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。