岁末将至，敬颂冬绥
平安喜乐，万事胜意
北方的冬天白雪皑皑，
万物开始凋零，
但昆明的冬天依旧如春天绚烂。
枫树红似晚霞，
银杏灿烂温暖，
还有如朝阳的锈色水杉...
昆明冬天极致的美，
就藏在斑驳树叶里。
Known as “the spring city,” Kunming is located in the temperate monsoon humid climate zone with a long duration of sunshine. While the winter snow and ice cover the ground in northern China, Kunming is still comfortable without being too cold in the winter. With the winter sun pouring golden rays over red maple trees, yellow Ginko trees, and dawn redwood forests, Kunming begins to show its charm.
甸尾水杉湿地的清晨，
水面云遮雾罩，烟波渺渺，
晨曦薄雾之中，
远山如黛，近水含烟。
锈红色的水杉与薄雾、树影、
飞鸟、湖波、朝阳..
相映成趣，
俨然一幅水墨画。
Early winter is the best season to view the dawn redwood forests in Dianwei village. The wetland of dawn redwood is clad in mist in the early morning while the migratory birds skim over the lake, leaving beautiful ripples on its surface. The morning sunlight shone through the trees, mist, and the lake, making the Dianwei wetland park an astonishing ink painting.
晨曦之下，
朝阳的光波透过树梢，
悠悠的洒落在锈红色的水杉树叶上。
从空中眺望，
层林尽染，湖水如碧，
郁郁葱葱的水杉如宝石般散落在水面。
水杉林犹如画屏，
分布各异的林带呈现层次分明的颜色。
On the dawn redwood trees, the leaves are rusty red in the passing gleam of sunshine, and the first color of winter appears in their bark. Seen from above, the colorful dawn redwoods together with the green lakes resemble an astonishing oil painting, which adds a splash of color to nature.
水杉，
树形高大挺直，树姿优美
春夏青绿，秋冬红火，
具有极高的观赏价值。
同时对涵养水土、净化水体
和保护生态的良好作用。
The dawn redwood is a true conifer, its needles change color and are shed in autumn. It grows quite fast and can easily reach a very tall height. The dawn redwood could conserve soil, water, and headwater as well as improve the ecological environment. The tall and straight trees will once again grace our landscapes.
水杉是一种古老的植物，
是世界上珍稀的孑遗植物，
被学者们称作“植物活化石”。
约在1亿多年前的白垩纪就已经存在，
且曾在北半球广泛分布，
但是在第四纪冰川期后，
因气候变冷几乎灭绝。
The dawn redwood was discovered in the Cretaceous stratum dated to around a hundred million years ago. It was widely distributed in the Northern Hemisphere. Before its discovery, the taxon was believed that with the arrival of the Quaternary Ice Age, the climate in Europe and Asia turned extremely cold, thus the Sequoia became extinct, so when it was discovered extant, it was heralded as a "living fossil".
水杉的发现，
被认为是中国现代植物学的重要成就之一，
它对于古植物、古气候、古地理和地质学，
以及植物形态学、
分类学和裸子植物系统发育的
研究均有重要的意义，
受到国际植物学界的广泛关注，
为中国植物学走向世界开辟了道路。
The discovery of dawn redwood trees is one of the important achievements of modern botany in China, which have profound impacts on the development of Palaeobotany, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeogeography, Phytomorphology, Geology, Plant taxonomy, as well as Phylogeny of gymnosperms. The trees play a crucial role in international reinstatement and conservation, which symbolizes the Chinese modern botany’s missions of international conservation, education, and research.
昆明甸尾水杉湿地，
种植水杉约16252株，
用于加强对湿地和水源区的保护。
这片水杉湿地位于滇池上游，
是昆明松华坝水库的重要发源地，
也是昆明主要饮用水源地区。
The wetland is located at the Songhuaba water source reserve, also the upper reaches of the Dianchi Lake. Songhuaba water source reserve is the main drinking water source of Kunming City. Ecological remediation measures have been implemented for many years in this area to protect the environment, of which 16,252 dawn redwood trees were planted.
甸尾水杉湿地，
已到了最佳的观赏期。
一棵棵高大宝塔形的水杉，
披着红色的盛装，
错落有致地生长在水中，
宛如一幅油画，
属于春城的浪漫，
已在冬天悄悄蔓延……
In early winter this beautiful tree in Dianwei Wetland takes on a glorious sun-touched look as its foliage turns to shades of orange and brown before dropping. The dawn redwood trees have a tall and symmetrical cone shape, which was interspersed in the water, resembling a beautiful oil painting and showing the unique romance of Kunming.
出行小贴士
昆明甸尾村昆明主城区40公里，车程约50分钟
自驾：导航搜索“甸尾村”即可达到；
停车：进入村庄后，请根据“停车场”指示牌规范停放车辆。
特别提示：甸尾村属于昆明松华坝水源保护区，请文明赏景。
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