一个咖啡馆就是一个社区A coffee shop is a community

▪ 作者 夏期（麓山南计划发起人）

很多年以后，我还会想起空青，想起麓山南路439号，想起一段五彩的楼梯，昏暗的灯光，还有一些曾经在那里见过的人。

第一次走进空青，是2012年秋天，在那之前，我从它门口经过多次——坐公交去师大南院或者中南，总会路过它。

麓山南路很长，店铺和行人沿着街道铺开，空青就在路边一个不太起眼的角落里。

真正推开那扇门是为我们的电台找一处听众交流会的场地。小熊说，她认识空青的老板，可以去那里看看。

于是，在路过无数次以后，我走进了空青。

最先记住的是楼梯，五彩台阶，墙上的画，光线从楼上落下来。后来每次去，我都会在楼梯口停一会儿。

空青的老板唐健，学美术，会弹吉他。第一次见面，我还特意打印了几份A4纸策划案，穿着衬衫，认真得有些拘谨。

聊活动，聊大学，聊生活，聊一路走来的事情。

天慢慢黑下来。窗外街灯亮起，汽车从麓山南路经过，屋子里的灯很暗，人围坐在一起，说一些漫无边际的话。

有时候，一个地方被记住，只需要这样一个晚上。

2012年10月27日，MINEFM 第一次线下活动在空青如期举行。再后来，咖啡馆大包间成了我们的据点，门上挂着木牌，墙上挂着照片，还有我们留下的画。

空青有时很安静，有时挤满了人。它没有真正意义上的店员，来帮忙的大多是老板的朋友。放学以后，下班以后，人们来到这里冲咖啡，聊天，弹琴，陪着一群认识或者刚刚认识的人消磨一个晚上。

时间久了，很多人也就留了下来。

小熊告诉我，空青有一段时间很像她的家，大概很多人像她一样，来到空青之前，都曾经在自己的生活里走了很久。

然后，他们在岳麓山下找到了一间咖啡馆。

在空青，我陆续认识了天开、岳岳、小玄子……相遇就是这样发生的，推开一扇门，坐下来，喝一点东西，说几句话。陌生的人，就留在了记忆里。

有一次，我在角落里写稿，写着写着，忽然想起一个一直没有问过的问题：为什么它叫空青？

老板让我猜猜，我猜过很多答案，但最后他说，空青是一种颜色——原来只是这样。

很多年后再想起来，空青已经很难只是一种颜色了。它是麓山南路439号的一段灯光，是深夜十二点推开的门，是一群人的名字。

也是某段日子里，我们共同拥有过的一个角落。

那时每次从空青离开，街上亮着灯，岳麓山在远处，行人从身边经过，这座城市好像变得熟悉了一点。

后来空青易主了，旧的招牌被取下来，新的咖啡馆开在那里。

但我没有再进去过，而那群原本因为空青聚在一起的人，也渐渐失去了共同的去处。最初偶尔还会说起谁，问起谁，后来联系越来越少，再后来，各自去了不同的地方。

人与人的相遇，有时需要一个具体的「地方」。空青还在的时候，总觉得明天还可以再见。等那里换了名字，很多关系也跟着停在了那里。

再后来，我也离开了麓山南。

这些年去过很多城市，认识了很多人，也走进过很多咖啡馆。偶尔遇见昏暗的灯光，听见有人弹吉他，或者在某条街上看到一段通往二楼的咖啡馆，还是会想起空青。

想起那些坐在一起的晚上，想起一群原本陌生的人，因为一间咖啡馆，有了彼此的名字。然后，又因为那间咖啡馆的消失，慢慢走回各自的人生。

麓山南继续向前，夏天一年一年过去，岳麓山下，总有新的年轻人走过。

▪  Author Xia Qi (initiator of the Lushan South Plan)

Many years later, I will still think of Kongqing, 439 Lushan South Road, a colorful staircase, dim lights, and some people I have seen there before.

The first time I walked into Kongqing was in the autumn of 2012. Before that, I passed by its entrance several times - taking the bus to the South Campus of National Taiwan Normal University or Zhongnan, I always passed by it.

Lushan South Road is very long, with shops and pedestrians spread out along the street, and Kongqing is located in an inconspicuous corner on the roadside.

The real way to open that door is to find a venue for our radio station's audience exchange meeting. Xiao Xiong said she knows Kong Qing's boss and can go there to take a look.

So, after passing by countless times, I walked into Kongqing.

The first thing I remember are the stairs, the colorful steps, the paintings on the walls, and the light falling from upstairs. Afterwards, every time I went, I would stop at the staircase for a while.

Tang Jian, the boss of Kongqing, studies art and can play guitar. The first time we met, I even printed a few A4 paper proposals, wearing a shirt and being a bit restrained in my seriousness.

Talk about activities, talk about university, talk about life, talk about things that have happened along the way.

The sky is slowly getting dark. The streetlights outside the window lit up, and cars passed by on Lushan South Road. The lights in the room were very dim, and people sat together, saying some endless words.

Sometimes, a place is remembered for just one night.

On October 27, 2012, the first offline event of MINEFM was held as scheduled at Kongqing. Later on, the coffee shop's private room became our stronghold, with wooden signs hanging on the door, photos hanging on the wall, and the paintings we left behind.

Kongqing is sometimes very quiet, and sometimes crowded with people. It doesn't have any real store clerks, and most of the people who come to help are the boss's friends. After school, people come here to make coffee, chat, play the piano, and spend the night with a group of people they know or have just met.

After a long time, many people stayed behind.

Little Bear told me that there was a time when Kongqing was very much like her home, and probably many people, like her, had walked in their own lives for a long time before coming to Kongqing.

Then, they found a coffee shop at the foot of Yuelu Mountain.

In Kongqing, I gradually met Tiankai, Yueyue, Xiaoxuanzi... This is how they met. They opened a door, sat down, had a drink, and said a few words. Strangers are left in memory.

Once, while writing in the corner, I suddenly remembered a question I had never asked before: why is it called Kongqing?

The boss asked me to guess, and I have guessed many answers, but in the end he said that sky blue is a color - it turns out it's just that.

Many years later, when I think back, sky blue is no longer just a color. It is a section of light at 439 Lushan South Road, a door opened at midnight, and the names of a group of people.

It was also a corner that we shared during a certain period of time.

At that time, every time I left from Kongqing, the street was lit up, and Yuelu Mountain was in the distance. Pedestrians passed by, and the city seemed to become a little familiar.

Later, Kongqing changed ownership, the old sign was taken down, and a new caf é opened there.

But I never went in again, and the group of people who were originally gathered together because of emptiness gradually lost their common place. At first, they would occasionally talk about who and ask whom, but later they kept in touch less and less, and then they went to different places.

Encounters between people sometimes require a specific 'place'. When Kong Qing was still there, I always felt like we could meet again tomorrow. When the name was changed there, many relationships also stopped there.

Later on, I also left Lushan South.

I have been to many cities in recent years, met many people, and walked into many cafes. Occasionally encountering dim lights, hearing someone playing guitar, or seeing a section of coffee shop leading to the second floor on a certain street, one still thinks of Kong Qing.

Thinking of those nights sitting together, thinking of a group of strangers who had names for each other because of a caf é. Then, due to the disappearance of that coffee shop, they slowly walked back to their respective lives.

Continuing forward to the south of Mount Lu, as summer passes year by year, there are always new young people walking by at the foot of Mount Yuelu.