鸟瞰中国（2015）

起初，这真的很艰难
at first, It was really tough
练习三节棍
practicing with the triple stick.
我无法控制它
I couldn't control it.
这是在愚弄我
It was making a fool of me.
但是，经过多年的练习，
but, after years of practice,
我已经学会了如何运用它
I have learned how to manage it.
这一次，严证明了自己
this time, Yan proves himself.
中国有句谚语
there is a saying in China.
师♥父♥领进门，...
Shifu brings you through the door,
但这种做法存在于人自身
But the practice lies within the man himself.
我只能引导他，给他指路
I can only guide him, show him the way.
少林寺的位置
the location of the Shaolin monastery
也很重要
is also significant.
她位于嵩山脚下，
It sits at the base of mount Song shan,
中国的中心，神圣的山
the central sacred mountain in China.
这些僧侣在山顶附近练习，
these monks practice near the peak,
人们一直认为这很重要
long believed to be the point
天、地相遇的地方
where heaven and earth meet.
中国到处都是圣地
China is full of sacred spots.
其中最受尊敬的是这里的西南部
one of the most revered is here in the southwest
这尊巨大的雕像，被称为乐山大佛
this massive statue called the Leshan Buddha
坐落在峨眉山上，
sits on mount emei,
佛教最早建立的地方
where buddhism was first established
在第一世纪
in the first century.
最初从印度传播到中国，
It originally spread from India to China,
今天是这个国家最大的宗教之一
and today is one of this nation's largest religions.
乐山是8世纪在这里雕刻的
the Leshan was carved here in the 8th century
因为一个特定的原因
for a specific reason.
大佛位于
the giant Buddha statue is located
三条河流汇合的地方
where the three rivers merge.
水流会形成大漩涡
the current creates a big whirlpool.
过去，经过的船只经常会沉没，
in the past, boats that passed through often sank,
造成人员死亡，
causing a lot of human deaths,
于是海通和尚决定在那里建一座大佛像，
so monk Hai tong decides to build a giant statue there,
灵隐寺对面
opposite the Lingyin temple.
这位和尚花了20年时间
the monk spent two decades
为雕像筹款，
raising money for the statue,
但在完成之前，他就圆寂了
But died before it was complete.
他的两个门徒继续推进这个项目，
two of his disciples carried on the project,
把成吨♥的石头倒进下面的水里
dumping tons of stone into the water below.
所有的沉积物都改变河道，
all that sediment altered the course of the river,
让它航行更安全了
making it safer.
经过90年的建造，
after 90 years of construction,
佛像完成于公元803年，
the Buddha was finished in 803 ad,
在唐代
during the tang dynasty.
每个时代都有自己的
ever era carries their own
对佛陀的描绘
depiction of the Buddha.
在唐代，社会很发达
during the tang dynasty, the society was well advanced.
经济繁荣，生活富足
the economy was flourishing and life was prosperous.
通常在唐朝的绘画中，
often in tang paintings,
人物显得丰满而端庄
the subjects appear plump and dignified.
这是唐代的特点
This is the characteristic of tang dynasty.
自然，大佛雕像
naturally, the grand Buddha statue
也传扬了这些特征
conveys these features.
这尊大佛依然保留了灵感，
this grand Buddha remains
在修建的1200年后。
an inspiration 1200 years later.
400英里外的湖南省是另一个史诗般的圣地，
400 miles away in hunan province is another epic holy site,
这是大自然雕刻的
But this one was carved by nature.
天门山，
This is Tianmen shan,
天门洞，
the heaven's gate cave,
长♥期♥以来被认为是通往天堂的大门
long believed to be a gateway to paradise.
但是通往天堂的路并不容易
But the road to heaven isn't easy.
要到达它，游客必须勇敢
to reach it, visitors must brave
这是世界上最弯曲的公路之一
one of the world's curviest highways.
它能在6英里内转弯99次
It makes 99 sharp turns in just six miles.
沿途是张家界的山林
along the way are the mountain forests of Zhangjiajie.
它著名的石柱高达近5000英尺，
its famous pillars reach nearly 5,000 feet,
三倍于帝国大厦的高度
three times the height of the empire state building.
1982年，该地区成为
in 1982, the area became
中国第一个国家森林公园
China's first national forest park
保护生活在这里的许多濒危物种
to protect the many endangered species that live here.
今天，3000万人参观了公园，
Today, 30 million people visit the park,
许多人冒险乘坐世界最高的
many risking a ride on the world's highest
户外电梯
outdoor elevator.
“百龙电梯”上升了令人眩晕的1000英尺
"the hundred dragons lift" rises a dizzying 1,000 feet.
但有些人更感兴趣
But some people are more interested
在地面上
in what's at ground level.
我们可以看到，
here, as We can see,
是一层石英岩
is a layer of quartz rock.
底部的那层是软层
the layer at the bottom is the soft layer.
张家界的地貌
the landscape of Zhang jia jie
由这两种岩石叠加而成
is formed by stacking these two types of rocks.
接下来是地质学教授和他的学生们
next, the geology professor and his students
乘坐世界上最长的索道，前往天门
head to the heavens via the world's longest cableway.
四英里的路程
It's a four mile ride
然后是30分钟的攀登
followed by a 30 minute climb.
这是天门洞
This is the heaven's gate cave.
对教授来说，
for the professor,
这一景象既平凡又不平凡
this sight is both ordinary and extraordinary.
底层
the bottom layers
它们是由坚硬的岩石组成的
are made up of harder rocks.
中层由较软的岩石组成，
the middle layers consists of softer rocks,
易受腐蚀
which are susceptible to corrosion.
最上层是由坚硬的岩石组成
and the top most layer is made up of the harder rocks.
天门洞就成形了，
the heavenly door cave took shape,
随着时间的推移，较软的岩石逐渐腐蚀
by the softer rock's gradually corroding over time
形成一个洞
forming a hole.
世界上有许多类似的构造
there are many similar formations in the world.
然而，这样的高度，是罕见的
however, this is a rarity, given its height.
你花了很多精力来这里
You spend a lot of energy to get up here
看到如此美丽的景色
to see such a beautiful sight.
这绝对是值得的
It's definitely rewarding.
在中国所有的奇迹中，有一个非常突出，
out of all of China's wonders, one stands out,
长城
the Great Wall
这是地球上最长的人造建筑，
It's the longest man-made structure on earth,
绵延6000多英里，横跨中国东北
stretching more than 6,000 miles across northeast China.
长城实际上是一系列的墙组成
this wall is actually a series of walls
由历代王朝建造，历时2000多年
built over 2,000 years by successive dynasties.
公元前221年，统一中国的第一位皇帝
in 221 BC, the first emperor of the united China
想抵御外国侵略者
wanted to ward off foreign invaders.
他命令将分散的防御工事连接起来，
He ordered that scattered fortifications be connected,
这项壮举需要100万人，却夺去了无数人的生命
a feat that required a million men and cost countless lives.
长城没有多少实际用途，
the Great Wall has not much practical use
就如今而言
in the modern age.
但在古代，
but, in the ancient times,
它在战时充当防御壁垒
It served as a defense fortress during wartime.
之后，人们可以感受到长城的壮丽
hence, one can sense the grandeur of the Great Wall.
今天，每年1000万人
Today, 10 million people
参观长城
visit the Great Wall each year.
他们穿过构成的石头
They walk across stones formed
在古代，什么材料都有用，
with whatever material was available in ancient times,
从泥土到树枝再到大米
from dirt to twigs to rice.
城墙太大了，有些部分仍在开♥发♥中
the wall is so massive that some sections of it are still being unearthed.
其他部分已为游客修复，
other parts have been restored for tourists,
其中许多人是中国人
many of whom are Chinese.
全世界都知道这个地标建筑
the entire world knows about this landmark
让我们作为中国人感到非常自豪
and makes us as Chinese feel really proud.
所以对于在这里工作的人来说，这是一种荣誉
so for the people who work here, It is a real honor.
中国北方也是中国的家园
northern China is also home
一个似乎经受住地心引力影响的建筑
to a structure that seems to defy gravity.