除了被塔利班炸毁的巴米扬大佛，还有一座佛举世闻名，那就是位于四川省乐山市的乐山大佛。但是今天我们不介绍乐山大佛，我们介绍在佛山附近，开车仅需50分钟的桫椤峡谷。
In addition to the Bamiyan Giant Buddha, which was bombed by the Taliban, there is another world-famous Buddha in China, Leshan Giant Buddha, located in Leshan City, Sichuan Province. But today we will not introduce the Leshan Giant Buddha Scenic Area. We will introduce the Alsophila Valley near Foshan, which only takes 50 minutes to drive.
桫椤峡谷位于乐山西坝镇境内，北靠乐山大佛，西邻峨眉仙山，因谷内连片生长着5万多株桫椤而得名。
Located in Xiba Town, near Leshan Giant Buddha to the north and Emei Fairy Mountain to the west, Spinulose Tree Fern Canyon is named after its more than 50,000 spinulose tree ferns growing in the valley.
在约1.8亿年前，桫椤曾是地球上最繁盛的植物，与恐龙一样，同属“爬行动物”时代的两大标志。但经过漫长的地质变迁，地球上的桫椤大都罹难，只有极少数在被称为“避难所”的地方才能追寻到它的踪影，被称为“植物界的熊猫”。
About 180 million years ago, spinulose tree ferns, known as the “panda of the plant world”, were the most abundant plants on Earth, one of the main symbols of the age of reptiles — the other is dinosaurs. But over a long period of geological transition, tree ferns all over the planet almost perished, leaving them to be found only in a few places known as “sanctuaries”.
3亿年前，在今天的乐山市五通桥西坝镇一带山高林密，气候适宜，奇花异草遍地，古树参天蔽日。泉水淙淙，蕨类繁茂，夹杂其间的是一些古生植物。桫椤，就是那个时代的”居民” ，年老的高大古朴，雄浑壮观，体现出顽强的生命力；年幼的亭亭玉立，婀娜多姿，极具风韵…几万株桫椤撑起重重叠叠的绿伞，将峡谷荫蔽得幽深迷人。
Simple pleasures are the key to carving out space in a suburb and finding ways to enjoy yourself within it. 300 million years ago, in today’s Xiba Town of Leshan City, the climate is suitable and there are high mountains and dense forests, with exotic flowers and rare herbs everywhere. Tree ferns are one of them. We’ll walk into one of the lush forests and deep valleys with rocky cliffs and babbling springs.
走进桫椤峡谷，只见几万株桫椤撑起重重叠叠的绿伞，将峡谷荫蔽得如世外幽谷。置身其中，彷若远古时代——原始森林让你返璞归真，树木的枝梢纵横交错，伸展开来的繁盛枝叶如碧绿的云，把蓝天遮了个严严实实，阳光从树叶的间隙中钻进来，在地上绘出无数夺目的亮点；这里恐怕曾经是恐龙的自由王国，至今那山洼与山腰间的足迹留痕，恐怕就是恐龙曾在此生活过最好的证明。这也许是自然界留给人们破译的另一个谜，即恐龙与桫椤峡谷之谜。
Thousands of tree ferns hold up overlapping green umbrellas here, shading the canyon like a secluded valley. Walking into the canyon, one will feel like getting back to the Jurassic Period — The primitive forest let you return to simplicity, and the branches lace across overhead, alomost shutting out the sky and letting through little moving spangles and sequins of sunlight. This was probably once a free land for dinosaurs, and the footprints left between the hills and the mountainsides are probably the best evidence. It may be another mystery from nature, that is, dinosaurs and Spinulose Tree Fern Canyon.
同时，去乐山旅行可能要预备一场享受自然美景之外的玩法，在“四川美食千千万，乐山占了一大半”的美食（吃）爱好者（货）的天堂，豆腐脑、甜皮鸭、钵钵鸡、蛋烘糕、跷脚牛肉等珍羞美味必须兼得。
At the same time,we’ll treat ourselves with a variety of classic local delicacies such as tofu pudding, sweet duck, bo bo chicken, spiced potatoes and mellow soup with beef. You just can’t miss it.
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