Tag: Travel
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蜀鉴稿
The Draft of Sichuanese Mirror 汉唐宋时，四川依仗山川形胜、远隔王廷，繁育出相对封闭的生态，在政治上甚至享有「不与天下州府同」的特权。蜀中一时人物阜盛，争有「扬一益二」的美誉。然而，蒙元犯境、明末大屠杀喝断了锦城的弱管轻丝，给川峡四路带来了致命打击。「天下未乱蜀先乱，天下已治蜀后治。」——欧阳直在『蜀警录』中记述张献忠乱川时，用此语评判了蜀地的板荡。同样描述蜀地丧乱的还有彭遵泗的『蜀碧』等书——是啊，惨烈的战争揉碎了千百年传承有序的文统、千百载春花秋月的绮梦，所以恨血千年、此地土中犹碧。近现代海洋文明崛起后，蜀地的内陆农耕优势愈发萎缩，终于在历史中逐渐黯淡下去。During the Han, Tang, and Song dynasties, Sichuan, blessed with its majestic geography and distance from the imperial central court, developed a relatively closed and self-sufficient ecosystem. Politically, it even enjoyed privileges of “being exempt from governance identical to the rest of the empire.” At that time, Shu (Sichuan) was…
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榕江梯田
Rongjiang Terraced Fields 2022年夏天，我们一家深入贵州黔东南自治州腹地，造访了苗侗人家聚居的榕江群岭，偶然记录下深山中、梯田上飘过的「民谣」。In the summer vacation of 2022, I made my trip to Rongjiang County, Guizhou Province, Southwest China, to document the endemic “ballads” on terraced fields of the Hmong (Miao) and Gaeml (Dong) people. 首要目的地加榜村僻处绝岭，世代为苗家故园。前往加榜的路程并不通畅，从榕江高铁站下车后，我们先在县城汽车站买了乡下客车的票，再在车站旁的小饭馆匆匆吃过午饭。巧的是我们小巴的司机也在店里吃饭，和他交流中才得知，接下来我们还要在车上捱三个小时，才能抵达加榜梯田——真不愧是僻境中的僻境。Jiabang is a traditional Hmong settlement situated in remote mountains. Having arrived in the township of Rongjiang by rail,…
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浙南仙蹤
丽水七县，今游有四，完山川之契、结今古之缘乃极矣。 Peripatetic exploring footprints all around four out of Lishui’s seven counties (Zhejiang Province, east of China).