Towards the sixth line

A wise man walks from Lhasa into China: to Kunming then to Guangzhou and Fuzhou before reaching Shanghai then Nanjing and Xi'an before returning to Lhasa.. but no time to rest before travelling into India: to Varanasi, Indore and Ahmedabad, crossing into Pakistan to Karachi, heading north towards Kabul but instead veering toward Peshawar and Islamabad before returning once more to Lhasa. When he returns to cheering crowds, he is asked what his journey might symbolise to the people.. his answer?