BBC中国故事第三集盛世中华 Part14 南宋--中华文明在杭州重生

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[00:01.25]MUSIC AND SINGING And so the patient and long-suffering Chinese people set out once more, as they have so often, to rebuild, refusing to give up on the Song dream.坚韧且饱受困苦岁月的中国人再次上路，一如既往的进行重建，拒不放弃宋朝光复的梦想。
[00:14.21]And it was here in the South in the 12th century that Chinese civilisation was reborn, in what we call the Southern Song.在公元12世纪的南方，中华文明又重生了，我们称之为南宋。
[00:25.87]Up to this point, the South has been politically, and to some degree economically, somewhat more peripheral to the North, 到目前为止，南方不论在政治上，某种程度还在经济上都比北方差一些，
[00:31.63]but now it's the moment when that completely changes.但现在正是需要完全改变的时候了。
[00:39.65]More and more people are settling in the South, more and more commerce and so on is developing in the South, and the economy booms.越来越多的人定居在南方，越来越多的贸易在南方开展起来，经济繁荣起来。
[00:50.58]China is, in a sense, moving.从某种意义上来说，中国在转移。
[00:51.79]It's moving from this very northern orientation, a northern east-west orientation, 从以北方为中心到以东西偏北为中心，
[00:56.77]to a much more compact southeastern orientation that tends to be how we think of China now.再转移到更集中的以东南为中心，即我们所看到今天的中国。
[01:06.74]The site they chose for the new capital was a then-unimportant place called Hangzhou, standing on the West Lake, one of China's loveliest spots.他们选出的新首都的所在地是当时并非重地的杭州，它坐落于西湖边，是中国最为迷人的地区之一。
[01:18.79]The Chinese have a proverb - in heaven there is paradise, but here on Earth there are Suzhou and Hangzhou.中国有句谚语--上有天堂，下有苏杭。
[01:27.56]In fact, the story goes Hangzhou was chosen because of the beauty of its landscape.事实上，传说中选择杭州是因为其秀美的风景。
[01:31.78]And here they set out to recreate the lost city of dreams.在这里，他们开始重建梦中失去的城市。
[01:38.24]There's a wonderful Chinese description from that time, 有一段描述当时情景的文字，
[01:40.65]which gives you a sense of the landscape that has enchanted Chinese poets and painters for more than a thousand years.你会感到一千多年来美丽的风景一直让中国诗人和画家赞叹不已。
[01:47.72]Like a camera panning along the horizon from the blue grey hills, across the tranquil surface of the lake, and there where the landscape flattens, 像是从蓝灰色山上拍摄的地平线风景，越过平静的湖面，是一派平川景色，
[01:57.43]glittering like fish scales, the brightly glazed tiles of a myriad rooftops.如同鱼鳞闪烁的是无数屋顶上明亮的瓦片。
[02:06.22]Here, there was every single conceivable amenity of civilisation.这里有每一个可想象的文明仪式。
[02:17.25]So in Hangzhou, Song civilisation was restored - from the people's culture to practical government.在杭州，宋朝的文明恢复了--从大众文化到政府政权。
[02:25.71]There were fire stations and hospitals, old people's homes - and even dance pavilions.有消防队、医院、养老院--甚至是舞厅。
[02:34.76]When the Italian Marco Polo came here in the 13th century, he called it the best city on earth.当意大利人马可波罗13世纪来到这里，他称其为世界上最美丽的城市。
[02:43.32]There were shops selling beauty products, make-up and face cream, eyeliner, false hair.商店里有销售美容产品、化妆品、雪花膏、眼线膏和假发。
[02:51.12]And if shopping in Hangzhou hadn't worn you out, you could repair to teashops or wine bars or storytelling houses or huge public theatres.如果在杭州购物后你还有力气，可以去茶室或是酒吧，或者听说书人说书或是去大型的戏院听戏。
[03:01.10]And if that wasn't enough, at the end of the evening you could go to fabulously appointed, exclusive hostess bars 如果那还不够，到了深夜，你可以去传说中可以预约的独一无二的青楼酒肆，
[03:08.42]where the most famous courtesans of the time would serenade you with beautiful music - there was even a gay club!那里有当时著名的妓女为你带来美妙的音乐，甚至还有同性恋俱乐部！

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BBC中国故事 第三集 盛世中华 Part14 南宋--中华文明在杭州重生

BBC中国故事第三集盛世中华 Part14 南宋--中华文明在杭州重生