How safe is it to travel to Varanasi since I have never traveled alone before?

As for the sacred, I always think it is a positive perception in the spiritual world, such as faith and will.

I walked around Varanasi, this ancient Hindu holy land, and felt everything here.

1. Burning corpses in the Ganges River

I went to the train station at noon to buy a ticket. The tutu driver who returned to the inn did not understand English, so I read it to him. He took a few photos of the inn that I took on my phone, and then he took me to the Ganges River, not far from the inn. But according to Google Maps, it takes twenty minutes to walk back to the inn. The weather is so hot! After walking along the Ganges River for two minutes under the sun, I accidentally came across a small cremation platform. Learning from the lesson I almost got into a fight with yesterday because I was watching the corpse burning, I found a secluded place to sit down and watch the small cremation ceremony.

Well, a little disappointed! I was prepared to watch the corpses being burned with the intention of being shocked and shocked, but their actions were too slow. The temperature was probably close to 50 degrees. I was so hot that I sat and waited for almost an hour, but by the end I felt bored. The general process is to soak the body in the Ganges River, carry it to the shore, apply oil on it (probably to aid combustion), and then change clothes. When changing clothes, you can see that the body has turned black. Then lift him to a pile of wood that has been set up, sprinkle combustion powder on the body, put another layer of wood on the body, and finally cover it with a white cloth. They had prepared some props and so on. It seemed that the people who were saying goodbye lined up to pray, then brought fire to a fire source not far away, and slowly lit it around the body. On one side, someone sprinkled combustion powder and added flammable grass. Then it just kept burning. I didn't watch the whole process, but I guess by the end it was burned to the point where no one could distinguish the bodies and wood, and it turned into a pile of ashes.

I will be burned to death by the sun if I keep reading! I bought a bottle of water and drank it while walking back to the inn.

People here believe that bathing in the Ganges can wash away dirty souls;

They also believe that being cremated on the banks of the Ganges and scattering ashes into the river can help them transcend their previous lives. of pain.

2. Cricket Boy

Walking along the Ganges River, there are monks in gorgeous religious uniforms, and ordinary people in groups of three or five, gathering together to chat, and even more Along the way young people or children are playing cricket. I recall that when I was walking by the Ganges last night, I picked up a ball for them, and the cricket boy pulled me to chat. We sat on the steps beside the Ganges and chatted until midnight. The thinking of the Indian people is still very different from what we think. First of all, they don't like China from the bottom of their hearts. Because they think we support Pakistan, and India and Pakistan have wars all year round. Even today, there are wars! They are sworn enemies. They hate Muslims (Batie’s faith) and also hate China, which is not a superficial dislike.

The teenagers were filled with indignation and said why the police here were armed with guns. It was not because of social insecurity, but to prevent Pakistanis from bombing temples by the Ganges. I can understand them, but I interrupted everyone's speech and said that you young people should not put hatred and nationalism first. The country will have their own strategies to deal with hostile forces. You should focus on how to deal with them. Make yourself better and richer above. In fact, China was as poor and backward as India 40 years ago, and China was even poorer then. It was only later that everyone was thinking about making themselves better and work harder, which led to China's rapid economic development.

I think they kept me chatting until midnight because we had more or less ideological collisions in many aspects during our constant arguments and exchanges. Last night I met a Japanese man on the way back to the hotel. I had walked a few steps away before he said hi and then asked me questions in Japanese. I responded by saying hi that I was from China, and walked back to politely shake hands with him and wish him good night.

In fact, we all have more or less prejudices. To put it simply, if you like someone, you will think that everything about him is good; if you don’t like someone, it will turn into hatred as time goes by.