Introduction to urban exploration.

The English original of "urban exploration" is urban exploration (exploration means "search" and "exploration").

14, 15, 16 in Paris, urban exploration, urban exploration was a huge quarry in Gaul and Rome 2000 years ago. /kloc-at the end of 0/8, millions of unknown bones that died in plague and war in history were transferred from other places to these caves. 1793 A Frenchman, Filippo Aspe, came here with a candle and became the initiator of urban exploration. His tombstone was later built in a human bone hole, surrounded by all kinds of bones, and this place is now open to the public.

European urban exploration enthusiasts like to look at the bunkers and abandoned castles left over after the war, while American urban exploration is relatively mature, because two books related to urban exploration and a special magazine belonging to urban exploration activities have been published, such as Underground and Invisible Borders. The New York Times magazine also introduced the popularity of urban exploration, and more and more industrial archaeologists and urban planners joined in urban exploration. Their participation will bring more cautious urban construction and a more suitable environment for human habitation in the future. "

In recent two years, urban exploration has developed into a new leisure activity in Europe and America, and various organizations, websites and even publications have been established. Different from the usual exploration of nature, the target buildings of urban explorers are mysterious corners of the city. They enter some places that are not allowed to enter through various means, such as subway tunnels, sewer pipes, bomb shelters, abandoned factories, hospitals, churches, prisons or fortresses left over from war. Some people try to define urban exploration spiritually. "Urban exploration is a hobby of many people. It can be a sport, going to places you never thought you would go, or an art, exploring a field full of unknowns and surprises. And all this stems from our eternal curiosity when we were young. "

Some unattended factories left behind after the rapid transformation of industrialized cities, bomb shelters to prepare for famine, and unfinished buildings in each city are the paradise for urban exploration enthusiasts in China. Just like Detroit, the automobile city in the United States, the booming automobile industry has brought prosperity to the city for a time. But in the end, it failed to escape the fate of rapid prosperity and rapid decline of industrial cities. In addition, racial riots have led to a large population loss, and Detroit is no longer prosperous, but factories, skyscrapers, giant department stores and luxury hotels built during the prosperous period still stand in the city.

The destinations of urban exploration are mostly buildings in the industrial age, and more and more industrial archaeologists have joined the ranks of urban exploration. Therefore, many people think that urban exploration is still a bridge, connecting the lively past here with the more cautious urban construction there in the future. In fact, unlike the usual exploration of nature, the target buildings explored by urban explorers are all products of human civilization, such as abandoned factories, hospitals, churches, prisons, fortresses left after the war, as well as underground subways, bomb shelters and drainage pipes. Some mysterious stories behind these civilized buildings provide a psychological test for urban explorers.

The activity of urban exploration is not an accidental behavior after excessive curiosity, it implies that urbanites in the new era do not trust the appearance of the city. Perhaps urban exploration is also a person who has lived in the virtual age for too long. After putting down the mouse, he sleepwalked again-treating the whole city as a virtual scene of a video game and then entering it.