德國小伙騎行萬里尋找中國夢

王湛+吳荃雁

20年前，有位美國人，名叫彼得·海斯勒，來到中國，教過書，當過記者，待了10多年，游歷了中國的角角落落。10年前，這位美國人將他的經歷寫成了“中國三部曲”，引起了廣泛關注。

而如今在浙江大學，有一位中文名叫岳凱涵的德國留學生，騎著一輛小型折疊車，行程5800公里穿越中國。從黑龍江漠河北極村，一直到海南三亞，這趟旅程歷經近100天。

現在，他已經碩士畢業回到了德國慕尼黑。我和他約了北京時間17：00的微信電話采訪，心里想著德國人以嚴謹著稱，習慣準時，千萬不能遲到。

果然，17點整，微信那一頭傳來了熱情的聲音。出乎我的意料，他的漢語說得很好。

喜愛中華文化，到浙江大學攻讀中國學

岳凱涵的本名叫Jorg，29歲的他陸陸續續在中國待了三年半。

“這個中文名是我朋友給我取的。他覺得岳的發音和我的名字很像，而凱涵很適合我的性格。”岳凱涵說，“我覺得我是個活潑、樂觀、有活力又有好奇心的人。”

2011年，岳凱涵第一次來到中國，他接觸的第一個城市是成都，在那兒，他學了一年中文，還學會了用筷子。

“在我們德國，許多人想去西方，比如美國之類的國家，很少有人想去亞洲。”最初來中國，對于他來說，就是個很純粹的想法，“我覺得歐洲人對亞洲、對中國并不了解，我便想去看看。”

出于對中國文化的興趣和好奇，2015年，岳凱涵來到浙江大學，攻讀中國學碩士。“既然選擇中國，就應該學中國的歷史文化，浙大的中國學項目對我來說有很大的吸引力。”

中國學的課堂，不局限于老師授課的傳統教學方式，也鼓勵學生進行自主調研和社會實踐。每門課程在課堂授課的基礎上，都會設置一節課的田野調查，去往相關的實踐場地進行訪問。在中西融合的氛圍中，岳凱涵學習了中國的方方面面，既包括歷史文化，也有經濟和時政。

而考試的形式不局限在卷面，更多是通過項目匯報的形式，這給了岳凱涵很大的發揮空間。

二手車行里淘了輛折疊車，開始了萬里騎行

“你為什么要去騎行呢？”我問他。“因為想去中國各處看一看。”他答。

研一時，岳凱涵便有了“騎遍中國”這個想法。起初他還猶豫這樣是否會影響學業。當他把想法與老師溝通時，浙大中國學項目負責人毫不猶豫地支持他的想法。在老師幫助下，他的計劃順利申請到了實踐經費。為了實現這個計劃，岳凱涵加倍努力，用一年時間完成了研究生階段所有課程。

岳凱涵并不擅長騎行，對他來說，自行車只是一種交通工具。“比起火車、飛機，自行車比較便利且自由度更高。”

為了這個騎行計劃，岳凱涵特意制訂了鍛煉計劃。“出發前兩個月，我每個周末都會去杭州周邊騎行，從30公里到50公里再到80公里，后來從杭州騎到上海。這個時候我覺得自己準備好了。”

2016年5月1日，國際勞動節，岳凱涵清楚地記得他出發的日子。浙大紫金港校區，即將出發的岳凱涵和許多好友告別，陪伴他同行的僅有自行車和一個大背包。

旅途的起點在黑龍江漠河，北極村，中國最北的地方;而終點，則在海南三亞，海南島的最南端。

他的自行車很小，折疊后可以裝進塑料袋里。岳凱涵說，這是他同學幫他在二手車車行里淘來的。

“這么小的車好騎么？”我問他，在我的印象里，騎行的大多數人會選擇比較專業的山地車，而岳凱涵卻選了一輛小型折疊車。

“好騎，很小很輕巧。”岳凱涵說，“一路上也有很多人問我這個問題，我就讓他們試著騎我的車，結果他們都覺得很不錯。”

路途上，岳凱涵的自行車遇到過多次“罷工”，比如沒氣、爆胎等等，這些他都能自己解決。在他的大背包里，裝了內胎、打氣筒、布條等修車設備，除此之外，還有手機、平板、充電寶、相機等電子產品，帳篷這類生活用品，而換洗衣服他僅帶了兩套。

“衣服和食物可以在路上買。”岳凱涵說。

一個人上路并不孤單，可以認識很多陌生人

跨越5800多千米，經過12個省份，岳凱涵走過了許多路，也遇到了許多人。“在我腦海里沒有具體的地點這些概念，只有從哪里到哪里的一段路程。”岳凱涵說。

遇到岔路口就看手機導航，迷路了就向當地人打聽，一路上，岳凱涵覺得很順利。

“中國有很多好心人。”岳凱涵說，“有一次我的車壞了，一時修不好，也找不到旅館，好心人就讓我住在他們家里。”

自行車罷工，弄丟背包，這些一路上的坎坷對岳凱涵來說都不是困難，“這些麻煩事都是可以解決的，而在整個旅途中，我的身體條件很好。”

每個月，岳凱涵都會獲得3000元項目經費，他把這筆錢用于每天的生活開支，“相當于每天100元生活費，包括衣食住行全部。”

吃當地的食物，穿路邊買的衣服，住小旅社或者當地人家里，有時甚至在帳篷里過夜，而騎車趕路，則成了岳凱涵的日常。

一個人穿越中國，沒有同伴，只有在旅途中遇到的一個個陌生人。一路上，許多人問他一個人是否孤獨無聊，當我也這么問時，他反問我：“我們現在這樣聊天，你覺得無聊么？”endprint

“在旅途上，我會遇到很多人，和他們聊天并不會無聊，反而會獲得許多有趣的東西，但如果有同伴，就可能只和同伴聊天了。”岳凱涵說。

一路記載陌生人的中國夢，成了畢業論文的題目

就這樣，一路騎，一路聊，岳凱涵在旅途中遇到了許多有趣的人。他會和路途上的人聊經歷，聊夢想。

讓岳凱涵印象最深的，是在河南陳家溝——中國太極拳之鄉——遇到的一位拳師。

“這個人很有意思，邀請我在他家住。他原來是一位工程師，后來覺得工程師這個工作他不喜歡，于是去了東南亞，學習潛水、瑜伽和文身。”岳凱涵說，“回來以后，他將一所學校改造成太極學校，專門教小孩子。”

還有一次，他在呼和浩特，遇到了一位健談的理發師。

“可能因為平時很少遇到外國人，他和我聊了很多話，說了很多生活中的小事。我讓他把頭發剪短一點，結果他一個勁兒地剪，不過最后我還是挺滿意的。”說起這些旅途中遇到的形形色色的有趣的人，岳凱涵忍不住笑起來。

岳凱涵的畢業論文題目是《老百姓的中國夢》，素材正是來源于這次旅行。

“在中國，經常會聽見‘中國夢，我比較好奇，一路上我問了許多人他們的中國夢是什么。”岳凱涵說，他的畢業論文一共85頁，31000多個英語單詞，都是他一路上記載的中國夢。

漠河北極村一位餐館女老板的中國夢是幫助老年人改善生活質量，減輕年輕一代的負擔;廣西陽朔的一位工人，他夢想小康和富足的物質生活;長春大學一位計算機系的學生，他的中國夢則是實現個人理想，為社會作貢獻……

“每個人都有不同的中國夢，城市和農村的差異較為明顯，村子里的人希望過上幸福而平靜的生活，而城市里的人更多地希望能做想做的事。”岳凱涵說，“但有一個共同點，他們都有著實現夢想的樂觀態度。”

岳凱涵現在德國慕尼黑一家汽車公司工作，負責與中國有關的貿易。他說自己很喜歡中國，“以后一定還會來。”

回國前，浙江大學出版社找到岳凱涵，表示愿意將他的騎行故事編成書出版。岳凱涵希望把這些故事印成書，送給一路上幫助過他的人。這，確實是一件非常酷的事。

Hoefer Joerg， a 29-year-old German， pedaled a foldable bike across China in nearly 100 days in 2016. The 5，800-km odyssey started in Mohe， a village in the northern point of China and ended in Sanya， the southern point of Hainan， an island province in the south of China. Through the journey， he experienced China and talked with ordinary people he met about their Chinese dreams. Based upon his experience， he wrote an 85-page， 31，000-world English dissertation and completed his graduate course with Zhejiang University. He is now in Germany， working for a motor company and is in charge of trade with China.

The other day， we had an interview with him on WeChat， a Chinese social media， about his epic bike trip across China. The following is the gist.

Joerg first arrived in China in 2011. He spent about a year in Chengdu， capital city of Sichuan in southwestern China， where he learned how to speak Chinese and how to use chopsticks， among other things.

“In Germany， many people take a great interest in the west. They may choose to visit USA. Not so many people want to go and see Asia. I felt Europeans had little knowledge of Asia， of China. That was why I wanted to visit China and take a look.”

Piqued by his interest and curiosity， Hoefer Joerg enrolled himself into Zhejiang University in Hangzhou to study for a master degree of sinology in 2015. “This study was natural for me. Since I chose to come to China， I wanted to study Chinas history and culture. The sinology course at Zhejiang University attracted me.”endprint

All the subjects in this course required students to do surveys and field studies. There were more than tests done on paper. Oral reports on surveys and field studies were also required.

In the first year of the graduate course， Joerg conceived the idea of biking across China. However， he worried if such a biking journey would negatively affect his graduate study. He talked about it with his teacher. The head of the sinology project supported the idea. With the help of his teachers， his application was approved and he received a fund to put his ambitious plan to practice. He completed all the subjects in the first year， so as to squeeze time for the journey. He bought a foldable bike with the assistance of friends. Two months before he was to start the journey， he began to bike around Hangzhou on weekends and trained intensely to get himself physically ready. At first， one journey covered about 30 kilometers. Then he challenged 50 kilometers and then covered a distance of 80 kilometers at one biking. Then he rode all the way from Hangzhou to Shanghai. He was ready.

Joergs epic journey started on May 1， 2016. He waved goodbye to his classmates and friends on Zijingang campus of Zhejiang University. He had a large backpack， a foldable bike， and himself.

The bike was purchased from a second-hand market. It could be conveniently folded and packed into a plastic bag. Did the small bike ride well？ Most people choose a mountain bike for such a long journey.

“It rode well. Many people I met on the road were curious about the bike and asked the same question. I let them try taking a ride and they all agreed it was a wonderful bike.”

The bike malfunctioned on the road a number of times. Joerg fixed the problems. In his backpack was a kit with handy tools. The journey went through 12 provinces， but Joerg did not try to remember specific place names. He focused on separate stunts from one place to another. He used the map on his mobile phone to guide him. If he was unclear about where to turn at a crossroads， he asked for directions.

Joerg was deeply impressed with the amiability of the people he met on the way from the north to the south. One day， his bike stopped working and he failed to fix it and he couldnt find a hotel to stay for the night. A good-hearted guy invited him to his home. Joerg slept there for a night.

His budget for the journey was 3，000 yuan a month， all from the grant given by Zhejiang University. So his expenses for food and shelter and everything else were about 100 yuan per day. He ate local food. He bought cheap cloths. He stayed at small hotels or at homes. He slept in the tent if necessary.

He was frequently asked on the road if he felt lonely， biking all by himself. He did not. In fact， chatting with strangers and finding out their dreams was the way he did his research for his graduation dissertation. Had he not traveled alone， he would have not had so much fun meeting strangers and chatting with them. Joerg laughed when he shared with us some interesting anecdotes of his journey.

Before he returned to Germany， Zhejiang University Press approached him for publishing the story of his ride across China. Hoefer Joerg agreed. It would be cool to give these books away to those who had helped him on the road， he said.endprint