Nomadic life: Mongolian yurt features, no loneliness

Nomadism is a choice #100 ways to travel The so-called nomadic life means migrating according to the conditions of water and grass, and living wherever there is water and grass. It does not necessarily involve wandering across mountains and hills, nor does it have a fixed movement cycle; everything depends on whether there is sufficient fodder and water. This kind of lifestyle forces nomadic people to adapt to the light and nature. Like the nomadic family that hosted me, they worked from sunrise to sunset and rested at sunset. However, on the night I stayed there, a heavy snowstorm suddenly blew outside, so the host put the sheep into the covered sheep shed one by one overnight. But in the end, some sheep left in the wind and snow, and they talked about it indifferently the next morning. But when I say this, I don't feel particularly sad or regretful. This is probably what is called taking things as they come and treating everything as a part of nature. "So, will they want to move to the city?" I was very curious and asked the tour guide to translate for me and ask the family who hosted me. "Why would you want to leave your current life for no reason?" The tour guide translated, "Unless the animals all died, right? Or maybe there was a sudden natural disaster or something like that." The yurt owner looked particularly calm when he said this, and perhaps it was because of his calmness that this conversation has always been unforgettable to me. I remember at that moment I thought of the movie "Nomadland". A car was everything to the heroine, and wherever the car went, that place became her home. However, it doesn’t matter where the road trip ends. Driving towards what your heart desires is the real freedom. "Not all wandering is forced," so I wrote this sentence in my diary. Nomadic life is a choice. Maybe it is simple, but not lonely. As spring goes and autumn comes, herders migrate with their easy-to-set-up and dismantle yurts and herds of livestock. Although they move frequently, they stay with their families every day, herding livestock, cooking, eating, sleeping, and having all the companionship needed in life. "Not all wandering is forced," so I wrote this sentence in my diary. Nomadic life is a choice. Maybe it is simple, but not lonely. As spring goes and autumn comes, herders migrate with their easy-to-set-up and dismantle yurts and herds of livestock. Although they move frequently, they stay with their families every day, herding livestock, cooking, eating, sleeping, and having all the companionship needed in life. There is also everything needed for nomadic living space. The bed inside the Mongolian yurt is a sofa and a cutting board; the charcoal stove in the center can keep warm and can also be used for cooking; the large wok can be used to fry noodles and boil hot water; the skylight on the top is a natural light and also a natural clock. There were no shortage of wooden cabinets, graduation photos of children, Buddhist shrines, etc. The family that hosted me even had a small TV (the tour guide also said that many Mongolians have been fascinated by Korean dramas recently, and some nomadic peoples also watch Korean dramas in their yurts). It seems that just like all the choices in life, it never matters whether you dream or not, have it or not. The real happiness is to be able to make choices for your own life happily, just like those I met.