久違了，石門水庫！

January 20, 2008

延續這一週以來的好天氣，今天終於輪到川崎小綠出去兜風了。連續十來天陰雨綿綿的天氣，真把人悶壞了！繼昨天的自行車半日遊後，今天是重型機車出動的好日子。

Today was a great Sunday with good sunshine during daytime and finally was the turn of our heavy motorcycle to promenade outdoors. It has been rainy and cloudy for more than ten days, I was getting bored with the same gray sky everyday.



昨晚就商量好了，今天來去石門水庫玩囉！距離上次拜訪石門水庫已經超過十年啦！那時候還在清華唸碩士班，偶而實驗做煩了，會一個人不聲不響地離開學校去散心，從新竹經關西到石門水庫，騎機車約末五十分鐘，沿途車少風景好，兜一圈風回來，實驗馬上就做的嚇嚇叫啦～

We had a discussion last night about today's excursion and decided to visit Shihmen Reservoir. It has been more than ten years since my last visit of Shihmen Reservoir. When I was a graduate student in Natl Tsing-Hua Univ, I sometimes left lab alone to refresh my messy mind caused by screwed up experiments. It took about 50 minutes for me to ride from Hsin-Chu by way of Guanxi to get there - Shihmen Reservoir. Easy traffic and pretty scenery accompanied me on the way. I always felt inspired to carry on my thesis work after a short "escape"~




大太陽、冷空氣、重型機車，這三者真是兜風的絕佳拍檔，缺一不可！我們沿著大漢溪的河堤道路，經三峽接上三角標三號公路，繼續往大溪的方向前進，時速大約維持每小時七十公里，沿途人車皆不多，兜風兜的很暢快，沒多久就抵達石門水庫遊樂區了。

Sunshine, cold air, and heavy-motorcycle are essential elements for a joyful excursion. We rode along the road running parallel to the Tahan River. By way of Sanxia, on the #3 freeway with an average speed of 70 km per hour, we smoothly rode and soon arrived Shinmen Reservoir.




車行至停車場，目光立刻被兩旁的行道樹所吸引。樹型好漂亮喲！當然以我貧乏的植物相關知識，一定說不出樹名的啦！不管它，拍照先。這樹的枝枒長得真有意思～你瞧！是不是很有雙手高舉、手掌向上的樣子？不知道這樹要表達的是什麼～開心迎向藍天？還是看開了、無所謂的手勢？

My eyes was attracted by shade trees planted around the parking lot. No doubt I was unable to recognize them because I am so poor in knowledge about plant taxonomy. Who cares! It was the must-be-taken picture for its beautiful shape! The trunk and branches of the tree looked like raising hands in greeting to the sky.




只知道是櫻花的花苞，可不認得是哪個品種。櫻花，真奇怪唷～嫩芽分明是迎向天空的姿態，可是花開卻都是俯首斂眉的模樣。有照為證，如下！

A bud of cherry blossom looked very different from the blossom. The bud presented itself a triumphal posture and stood upright in a proud way. However, after the bud bloomed, the cherry blossoms became bowing their heads as if they were praying.




不記得是哪位詩人的形容了。依稀記得詩人以櫻花凋謝比喻消逝的愛情。而被這樣形容的主角，想必是一位具有沉魚落雁之姿，且具有剛烈個性的美麗女子吧！她的愛情專注而唯美，如同櫻花的綻放；在愛情逝去的時候，亦如櫻花一般，「粉頸一低、落地有聲，而非瓣瓣凋零。」這一種壯士斷腕的氣勢，還真不是普通人能有的呢！相較之下，「藕斷絲連」真是遜到一個不行。

I cannot recall the name of the poet who has a simile to describe vanished love as those withered cherry blossoms. Imaging the lady in the poem, she wished love of fantasy and purity like efflorescent cherry blossoms and when she faced vanishing love, she left it without hesitation and ended it once for all...like the cherry blossoms withered away in early spring. The action is kind of heroic vigor and enthusiasm that an ordinary person would not take.




又扯遠了～趕快回到正題。石門水庫會開花的樹可不只櫻花樹唷～離開大壩區，我們騎著小綠繞行石門水庫一圈，準備離開去覓食了，卻在出口處看到一大片令人驚艷的珊瑚莿桐！哇～停下來停下來，讓我拍幾張照片再走！素淨的枝幹，火紅如爆竹的花朵，襯著一絲不染的藍天～真的好美喔～

Well~ I got to return to the theme ^_^
Here in Shihmen Reservoir, it is not just the cherry trees blossoming! We left the dam area, drove around the reservoir, and surprisingly met other blooming trees. Wow~Stop! Stop! Here comes up to me a must-be-taken scene! The tree with its trunk and branches of simple shape is now decorated by firecracker-like blossoms! With the clear blue sky that formed a dramatic backdrop for it, what an extremely gorgeous picture!