A Chinese saying goes, "it is better to travel ten thousand miles than to read ten thousand books." What does this mean? In my opinion, it refers to that in spite of the importance of reading piles of books traveling length and breadth is much more important.This saying highlights the importance of travelling, which means if one wants to understand people and the world profoundly, travelling is a better way than just reading books directly.
I am strongly for this idea, which is really meaningful and helpful to us. As we know, we gain knowledge from books, and put them into practice finally. Yet most of time, we find that the knowledge of the book is quite different from that of reality. Travelling can tell us the truth, helping us learn the world more clearly. Sometimes, what the books tell us is rather idealized. Not until we experience in person do we realize that the world is not as pure and simple as we think.
As students, we of course should read as much as we can, but meanwhile if possible，we can travel to other places personally, contacting different people, experiencing various cultures, learning different languages. These may not be acquired by reading, but can help us understand the world better and live a better life in the future.
Last but not least, what I want to say is that we all should go out to travel more as possible as we can. Because traveling has loads of advantages more than we think. As a consequence, let's travel ten thousand miles as possible as I can.
