蘭州、銀川、包頭與呼和浩特
Lanzhou, Yinchuan, Baotou and Hohhot
5月30日、31日與6月1日從河西走廊轉為沿著黃河北上進入內蒙古，採取蜻蜓點水的方式3天內拜訪了5個城市（其中4個還都是省會），每天的生活大概就是白天逛城市、晚上睡臥鋪火車、睡到下一個城市再繼續逛。簡單紀錄一下這幾個城市（西寧除外，上篇已經寫過了）。
My life from May 30 to June 1 --
Daytime: touring cities, until boarding a night train
Night: sleeping on trains, until arriving at next city in the morning
Visited 5 cities: Xining (addressed in my last post), Lanzhou, Yinchuan, Baotou and Hohhot.
蘭州 Lanzhou, literally "the orchid country"
蘭州被黃河所貫穿，而市中心最重要的地標是一座跨越黃河的鐵橋，名曰「中山橋」。不要以為這座中山橋跟台北那座八竿子打不著——蘭州這座長度大概200公尺、是指定保存的古蹟、橋的另一端連接著一座頗有規模的宮殿式建築，從這些角度來說不是和台北的那座一模一樣嗎？ XD
橋旁遊人如織，許多人和我一樣在黃河邊徒步看夕陽，附近的街道則是熱鬧的商圈與夜市，走在這個城市裡覺得生氣蓬勃——相較於前幾天所見無處不是警察、無處不是安檢、夜市還規定時間統一收攤的新疆，我感覺自己重新回到了有溫度的城市。
Yellow River, goes through the city, and the most popular attraction is a bridge crossing the river: Zhongshan Bridge, which has a counterpart in my home city Taipei.
The city has vibrant night markets and business districts. Compared to Xinjiang, where police and security check were installed everywhere and vendors had to shut down at a given time, this city seemed more amicable to me.
銀川 Yinchuan, literally "the silver river"
以前課本上說這裡是「塞上江南」，今天這個城市仍然如此行銷自己，不過意義有點不太一樣。過去是因為相較於一山之隔的內蒙古，這裡相對濕潤且容易灌溉；現在這個這個城市則是很努力的讓自己在擴張的同時仍然像江南那樣綠意盎然、湖塘密佈。銀川的新開發區裡保留了面積相當大的綠地，而且刻意設計了大規模的水道系統，某些建案甚至刻意用面對綠地或水塘來行銷。
市中心也有一個晚上會點起七彩霓虹燈的清真寺，清真寺的隔壁則是條「牛街」，是當地人吃肉喝酒、縱情狂歡的地方，店家都直接把桌椅甚至食材搬到街上拼場面，還刻意在招牌上加上「 KTV」的字樣，告訴你他們家不但可以吃肉喝酒還可以K歌。這個場景和清真寺的對比讓我覺得很有趣。
Known as "paradise in the wilderness", this city maintains large green lands and water bodies while developing rapidly. Many newly built apartment complexes marketed themselves with their proximity to parks and water channels.
Right next to its great mosque, there is a "bull street", where locals would go to eat meat, drink and sing kareoke. This is an interesting contrast to its neighboring mosque.
包頭 Baotou
以前課本上說這裡是「草原鋼城」，顧名思義是草原裡的鋼城，不過更神奇的是這個城市裡現在還有片「鋼城草原」，也就是一片在市中心刻意保留草原風貌的綠地，上面還刻意搭了蒙古包和敖包，試圖在典型的中國城市風貌裡凸顯一些當地特色。這裡的正式名稱是「賽汗塔拉生態園」到訪這天是6月1日，這天似乎在中國已經成為半個特殊節日，綠地上擠滿了小學生和他們的家長與老師，似乎是個校外教學加團康活動日。
Known as "steel city on the pasture". Now pasture is very rare in this modern metropolis, but a large patch of original grassland was preserved and open to the public as a park. Yurts and Mongolian stone monuments were added to the park.
呼和浩特 Hohhot
以前國民政府時代叫做「歸綏」，和迪化（烏魯木齊）、庫倫（烏蘭巴托）一樣，是在中國已經不存在但在台灣仍透過街道名被保留下來的地名。這裡是省會，建築也流露出一種行政中心特有的霸氣，而其中最讓我印象深刻的是內蒙古博物院，一個進入中國至今讓我覺得最不虛此行的景點。這個博物館院可說是內外兼具——建築外表本身很有看頭（印象中好像有上過建築雜誌），裡面從歷史、生態、文化等角度多方面介紹內蒙古，其中有幾個特別有趣的館：
- 介紹遼、金兩個非漢人朝代的歷史，輔以大量出土文物
- 內蒙古解放史——介紹內蒙古如何在民國時期被中國共產黨逐漸納入成其勢力範圍，並且率先集結反國民政府力量成立人民共和國政府
- 從內蒙古的角度介紹中國太空科技使史（因為中國的太空船有一大半都在內蒙古發射，包括第一次載人飛行）
當然，最重要的是：這個館是免費的，比起一路走來那些動輒人民幣100、200的景區要有良心多了XD
The capital city of Inner Mongolia. There is one spot I highly recommended: Museum of Inner Mongolia. It's impressive both on its exterior and interior -- the outside was outstanding (and had been on an architecture magazine, if I remember it correctly), and the inside was informative but not boring. It introduces Inner Mongolia in aspects you have not thought of, such as non-Han-Chinese dynasties, aerospace technology, development of the communist party, etc.
And most importantly, it's free! :)
sleeping at last介紹 在 [翻譯] Sleep at Last - Atlas Year One 三首歌翻譯 - 批踢踢實業坊 的推薦與評價
這幾日在youtube上聽著Keaton Henson的歌曲
聽著聽著 歌單默默脫離了henson憂鬱單一的嗓音
來到了未知的冰冷世界 好像這幾個冷冷的夜裡公園掛的聖誕燈一樣
很冷 又很暖
後來查了查 這個團叫做Sleeping at last
原本是玩搖滾出生 受smashing pumpkins的Billy Corgan賞識
發行四張專輯後，團員各自追求各自的未來
只剩主唱Ryan O'Neal
他便沿用了團名 開始製作自己的音樂project
Atlas: Year One就是融合了Darkness, Light, Space I, Space II, Land 與 Oceans
六個主題的作品集
雖然網路資料很少 不過他們的作品蠻常在影集中能聽到
尤其是在實習醫師中
看板上沒有人提過這個團 介紹給大家聽聽～
三首歌詞翻譯分享給大家(翻得有問題請多指教~)
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土星
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzNvk80XY9s
You taught me the courage of stars before you left
在你離開前 告訴了我星星的勇氣
How light carries on endlessly, even after death
即使壽命已至 光仍穿越蒼穹
With shortness of breath, you explained the infinite
在短暫的生命中 你解釋了無垠的意義
How rare and beautiful it is to even exist
即使是渺小的生命 也顯得稀少、顯得如此豔麗
I couldn't help but ask you to say it all again
我不禁得請求你 再重新說上一次
I tried to write it down but I could never find a pen
我嘗試將它寫下 卻遲遲無法下筆
I'd give anything to hear you say it one more time
我願意付出一切 就聽你再說一次
That the universe was made just to be seen by my eyes
說宇宙之所形成 只為了映入我的眼簾
I couldn't help but ask you to say it all again
我不禁得請求你 再重新說上一次
I tried to write it down but I could never find a pen
我嘗試將它寫下 卻遲遲無法下筆
I'd give anything to hear you say it one more time
我願意付出一切 就聽你再說一次
That the universe was made just to be seen by my eyes
說宇宙之所形成 只為了映入我的眼簾
With shortness of breath, I'll explain the infinite
在短暫的生命中 我將演示無垠的意義
How rare and beautiful it truly is that we exist
即使我們的生命渺小 也顯得稀少、顯得如此豔麗
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地球
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfWuE8FG1f0
我持著鐵鏟深掘 挖出一個秘密
Swear to the earth that I will keep it,
對天地發誓將它謹守於心
Brush off the dirt
撣去身上塵土
And let my change of heart occur.
任由秘密攪和於心
Sold soon after the appraisal,
評估後立刻有了定奪
The hammer struck the auction table
會槌敲擊賣場展桌
Louder than anything I've ever heard.
聲音沈重 大過我所能承受
Fault lines tremble underneath my glass house.
斷層在玻璃屋下蠢蠢欲動
But I put it out of my mind
我卻視若無睹
Long enough to call it courage
甚至自認此為勇氣
To live without a lifeline.
作為行屍走肉
I bend the definition
我扭曲了信仰價值
Of faith to exonerate my blind eye.
為盲目的雙眼脫罪
'Til the sirens sound, I'm safe.
在海妖再吟詠前 我還算安全
Meanwhile, my family's taking shelter.
同時 家人正找尋庇護
The sparks send the fire down the wire,
星火 點燃炸藥引信
A countdown begins,
倒數計時
Until the dynamite gives in.
直指天啓之時
The echo, as wide as the equator,
回聲 順著赤道蔓延
Travels through a world of built up anger-
仇恨 傳遍整個地球
Too late to pull itself together now.
時日過晚 已無法再振作
Fault lines tremble underneath my glass house.
斷層在玻璃屋下蠢蠢欲動
But I put it out of my mind
我卻視若無睹
Long enough to call it courage
甚至自認此為勇氣
To live without a lifeline.
作為行屍走肉
I bend the definition
我扭曲了信仰價值
Of faith to exonerate my blind eye.
為盲目的雙眼脫罪
'Til the sirens sound, I'm safe.
在海妖再吟詠前 我還算安全
There was an earthquake.
曾經的地動天搖
There was an avalanche of change.
曾經的雪崩之變
We were so afraid,
我們徬徨失措
We cried ourselves a hurricane.
哭出了一池的淚
There were floods,
曾經的洪水
And tidal waves over us,
與潮汐淹上我們的身邊
We folded our hands and prayed.
我們握起手 開始祈禱
Like a domino,
像骨牌
These wildfires grow and grow
野火持續蔓延
Until a brand new world takes shape.
直到新世界重生
Fault lines tremble underneath my glass house.
斷層在玻璃屋下蠢蠢欲動
But I put it out of my mind
我卻視若無睹
Long enough to call it courage
甚至自認此為勇氣
To live without a lifeline.
作為行屍走肉
I bend the definition
我扭曲了信仰價值
Of faith to exonerate my blind eye.
為盲目的雙眼脫罪
'Til the sirens sound, I'm safe.
在海妖再吟詠前 我還算安全
'Til the sirens sound, I'm safe.
在海妖再吟詠前 我還算安全
'Til the sirens sound, I'm safe.
在海妖再吟詠前 我還算安全
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北方
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xwg6qRkgOkU
我們會稱這為家
The dirt in which our roots may grow.
在這片地扎根生長
Though the storms will push and pull,
儘管會面臨風暴的摧殘
We will call this place our home.
仍會稱這為家
We’ll tell our stories on these walls.
我們會在牆上寫起故事
Every year, measure how tall.
每年劃計著身高
And just like a work of art,
就像藝術品一樣
We’ll tell our stories on these walls.
在牆上寫起故事
Let the years we’re here be kind, be kind.
讓在這裡的時光 暖暖 暖暖
Let our hearts, like doors, open wide, open wide.
讓我們的心 像扇門 打開開 打開開
Settle our bones like wood over time, over time.
讓我們定居於此 像棵樹 經年 累月
Give us bread, give us salt, give us wine.
維持溫飽 享受滋味 沈浸歡愉
A little broken, a little new.
一點挫折 與成長
We are the impact and the glue.
我們能屈又能伸
Capable of more than we know,
有著無限的潛力
We call this fixer upper home.
都在這個家庭中
With each year, our color fades.
隨著歲月 慢慢的褪色
Slowly, our paint chips away.
房兒的漆逐漸斑駁
But we will find the strength
但我們會找回力量
And the nerve it takes
鼓起各自的勇氣
To repaint and repaint and repaint every day.
再起 再起 再起 每一天
Let the years we’re here be kind, be kind.
讓在這裡的時光 暖暖 暖暖
Let our hearts, like doors, open wide, open wide.
讓我們的心 像扇門 打開開 打開開
Settle our bones like wood over time, over time.
讓我們定居於此 像棵樹 經年 累月
Give us bread, give us salt, give us wine.
維持溫飽 享受滋味 沈浸歡愉
Let the years we’re here be kind, be kind.
讓在這裡的時光 暖暖 暖暖
Let our hearts, like doors, open wide, open wide.
讓我們的心 像扇門 打開開 打開開
Settle our bones like wood over time, over time.
讓我們定居於此 像棵樹 經年 累月
Give us bread, give us salt, give us wine.
維持溫飽 享受滋味 沈浸歡愉
Smaller than dust on this map
在這小巧的地方
Lies the greatest thing we have:
藏著最珍貴的寶藏
The dirt in which our roots may grow
在此我們扎根生長
And the right to call it home.
這就是我們的家
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Atlas: Year One youtube上聽
https://goo.gl/Jzoe7i
Sleeping at Last的官網 (blog中有主唱的各種音樂介紹與閒聊)
https://www.sleepingatlast.com/
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