You're asking, what the heck is "The Field"?
It's tucked away in a quiet corner of Xinjiekou, holding that thousand-year-old vibe Nanjing's never lost—on your left are brick from the Ming Dynasty city wall, on your right are plane tree shadows from the Republic of China era, right under your feet is the crosswalk where young folks hustle by every day. But the second you push the door in, all you get is that fresh clean cotton scent on pure white bedding, and that warm little lamp on the solid wood headboard, left on for you till the wee hours.
Inside your room, we keep it spotless and dead quiet for you. No extra junk hanging on the walls, just 'cause we want you to sleep like a baby—snooze deep like you're curled up under Nanjing's plane tree shade, and when you wake up, the sun's hitting just right.
But c'mon, you gotta get out of your room, seriously.
The common area's where the real soul of "The Field" is at. There's a guitar propped on the green sofa, and strangers who just met huddle around the round table. Last night's board game night had a programmer from Shenzhen, an illustrator from Chengdu, and a senior who's studied in Nanjing for four years and is about to leave—they laughed and messed around, swapped little snippets of their lives with each other. There was this girl who sang off-key the whole time but refused to stop her version of *Nanjing Nanjing*, and later she wrote on the message wall: "Here at The Field, for the first time ever, I don't feel alone."
What's the whole point of a youth hostel anyway?
It's for lonely travelers to find their people right here. It's for closed-off souls to learn to open up and hug life here.
"The Field" isn't just a name—it's a metaphor we all share: life is a wilderness, not a set train track. You came to Nanjing, maybe for the steps of Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum, maybe for the cross at Pioneer Bookstore, maybe for the sunsets on Yihe Road. But you'll end up realizing the thing that makes you remember this city forever is that night you spent at Wilderness hostel—someone's strumming a guitar, someone's passing around drinks, someone's telling the story of quitting their job to travel, the night sky of Nanjing drifts in through the window, and all of a sudden you think, this ancient capital can actually feel this young and alive.
C'mon over, bring your stories, or bring a blank slate if you want.
We'll give you your room to crash and sleep good, and leave the common area for you to go wild and have fun.
At "The Field", you sleep through Nanjing's thousand years, and wake up right in the middle of today's youth.
When you leave, you won't just walk out with a postcard—you'll walk out with a whole new you, softened by all the good Nanjing gave you. And this little "The Field" of ours will always keep a light on for you.
"年底一有空趕緊來了,也能趁此一覽“金陵”。曠野也不虧我種草半年。
首先我看重交通方面。
大交通上相距最近的3號線可直達南京站,1號線可直達南京南,我一來一回正好兩個車站都很方便。
小交通上曠野位置就是市中心,可以説是四通八達吧。想要煙火氣的旁邊有居民和高校的小吃街,想要繁華的新街口也就幾步路,像我愛小喝個8+1去1912也很方便。周邊的先鋒書店和總統府甚至市圖書館等(個人愛好)都是步行距離。
其次我看重入住體驗。坐一個觀光電梯上2樓的感覺我還挺喜歡的哈哈,出電梯門就會有義工妹妹熱情招呼。整個大堂比較寬敞明亮,有椅子有凳子有石階有坐墊,滿足了我這種愛變的性格,我就喜歡到處坐坐到處看看。店裡還有很多書和桌遊,義工妹妹都會組織遊戲、耐心教規則(她們的口號是包教包會,反正我學會了好幾個🥰),這次沒玩到狼人殺希望有機會再來參與一下。
最後是居住環境。房間是不用自己換三件套的,我個人有多年鼻炎史,居住過程中覺得味道和空氣質量方面沒有什麼問題,青旅裏有股淡淡的香味不會太沖,居住過程中基本沒有打噴嚏的情況。衞生也過關,衞浴方面我不知道店裡是什麼打掃頻率,反正我用的時候廁所一直乾乾淨淨的……由於店裡是男女分區,不知道那邊咋樣,據説有梳粧台,真羨慕,男生什麼時候才能站起來(開玩笑)
寫的有點多懶得正經結尾了,衹能説下次還來。"