美丽中国第一集中英文字幕.pdf

美丽中国第一集中英文字幕 The last hidden world China 最后的隐世净土 中国 For centuries, travellers to China have told tales of magical landscapes and surprising creatures. Chinese civilization is the worlds oldest and today its largest with well over a billion people. Its home to more than 50 distinct ethnic groups and a wide range of traditional life styles often inclose partnership with nature. We know that China faces immense social and environmental problems but there is great beauty here too. China is home to the worlds highest mountains, vast deserts ranging from searing hot to mind numbing cold to mind numbing cold, steaming forests, harboring rare creatures, grassy plains beneath vast horizons and rich tropical seas. Now, for the first time ever we can explore the whole of this great country meet some of the surprising and exotic creatures that live here and consider the relationship of the people and wildlife of China to the remarkable landscaping which they live. This is wild China. Our exploration of China begins in the warm subtropical south. On the Li River fishermen and birds perch on bamboo rafts a partnership that goes back more than a thousand years. This scenery is known throughout the world, a recurring motif in Chinese paintings and a major tourist attraction The south of China is a vast area eight times larger than the UK.Its a landscape of hills but also of water. It rains here for up to 250 days a year and standing water is everywhere In a floodplain of the Yangtse River. Black-tailed godwits probe the mud in search of worms But it isnt just wildlife that thrive in this environment, the swampy ground provides ideal conditions for the remarkable member of the grass family rice. The Chinese have been cultivating rice for at least 8 thousand years It has transformed the landscape 中国有着至少 8000 年的稻米种植史他们改变了这块土地 Late winter in southern Yunnan is a busy time for local farmer