《美丽中国》是第一部表现中国野生动植物和自然人文景观的大型电视纪录片，是中国中央电视台（CCTV）和英国广播公司（BBC）第一次联合摄制的作品。
影片从长江以南的稻米之乡开始，到酷热的西双版纳雨林，极寒的珠穆朗玛峰，中国的标志长城，中华文化发源地黄河流域以及蜿蜒曲折的1.8万公里海岸线等。
《美丽中国》曾荣获第30届“艾美奖新闻与纪录片大奖”最佳自然历史纪录片摄影奖、最佳剪辑奖和最佳音乐与音效奖。
来源：CGTN
Bamboo has been cultivated and utilized in China for thousands of years at least.在中国 竹子至少已有数千年的栽培和利用历史。
And it is possibly one of the Chinese people most cherished plants.而且它可能是中国人最偏爱的植物之一。
There is a bamboo forest in Sichuan Province in Southwest China.在中国西南部的四川省有一片竹的森林。
Hundreds of millions of bamboos cover 27 mountains and more than 500 peaks.数以亿计的竹子覆盖了27条峻岭500多座峰峦。
The Bamboo Sea in Southern Sichuan is the largest natural bamboo forest in the world.蜀南竹海是世界上集中面积最大的天然竹林。
It is said that there are 428 kinds of bamboos here.据说这里共有428种竹子。
Among them, the Nan Bamboo, or phyllostachys pubescens, grows the fastest.其中生长最快的是楠竹。
They cover more than 47 thousand square kilometers of the mountain side.它们覆盖了约4.7万平方公里的山地。
And they are able to grow from shoots to mature bamboo in just 40 days and grow into woods within four years.40天就能从竹笋长成竹子4年即可成材。
Bamboo is the most rare renewable resource in the mountainous areas.正是山区最难得的可再生资源。
They are surrounded by cloud all year round.这里常年云雾缭绕。
In summer, you can see green everywhere, and in winter, everything turns white.夏天满目翠绿隆冬一片银白。
There is bamboo scenery mountains and rivers, lakes, ancient temples, as well as countless streams overflowing from this bamboo sea.竹景 山水 湖泊 古庙还有无数的溪流从竹海中溢出。
These streams tumble from cliff edges, creating a magnificent scene.于高耸的悬崖边飞流直下激荡人心。
Deep in the bamboo forest, in the coves surrounded by mountains, there is a crystal-clear lake called the "Sea within the Sea".竹林深处群山环抱着的山坳里有个清澈的湖泊名叫海中海。
Only by taking a bamboo raft and floating in the waves, can you perhaps truly appreciate this wonderful green world.于清波荡漾之中或许只有乘上竹筏去细细品味这个满眼绿色的世界才更得其妙。长按识别二维码可关注该微信公众平台
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