卡地布部落。豐年祭

在這個炎熱的月份裡，有很多人們在開心準備著他們的新年，原住民的豐收祭！和漢人不同的是原住民的新年其實就是在收割成熟稻米後的日子～ 漢人的新年是長達15天，而卡地布部落呢？8天！

"小米收穫祭是卡地布部落最盛大的祭典 , 在遠古 , 小米是部落的主食 , 每年七月小米收割完成 , 巴拉冠 (青年會所)同時也展開斯巴達式的軍事訓練。 小米收割後 , 必須經過司祭長的祈福才能運回村內, 收穫祭才得以開始。

    每年七月十一日青年進駐巴拉冠 , 十二日青年們豎立精神圖騰及除舊佈新 , 青 年們以警鈴 , 沿街通報祭典開始的訊息。

十三日為守齋日 , 只准喝水 , 不得進食 , 並必須通過喝辣椒水 . 唇塗大蒜汁的試煉。

十四日清晨,全體青年跑向發祥地 , 吃完早餐 , 再跑回部落 , 全程約十二公里 , 下午則辦理男子各組的摔角比賽 , 到晚間青年男女演練傳統歌舞。

十五日中午十二時 , 辦理開慕儀式 , 來賓與族人享用原住民風味佳餚, 下午二時青年以卡地布獨有的勇士精神舞遊街表演 , 直至黃昏結束, 晚間全體族人以傳統歌舞慶祝豐收 , 同時安排遊客共舞時間 。

十六日晚間活動亦同前項。

十七日晚間 , 當年若有晉級儀式 , 晉級成員必須接受以竹棍鞭打屁股的嚴苛侍候 , 全體族人歡唱古老歌謠 , 並製作原住民年糕 , 通宵達旦至十八日清晨 , 吃完早餐後 , 司祭長走向曠野及溪流 , 向祖靈祭祀祝禱 , 並通報小米收穫祭圓滿結束。"

資料來自於卡地布部落

幸運的我們，有機會參與勇士精神舞遊街表演， 話說這個儀式是要幫商家及住家的人們祈求平安有點像漢人的舞獅儀式哦。不過真的很佩服這些勇士和孩童們，從下午最炎熱的時間2點進行至旁晚7點。佩服佩服，如果是我，會因為怕變黑和炎熱的天氣而投降。對了，差點忘了說小英姐和小青姐（部落解說員）告訴我們其實這個慶典能讓部落的小孩了解他們的族群和文化，因為人口逐漸老化而下一代又逐漸減少，要維持一個族群的文化與根是需要很要的力量與團結的。加油啊！

左邊：酷酷的頭目

右邊：部落的房子

        那麼炎熱的天氣當然是少不了飲料啦！對了，這些都是商家們及住戶們的心意！

以上是知本森林遊樂區快報。 謝謝～

詩慧

探討生態教育（一）

其實設立知本森林遊樂區的主要目的是什麼呢？既然要設立遊樂區，為什麼遊樂區裡又不提供一些更大眾化的遊樂設施呢？

答案只有一個，設立知本森林遊樂區是為了傳達生態教育個不同階層的遊客。而不是讓遊客在這裡花了那短短的幾小時，只帶著歡笑但腦子空空地回家去。在遊樂區裡所提供的是一個學習環境，一個可以學習改變人類與環境未來的地方。因此，林務局在遊樂區裡為顧客準備了不少可以為遊客提供生態教育的設施。例如，展覽室、多媒體室、知本自然教育中心等。就單準備這些設施就需要不少資金。此外，以確保每一樣設施正常運作，林務局為了減輕財務負擔，只好設定向遊客收入門費。其實維護範圍大約110公頃的遊樂區不容易。林務局育樂課不只是需要負責維護那些人造設施，而且還必須確保園區裡有著良好的自然生態以提供遊客欣賞。所以，在植物園區裡的花花草草都是為了配合一些小動物而種的。例如蝴蝶園區裡的腺葉澤蘭，是紫斑蝶和黃裳蜂蝶的最愛，所以成群的蝴蝶每天早上都會在那裡附近飛舞。知本自然教育中心也是遊樂區的其中一個重要的設施。就如我在之前的帖子有介紹過，知本自然教育中心是專門為了傳達自然教育而設立的。通過各種有趣的小課程，教育中心歡迎民眾前來報名學習關於森林保護的知識。

可是，我卻覺得光靠這些設施是不夠的。因為通過之前所說過的設施，還是沒辦法很有效地把信息傳達給遊客。多數人類都是面臨危機才會覺悟，在全球資源還暫時還足以供應給人類的時候，很多人都不會想到自然生態環境的未來。而在遊樂區裡的設施都著重於之前，而不是以後。例如在遊樂區裡，很多植物的解說都是著重於以前的人怎麼去利用這些資源，而沒有讓遊客想像到如果不保護這些資源的未來，世界會變成怎樣。只是稍微換一換角度去傳達同一個信息，我覺得這樣會更有效吧。

要怎樣用這個方法去傳達這個訊息呢？哈哈哈～以我提議的方法是，從小冊子和小遊戲開始。一份可以在遊客還沒有開始遊樂區的旅程之前，利用小冊子讓他們感受到兩個不同的未來。怎麼說兩個不同的未來呢？第一個未來就是像今天所看到的地球，雖然不會像以前那麼漂亮，可是在地球的很多角落還是可以看到藍藍的海洋、綠油油的森林、還有野生動物的聲音。

而第二個未來則相反，是很多人類所不想要的未來，資源用盡了、就連可以取代現代人用的傳統資源也被破壞了，那時的人類回國著怎樣的生活。兩個不同的未來，就由遊客自己去做選擇吧！小遊戲也是一樣，以棋盤遊戲的模式，設立在遊客中心讓遊客去體驗。這些小遊戲可以用實物或多媒體的方式來呈現。

這些知識我個人的意見啦～哈哈哈！而這些概念還需要更深入地探討和設計才能真正地運用。我還需要時間想出更多的方法，所以在這一個帖子我就在此告一個段落。如果我又在這個帖子裡說錯了什麼，還是我的意見有什麼缺點，也請讀者指點指點啦～哈！

鄭毅惺著

地獄式訓練～解說！！

嗯～說到解說嘛…其實也是這個專案的其中一項重要事項。也就是我們覺得最頭痛的一項。在遊樂區裡所提供的解說服務，是為了讓對自然生態有興趣的遊客更了解知本森林裡所可以看到的資源。我們就是來體驗這服務的，而且我們還必須嘗試提供解說服務…我的天啊！！還好我的年紀輕，聽到這個不會心臟病爆發。可是這對我這種平時常發呆不說話的呆子，壓力還是蠻大的。

這個專案才剛開始，凱琳姐就安排了好多解說員為我們解說關於遊樂區裡的點點滴滴。就這樣，第一個月的行程是排得滿滿的。當接到行程表時，我心想這不會是地獄式訓練吧？此外，課長還把一疊解說手冊交給我們，這就是我們在這裡必須修的課本啦！

可是用另一個角度來看，如果把解說員的稱呼掛在自己身上還蠻帥的。遇到漂亮美眉遊客時還可以炫耀一般。诶…對了！前面還要加兩個字：“國際解說員”。哇～實在是了不起…對不起～我語無倫次了。哇哈哈哈～把話題拉回來，其實我們也知道凱琳姐那麼辛苦為我們安排這些行程，還要和那些解說員約時間，加上自己本身就有做不完的工作。所以，我們也應該接下這般好意，用功把解說學好。

第一次為我們介紹知本森林遊樂區的是黃課長，性格開朗的他給我們講解時十分有趣。因為課長本身說起話來就有點幽默，容易吸引聽眾的注意。第一天到達遊樂區，課長就為我們介紹了整個遊客服務中心以及半個景觀步道。可是遊樂區裡的設施也大概被課長介紹完了。課長算是一個大忙人啦…每天都要跑來跑去的。最讓我難忘的是，課長竟然可以邊駕車辯解說，實在是太神了！就是有一次，課長早上來宿舍在我們進遊樂區。我們一坐上車，課長就把一份簡報交給我們。我翻了幾頁還沒看完，課長就開始解說了。他全程都在說，而且樣樣都是重點，我都來不及做記錄呢。

接下來就是建和大哥了。第一次見到他應該是在遊樂區工作的第二天，凱琳姐約了他來載我們去認識台東。這一天，他就帶了我們到了卑南溪的河口看小燕鷗和夜鷹，並解釋這兩種鳥類的特徵和生活習慣。建和大哥的解說方式會比較輕鬆。他常說我們在學習解說時都不需要給自己那麽大的壓力，要學得輕鬆，學得開心。建和大哥對鳥類有著很深厚的學問，間接的也對整個自然界有不少的知識。

廖大哥和玉米姐這是一對夫婦，在鹿野有一個農場。而且兩夫婦都是永安社區的解說員。兩人的解說方式就比較著重於故事性。如果要解說得有故事性，就必須更了解在地的文化與歷史。此外還需要很多很多額外的常識。就在廖大哥的解說下，我們都可以學到很多在地的文化。可惜一時之間，收得太多了，有些會記不起來。

鄭毅惺著

解說 commentary part 1！

我們在遊樂區的其中一個工作就是參與解說！從植物到蝴蝶和毛毛蟲～ 不過真的解說，通常都是植物和路過的動物為主（如果有被我看到，話說我的觀察能力有點差）

要感謝很多解說員，科長和凱琳姐，因為他們啊幾乎每個星期都在告訴及分享他們的解說經驗和內容。真的超感謝他們的，因為我們這三個完全都沒有森林的背景，所以啊，就跟他們偷師來完成我們的使命！而且，跟著不同的人學的知識也不同，視野也更遼闊。

 以上是常見的"爬行動物"！毛毛蟲和草蜥～ 可愛勒！但我不敢碰它們，怕怕。。

these are normally found in FRA, but you need to be lucky too! So I am LUCKY!

看到嗎？猜猜那是什麼～

Guess what is this?

最後送上超級慵懶的獼猴！

Relaxed monkey, even ignore us when we tried to take picture!

注意：不要餵食猴子！在遊樂區的猴子有很多食物（楊梅，毛柿，台東龍眼等等）可以吃，而且超級浪費的。餵食猴子也許可以滿足你的好奇心但會害了其他人因為當他們習慣了人類的食物，他們會依賴且盼望人類常帶來食物，所以當看到食物來了，也會因此而攻擊人類而獲得食物。所以，不要還猴子和其他人！



之後再分享一些植物的故事！

Okay, commentary is part of our jobs! Yaya, is hard for me, as if in ENGLISH, i was wondered how am I gonna complete the task! Luckily there is no too much of foreigner apply for this service. Oops..
Well, for anyone who would like to challenge us, please leave your messages here, and if I dare to reply you please give me an applause! XD

Well, for the last few weeks, we were lead by few commentators who shared their experience and knowledge of FRA or even their thoughts. So, maybe we can some of their funny stories and life experiences over here.

Commentary is not tough to someone if you love nature and well prepared. Like me, I was once to introduce those trees to a small auntie group. That experience was fun but it kick me up from nice dream! I should learn more or maybe memorize more those stories and knowledge.. Haha.. loading the works in my life but I prefer this life with relaxed works than nothing to do in office! Shhh... we always try to 'rest awhile' after lunch. Guys, that is so hard to focus your works after lunch and hot weather! XD

Stay tune for next! Will share some of nice commentary stories to you soon～

A Trip to the Top of the World



"T-t-t-to the top of the world!
Boy you know you get me highh."
-Cataracs Ft. Dev

 

A collection of various plant seeds



A few days ago, Kai Ling Jie took us to visit one of her friends whose nickname is Shan Zhu, which translates to Mountain Pig in English. Shan Zhu owns a B&B that is quite well-known around the area. From a first glance, the B&B seems messy with random stuff all over the place, which includes but not limited to numerous comic book series, two guitars, three cats, and collections of plant seeds. But after looking a second time, it’s hard not to come to like the unique character that this house holds.


My first thought looking out the window was "Wow, what a
beautiful view!" which was quickly followed by "Oh crap... that
hill sure looks steep..." when I looked over the side and realized
how easy it would be to tople over with one wrong turn. Hahaha...

After Shan Zhu had shared some very delicious black tea with us, he took us on a trip to the top of a mountain nearby. I am, once again, impressed at how well Taiwanese people drive their cars. I am not sure how the Chinese in Canada got the reputation of "bad drivers" because it honestly takes a lots of skills to maneuver through the narrow and crowded roads of Taiwan or to drive up small mountain roads as Shan Zhu had. He literally ripped up that mountain in 20 minutes at about 40km/h. Now, that might not seem so fast but it's quite fast when we're going up a tiny steep one-lane winding road in a mini van that could be as old as me. Not only that, Shan Zhu managed to turn at the exact moments without stopping or slowing. With the confidence and the seemingly minimal effort that he put into the drive, it looked like he might as well as had only been driving down an empty 3 lane highway! 



Left: What the road looked like by the end. By that point, we had to
close the windows to avoid being hit by the trees
Right: The mini van that got us safely to our destination!

When we finally arrived at the top, the view was breathtaking. From that height, we could see all of Taitung city, its surrounding areas, and also the Jhihben area. In all the years that I had lived in Taiwan and all the times that I had visited after moving to Canada, I don’t think I’ve ever seen such a view that wasn’t completely urbanized like most of Taiwan. The lack of dense city lights and high skyscrapers were a refreshing change from Taichung and Taipei. 

Shan Zhu mentioned that he wanted to share this beautiful place with the rest of the world but he also wanted to be selfish and keep it to himself. His explanation for this contradiction was that he wants everyone to come see this beautiful place that holds such importance to him but he is also afraid that its beauty will be destroyed if it becomes a popular tourist attraction area like Shi Ling. Understanding this, I hope that in the future, others can still see the same view that I saw and that it has not not been corrupted and tainted by urbanized cities and their lights. 

  

The view of Taitung City taken over about an hour.



Love, KHou



當lala姐踏入知本森林遊樂區！JBNFRA, I'm coming!

爲什麽自稱姐啊，因為本人是三個人里最年長的啦！唉，歲月不留人噢~ 槽糕，要停止感歎啦，因為這不是我的微薄嘛。哈哈。。

好了，今天我要分享對知本遊樂區的第一印象！話說，lala姐還沒來到台灣之前啊，真的是超樂觀的，對台東的認知幾乎是零蛋，就直接過來了。草草的查看遊樂區的資料，認為遊樂區好像是小小的公園（不能怪我啊，因為照片里真的看起來向公園嘛），真的，當我踏入遊樂區的時候，有一種被騙掉的感覺，不過這個感覺很快的就被震撼的感覺淹沒。震撼也許對其他人而言是很誇張，但對於我是真的，因為好久沒有被群山圍繞了而且跟照片里的差很遠！微微的涼風和超級熱情的太陽（台灣的太陽和溫度是我不太喜歡的部份，因為會變黑啊！）讓我覺得這裡將會是我好好充電的地方！

這是我和毅惺在郭英姐的帶領下，爬上好漢坡，到觀海亭以及美麗的瀑布~美吧？嘻嘻~

The trail that I ever stepped on it! It is hard for the first few steps, but the scenery did ease our tiredness!

爬上好漢坡，真的是超累的啊！堪稱好漢才會攀爬的步道，真的沒那麼簡單。。提醒一下，腿部有受傷，老人及小孩要小心哦，如果覺得不能走上去不要勉強自己哦~ 還有其他輕鬆的步道可以選擇哦！

話說只要兩個小時半到三個小時的路程，但我們竟然用了將近四個小時來完成。真的是要好好的鍛煉體力了啊，不然真的是愧對于自己那健康的身體了。不過揮汗淋漓的感覺真的是很棒而且沿路的風景真的是美得不在話下。

知本，在88風災時也是其中一個重災區，還記得那酒店的坍塌嗎？還記得那些土石流嗎？自然與我們是息息相關的，但因為人類，無止境的破壞以及濫用森林資源，讓原本美麗的森林逐漸消失，讓可愛的動物逐漸失去棲息地，我們什麽時候才要覺醒呢？想想，其實台灣對森林及大自然的維護與保育會比馬來西亞好，也許就像人們說的，馬來西亞就像二三十年前的台灣，但是否二三十年后的馬來西亞也能夠像現在的台灣呢？領袖和教育，真的很重要啊！

诗慧 aka Lala著

Okay, JBNFRA is JhihBen National Forest Recreation Area. This is the abbrevietio
n that I gave to this area. hehe...So after this, will either to JBNFRA or FRA to describe this area!

The moment I stepped in this area, I was shocked! yeah, I was shocked, because of this place doesn't look exactly like what it showed in pictures (website) ! This is the first time I felt that pictures did bluff me. FRA is enormous with 1100 hectare! It doesn't look like a small park. With a short tour guide by our TN managers, all of us have the general ideas toward this area.

Plants, animals, bugs and reptitles.. I'm in the forest now! I remember one of my friends do tell me this, please take care yourself! Don't let the bear have the chance to bite u.. =.=lll  Oh Nate... So this was the first day when I went to FRA.

The next day, a tedious day to me! Well, we need to know the trails in FRA, at least we need to walk every trails for once!

Map of the FRA

First trail for us was the longest trail! From Brave Man Trail to Banyan Trail to Scenery Trail! It required 3 hours ++ to finish, for a normal man. But for us, 1 guy, 1 girl and 1 auntie, we took 4 hours ++ to complete it! Well, I should declare that Guo jie and I were the one who move the slowest! You can't let an old woman alone, am I right? XD.. So with this longest trail I ever had, my legs' muscle pain for 3 days! Maybe I should train myself for the other trails before it is too late!

Okay, finish crapping, let's share some thoughts toward FRA. During the long journey, again I found myself fall in love with Jhihben or Taitung. This place is so beautiful! With intact mountains and coastline, you dare not to destroy anything over there. That is so sinful if you really did.

Love the nature with your bare hand. Do not throw the rubbish in the mountain or any places. Pick rubbish up whenever you saw it on the trail. Our mother nature is calling for us, to preserve and conserve our beloved Earth.

by Lala

我的第一次！My very first time!

什麽，第一次？！對啊，這是我第一次獨自出國，第一次完全靠自己一個人，第一次我來到台灣！也很好玩的是這將會是使用交通工具最多的一次旅程哦~ 飛機，公車，遊覽車，火車，私家車，腳踏車和11號公車（就我的雙腳嘛！嘻嘻~）

                                             第一次搭六個小時的火車！台東，我來咯~

　　　　　　　　　　　        6 hours journey from Taipei to Taitung!

到了台東后，我真的是超級的累啊！所以一飽肚子后就去找周公下棋咯~

然後，第二天，還以為這將會是我最後一天的玩樂的一天，我和同伴們到鹿野高臺，小野柳以及夜市逛逛！也因為這一趟短短的路程，我發現我愛上台東了。。

                                       這是我的同伴們！感謝他們陪伴我從台北到台東~

                                       The buddies that I knew in Taiwan, so glad to know them

                                                             and appreciate their helps!

                            很像仙境對吧？高山，綠意，清爽的風，是否你也愛上了它

                                             Green grass, breezy～ Start to love this place～

                                             綺麗奇岩怪石，是不是也讓你嘆為觀止呢?

                                     Weird but beautiful rocks! Amazing with the nature artworks! 

小聲的告訴你們哦，這隻是一小部份哦！後面還有更多美得不像話的風景。。真的是想移民來台東了。

诗慧著
Hehe.. this is the first blog with Mandarin and English version that I ever had! Besides this is my very first time to travel alone, settle myself in an unfamiliar place and travel with different kind of transport within this 2 months! Feel so lucky that I chose to join this intern project, will never feel regret after this!

I reached Taiwan earlier than the date of project to be started. The more days you stay in an unfamiliar place mean you will spend more! This really happened to me.. Poor wallet.

Anyway, before I started my intern, I went to Luye GaoTai and Xiao YeLiu which you can take the public bus with a little money to reach there! This is suitable for those who would like to have short but relax trip! So if anyone want to reach there and need information, please do not hesitate to ask me! Though I might not know everything about them, will try to figure out for  you～ ^^

Erm, my first post, it doesn't relate anything to my work, right?　Don't worry, there will be a lot to share after this! Stay tune!

by Lala