Shangri-La
香格里拉
Beneath billowing clouds,
翻腾的云海之下
in China's far southwestern Yunnan province,
在中国西南遥远的云南省
lies a place of mystery and legend.
有一个神秘而又充满传奇的地方
Of mighty rivers and some of the oldest jungles in the world.
Here, hidden valleys nurture strange and unique creatures,
藏匿于此的河谷养育了奇异而又独特的动物
and colourful tribal cultures.
同时也孕育了多彩的民族风情
Jungles are rarely found this far north of the tropics.
So, why do they thrive here?
可是为什么却得以在此茁壮成长
And how has this rugged landscape come to harbourthe greatest natural wealth in all China?
为何整个中国崎岖不平的山地里却蕴藏着富饶多姿的自然财富
泥浆护壁原理
In the remote southwest corner of China,
在中国西南部的一个偏远的角落里
a celebration is about to take place.
即将举行一场庆典
Dai people collect water for the most important festival of their year.
傣族人为他们一年中最重要的节日收集水
The Dai call themselves the people of the water.
傣族人也称自己为水之民
Yunnan's river valleys have been their home for over 2,000 years.
云南的河谷地带是他们的两千多年来繁衍生息的故里
By bringing the river water to the temple,
把河水带到寺庙
they honour the two things holiest to them -
敬俸傣族人最神圣的两件事物
Buddhism and their home.
佛教和他们的家园
The Dai give thanks for the rivers and fertile lands which have nurtured their culture.
傣族人感恩养育了傣族文化的河流以及肥沃的土地
Though to some it might seem just an excuse for the biggest water fight of all time.
或许这看上去只是为了打上一场大水仗的借口
Dai lives are changing as towns get bigger and modernize
but the Water Splashing Festival is still celebrated by all.
泼水节依旧是众所周知的著名的傣族节日
The rivers which lie at the heart of Dai life and culture
河流穿越了傣族人生活与习俗的心脏地带
flow from the distant mountains of Tibet,
发源于西藏遥远的山脉之中
southward through central Yunnan in great parallel gorges.
河水向南流经了宏伟的平行峡谷中的云南中部
dpph法The Dai now live in the borders of tropical Vietnam and Laos,
傣族人现在居住在与越南以及老挝接壤的热带地区
but their legends tell of how their ancestors came here
他们的传说讲述了先辈是怎样来到这儿的sy-118
by following the rivers from mountain lands in the cold far north.
从寒冷而又遥远的北方山区顺流而下
Lying at the far eastern end of the Himalayas,
头枕着遥远的喜马拉雅山脉东部的末端
the Hengduan mountains form Yunnan's northern border with Tibet.
横断山脉构成了滇北的边界并与西藏相交
Kawakarpo, crown of the Hengduan range,is a site of holy pilgrimage.
卡瓦格博峰是横断山脉之上的王冠也是圣洁朝圣者旅途的一站
Yet, its formidable peak remains unconquered.
真菌之怒然而她那令人敬畏的顶点至今未被征服
Yunnan's mountains are remote,rugged and inaccessible.
云南的山不但遥远而且崎岖
Here the air is thin and temperatures can drop below minus 40 degrees.
这里空气稀薄而且气温能骤降至零下四十度
珠江帆影This is home to an animal that's found nowhere else on Earth.
这里是地球上独一无二的动物
The Yunnan snub-nosed monkey.
又称扁鼻黑即传说中的雪猴滇的家园
非处方药目录It's found only in these few isolated mountain forests.
只有在极少数与世隔绝的山林中才能看到它们的踪影
No other primate lives at such high altitudes.
在如此高海拔的地区难以寻觅其它灵长类动物的踪迹
but these are true specialists.
这些是真正的专家
These ancient mountain dwellers have inspired legends.
这些出没在远古深山中的原住民有着一些通灵的传说
Local Lisu people consider them their ancestors,
当地的傈僳族人就把它们当作自己的祖先
calling them "the wild men of the mountains".
并把它们称为：“山中野老”
During heavy snowfalls,even these specialists cannot feed.
在大雪之中即使是这些专家也不能够进食
It seems a strange place for a monkey.
对滇来说似乎又来到了一个新奇的地方
Between snows, the monkeys waste no time in their search for food.
在另一场雪到了之前滇抓紧时间寻食物
At this altitude,there are few fruits or tender leaves to eat.
在高海拔地区只有少数水果与嫩叶可供食用
90% of their diet is made up of the fine dry wisps of a curious organism.
百分之九十的日常饮食由不常见的成捆精细干有机物组成
Half fungus, half plant it's lichen.
其中一半是真菌，另外一半是植物地衣
How have monkeys,normally associated with lowland jungle,
提起猴子人们通常联想到的是低地雨林
come to live such aremote mountain existence?
缘何他们选择在偏远的山地繁衍生息呢
This is not the only remarkable animal found within these isolated high peaks.
它们并非这些孤耸的高峰上唯一醒目的生命
A Chinese red panda.
一只中国小熊猫
Solitary and quiet, it spends much of its time in the tree tops.
这位沉默寡言的隐士将自己生命的大部分置于树的顶端
Despite its name,
抛开它的名字
the red panda is only a very distant relative of the giant panda.
让小熊猫与大熊猫扯上亲戚关系是一件非常勉强的事情
It's actually more closely related to a skunk.
小熊猫有时在中文中也称火狐，英文中亦有FireFox
既是对其的直接译名。列在熊科或浣熊科是多年
一直被争论的问题，最近经过基因分析认为与美洲
它在血缘上更接近臭鼬。
But it does share the giant panda's taste for bamboo.
但他却和大熊猫有着共同的口味嗜好--竹子
Southwest China's red pandas are known for their very strong facial markings
中国西南部的小熊猫因其醒目的面部花纹而著称
which distinguish them from red pandas found anywhere else in the Himalayas.
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