Meet Li Hong Bin, a former accountant in Sichuan Province who believes he’s the reincarnation of the poet Li Bai
Look down and think of home.
“I tried to sell my poems in the pedestrian tunnels under Tiananmen Square,” Li Hong Bin laughed. “Nobody bought them.” Looking for shortcuts through the lush hills of western Sichuan, China, Paul Salopek's walking party gets lost in forests that have gobbled ancient footpaths. “I’m sure about following the footsteps of Li Bai, but other parts of my life were confused,” Li Hong Bin said. “I’m satisfied with where I am now, though. I cook. I sleep on the table. I write. It’s better than before, when I slept on the ground.
To reach Qinglian, I had trekked north from the megalopolis of Chengdu, through villages leveled and rebuilt since the apocalyptic quake of 2008. I had crossed warm, green rivers on footbridges where—old uncles—played aggressive checkers. This was late summer. The days were molten, and farmers had spread their corn to dry on the road verges. It was the sort of China that defies the global cartoon of robotic factory floors.
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