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English Narrative

18-Jun-2025 --

人在30°N, 103°E，刚下……呃好吧，我来这儿只需要出家门用腿走20分钟就可以，而写这篇游记要考虑的就多了……

人呐，自己的命运就不可预料。我一个雅安市雨城区本地人，一天以前都还不知道有这么个网站，怎么现在就在写报告了呢？雅安城坐落于“神秘的”北纬30度线上，（甚至本次拜访的交汇点以东2.2公里就有一个在该纬线上的“北纬30°公园”）这是我们市民周知的事实；对户外探索有所涉猎，时常利用电子地图的我，也早已发觉东经103度经线就穿过雅安老城区正中央——二者的交点就在城北。但是直到昨天，读到另一位网友 打卡30°N120°E的游记之时，我才知晓，果真有人在实现这样有趣的想法——视坐标点为目标以探险；抽样观测地球表面，而集结报告，传诸后世；分享见闻，后来者遂将有感于沧桑。既然有一处坐标就在我家门口，那为其记录最新状态，可谓举手之劳，当仁不让。

没想到我居然是第一个打卡的，跑得比哪个都快。但我作为本地人很快猜中了原因——果然，上一份探访报告已经是20年前，那时候这里是工厂，离搬迁还有十多年呢。而如今，这一带的建安厂与川西厂两座工厂已经拆除，厂区或被新筑的道路、扩建的小学、开发中的住宅小区及配套公共设施瓜分，或成为附近居民的菜园。上一位探访者拍摄过，而我也在记忆中熟识的工厂大门，如今只有绿化带的空当还暗示着其曾经存在。当下要到达坐标点是很容易的事情了——之前的来访者曾驻足的国道（康藏路）上，新接入了修在厂区原址内，通向山脚，异常宽阔的建西路（这个路名就是为了纪念曾在此处的这两座工厂）。从十字路口向东北拐进建西路，沿路走到下一个路口——从GoogleEarth上看，30°N与103°E的交点就在该路口的西口；不过实地我再向东北走了好几米，踏在这个路口的北沿儿时，手机上的GPS坐标才终于30°N与103°E上下跳动。

我在这里。夜雨在地面留下水痕，凉风让云层隐约显出浓淡，是很有雨城雅安风格的天气。东侧马路对面，是已经建成的新小区和派出所；南侧，望见的是理论上在修建住宅小区的工地，但目前是停工状态，围挡后只有一个大坑；西侧，路口的西口现在是楼盘工地的大门，不过根据市政规划，市政道路会从这个方向延伸，与西面的如意街相通；北侧隔着栅栏的是停车场，再远处有社区卫生服务中心，和厂区拆除后空置，被市民当成菜园了的空地。

曾经被先前的探访者拍下的工厂，如今在这里几乎了无痕迹，除非回到康藏路上那个路口，朝南拐进入果园路，走一段便会看见墙上关于工厂的壁画和一方介绍栏，概述了两座已经曾位于此的工厂的沿革。也许有这块介绍栏也不会被许多路人留意吧，下一时代的居民会渐渐忽略这块土地的过往……但想来，对于参与DCP的各位读者，则不是这样。相反，“虽世殊事异，所以兴怀，其致一也。”“我等皆是时光中漫游的飞鸟，流连于记忆的花丛之中……”无论你在十年后、百年后，你若来此，想必都会将你之所见，与已成为古籍的一页的这篇报告相对照：请看，这里是我的故乡，我想把它介绍给你。

在我的时代里，到雅安较为方便的交通方式是从成都乘火车，需要约一小时，而从火车站到我们的目的地则需骑车或坐公交半小时。此外也可以坐大巴到雅安，在西门车站下车，离坐标点比较近。在探访坐标点之余，也可以尝尝周公河的雅鱼、蒙顶山的茶叶，去看看可爱的大熊猫……祝你在你的时代，收获我未尝知晓的见闻。

English Narrative

18-Jun-2025 --

I'm at 30°N, 103°E，the end of an adventure… uh, well, actually, it only took me a 20-minute walk from my home to get here, seems even easier than writing this narrative.

One's own destiny is truly unpredictable. I, as a lifelong resident of Yucheng District, Ya'an City, not even heard of this website a day ago. How did I end up writing a report now? It's well known among the locals that Ya'an sits on the “mysterious” 30th parallel north (in fact, a “30°N Park” lies just 2.2 km to the east of this confluence point). As one with a hobby for outdoor exploration who frequently uses digital maps, I'd long noticed that the 103rd meridian east cuts straight through the center of Ya'an's old city—their intersection lies north of the urban core. But it wasn't until yesterday, when I read another netizen' s travelogue about arriving 30°N, 120°E, that I realized people actually pursue such fascinating projects: setting confluence points as adventure targets; sampling and observing the Earth' s surface, and documenting reports to pass down through generations; sharing stories so future visitors might feel the weight of time's passage. Since one of such points is right on my doorstep, recording its current state is a small but unshirkable task for me.

Surprisingly, I appear to be the first visitor here – faster than anyone else! As a local, I quickly guessed why: the last reported try was from a score ago, back when this area was still factories—over a decade away from relocation. Today, the Jian'an Factory and Chuanxi Factory that once stood here have been demolished. Their grounds are now carved up by new roads, expanded primary schools, developing residential complexes, and public facilities, or turned into vegetable gardens by nearby residents. Only a gap in the green belt hints that the factory gate—photographed by the previous visitor and well remembered in my mind—was there.Reaching the confluence point is easy now: start from the National Highway (Kangzang Road), where past visitors once stopped, a brand-new, unusually broad street called Jianxi Road (named in commemoration of these two factories) now cuts through the old factory site, leading towards the foot of the mountains. The only effort need doing is turning northeast from the crossing onto Jianxi Road, and following it until the next junction. On Google Earth, the 30°N, 103°E CP should be right at the western entrance of this intersection. But in person, I had to walk several more meters northeast, stepping onto the northern Curb of the intersection, then the GPS coordinates on my phone finally flickered around 30°N and 103°E.

Here I am. Overnight rain has left water stains on the ground; a cool breeze makes the clouds appear in varying shades of density—classic Ya'an weather, “the City of Rain.” Across the street to the east is a newly built residential complex and a police station. To the south, there's also a construction site, theoretically for new apartments too—but currently idle. Behind the barriers lies only a large pit. To the west, the western entrance of the intersection is now the gate of a real estate construction site, but according to urban plans, a municipal road will eventually extend from here, connecting to ​​Ruyi Street further west. North of the road, beyond a fence,lies a parking lot; further off stands a community health center, and an empty lot where the old factory once stood, now used by locals as a vegetable garden.

The industrial complexes once photographed by earlier visitors have all vanished, save for trivial relics: turn south from the crossing at Kangzang Road, onto Guoyuan Road, walk a short distance, you'll spot murals on the wall, depicting the factories once stood here, and an information board summarizing their history. Perhaps few passersby notice this board; future residents will gradually forget this land's past… But I suspect it's different for you, my readers, participants of the Degree Confluence Project.“Conditions may go with the changes of time, but people's emotions shall stay the same.” “We are like birds, soaring through the horizons of time,lingering between brushes of memory…” Whether you come here a decade or a century from now, I do believe that you'll compare what you see with this narrative—which by then might be a page in the ancient books. “Just look all around here, I know this is where I belong…I just feel compelied to share it with you.”

In our time, the most convenient way to reach Ya'an is by train from Chengdu, taking about an hour. From Ya'an Railway Station to the confluence point, it takes about half an hour by bicycle or bus. Alternatively, one can take a long-distance bus to Ya'an and disembark at Ximen Bus Station, which is closer to the confluence point. While you're here, don't miss the Ya Fish from Zhougong River, tea from Mengding Mountain, or a visit to adorable giant pandas… May your discoveries in your own time be beyond what I've ever known.