“Seeing Life,” a biodiversity exhibition featuring photos of Shenzhen plants and animals, opened at Guan Shanyue Art Museum on Tuesday.
缤纷的生命，遍布深圳的每一个角落。它们形态万千的躯体、斑斓奇异的色彩、变幻多端的生长历程；它们猎食的技能、吸引和俘获配偶的手法、保护和养育儿女的智慧；它们在喧闹拥挤的都市里，身怀绝技却低调隐忍的选择……都似乎在证明：形形色色的生命，其实是隐居在我们身边的“外星人”。
你想看看他们吗？来看见生命：深圳第一次展示本土生物多样性的影像展吧。
The exhibition is curated by the museum’s head Chen Xiangbo and Shenzhen author Nan Zhaoxu. “There are more than 20,000 species of animals and hybrids of plants in Shenzhen,” said Nan. “The biodiversity of our planet, our country and Shenzhen is beyond our imagination. In your residential community, if you grab a handful of soil and put it under a microscope, you can see a lively world. Thousands of bacteria are hustling and bustling.”
深圳不仅仅是澎湃活力的经济之都、多样包容的移民之城，还是万物共生的家园。生长在深圳的动植物物种接近2万种，是中国物种多样性最丰富的都市之一。
Arothron hispidus 腹纹叉鼻鲀
From North China’s Shanxi Province, Nan was an American and European literature teacher at Shanxi University. After moving to Shenzhen in 1989, he founded his own publishing and documentary production company, Yuezhong Cultural Transmission Co. With a passion for Shenzhen, Nan wrote two books on the city’s history, “The Shenzhen Memory (1949-2009)” and “Behind the Old Files of Shenzhen.” As an avid lover of photography and nature, he also wrote a few books on Shenzhen’s nature, extolling the beauty of Shenzhen’s wildlife and emphasizing that humans are very much a part of it.
《深圳自然读本》的作者南兆旭写道：在我们这颗星球上，在我们这片国土中，在我们这个城市里，生命的多样远远超过了我们想象。即使在小区的花圃抓起一捧褐色的泥土，摊开在显微镜下，你也会看到一个热闹的集市，菌丝、藻类、线虫、螨和上千种细菌都在忙碌，都在竭尽全力地让自己活得精彩。
Hypsauchertia chinensis 高冠角蝉
He believes that a city’s history is not only to be found in decades-old buildings or files in museums, but also lies in nature. By organizing countless events for children, Nan hopes to share Shenzhen’s ecological and environmental changes with locals. “Between ‘home’ and ‘nation,’ there is a ‘homeland’ for every one of us,” said Nan in an earlier interview. “My point is to let locals know that Shenzheners are living in such a beautiful place rich in different species. Please love and protect our homeland.”
“关注、了解、仁爱所有的生命，其实，救赎的是我们自己的肉体、精神和灵魂。但愿这个展览能为大家打开一扇发现之门，更多地了解我们的家园深圳，更多地关心，呵护、爱惜多样的生命。”
Kaloula pulchra 花狭口蛙
Dates: Until Aug. 20
Hours:9 a.m.-5 p.m., closed Mondays
Venue:Guan Shanyue Art Museum, 6026 Hongli Road, Futian District (福田区红荔路6026号关山月美术馆)
Metro:Line 3 or 4, Children’s Palace Station (少年宫站), Exit B
Source/ Shenzhen Daily Editor/ Cao Zhen
WeChat editors/ Doria, Jane
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