A Trip to Yan’an (I)延安之行（上）

In the summer of 1957 I decided to do my trip differently. I would travel as economically as possible. No VIP treatment1， no set schedules. Only a general destination of Yan’an， the “cradle of the revolution，” visiting ancient Xi’an on the way up2 and historic Luoyang on the way back. There would be no formal lectures. I would just meet people and chat.

1957年夏天，我决定来一场不同往常的旅行，尽可能少花钱，不要特殊待遇，也不事先安排日程，只有一个大致的目的地——“革命摇篮”延安，北上途中顺便游览一番古城西安，回程逛逛历史名城洛阳。（剩余10183字）