Chasing After the Blue Tears to Matzu

Chasing after the Blue Tears To Matzu

May 15,2017.We were curious to see how beautiful the Blue Tears are,stepping on the Matzu Island again. The island is located on the entrance of Min River ,was a militarized frontier till 1999 becoming a National Scene Area to open to the tourists.

The first night ,we were chasing after the Blue Tears by boat around the seashore , the  floating blue color sparkled in the water, all passengers were cheerful and wanted to catch the moment , "Don't use the flash,because the Blue Tears are afraid of lighting."the owner of the ship spoke  loud.

We failed to take any photo in the faint light with cell phone or iPa. They said that the photographers with high classic function cameras can take the beautiful scene floating moment.

The next morning,we came to the magic shore again ,the big waves were breaking against the shore  and hitting out white-blue bubbles rolling over the rocks. The local fisher said,when a school of Ding Xiang Fish find out the food of plenty of the  Night Light Bugs ,they will gather to the area. So ,it is a fishing information of catching for Ding Xiang Fish time. Recently, the artists took the romantic pictures and caught the international eyes and burst into the Internet named Blue Tears. In every May, crowded tourists come to the rough calm island and figure out the beauty of slow-paced live. People from average Joes to celebrities are engaging in this infectious trend.

Being a battlefield in the past, the military facilities were digging into underground or through the Rocky Mountains .Today ,we were shipping through the water tunnels or walked through the holes with the wine store-rooms which the trenches faced the tremendous battles in the past. It's a hard time to the whole generation and we wish to live in peace  never a cruel war.

追藍眼淚追到馬祖

二〇一七年五月十五日。我們因為對美麗的藍眼淚充滿好奇和熱情，再度踏上馬祖島。它座落於閩江口，過去是前線的戰地，直到一九九九年劃為國家風景區開放遊客觀光。

第一個晩上，我們坐船繞著海岸去追尋藍眼淚，看到流動的藍光在海面上閃閃爍爍，所有的乘客都歡呼並急欲捕捉這美麗的剎那，船主大叫：「不要用閃光，因為藍眼淚怕光。」在微弱的光暈下，我們用手機或iPa都拍不到任何一張照片。據說必須是有髙級效能的專業攝影機的拍攝者才能抓住那美麗的流動的瞬間。

第二天早晨，我們再次來到這個魔幻海岸，看到大浪拍打衝擊著海岸，激出藍白色的泡泡在岩石週圍滾動。當地的漁民說，當丁香魚群發現大量的食物一夜光藻蟲，會集結到這片海域覓食。所以藍光海面是個魚汛，告知我們捕撈丁香魚的時節到了。近年來，藝術家拍攝了羅曼蒂克的影像，引發國際關注，並在網路上以藍眼淚之名發燒。每年五月，觀光人潮湧進這純樸寧靜的漁村，並發現步調緩慢生活的美好。從普羅大眾到名人雅士都感染了這股慢活的風潮。

作為一個過去的戰地，所有的軍事設施都挖掘到地下或挖穿花崗岩山脈。今天我們坐船穿梭水道，或走進酒窖的坑道。當年那是面對可怕的戰爭用的戰壕坑道。對整個世代的人來說，這是個艱困的年代，我們衷心期盼生活在和平中，不再有殘酷戰爭的恐懼。

Hiking in the Foggy Forest, on the Flowery Path

，Hiking In the Foggy Forest,On the Flowery Path

May 9,2017,Tuesday ,cloudy.We were hiking from Nanzhuang Townshiip of Miaoli County,through Nan- Tian ancient path ,the heights 570m ,the length 8.3km,to Siangtian Lake.

To Saisiyat Native people ,Nan-Tian ancient path is an important line to connect with outside world,currently it expands enough to run traffic.During the period of Japanese ruled, surrounding the mountains planted plenty of wood-oil trees,named You Tong Tree,used in making lacquer to paint .Until chemical material instead of lacquer, they were abandoned in the wild .Someday the photographers were pleasing to the eye to show the beautiful scene of the You Tong Flowers, blooming over the hills looks like cover the white snow, so amazing !

Hiking on the way ,the small white flowers danced with the wind and covered with the pure color blanket like on the wedding ceremony field. We were cheerful and excited in the scenery. Up and up and up ,we entered the foggy forest as if flying into a fairyland ,the air around the secret atmosphere,all the people and near things were imaginary. 

Finally, we arrived a high elevation lake , 738meters above sea level , named Siangtian lake,which means "Look up to the sky". It's the place where the Saisiyat Native People hold the most important ceremonies to worship. Due to the foggy weather ,Our sight unclear ,just walked along the lake not only carefully,but also lightly breathed in and out. We were afraid to wake up the spirits.

Thanks for the Guider Wei ,we enjoyed the experience to explore a wonderland.

健行於迷霧森林中，走在落英繽紛的花道上

二〇一七年五月九日，星期二，陰天。我們從苗栗縣南庒鄉，經過高度570公尺，總長8.3公里的南天古道，到向天湖。

對賽夏族原住民來說，南天古道是一條很重要的與外界聯絡溝通的管道，近年來，它擴展成足夠車行的道路。在日本統治期間，滿山遍野種植大量的油桐樹，用於生產桐油製造油漆塗料。直到化學物質完全取代桐油，它們因此被遺棄於荒野。某一天，一些攝影者拍下了賞心悅目的美麗桐花鋪天蓋地綻放山頭，彷彿五月雪，多麽神奇的白雪紛飛的雪景。

健行在南天古道上祇見小小的白色桐花隨風飛舞，走在覆蓋純白花毯上，好像走在結婚典禮的場地上。我們歡呼激動於這美麗的場景。不斷的向上爬升，我們走進迷霧森林，山在虛無縹緲間，彷彿飛進一個童話世界，空氣中感染了神秘的氣氛，所有的人和周邊的景物都如真似幻。

終於，我們到達了一個高山湖泊，海拔738公尺的向天湖，意思是面向天空的湖泊。它是賽夏族原住民舉行祭祀典禮活動的重要地點。由於霧濛濛的氣候，我們的視線糢糊，僅僅沿著湖邊小心且屏息靜氣的走，猶恐吵醒了神靈。

感謝魏領隊，讓我們享受了探索夢幻世界的經驗。