2020年，受疫情影响，我在家中困守了整整六个月。实在闷得发慌，终于决定出门透口气，第一次来到杭州旅行，一待就是一个月。那时我住在杭州基督教青年会里的民宿，那也是我初次与这座城市相遇的起点。
转眼五年过去，当我再度寻访，才发现那家民宿早已拆除，基督教青年会也不再对外开放。我站在这条青年路上，望着那熟悉的建筑，恍如隔世，只剩记忆在风中静静回响。
In 2020, due to the impact of the pandemic, I was confined to my home for a full six months. Stifled by the monotony, I finally decided to step outside for some fresh air. That was when I traveled to Hangzhou for the first time — and ended up staying an entire month. Back then, I lodged in a guesthouse within the Hangzhou YMCA, which became the very starting point of my encounter with this city.
Five years have passed in the blink of an eye. When I returned to seek it out again, I discovered that the guesthouse had long been demolished, and the YMCA no longer opened its doors to the public. Standing on Youth Road, gazing at that once-familiar building, I felt as though another lifetime had passed. Only the echoes of memory remained, lingering quietly in the wind.