水漾森林 / Forest in Water: Beautiful Decay

一九九九年九月二十一日的深夜裡，大地撕裂撼動怒吼，隨之而來的地震波粉碎許多人、事、物，改變台灣的面貌，亦帶出台灣人的善良。水漾森林就誕生在這動盪的黑夜，那夜不但生成許多堰塞湖，瀑布，日月潭到霧峰一帶也沉降2公分到26公分。
In September 21, 1999 a deadly 7.6 Mw earthquake strikes Taiwan killed more than 2000 people. This quake became known as the Chi-Chi earthquake. Quake lakes, waterfalls and massive landslides were everywhere after the night. Area in Central Taiwan such as Sun Moon Lake and Wushe had subsided about 2 to 26 cm from its original elevation. This Beautiful Decay was born in such an environment.

↑水漾森林一偶。A part of the forest.
進入水漾森林通常是從杉林溪或豐山這兩處地方，其中杉林溪的入口位於森林生態渡假園區"仁亭"旁，豐山則由行豐吊橋經千人洞由石鼓盤溪進入水漾。 People usually go the forest via SunLinkSea(There are no sea.) or Fongshan Village. The entry point in SunLinkSea is easier to find than in Fongshan, but you need to buy a ticket.
↑夕陽將水面染成金黃。At sunset.
雖然從杉林溪進入水樣的路徑隨處可見登山布條，但途中的叉路仍可能造成迷路。而從杉林溪到水漾的路又可分為兩條，其一翻過鹿屈山，另一主要沿著舊林道。經由鹿屈山的路徑較明顯，但垂直落差較大，林道部分路徑被芒草堆淹沒，但垂直落差較小。
Follow the marks, they will show you the way to the Forest. But be careful, there are two trails that will lead you to the Forest and the others will bring you into deep mountains. After about 10km you will reach the Forest. The difference between the trail passes the Mt. and the trail mainly follow established tree road is in the change in elevation and easy to recognize. The former path have less change in elevation but are relatively hard to recognize.

↑登山口滿滿的布條。The colorful marks in front of the entry point in SunLinkSea.

↑清晨的陽光灑落在湖面。The dawn, the sunshine through the mist.

↑仍然站立的枯木。The dead trees still stand up straight.

↑深夜。Deep night.
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