painting style, placing the characters between a rushing river full of hallucinogens in the foreground and a brilliant sunset in the distance. The rich colors and strong contrast between light and dark highlight the multiplicity of the characters' images, as well as the choices they face between desire and the right path.

  The final trailer fully demonstrates the narrative style and content characteristics of "Evil", starting with three "soul questions": "Have you seen this person nearby?" "What are you afraid of?" and "How does it feel to be shot?", quickly exaggerating the rigorous dedication of anti-drug police officers, the helplessness of ordinary citizens, and the desperate measures of drug traffickers.

  In the play, a sudden confrontation between police and criminals broke the peaceful daily routine of the town and changed the fate of everyone present. As a criminal police officer, Hu Wenjing (played by Ren Suxi) is caught in the tangle of discovering that a friend of many years may be involved in a drug trafficking case; Cheng Ken (played by Wang Xiao) is deeply frightened and entangled because of being involved in the drug trafficking vortex, but involuntarily gets deeper and deeper; the originally glamorous and respectable Li Xiaoya (played by Cai Wenjing) also reveals her " "Believe it or not, I can make you disappear tonight" fangs... Along with a series of high-energy scenes of fights, chases, and gun battles, policewoman Hu Wenjing raised the expectations of the series to the top with her vow, "I will definitely catch these drug addicts and drug dealers in Nuanfeng County one by one."

  As an innovative work in the human crime track, "Extermination of Evil" extends the perspective from the contest between "crime" and "solving crimes" to an in-depth exploration of the inner world of the characters, giving complexity and multi-facetedness to well-known typical characters such as police, criminals and victims: Hu Wenjing, as a criminal police officer, adheres to her vocation in her job. As a mother, she has the softest concern for her children in her heart. Cheng Ken couldn't bear the burden of life and entered a desperate situation. His choice included helplessness and struggle, as well as obsession under hardship; Li Xiaoya looked gentle and gentle on the outside, but was unfathomable in her heart, hiding a huge energy that was unwilling to accept fate and mediocrity. When these characters come together in the same narrative, the bonds of emotion and interest between them form multiple depths.

  5 hours ago

• Many Road Sections In The Main Urban Area Of ​​Kunming Were Flooded On June 19. Summary Of Water Accumulation And Traffic Tips

  According to the China Weather Network, as of 8:00 this morning (June 19), the average precipitation in Kunming was 69.7mm.

  Some roads in the main urban area of ​​Kunming were flooded.

  As of 7:45 today (June 19), the water accumulation situation on roads in the main urban area is as follows:

  The water under the railway bridge at the intersection of Minhang Road and South Second Ring Road is about 3 meters, and the road is closed in both directions;

  About 1 meter of water accumulated under the railway bridge under the Niujiezhuang Police Station on Laoguikun Road and the road was closed;

  About 30cm of water accumulated under the tunnel bridge under Sunan Road Ma Street, affecting vehicle traffic;

  About 30cm of water accumulated at the Xingyao intersection of Caiyun North Road, affecting vehicle traffic;

  About 20cm of water accumulated in the Guomao Road, Jinzhi Road and Guanjing Road Forest Park sections, affecting vehicle traffic;

  About 30cm of water accumulated under the Bailong Road Shizha Overpass and Platinum Avenue Kunqu Road Bridge, affecting vehicle traffic.

  Special reminder for water accumulation information:

  Xiahaitun Road on the West Second Ring Road and the turn from the North Second Ring Road to the West Second Ring Road are filled with water and are no longer accessible;

  Kunming Traffic Police No. 1: More than 10 centimeters of water accumulated in both directions in Shihuguan. The drainage company is pumping out water. The lower level of the railway bridge on Laominhang Road is seriously flooded. The traffic police temporarily control the east-west road in the Wuliduocun section, and riders are asked to make a detour. In addition, there is water on the lower level of the Second Ring Road, Dashuying, Jinma, Xiaotun, and Fufu interchanges. The water accumulation behind the train station is serious, and the Jingdu Hotel section is flooded with water.

  Kunming Traffic Police Brigade No. 4 reminds: Cars can only pass on the left side between Haiyuan Middle Road and Yunnan-Burma Avenue when they turn to Huangtupo, and Huangtupo-Xiaotun Overpass. There is deep water accumulation at Puji Road, Wangjiaqiao-Ninth Inspection Station.

  The Fifth Brigade of Kunming Traffic Police reminded: There is water at the entrance of Niujiazhuang Tunnel, and a car has stalled in it early this morning.

  The Yunnan Traffic Voice Information Officer reminded: Many cars in the direction of Caiyun North Road between Juhua Li Interchange and Caiyun North Road have stalled. On the lower level of the East Second Ring Road, there is deep water in the direction of Juhua Interchange-Jinma Interchange. Riders are asked to go around.

  Workers from the Kunming Drainage Company stood in waist-deep water while working.

  (The news is compiled from Kunming Traffic Police, Kunming Drainage Company, Yunnan Traffic Voice, and Dutiao WeChat users)

  6 hours ago

• Influenced By Their White Colleagues, A Middle-class Chinese Couple Started Traveling In A Flat-bed Style

  Field | Hospitality Industry

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  During the Spring Festival this year, I noticed a young Chinese couple at the Four Seasons Hotel in Peninsula Papagayo, Costa Rica, 13,000 kilometers away from Beijing.

  For three consecutive days, after breakfast, they appeared by the pool with their slippers in hand, each occupying a lounge chair. The schedule seemed to be copied and pasted: breakfast, beach, pool, nap, watching sunset, and going back to the room.

  On the first day, I thought they were suffering from jet lag. On the second day, I thought they were thinking about where to go for fun. On the third day, I saw them still lying there motionless, with only ice soda in their hands that was about to melt and a half-opened book.

  This picture is generated by AI

  

  Four Seasons Hotel Costa Rica/Real photos from the travel industry

  Out of curiosity, I approached the Virador Club at sunset with a glass of wine.

  After chatting for a while, we learned that they live in the Bay Area of ​​California, USA, and are a typical middle-class Chinese couple.

  In the past, their travel style was the same as that of most Chinese people, who believed in efficiency first. To fly to the Caribbean, they had to visit four islands, and to go to Europe, they had to check in ten Michelin stars. Their mobile phone albums were filled with hundreds of photos, and they had to carefully layout them when posting to Moments.

  The boy smiled and told me that this kind of check-in trip did not end until last year. It was the white colleagues around him and "White Lotus Resort" that influenced them.

  When those colleagues came back from vacation and asked where they had gone, they said Mexico. When I asked what I was doing, I replied that I had done nothing. I just lay on the beach for a week to clear my mind.

  At first they didn't understand and felt at a loss, but then they tried it once and found that doing nothing was the most advanced massage for the brain.

  I also want to try to be like them, but the WeChat message on the phone screen in my hand has not gone out yet.

  The boy seemed to notice my embarrassment. He raised his hand and pointed to Virador Beach below.

  Following his finger, there were more than a dozen people lying sparsely on the golden beach. Some were reading, some were sunburned with their eyes closed, and some were simply staring at the waves in a daze.

  Only no one is playing with their mobile phones.

  He said, you see, here, taking out a mobile phone is even an offense. Everyone has a tacit understanding. After finally escaping from the world controlled by algorithms and emails, no one wants to be dragged back by a glowing screen.

  I also subconsciously put my phone on the recliner and began to carefully examine the scenery in front of me. In front of me was no longer a screen filled with pixels. The most luxurious double-sided sea of ​​the Papagayo Peninsula was laid out without reservation.

  This four-season hotel occupies the narrowest waist of the peninsula. On the left, Virador Beach is where the Pacific Ocean sunset is turning the waves into gold. On the right, Blanca Beach is as quiet as a dark blue emerald.

  

  Virador Beach/Travel Real Photos

  The air is filled with the aroma of plants baked by the tropical sun, the building is humbly hidden in the jungle, and the waiters are invisible in the air. They will appear at the right time only when you are thirsty and want to drink ice-cold coconut water.

  This kind of extreme privacy and restraint creates an invisible barrier, making every minute and second in the hotel so precious that any KPI check seems to be a waste of life.

  02

  Over the years, we have habitually referred to lying down on the beach as white people's vacation, and even summed up the three-piece middle-class suit of sunbathing on the beach, staring at the sea in a daze, and flipping through paper books.

  But this kind of travel vacation where you waste your life on beautiful things is actually not just a white man’s patent.

  If we extend the timeline, during the epidemic, this trend of hotels being rotten has quietly emerged in China.

  During the National Day Golden Week in 2023, a set of data from Ali Business Travel sparked heated discussions. At that time, more than 68% of middle-class families chose the Staycation model.

  The word translates very straightforwardly, staycation.

  At that time, everyone couldn't go out, and the frustrated middle-class families began to look for alternatives, turning the hotels around them into distant places.

  At that time, people may not have realized that this model of residence and vacation, which they were forced to choose in order to circumvent the quarantine policy, was reshaping a generation's view of travel.

  During this year’s Spring Festival, Tongcheng Travel data showed that the overall booking popularity of hotels during the Spring Festival in Hainan increased by 191% year-on-year. Among them, the booking popularity of hotels in Sanya increased by 167% year-on-year. From Yalong Bay to Haitang Bay, the beach loungers were filled with tattered post-95s and post-00s.

  After Sanya, a long-established vacation destination, became popular, many people discovered that instead of going to the scenic spots, just eating and drinking in the hotel was more stress-relieving than the special forces tour that broke a leg.

  The complete explosion of this concept cannot be separated from the fuel of an American TV series.

  "White Lotus Resort", which the domestic middle class is deeply obsessed with, is like a naked vacation textbook for the rich, exposing the travel methods of the top class to the public.

  

  The first three seasons of "White Lotus Resort" were filmed at the Four Seasons Hotel

  None of the elites who live in luxury hotel suites in the play care about the local attractions. All they care about are yachts, champagne, and how to spend time doing nothing.

  This drama made many Chinese middle-class people realize for the first time that the true old-money style vacation is not about how many places you go, but how long you can stay in one place.

  Just like the words the boy left when the couple got up and prepared to go back to the room yesterday: "It used to be like going out to play on a march, but then I felt that ordering a drink and lying around for the day like white people would be a real vacation."

  It can be said that a good hotel itself is the prototype of the White Lotus-style vacation. It knows how to use a quiet price to absorb the time that guests have nowhere to spend.

  What this reflects is actually a violent shock in the consumer psychology of the domestic middle class and newly wealthy class.

  Why is doing nothing more expensive than cramming your schedule?

  Perhaps because special forces travel and vacation are two completely different attitudes towards vacation. What is consumed on a trip are attractions, tickets, and materials that are tangible and tangible.

  On the other hand, what you spend on a beach vacation doing nothing is the environment, services, and the sense of atmosphere that someone will carefully maintain for you even if you are in a daze.

  Just like at the Four Seasons Hotel in Costa Rica, the atmosphere will be embodied in Versailles scenes.

  For example, in the adult swimming pool, even guests need to pay extra to rent lounge chairs. Here, you can only hear the crisp sound of ice cubes hitting the glass and the dull sound of the Pacific Ocean in the distance.

  

  Real photos from the travel industry

  Quietness is particularly luxurious in the restless tropics, which means you can hand yourself over to a lounge chair without any precautions.

  Some people may ask, what should families with children do if they want to lie flat?

  This is the brilliance of the White Lotus Hotel, which gives parents the right to lie down. The Kids Club here provides all-day care services from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

  This means that, regardless of whether you have a family with you or not, during the 9 hours during the day, you are just a couple who need the world of two people, not a nanny who revolves around the children.

  The moment we send our children in, we redeem our freedom.

  

  Four Seasons Kids club/real photos from the travel industry

  The next step in redeeming freedom is usually physical and mental compensation.

  The fancy spa treatments that the elites in "White Lotus Resort" are passionate about, top resort hotels in reality will also do it to the extreme.

  The solution given by Four Seasons in Costa Rica is to set back the building and make the spa open. The treatment terrace and outdoor spa area extend along the tree line toward the seaside.

  The chirping of birds, the sound of wind, and the sound of waves take over your attention little by little, making it easier for people to calm down. Listening to the guidance of the physical therapist, you will feel that the anxieties in your brain are being withdrawn little by little.

  This is the most scarce and urgent need for people in China who yearn for white-style vacations.

  

  Real photos from the travel industry

  03

  The reason why white-style vacations have taken root among Chinese people is not so much cultural metaphysics, or it may just be that our days outside of vacations are too tight.

  Work has KPIs, children's education is under heavy pressure, and even sleep is broken down into a string of data by the bracelet. Over time, spending time with your family to rest has become a task.

  So many people seem to be relaxing during their holidays, but in fact they are working overtime in a different place.

  Nowadays, we are finally beginning to admit that our bodies and minds always need downtime for maintenance, and we need a period of unproductive time.

  But there is an extremely hidden business logic here. Lying flat seems to be the simplest, but in fact the threshold is the highest.

  I learned the lesson myself.

  The summer before last year, I went to a resort in Thailand that was recommended repeatedly, intending to do nothing. However, the swimming pool was under renovation, the restaurant was expensive and terrible, and the bill was all about luxury. But when you lay down, something always clicked on you. The money was spent, and there was no rest at all.

  A flat-bed vacation is actually the most stringent test for a hotel.

  When you are in a hurry, the hotel is just a place to sleep. It doesn't matter whether it is good or not. But when you hand over the whole person and treat the hotel as everything, any shortcomings will be magnified.

  Whether the bed is comfortable, whether the environment is quiet, whether there are sales promotions everywhere on the beach, these details are usually not noticeable. After lying down, every one of them becomes a problem.

  What good hotels are good at is resolving these two extremes.

  Take Four Seasons in Costa Rica as an example. You are rarely interrupted and you never run out of people.

  When you are thirsty, ice water will appear at your hand. When you want to be quiet, the surrounding sounds will automatically calm down. There is no need to constantly make choices. The environment itself will filter out the noise, like an invisible safety net, providing a natural barrier for residents to lie down for vacation.

  

  Real photos from the travel industry

  You dare to give yourself to a recliner because you know that any needs you need can be received smoothly and smoothly.

  Even if you just want to have a cup of special drink, or want to go for a walk in the rainforest or waterfall, or you just want to move dinner from the restaurant to the balcony of the guest room, your rhythm will not be disrupted.

  This sense of stability may also be related to the Costa Rican philosophy of life.

  The locals often say Pura Vida, which means simply, live a pure and slow life, and don’t push yourself too hard.

  This sentence is especially true on the Papagayo Peninsula. The sea breeze blows over, the smell of tropical plants rises and falls, time seems to be stretched, and even anxiety seems redundant.

  The real fear of lying down has nothing to do with boredom. Behind it is often that we always want to prove that our vacation has not been wasted.

  And when the hotel is peaceful enough and the environment is good enough, everyone will slowly loosen the string in their hearts. Doing so will not make the holiday weaker, but will make you more like a person.

  

  Real photos from the travel industry

  So I later understood that the real vacation that the Bay Area Chinese couple was talking about was not as simple as ordering a glass of wine and lying around for the day.

  The essence of white people’s vacation may be that we are finally willing to give time back to ourselves.

  8 hours ago