Unable to endure the chaos of the Spring Festival travel rush, a freshman from Chang’an University in Xi’an set out alone on his bicycle at 10:00 a.m. on January 15, 2013, cycling from Xi’an back to his hometown in Sichuan to celebrate the New Year.
    The journey lasted eight days and covered nearly a thousand miles, finally bringing him to Chengdu at 8:00 a.m. on the 23rd.
He also set himself a goal: “I must cycle all the way to Lhasa this summer!”