“海上桂林”——越南下龍灣

作為攝影家，我透過鏡頭觀賞過世界上許多盛名遠(yuǎn)揚(yáng)的地方。有的看景不如聽景，觀賞之后似過眼煙云，留不下什么印象。但有的卻能深深打動你的心靈，成為永留心中的美景。越南的世界自然遺產(chǎn)下龍灣，即為后者。

下龍灣距離中國邊境城市東興很近，由東興過境，就是越南的芒街，從芒街乘快船，約兩個小時就可到達(dá)下龍灣。

下龍灣地處越南廣寧省及下龍等市、縣的海域，面積1553平方公里，共有1969個島嶼。下龍灣的名字，取意于龍下降的意思。1994年，聯(lián)合國世界遺產(chǎn)委員會第18次會議投票一致贊成承認(rèn)下龍灣為世界自然遺產(chǎn)。世界自然遺產(chǎn)組織的專家詹姆·托爾歇在投票表決前介紹說：“下龍灣水面突起的石灰石山是獨(dú)特的絕美自然景致，得天獨(dú)厚，多種考古遺產(chǎn)尤其特別，值得作為一種自然遺產(chǎn)受到保護(hù)并列入世界名錄。”在托爾歇先生評價之前，世界上許多知名人士就曾經(jīng)以最美的詞藻贊頌了下龍灣之美。

中國著名詩人蕭三賦詩道：

下龍灣

美絕倫

突起山山島島成千萬

誰道桃源只在天上有

眼前奇觀一層層

正如詩人所言，下龍灣果真名不虛傳。到了下龍灣，你才真正體會到它為什么有著“海上桂林”的美譽(yù)。當(dāng)你在游船碼頭換上造型優(yōu)美的木制帆船，穿行于上千個千姿百態(tài)的石島之間，如入仙境一般。我舉起相機(jī)遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)望去，島島相連，伴著浪花，蘸著海天之色，延綿數(shù)十公里。好一幅令人拍案叫絕的天然風(fēng)景畫。

下龍灣的神奇之處在于它的島。下龍灣的島不是沒有生命的石山，而是一片栩栩如生的世界。隨著游船的移動，滿眼的石島仿佛一個個活的生靈，有的島形似釣魚翁，有的狀如和尚念經(jīng)，有的像一對引頸高昂的斗雞，有的像展翅翱翔的雄鷹……天然造化的下龍灣是對自然的贊美，又是對生命的謳歌。

下龍灣的迷人之處在于它那永不衰竭的魅力。在下龍灣你絲毫感覺不到時光的流逝，每時每刻都有它獨(dú)特的韻味，每個視角都會吸引你不停地按下快門，讓你貪婪地汲取著自然美的營養(yǎng)。

變革中的越南讓下龍灣變得熱鬧起來，沿海灣建立了許多現(xiàn)代化的旅游設(shè)施，世界各地的游客紛至沓來，古老的下龍灣煥發(fā)出青春的光彩。短短幾小時的游程很快過去了，但我相信不知有多少朋友和我一樣，留在心中的是那一道永遠(yuǎn)抹不去的美麗風(fēng)景。

As a photographer， through my camera lens， I have appreciated many famous sites in the world. Sometimes， some sites， though very beautiful， leave nothing in my memories. Some， however， deeply moved my heart and etched eternal memories in my mind. Ha Long Bay in the northern part of the Gulf of Tonkin， Vietnam， which was designated a World Heritage Site by the United Nations Educational， Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)， is definitely the latter.

Ha Long Bay is not far from Dongxing， a city in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of China， which borders upon Vietnam. Crossing the China-Vietnam border from Dongxing， we entered Mong Cai in Vietnam. Then， taking a ferryboat at Mong Cai， it took about two hours to get to Ha Long Bay.

Ha Long Bay is located within the marine territory of Guang Ninh Province and Ha Long City. Covering an area of 1，553 square kilometers， it is comprised of 1，969 islands， many of which are characterized by unusual limestone formations. In Chinese， Ha Long means “descending dragon.” In 1994， during the 18th session held by the World Heritage Committee of UNESCO， Ha Long Bay was designated as a World Heritage Site by a unanimous vote of the committee members. Before the voting， an expert commented: “The unusual limestone formations on the surface of Ha Long Bay are unique wonders of nature， and it also has many kinds of special archaeological features. Therefore， it is worthy of being listed among the world natural heritage sites to be protected.”

At the port， getting from the pleasure boat and getting onto a elegantly-shaped sailing boat， which crosses through the islands of a great variety of shapes and postures， you can feel as if coming to a fairyland. Looking far from my camera lens， I could see endless islands stretching a long distance， which form a wonderful natural picture.