Simon_Wakefield's_Yunnan_Diary

Simon Wakefield’s Yunnan Diary

Simon Wakefield traveled round Yunnan after ________ _________(大学毕业). Below are e_______(摘录) _____ the diary that he kept.

April 20th 1

I’ve _______ in Yunnan _____ two months now and I’m still astonished ____ how

v____________ (各种各样的) the landscape is . _____ in the south, in Xishuangbanna, it’s very t____________(热带的), but here I am in Lijiang, in north-west Yunnan. Lijiang is half new town and half old town .The old town is _______ the side of a mountain and

o________ it is the 5,500metre Yulong Xueshan Mountain, its peak _______(cover) ________ snow. The sky is clear blue and I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything else so beautiful ______ my life .

2

Early this morning I walked up to a beautiful park ______ the slopes of the mountain, and sat and watched _____ the town slowly woke up to the day. _______(see) from above, the old town is a m________(迷宫) of

canals ,little bridges and tiny cobbled streets that tourists get lost ______. Three rivers run through the city and ______________(无论何处) you go, you hear the sound of rushing water. Cars are not a___________(允许) in the old town. As you walk _________(经过) the ancient wooden and stone houses, you feel you are walking back into the _________(过去) .

April 23rd 3

This region is _______ the Naxi ethnic group live and I’ve spent several afternoons ____(sit)

in a café in the old town s___________(广场), just watching people. Their culture is

f____________(迷人的). For example, ____ _____ the women _____ run Naxi society, and until recently, Naxi women i__________(继承) all p___________(财产).They sit in small circles in the square, ______ their babies on their backs , completely

____________(interest) in the tourists! They have the c__________(风俗) _____ playing cards on card tables in the middle of the street . The Naxi still wear traditional

c____________(戏服)----the women wear blue blouses and trousers __________(cover) by a blue or black apron .

4

This afternoon I was lucky enough _____ meet a Naxi man from the old town. He was between 80 and 90 years old, but ______

________ _____(充满) energy. He spoke

some English and showed me some translations of Naxi poems. It was fascinating to read them !

The Naxi language is the only hieroglyphic language still _____ _______(在使用中) and is over 1,000years old. The Naxi believe that they came from a creature called Tabu, who helped them h_________(孵化) from magic eggs. This story is shown in pictures in books put together in the 10th century, and there are still a few copies of these ancient books in Lijiang .

April 25 th 5

Lijiang is a city _____ painters and writers , but Naxi culture is particularly famous _____ its music. P_________(传递) from father

_____ son, the music has not changed

_______ eight centuries, and among the richer

Naxi people, knowledge _______ this music showed that you were a real gentleman. I’ve just returned from a performance of the Naxi Orchestra. It took place in an old wooden hall, and was played by Naxi men, some of

__________ looked ______ ______ they were well over 100years old! They played ancient songs, songs with names such as The water Dragon Is singing, Wind from the River and The Sheep on the Hill. Sometimes the instruments sounded ______ women crying, or trees bending under snow. ______ the audience there were both tourists and local people. Everyone listened as if someone had put a ________ on them .

April 29 th 6

I have only one day ________(剩下的) before traveling to Kunming and then flying back home. My __________(停留) here has been unforgettable and I really don’t want to leave. I’ve learnt so much ______ the Naxi culture , and I now understand that although people may seem very different ______ you , we all laugh, cry, and need love and friendship .

_____________ different we may appear to be at first, we are _____ _____ ______, all

_______.

西蒙韦克菲尔德的云南旅行日记

西蒙·韦克菲尔德大学毕业后去了云南旅游。下面摘录的是他的几则日记。

4月20日

我来云南已经两个月了，这里多姿多彩的风景仍然令我惊讶不已。

南部的西双版纳是典型的热带气候，但现在我却在西北部的丽江。

丽江一半是新城，一半是古城。

古城依山而建，对面是海拔5，500米的玉龙雪山，山顶覆盖白雪皑皑。

这里的天空碧蓝如洗，我一生从未见过如此美景。

今天清晨，我走进山坡上一个美丽的公园，坐看古城慢慢地从睡梦中醒来。

从上面俯看，古城就是一座由沟渠、小桥和鹅卵石铺成的街巷构成的迷宫，游人极易迷失其中。

三股溪流穿过古城，不管游人走到哪里都能听见潺潺的流水。

汽车禁止进入古城。

走过一座座木石结构的老屋，你会感觉自己恍如走进了历史。

4月23日

这里是纳西族聚居区。

一连几个下午，我坐在旧城广场的咖啡馆里，注视着来往的行人。

他们有着迷人的民族文化。

例如，管理纳西族社会的是妇女，而且近来还是由纳西族的妇女来继承全部财产。

她们围成小圈坐在广场上，身背孩子，对游客丝毫不感兴趣。

她们有在街中心围着桌子打扑克的习惯。

纳西人仍然穿着民族服装，妇女们穿着蓝色的衣裤，外面罩着蓝色或黑色的多褶围裙。

今天下午，我有幸遇到一位住在古城的纳西族老人。

他大约八九十岁了，依然精力充沛。

这位老人会说点英语，给我看了几首英译的纳西诗歌。

这些诗歌读起来真是美极了！

纳西语是唯一仍在使用的象形文字，已有一千多年的历史了。

纳西人所信奉的造物主叫塔布，塔布帮助他们的始祖从魔蛋中孵出来。

在10世纪编集的书里能找到关于这个传说的图画，今天的丽江仍然能见到这些书的抄本。

4月25日

丽江是一座画家和作家云集的古城，但是，纳西文化却尤以音乐闻名。

纳西音乐世代相传，虽历经八个世纪仍保持原来的音韵。

过去在纳西的富人当中，懂音乐才称得上真正的君子。

我刚刚欣赏了纳西古乐的演奏。

演出在木头搭建的大厅里举行，由纳西族男子表演，有些老人看起来有一百多岁了！

他们演奏的古曲有《水龙吟》，《一江风》，《山坡羊》等。

他们演奏的音乐听起来时而像怨妇幽泣，时而像雪压树枝。

听众既有外地游客也有当地百姓，一个个就像着了魔似的，听得如痴如醉。

4月29日

再过一天我就要去昆明，然后从那里乘飞机回国了。

这些日子令人难忘，我真的不愿离去。

了解了这么多的纳西文化，现在我明白：人与人之间虽然有差异，但是，都会欢笑和哭泣，需要爱和友谊。

无论起初我们看上去有多少不同，然而我们本质上是一样的，每个人都是平等的。