太鲁阁 (Taroko Gorge)

据说，台湾是400万年前，欧亚大陆板块与菲律宾海洋板块相互撞击，剧烈的地壳变动，使地层急剧上升而形成的岛屿。

来到太鲁阁国家公园，目睹了此地独特的地形与岩石，和人工开拓却不失其自然风貌的道路，步道，桥梁，庙宇等，大开眼界之遗，心境也顿时开朗起来，虽然背着不轻的背包，却一点也不觉得累。

太鲁阁国家公园范围极为广大，因为时间关系，我们只参观了长春飞瀑与砂卡礑步道(Shakadang Trail)一带九牛一毛的风景，不能尽兴而归。

相片中红桥（图一）左边有一座阶梯，往下走就到达砂卡礑步道的入口（ 图二）。在步道中行走，沿途可观赏左边幽美的峡谷河床，及右边和头上的岩石壁（图三）。这里的溪水清澈蔚蓝（图四），令人有下去嬉水的冲动。

长春飞瀑是長春祠与飞流而下的山水所构成的景色（图五），位于青山绿水间的长春祠，是为了纪念修筑中横公路的殉难者而建的。从弥陀岩（图六）前往長春祠的台阶中途，有座观音洞（图七），洞内有观音石佛及横贯公路的施工全图。古色古香的長春祠周围，有亭子石阶与山上流下的泉水（图八）。

As a nature lover, Taroko Gorge National Park is one of the places in Taiwan that I appreciate best. Unfortunately due to time constraint, we only managed to visit very few places of the national park. Below is some brief introduction of the photos taken around the place.

At one end of the red bridge (photo 1), there is a staircase that leads us down to the entrance of the Shakadang trail (photo 2). This trail is built along the river cliff so travelers can easily observe both the rock folds and plant ecosystem beside in the river valley (photo 3). The pool with clear blue water here is so enchanting (photo 4) I feel like going down for a swim.

The Eternal Spring Shrine and the waterfall (photo 5) present a scenic view to visitors. Near to the Amithaba Rock (photo 6), there is a Guanyin Cave (photo 7) built to commemorate the 226 personnel (military veterans) who died during the construction of the Central Cross-Island Highway. At the surrounding of the Eternal Spring Shrine, there are some nicely built shelters, stairs and natural stream of water (photo 8) that flows down from the mountain.