从瑞典来的小伙，在大理当起了现实版“星露谷”农夫......

大理的清晨，青翠的苍山还裹着一层薄雾。洱海边的步道上，一个年轻人开启了他的日常。手捧一杯本地产的咖啡，慢悠悠地走着。这杯咖啡的咖啡渣，他不会扔掉，而是带回农场做堆肥。

In the early morning of Dali, the Cangshan Mountain is still wrapped in a thin layer of mist. On the path by Erhai Lake, a young man has begun his daily routine, holding a cup of locally sourced coffee, strolling along at a leisurely pace. The coffee grounds from this cup won't be thrown away; instead, he'll take them back to the farm to use as compost.

他叫陈派，今年33岁，来自北欧国家瑞典。但在当地人口中，他不是“那个老外”，而是“每天去田里干活的那个奶爸”。

His name is Chen Pai, a 33-year-old from Sweden. But to the locals, he isn't "that foreigner", he's "the dad who goes to work in the fields every day".

从瑞典到云南

十多年前，陈派的人生是另一种样子。

More than a decade ago, Chen Pai's life was a different story.

21岁在瑞典时，他进入了一家公司。下班回家，打开电视，在荧幕的光亮中消磨掉一天的剩余时间。长此以往，他身体的警报先到了。

When he was 21 and living in Sweden, he started working for a company. After coming home from work, he would turn on the TV and kill the rest of the day in the glow of the screen. However, physical warning signs came before any mental ones.

陈派从小肠胃不好，后来切除了胆囊，慢性胰腺炎反复发作。他开始研究如何活得更健康，于是开始研究自然农耕。

Chen Pai had suffered from digestive issues since childhood, later had his gallbladder removed, and experienced recurring chronic pancreatitis. So he began researching how to live a healthier life, and that led him to explore natural farming.

转折发生在他遇到妻子之后。他们俩在菲律宾相识，后来他跟着妻子来到中国。2015年他第一次来到云南，去了大理、丽江、康定，那些地方都非常美，但他总记得大理的山和湖。之后他们住在沈阳、青岛，但心里始终忘不掉大理的山川河流。2021年，他们举家搬到了大理。

After meeting his wife in the Philippines and moving to China with her, he first toured Yunnan in 2015. Dali's mountains and lakes left the deepest impression, lingering in their hearts through later stays in Shenyang and Qingdao, until the family finally relocated to Dali in 2021.

他说：“云南是一个可以慢下来、改善健康的好地方。”

在大理，他几乎不看电视了。“因为生活太满了，双手双脚都是泥土，根本不需要用屏幕来填补空白。”

"Yunnan is a good place to slow down and improve health," he said.

种地是一种有关

“失败”的哲学

陈派的农场不算大，他的肥料多数是靠咖啡渣和厨余垃圾发酵出来的堆肥。

Chen Pai's farm is not very big. Most of his fertilizer comes from compost made by fermenting coffee grounds and kitchen waste.

他常说起接触土地的感觉：“当我们赤脚站在地上或触摸植物时，我们是在接触接大地的能量，这对我们的身体有益。”

He often says that being barefoot or touching plants puts us in touch with grounding energies and healthy microbes, which benefit our body.

但种地远不是赤脚踩泥那么浪漫。

But farming is far from as romantic as just stepping barefoot into the mud.

“失败，是农耕的另一面。”他说，“你每天都在失败。总有什么东西在枯萎，什么害虫来了，什么作物干死了，或者堆肥的材料不对，整批都废了。”

Failure is the other side of farming. "You fail every day. There's always something withering, some pest coming, some crop drying up, or the compost going bad because the wrong materials were used, and the whole batch is ruined," he said.

这话不是抱怨，而是一种朴素的接受。日复一日的失败，反倒让他学会了另一种心态：“如果你把生活看作一段旅程，每一次失败都是学习和成长的机会，那你的心态就会完全改变。”

Rather than complaining, he accepts failures as lessons along life's journey, which has transformed his mindset entirely.

他看风向、日照、湿度，这些本事不是从书里学来的，是跟村里的大爷大妈一点一点磨出来的。他笑着说：“我和村里的大爷大妈切磋农技，他们教我种菜，我教他们直播带货。”

He learned from villagers to read nature's signs, and now they exchange knowledge — they teach him farming, he teaches them live-streaming.

他把这些日常拍下来，发在自己的社交媒体账号上，也收获了不少关注，一个瑞典人，就这么在田里、在土里、在一次次的失败和收获中，和这片土地上的人慢慢成了“自己人”。

He films these daily moments and shares them on his social media accounts, gaining quite a following. A Swedish guy out there in the fields, in the soil, through failure after failure and harvest after harvest, slowly becomes "one of them" on this land.

集市、田野与社区

在热闹的集市与真实的乡土中，陈派重新构建起了“社区”。

Amid the lively markets and the authentic rural life, Chen Pai has rebuilt a sense of "community".

“云南是一个可以慢下来的地方，”他说，“来大理的人通常留在这里，是因为他们想要一种特殊的体验，想更多地探索、享受户外，融入一个社区。”

He says Yunnan is good for slowing down and boosting health, and that people come to Dali for unique experiences, outdoor activities, and a sense of community.

在陈派的口中，社区不是一个空洞的标签，而是具体的。它是集市上那一眼望不到头的摊位。“种类繁多，这给很多人带来了快乐。”他说，“这非常有活力，人很多，事很多。”和瑞典小镇上冷冷清清的两三个摊位不同，中国的集市让他感受到一种扑面而来的生机。

In Chen Pai's words, community is not an empty label but something concrete. It is the endless rows of stalls at the market. "There is so much variety, and that brings happiness to a lot of people," he says. "It's very vibrant, so many people, so many things going on." Unlike the quiet two or three stalls in a small Swedish town, the markets in China give him a sense of vitality that feels immediate and alive.

它也是讨价还价时那种微妙的你来我往。陈派坦言，这对一个外国人来说有点难：“有时候我去买东西，不知道应不应该还价，如果问了，有人会觉得被冒犯。”但他也慢慢体会到，这种“要自己挑好的”的习惯，正是中国人特有的生活态度。人们喜欢新鲜，喜欢亲手选择，喜欢在集市里“玩”。

Community also lies in the subtle give-and-take of bargaining. Chen Pai admits that this can be a bit difficult for a foreigner: "Sometimes when I go shopping, I don't know if I should bargain or not. If I ask for a lower price, someone might get offended." But over time, he has come to understand that this habit of "picking the good ones oneself" reflects a distinctive Chinese attitude toward life: they like fresh produce, they like to choose with their own hands, and they enjoy the experience of "playing" in the market.

“社区”还指的是那些和他一样选择留在大理的人。他说，这里的环境不仅仅指森林和农场，“也包括身边的人”。来到大理的人，大多是因为想要一种不同的生活——探索自然，享受户外，然后自然而然地聚在一起。

Community also means the people who, like him, choose to stay in Dali. He says the environment here is not just about forests and farms, "but also the people around you". Most of those who come to Dali do so because they want a different way of life, to explore nature, enjoy the outdoors, and then naturally come together.

他的社区，就在一杯杯本土咖啡中、集市上的吆喝、田埂上的劳作中，一点点编织而成。

His community is woven together, bit by bit, from cups of locally sourced coffee, the cries of market vendors, and the labor in the fields.

有人说，故乡不是出生的地方，而是你愿意把时间浪费在那里的地方。

陈派显然找到了。他每天早晨起床，去洱海边看日出，然后回家陪女儿吃早餐，送她上学，再去田里。下午5点收工，和家人一起吃晚饭。没有电视，没有刷不完的短视频，但有泥土、有风、有孩子的笑声。

Some say home is not where you were born, but where you choose to spend your time. Chen Pai has clearly found his: he rises for the sunrise at Erhai, has breakfast with his daughter, drops her off at school, then works the fields until 5 pm, when he joins his family for dinner; no TV, no endless scrolling, just soil, wind, and his child's laughter.

他说：“当你在大理生活久了，会发现自己不是在逃避什么，而是在构筑什么。”——也许正是构筑一个心安之处。

"When you've lived in Dali long enough," he says, "you'll realize that you're not running away from something, you're building something." Perhaps building a place where the heart finds peace.

在费孝通笔下，乡土社会是“有机的”，人与人、人与土地之间有一种生命节律般的默契。陈派这个瑞典人，在苍山洱海之间，意外地接通了这种默契。在大理，他早已不是“老外”，而是每天出现在洱海边的新大理人。从瑞典到云南，他用双脚重新丈量生活的意义。

In Fei Xiaotong's view, rural society is "organic" — a rhythm of unspoken harmony between people and land. Swedish-born Chen Pai has unexpectedly tuned into that rhythm between Cangshan and Erhai. In Dali, he's no longer a foreigner but a local, seen daily by the lake. From Sweden to Yunnan, he has redefined his life step by step.

记者：李涵萌

实习生： 邱彦频 于明鑫

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