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从重庆到武汉，我怎么认路
先记住的不是景点，是教学楼到宿舍的转弯、下雨会积水的位置，还有常去的便利店。
How I learned my way around Wuhan
刚到武汉时，我总拿它和重庆比。重庆的路有坡、有弯，晚上抬头和低头都能看见灯。武汉平很多，天空显得大，夏天的热也来得很直接。
最开始出门会看导航。后来从教学楼回宿舍不再掏手机，知道哪条路树荫多，也知道下雨时哪里会积水。城市变熟，不是在某一天突然发生的，是这些路线走得足够多以后，身体先记住了。
照片也跟着变。第一次拍一个路口，可能只是觉得颜色好看；过一阵再看到它，会想起那天刚下课，或当时正和谁聊天。照片没有多出内容，是我在这里生活的时间变长了。
我还是会想重庆。看到高低错落的房子、夜里很密的灯，会下意识觉得亲切。武汉没有变成另一个重庆，它用自己的风、湖和很长的平路，在相机里占了另一个位置。
现在我还谈不上很了解武汉，但已经有几条不用导航的路，也有想再去拍一次的地方。对一座新城市的认识，大概就是这样一点点加起来的。
Read the English versionI remembered the turns between class and the dorm, the places that flood in rain, and a familiar convenience store before I remembered the landmarks.
When I first arrived in Wuhan, I compared it with Chongqing constantly. Chongqing’s roads climb and turn, and at night there are lights above and below you. Wuhan is much flatter, the sky looks larger, and the summer heat arrives directly.
At first I checked the map whenever I went out. Later I stopped taking out my phone on the walk from class to the dorm. I knew which route had more shade and which part collected water in the rain. Familiarity did not arrive on one special day; my body learned the routes through repetition.
The photographs changed with that familiarity. The first time I photographed a crossing, I may have only liked the color. A month later, the same frame brings back the class I had just left or the person I was talking with. The image has not gained information; I have spent more time here.
I still think about Chongqing. Steep buildings and dense lights at night feel familiar immediately. Wuhan has not become another Chongqing. Its wind, lakes, and long flat roads have taken a different place in my camera.
I cannot say that I know Wuhan well yet, but I have a few routes that no longer require a map and several places I want to photograph again. That may be how a new city becomes familiar: one repeated detail at a time.
