Beneath billowing clouds,
鍦ㄧ炕楱扮殑闆查湩涔嬩笅
3
in
China's
far
southwestern
Yunnan
province,
铏曞湪涓湅瑗垮崡閭婂鐨勯洸鍗楃渷
4
lies
a
place
of
mystery
and
legend.
鏄�嬪厖婊?/p>
绁炵鑸囧偝濂囩殑鍦版柟
5
Of mighty rivers and some of the oldest jungles in the world.
閫欒
鏈夋旦鐎氱殑娌冲窛鍙婁笘涓婂勾浠ｆ渶鎮犱箙鐨勬．鏋?/p>
6
Here,
hidden
valleys
nurture
strange
and
unique
creatures,
闅卞瘑鐨勬邯璋峰煿鑲插嚭涓嶅彲鎬濊鍙婄綍瑕嬬弽濂囩殑鐢熺墿
7
and
colorful
tribal
cultures.
鍜屽閲囧濮跨殑姘戞棌鏂囧寲
8
Jungles are rarely found this far north of the tropics.
闆㈢啽甯跺湴鍗�閫欓杭閬犵殑鍖楅倞妫灄鏄緢缃曡鐨勬櫙瑙�
9
So, why do they thrive here?
閭ｉ杭姝?/p>
鍗�鐐轰綍鏈冩湁鑼傜洓鐨勬．鏋楋紵
10
And
how
has
this
rugged
landscape
come
to
harbor
the
greatest
natural
wealth
in
all
China?
閫欓杭鎯″姡鐨勫湴鐞嗙挵澧冩槸濡備綍
搴囪鍏ㄤ腑鍦嬫渶閲嶈鐨勮嚜鐒?/p>
璩囨簮锛?/p>
14
In
the
remote
southwest
corner
of
China,
鍦ㄤ腑鍦嬭タ鍗楁柟鐨勫亸鍍昏钀戒竴鍊嬫叾鍏?/p>
鍗冲皣鑸夎
15
a celebration is about to take place. 16
Dai people collect water for the
most important festival of their year.
鍌ｄ汉鐐轰粬鍊戜竴骞翠腑鏈�閲嶈鐨勭瘈鎱跺彇姘?/p>
17
The Dai
call
themselves
the
people
of
the
water.
鍌ｆ棌浜鸿嚜绋辩偤姘撮剦涔嬩汉
18
Yunnan's
river
valleys
have
been
their
home
for
over
2,000
years.
鍏╁崈澶氬勾渚嗕粬鍊戜竴鐩翠互闆插崡鐨勬渤璋风偤瀹?/p>
19
By bringing the river water to the temple,
浠栧�戝皣娌虫按甯跺埌浣涘
20
they honor the
two things holiest to them
-
浠ユ渤姘存荡浣涗締楂旂従浠栧�戣獚鐐烘渶绁炶仏鐨勫叐浠朵簨
21
Buddhism
and
their
home.
浣涙暀鑸囧搴?/p>
23
The
Dai
give
thanks
for
the
rivers
and
fertile
lands
which
have
nurtured
their
culture.
鍌ｆ棌浠ユ鏁瑵娌冲窛鑸囪壇鍦拌睈瀵屼簡浠栧�戠殑鏂囧寲鑸囩敓娲?/p>
25
Though to some it might seem just an excuse for the biggest water fight of all time.
涔熻ū灏嶆煇浜?/p>
浜轰締瑾�欏�嬫綉姘村剙寮忓彧鏄棄鍙ｈ畵浠栧�戞墦鍫存渶閬庣櫘鐨勬按鎴?/p>
27
Dai
lives
are
changing
as
towns
get
bigger
and
modernize
鐢辨柤鍩庨幃鐨勬摯澶у強閮藉競鍖栧偅鏃忕殑鐢熸椿褰㈡厠姝ｉ�愭几鏀硅畩
28
but
the
Water
Splashing
Festivals
still
celebrated
by
all.
浣嗗ぇ瀹朵粛鏈冩叾绁濇綉姘寸瘈
29
The rivers which lie at the heart of Dai life and culture
娌冲窛娣辨繁褰遍熆鍌ｆ棌鐨勭敓娲诲拰鏂囧寲
30
flow
from
the
distant
mountains
of
Tibet,
娌虫祦婧愯嚜閬欓仩鐨勮タ钘忛珮灞?/p>
31
southward
through central Yunnan in great parallel gorges.
寰�鍗楁祦缍撻洸鍗椾腑閮ㄧ┛瓒婇噸閲嶇殑宸ㄥぇ宄借胺
32
The Dai now live in the borders of tropical Vietnam and Laos,
濡備粖鍌ｆ棌灞呬綇鍦ㄩ劙杩戣秺鍗?/p>
鑸囨嘲鍦嬬殑鐔卞付鍦板崁
33
but their legends tell of how their ancestors came here
浣嗕粬鍊戠殑
鍌冲鏁呬簨鏁嶈堪浜嗙鍏堝浣曟部钁楁渤娴?/p>
34
by
following
the
rivers
from
mountain
land
sin
the cold far north.
寰為仚閬犲瘨鍐风殑鍖楁柟楂樺湴渚嗗埌閫欒
35
Lying at the far eastern end of
the
Himalayas,
姗柗灞辫剤浣嶆柤鍠滅應鎷夐泤灞辨渶鏉遍倞
36
the
Hengduan
mountains
form
Yunnan's
northern
border
with
Tibet.
鏄洸鍗楀寳鏂硅垏瑗胯棌鐨勯倞鐣?/p>
37
Kawakarpo,
crown
of the Hengduan range,is a site of holy pilgrimage.
姗柗灞辫剤鐨勯爞宄板崱鐡︽牸鍗氶洩灞辨槸鏈濊仏鐨勮仏
鍦?/p>
38
Yet,
its
formidable
peak
remains
unconquered.
鐒惰�屽畠浠や汉鐣忔嚰鐨勫北闋傝嚦浠婄劇浜?/p>
鑳藉緛鏈?/p>
39
Yunnan's mountains are remote,rugged and inaccessible.
闆插崡缇ゅ北鍋忓兓銆佸磶
宥囷紝浜洪寰堥洠鎺ヨ繎
40
Here
the
air
is
thin
and
temperatures
can
drop
below
minus
40
degrees.
閫欒鐨勭┖姘ｇ█钖勬韩搴﹁兘闄嶅埌闆朵笅
40
搴?/p>
42
This is home to an animal that's found
nowhere
else
on
Earth.
浣嗗湴鐞冧笂鏈夋煇绋嫊鐗╁嵒鍙敓娲诲湪閫欒
43
The
Yunnan
snub
-
nosed
monkey.
闆插崡閲戠挡鐚?/p>
44
It's
found
only
in
these
few
isolated
mountain
forests.
瀹冨�戝彧鍦ㄩ�欎簺瀛ょ珛鐨勫北鏋楀嚭娌?/p>
45
No other primate lives at such high altitudes.
娌掓湁鍏朵粬鐨勯潏闀烽鍕曠墿鑳藉眳浣忓湪閫欓杭楂樼殑娴锋嫈
46
but
these
are
true
specialists.
瀹冨�?/p>
鏄湡姝ｇ殑灏堝
47
These
ancient
mountain
dwellers
have
inspired
legends.
閫欎簺鍙よ�佺殑
灞卞眳鍕曠墿閫犲氨瑷卞鍌冲鏁呬簨
48
Local Lisu people consider them their ancestors,
淇?/p>
绱㈡棌瑕栧畠鍊戠偤鑷繁鐨勭鍏?/p>
50
calling them "the wild men of the mountains".
绋卞畠鍊戠偤灞变腑