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Feathered Blessings: Birds in Chinese Culture 中國畫裡的深情鳥語

Superfoods of the Longest-Living People 超級食材揭長壽祕辛

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The Elegance of the Kayak: Craftsman Kiliii Yuyan

駕一葉扁舟悟文化底蘊——赫哲族的皮划艇

A Passion to Serve the Greater Good: Creative Art Director Jane Jin 築夢華裔青年Jane Jin 談廣告創意之用

National Parks: Tips for Camping

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The Jeweled Birds of South America The Hummingbird as muse in the works of Martin Johnson Heade

南美瑰寶點睛之筆 ——馬丁· 約翰遜· 海德筆下的蜂鳥

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養蜂之必要：蜜蜂保育對生態與糧食供應的影響

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寫最受歡迎的授粉者——蜜蜂，一起探究這些勤奮採蜜的小生物對生態系統的影響。再微小的生命之於這大自然，都扮演著至關重要的角色，讓我們始終對自然萬物抱持著感激之情。除了蜜蜂，夏日也是美麗的蜂鳥活躍的季節。美加地區，很多人家會在庭院放置「奶瓶」，加入人工糖水，款待這些可愛的造訪者。本期藝術專題，收錄美國著名畫家馬丁 · 約翰遜 · 海德（Martin Johnson Heade）筆下細緻的蜂鳥繪畫，從藝術角度帶各位一同欣賞，這定格的豔美羽色下，靈動的生機。而美麗的鳥兒在中國繪畫作品中，實則藏有諸多綿長的美意。六月在西方的禮俗中，是個特別適合祝願新婚的時節，因此本刊聚焦中國傳統文化中，象徵婚姻美好的鳥兒，從東方視角品賞這飛羽下的文化符碼。此外，五月是亞裔及環太平洋島族的傳統文化月（Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month），本期專訪文章，寫赫哲族華裔美國人，《國家地理雜誌》資深攝影師Kiliii Yuyan，他繼承了古老手藝，製作純手工的皮划艇（Kayak），分享這古老工藝蘊藏的智慧與狩獵哲學，承順著水流，感受自然的律動。

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Super foods of the Longest-Living People

長壽祕訣——超級食物篇 By Julie Daniluk

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Food makes a big difference, but supercentenarians around the world have similar healthy habits 大千世界，無奇不有，食物中也蘊藏著萬種乾坤。話雖如此，不同國家的「超級」百歲老人卻有著相似的飲食習慣。

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o you want to live to be 110? You might be surprised by how many people are reluctant to answer that question with enthusiasm. Many fear their final decade will be full of pain. So a better angle would be to focus on one’s health span rather than life span. What if you could live to be 110 with vitality, purpose, and happiness? Why do some people thrive well past 100 years of age, with mobility, mental clarity, and energy, while others have their light snuffed out too soon? A supercentenarian is someone who has lived to their 110th birthday or beyond. Jeanne Calment of France still holds the record as having the longest confirmed human lifespan, of 122 years, 164 days. Remarkably, nearly all people who live this long are free of major age-related diseases like dementia, type 2 diabetes, or autoimmune disease. When they pass away, they often go peacefully, during a nap, for example. Is it luck? Genes? Or do they have habits that we can adopt that could lead us to this kind of graceful aging? As a holistic nutritionist and anti-inflammatory expert, I have spent my life seeking answers to this question, and the answer is a resounding yes.

你想活到110歲嗎？令人驚訝的是，很多人的回答是否定的，他們不願如風中殘燭，在病痛中走完最後的歲月。因此，與其衡量一個人生命的長度，不如關注他健康的品質。如果你能精神矍鑠地活到110歲，既不移白首之心，又享天倫之樂，你的答案會是什麼呢？為什麼有些人到了一百多歲，仍然行動敏捷、頭腦清晰、不失風采，而有些老人的生活早已黯淡無光了呢？「超級」百歲老人指活到 110 歲及以上的長者。法國的 Jeanne Calment 女士是迄今為止世上最長壽的老人，她活了 122 年又 164 天。值得注意的是，幾乎所有的超級百歲老人都沒有患上常見的老年疾病，如失智症、第二型糖尿病和自身免疫性疾病，他們往往是在睡夢中安詳辭世的。這一發現是巧合嗎？是基因導致的嗎？安享晚年的超級百歲老人有沒有值得我們借鑑的生活習慣？身為營養學家兼消炎專家，我一生都在追尋他們長壽的祕訣，而我的答案是肯定的。長壽冠軍的生活習慣我們選擇的生活方式對壽命長短的影響最為關鍵，這一發現可能與基因論恰恰相反。國家地理探險家、《藍色地帶》作者Dan Buettner曾走訪世界各地，總結出了身體健康的百歲老人在生活習慣上有何相同之處。最長壽的人們居住在如下地區：希臘伊卡利亞島、日本沖繩縣、意大利撒丁島的奧格利亞斯特拉地區、美國加州的洛馬琳達及哥斯達黎加的尼克亞半島。在介紹長壽老人的日常飲食之前，我們先回顧一下他們共通的生活習慣。 │17

宋緙絲文石錦雞軸 Rainbow Pheasant, anonymous, Song Dynasty. A pair of golden pheasants frolick among pomegranates, lilies, hollyhock, and other flowers beside a lake. The golden pheasants and the flowers symbolize eternity and everlasting love, making this painting best-suited for wedding celebrations.

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FEATHERED BLESSINGS Birds in Chinese Culture: Symbols of Fidelity 禽鳥報喜「畫」外之音 ——中國畫裡的深情鳥語

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n the traditional Chinese idiom, the following images often symbolize a perfect marriage: a lute and zither playing in harmony, flowers blooming under the full moon, dragons soaring and phoenixes prancing, mandarin ducks playing in water, and swallows and nightingales flying in pairs. These symbols are inspired by objects in nature, among which bird-related analogies are the most common. Such admiration of the creatures dates back millennia, as birds were believed to herald good luck. Bird-and-flower paintings (“hua niao hua”) are one of the three major genres of Chinese painting, and chirping birds are typically used to convey the painter's earnest wishes.

琴瑟和鳴、花好月圓、龍騰鳳翔、鴛鴦比翼、燕鶯成對 ⋯⋯ 琳琅滿目的新婚祝詞裡，充滿著生動活潑的意象，能見蟲鳥飛禽、時而花果樂器。從中國託物言志的傳統來看，這些比喻其來有自，多從自然萬物的蘊理衍生發揮，其中以鳥類的比喻最為常見。中國傳統文化裡，許多鳥類帶有吉祥的寓意，特別適合用於喜慶祝賀。這或許與形塑千年的崇鳥文化有關，遠自上古時期，龍鳳、玄鵬已在神話傳說中占有一席之地。中國傳統寄情於鳥的特殊情懷，非三言兩語能道盡。而作為中國三大國畫的「花鳥畫」中，亦時常描繪相關主題，不僅寫意，更傳遞了深刻的期盼與祝福，茲舉最為經典的幾例，一同欣賞那於歇於枝梢、花下，美豔靈動的鳥兒們，藏有哪些綿長的美意⋯⋯ 來自五彩神鳥的高貴祝福

NOBLE BLESSINGS FROM A SACRED BIRD The phoenix (“fenghuang”), a sacred bird from ancient days and regarded as the king of birds, is considered the noblest emblem for grand weddings. Married couples sharing in the ebb and flow of each other's lives are compared to male and female phoenixes flying in blessed harmony. In Shuowen Jiezi, an ancient Chinese dictionary from the Han Dynasty, the phoenix is said to appear only in places blessed with utmost peace, auspiciousness, and fortune. According to the dictionary, the phoenix has the breast of a goose, the back of a tiger, the neck of a snake, the tail of a fish, the surface texture of a dragon,

帶有神祕色彩的上古神鳥，且歷來被譽為百鳥之王的鳳凰，在莊嚴、盛大的結婚典禮之上，自然是最好的祝福，如「鸞鳳和鳴」、「鳳凰于飛」，用來比喻夫婦相伴而行，和睦共處。根據《淮南子 · 墬形訓》記載，「羽嘉生飛龍，飛龍生鳳皇，鳳皇生鸞鳥，鸞鳥生庶鳥」，羽嘉為飛禽之遠祖，龍生鳳，鳳生鸞，三者關係如此。起初鳳凰二字，有雌雄之別，因而象徵夫妻。然而，古時帝王被尊為「龍」，「鳳」遂成為皇后嬪妃的象徵。因此，鳳凰原有的雌雄之意逐漸式微，鳳凰的女性形象深植人心。在東漢許慎所著的《說文解字》中，「鳳」的釋意為「神鳥」。據諸多古籍，能見此鳥天下安寧，「鳳凰之翔至德也」，就是祥瑞之兆。關於其型態的描述，大多都是： │25

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THE ELEGANCE OF THE KAYAK Craftsman Kiliii Yuyan reveals what this humble boat can teach us 駕一葉扁舟，悟文化底蘊：赫哲族的皮划艇 By Savannah Howe Photography by Kiliii Yuyan

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If you hunt something, how can you love it? How can you both love an animal and hunt it?” These words of National Geographic photographer and indigenous kayak craftsman Kiliii Yuyan reverberated in my mind when I floated down the Cedar River in Iowa on my last kayak trip of the past year. It was late October, just after 7 a.m., and dense mist hovered above the water, reluctant to let dawn give in to day. The wind that rattled near-naked tree limbs was brisk. Just a few months earlier, I had made this same float with thighs burning under the sun. My kayak is a humble vessel, 10 feet of yellow polyethylene purchased at a big-box outdoors store, and was currently the only thing separating me from a polar plunge. While this was not something I’d ever been particularly aware of in any of my countless prior kayak trips, Yuyan made me painfully conscious of a kayaker’s vulnerable position: With me being mostly submerged in the vessel and the vessel being mostly submerged in the water, who’s to say where the boat, the river, and I all began and ended? From somewhere beyond the bank, a mourning dove cooed. And in a shallow portion a few dozen yards ahead, a deer crashed through the water, hustling to the other side. At the sight of the doe, I was reminded, again, of Yuyan’s questions to me a few days earlier. Can you love something that you hunt, that you kill? Can you respect it? Do you think the animal giving its life to you respects you?

去年最後一次皮划艇之旅是在十月底，早晨七點多，我沿著愛荷華州的錫達河漂流，秋意漸濃，黎明的曙光還未揭去夜幕的輕紗，河面濃霧瀰漫，岸邊枯枝搖曳作響。就在幾個月前，划著皮划艇旅行時，我的腿還曬得火辣辣的，但現在鼻子凍得通紅，只能蜷縮在羊毛衫裡，靠著保溫壺裡咖啡冒出的熱氣取暖。此時，Kiliii Yuyan 的一番話在我耳邊迴響：「你會捕殺你喜歡的動物嗎？如果你很喜歡動物，你又怎麼忍心殺牠呢？」Yuyan 是《國家地理》雜誌的攝影師，亦是一名獨木舟工匠。我的皮划艇比較簡陋，10 英尺長，聚乙烯材質，是在一家大型戶外用品商店購買的。此刻風雨交加，灰色的浪花拍打著船身，要是沒有這皮划艇，我可能早就跌入河下。在 Yuyan 提醒我之前，我從未意識到划艇者有多麼脆弱——我坐在皮划艇裡，艇身幾乎都浸在水面下，誰知道河流、船與我是從哪裡來，要到哪裡去呢？岸邊不遠處有隻哀鴿咕咕叫著，前方淺水區，一隻小鹿匆匆趟過水面，跑到對岸去。這時，我再次想起 Yuyan 前幾天的問題——你忍心獵殺你喜歡的動物嗎？你如果尊重牠，你還會殺牠嗎？被你殺掉的生命會尊重你嗎？微小而偉大古老皮划艇工藝 Yuyan住在西雅圖，是赫哲族（Nanai）華裔美國人，赫哲族是西伯利亞地區的民族。幾十年前，Yuyan的父母為躲避中國的共產主義革命逃至美國，這段經歷令他母親深感恐懼，怕因背景不同顯得格格不入，帶來嚴重的後果。因此，Yuyan童年時期，對流淌在血液裡的民族文化，幾乎一無所知，只從奶奶的隻言片語裡聽過些許故事。長大後，Yuyan逐漸了解赫哲族的風俗和底蘊，學會了捕魚、打獵、鞣製鹿皮、編織籃子及陶藝，

SMALL BUT MIGHTY Yuyan, a resident of Seattle, is Chinese-American and Nanai-American. The Nanai are an indigenous people native to Siberia. His parents were immigrants to the United States, fleeing the communist revolution in China. With a mother who was fearful of the consequences of being different, Yuyan spent his childhood years ignorant of his indigenous heritage, only catching glimpses of his background when Grandma would

其中一項習俗已在全世界發揚光大，至今保留著土著海洋航行的傳統，那就是製造獨木舟的工藝。獨木舟曾是土著人相互聯繫的重要工具，在外出行及捕獵都要靠它。Yuyan 說：「眾多北方民族的文化都與獨木舟有很深的淵源。」Yuyan 所說的皮划艇（愛斯基摩輕艇），和我這種批量生產的塑膠船截然不同，他是按照古代北極和亞北極土著人（由亞洲和西伯利亞遷徙到今阿拉斯加北部和加拿大）的方式製作，以便在刺骨的冰河裡航行捕獵。這種製作工藝已流傳了四千多年：把白樺樹枝捆在一起，打一個手工結，再用海豹皮包起來，這樣獨木舟就「所向披靡」了。當時的土著人以航海打獵為生，而在北

Left page: “A lot of different northern cultures have powerful ties and spiritual relationships with kayaks,” Yuyan said. He follows 4,000-year-old methods to assemble kayaks, creating a vessel capable of going where others cannot.

極地區，如果不幸船翻了，如果不能在半分鐘內扶正坐穩，人就必死無疑。皮划艇當時是最先進的發明，象徵著本土技術的巔峰。Yuyan 表示：「造這種傳統的船並

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The kayak is flexible, so one of the coolest things about traditional kayaks is that you feel things from underneath—like ocean life. It’s one of my favorite experiences.”

“You can feel the change in pressure as they dart back and forth,” Yuyan said. “The kayak is flexible, so one of the coolest things about traditional kayaks is that you feel things from underneath—like ocean life. It’s one of my favorite experiences.” With a nickname like “killer whale,” it’s easy to be afraid of the orca, but Yuyan says he can feel their playful energy. After all, he has his partner, lifeline, and protector—his kayak. It weighs less than 30 pounds, contains no metal or electronics, and can outlast fiberglass under the brute force of ocean waves. Boats like his are used to hunt bowhead whales in Alaska; they are covered with seal skin and sewn together with caribou sinew. The vessels connect dozens of people: seal hunters, seal skinners, caribou hunters, sinew twiners, women who sew the skins together, and whalers. “Every step along the way, there’s a direct connection with the land, a direct connection that goes back to requiring you to be out on the land, having a relationship with these animals,” he said. Traditions teach us lessons. They bring us full circle back to our relationships with each other and other creatures. The kayak made in a man’s shop rather than a company’s factory teaches us that even though we hunt animals to sustain ourselves, we should also be caring for them at the same time. Yuyan’s response to the question about love and respect is, “How can you possibly hunt for something if you don’t love it?” Indigenous hunters, for example, collect goose eggs out of nests, but they also dig moats around the nests to protect the remaining eggs from arctic foxes. The hunters take life, and they also protect it.

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At the center of this ancient relationship is the kayak, lost in Alaskan native practice over the last century as motors and modern boats took the lead, but making a comeback through efforts like Yuyan’s. He builds the vessels with only his two hands, but 4,000 years of knowledge are behind him. “I’m bringing the kayak back by teaching Iñupiat teenagers how to build them in school. We’ll lash those frames together, strong and light. We’ll sew bearded sealskins around them,” Yuyan once wrote in a blog post in Filson Journal. “We’ll bring those kayaks to life just as they did in the old days, before aluminum and gasoline. We’ll take part in the cycle of Native tradition, passing forward our knowledge the way it’s been done since the beginning. In this way, our stories live on.”

The animals decide if they want to surrender to the hunt based on how beautiful your kayak is and how well you sing. Following ancestral traditions, Yuyan sings to the orcas. _Unsplash/Bart van meele

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A PASSION TO SERVE THE GREATER GOOD Creative Art Director Jane Jin 築夢華裔青年 Jane Jin 談廣告創意之用 By Cora Wang

ith advancements in digital tools, people have more avenues for accessing information. However, in China, under the strict media censorship, people cannot access the truth. A group of art directors in Germany came up with a design-driven campaign using typography—True Type Freedom. The design has the Chinese characters 自由門 for ”freedom gate” at its base. The designers created a series of typography designs that make use of homophonic words in the Chinese language. There are over 160 combinations of different types of “freedom” graphics that can be saved as graphic posters online. When saving the JPEG and opening the image as a text file, the code for a download link will be hidden within. The campaign is designed to help people download and use VPNs despite strict media censorship. Jane Jin is the conceptual art director for the project, which showcases her creative design abilities and conceptual thinking. The project has brought awareness to the issue of free access to the truth and won the Clio Award in the category Experimental/Event in 2019 and a Gold in Summit International Award in 2019 .

In the past few years, Jane Jin has won more than 30 awards in advertising design. Originally from China, she now she lives in New York City. Besides creating successful advertising campaigns, she uses her talent to contribute to the good of society.

在網絡時代下，人們獲取資訊的渠道多元，也能輕易地了解發生在世界各地的大小事。然而，在中國，嚴格的言論審查制度下，許多於自由世界流通的真實資訊，無法被人們接觸與了解。一群設計師以此為發想，展開了

THE PASSION BEHIND AWARD-WINNING DESIGNS True Type Freedom was featured in Novum (Zeitschrift), a German graphic design magazine founded in 1924. Jin’s work was featured in the spring 2020 edition on the magazine cover as one of the main graphic design projects for the typography edition.

一項名為「True Type Freedom」的設計案。該設計案以「自由門」的中文字為起點，設計一系列的特殊字體，以中文諧音展開高達 160 種的配對組合，在拆解漢字結構下，展現中文字組的創意搭配度，並將這些文字轉換為可以存取圖檔，藏入翻牆軟件的下載代碼，供受到言論審查的網絡使用者下載。如此，這些特殊字體，有如展開一道自由之門，讓牆內民眾 │37

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THE JEWELED BIRDS OF SOUTH AMERICA The Hummingbird as muse in the works of Martin Johnson Heade 南美瑰寶點睛之筆 ——馬丁‧約翰遜‧海德筆下的蜂鳥 By Jeff Perkin

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加拿大民謠大師萊昂納德 · 科恩（Leonard Cohen）曾這樣描述蜂鳥：「我一直很喜愛這些嬌小的生命，每次看見就覺得無比幸福，牠們有種奇妙的魅力。」蜂鳥是美洲大陸的一顆明珠，它們在樹林裡穿梭哼唱，羽毛五光十色，令人思緒萬千。蜂鳥宛如鳥類王國的仙子，嬌小俏麗，純真靈動，超凡脫俗。牠們在花叢中輕快地飛著，一不留神兒，就懸停到了另一朵花旁，把細長的喙伸進花朵採蜜。蜂鳥因其獨特的外型、高超的飛行技術，經常出現在花鳥畫中，近年又成為了商業商標的靈感，我們在花卉業、園藝界、繪畫界都可以找到蜂鳥的「粉絲」。 19 世紀的美國畫家馬丁· 約翰遜 · 海德（Martin Johnson Heade）曾坦言自己是蜂鳥的狂熱愛好者：「我自小就對蜂鳥情有獨鍾，童年時的某天，對牠們的愛湧上心頭，至今未曾改變。」懷揣著這份喜愛，海德從美國東海岸跋涉至巴西熱帶雨林，終其一生繪出蜂鳥百態。雖然在海德之前，已有畫家以蜂鳥為主題創作，但他是首位踏上「朝聖之旅」、親自觀察南美洲蜂鳥的美國藝術家。海德 1819 年出生於賓州 Lumberville，師從愛德華 · 希克斯（Edward Hicks），22 歲時在賓夕法尼亞美術學會展出肖像《小女孩》（Portrait of a Little Girl），這是他的畫作首秀。隨後，海德的興趣漸漸由肖像轉為

THIS ARTICLE ORIGINALLY APPEARED IN AMERICAN ESSENCE MAGAZINE.

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I always loved those little creatures, always feeling blessed when they appeared nearby. There’s a magical quality to them.”—Canadian musician Leonard Cohen Hummingbirds are a source of endless fascination for people throughout the Americas. With their graceful, rapid movements and shining spectrum of colors, hummingbirds are one of life’s intrinsic pleasures to behold. Like fairies of the ornithological world, they embody a certain innocence or ethereal essence in their small, fragile forms as they flit from flower to flower, on imperceptible wings, repeatedly plunging their long, thin beaks into the nectars of life. Their unique and appealing features have long made them the subject of artistic adoration and commerce, transcending borders and uniting enthusiasts of art and garden decoration alike. Nineteenth-century American artist Martin Johnson Heade was a hummingbird adorer of the highest degree. In his own words, Heade admitted, “From early boyhood, I have been almost a monomaniac on hummingbirds. … A few years after my appearance in this breathing world, I was attacked by the all-absorbing hummingbird craze

Left: Black-Breasted Plovercrest by Martin Johnson Heade, ca. 1863–1864. Oil on canvas. Right: Black-Eared Fairy by Martin Johnson Heade, ca. 1863–1864. Oil on canvas. _Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art

and it has never left me since.” This obsession stayed with him until the end of his life and led him from the eastern United States all the way to the jungles of Brazil in pursuit of these tiny subjects. While not the first to depict hummingbirds in paintings, he was the first American artist to make this pilgrimage to study and paint the hummingbirds of South America from observation. Born in Lumberville, Pennsylvania, in 1819, Heade was trained by painter Edward Hicks and made his professional debut at the age of 22 when his painting Portrait of a Little Girl was exhibited

風景畫，而《小女孩》作品現下落不明。他喜歡欣賞波詭雲譎的景色，尤其擅長繪畫鹽沼和大海，畫作中對光影變化、氛圍的把握廣受好評。 1863 年，海德啟程前往南美洲，追尋兒時的熱愛，專攻以蜂鳥為主題的風景畫。出發時，美國牧師 James Fletcher 曾對海德說：「我向你保證，蜂鳥在巴西隨處可見，而且品種繁多，但據說在北美洲，從墨西哥到北緯 57 度只有一種蜂鳥。」Fletcher 牧師在其著的巴西旅遊指南中提到，不過他的說法並不完全正確——事實是，生活在中美洲和南美洲的蜂鳥共有 350 多種，而北美洲則有十幾種。

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ELITE NATURE

PRESERVING OUR POLLINATORS Why protecting bees is critical to the health of our ecosystem and food supply

養蜂之必要蜜蜂保育對生態與糧食供應的影響

By Kelly Frey

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THIS ARTICLE ORIGINALLY APPEARED IN AMERICAN ESSENCE MAGAZINE.

hey fly at speeds of up to 20 miles per hour, flapping their two sets of wings up to 15,000 times per minute. Covering a radius of three to four miles, and visiting up to 5,000 f lowers per day, these tiny creatures are responsible for pollinating up to one-third of the world’s fruits and vegetables. Many have a lifespan of about six weeks, but in that time, they might travel the equivalent of around the world and then some. They manufacture all their own building materials, and they live together in colonies of up to 50,000 or more, dividing up chores without argument. They all ultimately pay service to the queen, who mates only once in her lifetime but can lay approximately 2,000 eggs a day. These amazing creatures are scientifically identified a s Apis mel lifera , more commonly known as honey bees, and their existence is vital to our world. Honey bees are not the only pollinators contributing to the wonders of nature and reproduction of plants. Many other insects also fill that role, as do some birds and mammals. The yellowa nd-bla ck bumblebee is known for pollinating fruit trees and small crops, as are the wasp, the hornet, and even some mosquito species. Surprisingly, the beetle contributes significantly to the task of pollination, while the most beautiful pollinator is the butterfly. Moving outside the insect world, pollinators exist in birds like the hummingbird, or in arid parts of the country , the white-winged dove, which specializes in pollinating cactus species. In mammals, the nocturnal bat contributes to the cause, as do some marsupials, and even a few rodent species. In tropical climates, the lizard plays a role. However, insects make up the largest group of pollinators, especially those within the bee family—and it is a rather large family. Although human-managed honey bees are most popular, there are wild bees and

他們的飛行速度最高為每小時20英里，每分鐘揮動兩對小翅膀的次數高達15,000次，在半徑約3到4平方英里的範圍內拜訪5,000朵花。這些小小的生物，負擔了世界上近三分之一的花朵及果實的授粉任務。他們平均壽命僅約 6週，不過，在這段短短的時間裡，他們的飛行距離可能等同於地球圓周長，甚至更長。牠們自己製造所有築巢所需的材料，大約50,000隻左右構成一個群落，各自分工合作且不起爭端。牠們都是女王的屬下，女王一生只交配一次但每天可產下近2,000顆卵。如果讀到這邊你還沒猜到的話，這種了不起的生物在生物分類中的學名為「Apis mellifera」，以「蜜蜂」之名廣為人知，牠們是這世上不可或缺的存在。不過，蜜蜂也非世上唯一對大自然及植物繁衍具有重要貢獻的授粉者。許多昆蟲，甚至鳥類、哺乳類也肩負著這項任務。除了黃黑相間的熊蜂，還有胡蜂、虎頭蜂，甚至某些種類的蚊子，也能幫果樹和小型作物傳遞花粉。令人意外的是，甲蟲類對植物授粉亦功不可沒，而自然界內公認最美授粉者則非蝴蝶莫屬。除了昆蟲之外，有些鳥類，如蜂鳥，也是授粉者；在較乾燥的地區，白翅哀鴿會為仙人掌科植物授粉。哺乳類當中，蝙蝠、部分有袋類甚至有些嚙齒類都能為植物傳遞花粉。在熱帶地區，蜥蜴則扮演授粉者的角色。也就是說，授粉者中占最大比例的就是昆蟲了，更具體地說，是蜂家族——而蜂家族種類繁多龐雜。雖然人為飼養的蜜蜂是最受歡迎的，蜂家族還有許多野生蜂，以及不同種類、更具地域性的壁蜂、果園蜂等成員。各蜂種獨特而迥異，但都同樣重要，也同樣面臨著都市擴張及殺蟲劑的威脅。大多數農場主人都能告訴你，多樣化的授粉方式能為作物帶來最好的產出。蜜蜂巧妙各有不同儘管每當提到理想中的環境保育和平衡生態系統時，總有人提起蜜蜂，然而，最受歡迎的授粉者卻不一定是最有效率的。有時，在地的物種反而能在小範圍中更快地授粉。根據美國中西部養蜂專家Jeff Maddox的說法，要想為家庭式小花園或者一畝大小的果園授粉，交給地區性的蜂類來做會更恰當，如藍壁蜂。同樣的，由熊蜂 │51

ELITE TRAVEL

Farmhouse Charm A Luxury Hotel in Ibiza 地中海「田園」時光伊維薩島度假酒店

By Beth Hendricks Pictures courtesy of Cas Gasi

careful restoration turned a 19th-century country house in Ibiza, Spain, into an idyllic hotel getaway. Miles away from the ordinary, yet mere minutes from the glitz and glam, Ibiza has become world-famous for a quaint hotel in a picturesque valley. Nestled amid sumptuous orchards and olive trees, Cas Gasi is a 19th-century Spanish country house that was transformed from a private residence to a luxury hotel more than two decades ago. Its whitewashed exterior is surrounded by lush vegetation, while the interior is resplendent in warm hues, handpainted tiles, and Moroccan-inspired textiles. Known for its privacy as well as its proximity to the sparkling nightlife, Cas Gasi is a favorite of loyal visitors who return to the carefully curated 12-room property time after time. “The original farmhouse is from 1880, and it belonged to the family whose name it still has, the Gasi family,” according to Cas Gasi Founder and Director Margaret von Korff. The main house contained five rooms, while adjoining structures included animal pens and spaces to store tools, carts, and carriages. According to Balearic law, the eldest son of the Gasi family would become the primary recipient of the family’s inheritance, including the farmhouse. 56│

西班牙伊維薩島（Ibiza）一座19世紀的鄉間別墅，經過精心修復，成了田園詩畫般的度假勝地。遠離日常的喧囂，並且距離舉世聞名的派對勝地——伊維薩島，僅有幾分鐘的路程，這家古色古香的酒店，座落於風景如畫的山谷中。建築本身曾是一座 19 世紀建成的鄉間別墅，現為 Cas Gasi 酒店，約莫二十多年前，從私人住宅轉型為豪華酒店，隱身於茂密的果園和橄欖樹叢中。酒店外部粉刷過的牆為植被所包圍，而內部的暖色調、手繪瓷磚和摩洛哥風格的紡織品而熠熠生輝。 Cas Gasi 以其私密性和鄰近多姿多彩的夜生活而聞名，是許多一再回訪的遊客最愛，酒店精心打造的 12 間客房令其回味無窮。「最初的農莊別墅建於 1880 年，屬於現在酒店仍在沿用的家族名，即 Gasi 家族，」Cas Gasi 創始人兼董事瑪格麗特 · 馮科爾夫（Margaret von Korff）說。這座傳統的「finca」——字面意思為「莊園」，指的是西班牙鄉村的一塊土地，通常帶有農莊別墅或農舍小屋——主屋有五間房，附近還有動物農場和存放工具、手推車和馬車的空間。根據巴利阿里（Balearic）當地的法律，最初 Gasi 家族的長子為其家族遺產的主要繼承人，其中就包括這幢農莊別墅。他後來將房產賣給了馬略卡島（Mallorca）上的一個人，而後該名買主又想轉手他人——他想尋找一位不僅會買下房子，而且會愛上它的人。當馮科爾夫和她的丈夫路易斯 · 特里格羅斯（Luis Trigueros）第一次進入這所房子時，就對其「一見鍾

Cas Gasi, a 19thcentury Spanish country house that was transformed from a private residence to a luxury hotel, has become a wellknown tourist spot.

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Mrs. Von Korff, Cas Gasi founder and director, said that she wanted the hotel to represent the idea of“farmers becoming hosts to visitors.”

Orange groves and almond, fig, locust, and olive trees that were part of the original 9-acre farmland remained—the latter producing organic cold-pressed olive oil for the hotel’s restaurant. The couple also wanted to retain the existing harmony between the property and surrounding countryside, so they added rose gardens, vegetable plots, farm animals, and later, two swimming pools. As the idea to build a hotel based on agritourism was born, the goal became to share the beauty of Cas Gasi with travelers from around the world, yet maintain its authenticity, purposeful furnishings, and sustainability. Animal pens were converted into exquisite guest rooms. Gardens, a spa and yoga deck, and a restaurant were added in stages. “It is easy to buy new; it is a statement to wear old,” said von Korff, who herself is well-traveled and has a keen eye for detail. “[I am a] strong supporter of everything that has stood the test of time, since it makes it more valuable. It has something to tell.” To that end, von Korff filled the hotel with antiques from her family home, sourced by her parents from different European countries. 62│

Eclectic pieces of furniture include those handcrafted by local artisans, and others collected via a sophisticated shopping scene among Ibiza’s auction houses and antiques shops. Personal touches are apparent throughout the hotel: a kitchen that draws from the property’s vegetable gardens, and luxuries like feather pillows and fine linens. Von Korff said that she wanted Cas Gasi, which is situated on a sunny hillside, to represent the idea of “farmers becoming hosts to visitors,” despite the shift toward bespoke accommodations that promise the perfect Mediterranean escape. “We are ambassadors to the island’s culture and bounty,” she said.

酒店的 12 間客房風格各有千秋，處處都能體現屋主的獨到眼光。此外，一座可以隨時從新鮮菜園汲取靈感的廚房，以及精心挑選的優良寢具，無微不至的細節帶給賓客最舒適的體驗。坐在陽光明媚的山坡上，馮科爾夫說，她希望 Cas Gasi 能夠呈現「讓農夫成為主人」的理念，她自信地說：「我們是島上文化及資產大使。」

德立昂冠軍團隊屢創硅谷房產業界新標竿美國房源平臺 MSL 數據顯示，2021 年德立昂地產

部分都是上市一周內賣出。德立昂還多次賣出「天價中

（DeLeon Realty）總銷售額達 11 億美金，超出排名第

的天價」，2021 年成交價超過市場價一百多萬的共計 19

二的房產公司 2 倍多，再創硅谷房產銷售新標竿。

套，大多數都是一周內賣出。

遙遙領先的銷售業績【案例一】1807 Walnut Drive, Mountain View

德立昂地產公司創建十年來，多次獲得北加州、全加州

屋：4Bds, 3Bths, 1750 sqft home, 7600 sqft

的排名第一，也是 2019 年全美排名第一的的房地產團

大

隊（《華爾街日報真趨勢》評比）。

lot, Listed at $2,498,000 and sold at $3,700,000.

2020 年和 2021 年，德立昂未參與任何評選。但

More than $1.2M over the asking price.

在硅谷地區（Santa Clara 及 San Mateo）MLS 數據【案例二】584 Cuesta Drive, Los Altos 豪宅：

顯示，德立昂地產團隊穩坐硅谷房產銷售 No.1 寶座。

3Bds, 2Bths, 1942 sqft home, 11900 sqft lot, Listed 一周內賣出天價

at $2,988,000 and sold at $4,500,000. More than

2021 年 MSL 的一組數據表明：德立昂地產在兩個縣的

$1.5M over the asking price.

每套房屋平均售價分別超過 367 萬和 448 萬，比其他【案例三】3673 Ramona Drive, Palo Alto 別墅：

公司高出約 1.6~2.5 倍。在每平方英尺售價上，德立昂比其他公司高出

3Bds, 2Bths, 1335 sqft home, 6185 sqft lot, listed at $1,988,000 and sold at $3,220,000. More than

20~60%。 2021 年，德立昂 75% 的代理售房最終成交價超過

$1.3M over the asking price.

了掛牌價格；至少 60 套賣出超過 50 萬的「天價」，大

01/01/2020 - 12/31/2020 (Selected 10 out of 2000 Agents)

1.DELEON TEAM, TEAM Deleon Realty ( DLRPA01) 1717 Embarcadero Rd, Palo Alto, CA 94303

2.TROYER, DAVID Intero Real Estate Services ( NTERO07) 496 First St., Suite 200, Los Altos, CA 94022 3.LO, STANLEY Green Banker Realty ( GRBA01) 398 Primrose Rd, Burlingame, CA 94010

136.0 (List #) 490,291,097 (List $)

80.0 (Sell #) 326,583,600 (Sell $)

216.0 (Total #) 816,874,697 (Total $)

73.0 (List #) 245,818,812 (List $)

5.0 (Sell #) 19,967,500 (Sell $)

78.0 (Total #) 265,786,312 (Total $)

68.0 (List #) 167,732,889 (List $)

14.0 (Sell #) 62,390,000 (Sell $)

82.0 (Total #) 230,122,889 (Total $)

圖表一顯示：2020年，德立昂地產賣方銷售團隊業績4.9億；比No.2的Troyer與No.3 的Lo 銷售業績之和，多出0.8億左右。 01/01/2021 - 12/31/2021 (Selected 10 out of 2000 Agents)

1.DELEON TEAM, TEAM Deleon Realty ( DLRPA01) 1717 Embarcadero Rd, Palo Alto, CA 94303

ADVERTORIAL

2.BRIDGMAN, KATHY Compass ( APR04) 167 S. San Antonio Road, # 1, Los Altos, CA 94022

3.TSE, ANDY Intero Real Estate Services ( NTERO08) 12900 Saratoga Ave, Saratoga, CA 95070

179.0 (List #) 707,499,979 (List $)

77.5 (Sell #) 393,389,500 (Sell $)

256.5 (Total #) 1,100,889,47 (Total $)

56.0 (List #) 311,615,000 (List $)

8.5 (Sell #) 47,955,000 (Sell $)

64.5 (Total #) 359,570,000 (Total $)

95.0 (List #) 251,274,568 (List $)

34.0 (Sell #) 107,542,298 (Sell $)

129.0 (Total #) 358,816,866 (Total $)

圖表二顯示：2021年，德立昂地產賣方銷售團隊業績7.07億；比No.2的Bridgman多出2倍。

德立昂會為房屋做各項檢查和改進工作，讓待售房屋煥然一新。

經由德立昂團隊改造的後院實景。

賣家的裝修成本至少三倍返還德立昂室內設計師，為待售房屋做各項檢查和改進工

德立昂絕對杜絕這類事情發生。如果德立昂代表買

作，包括油漆房子，給地板、櫥櫃門打磨、上漆，更換

家，購買德立昂代理的上市房產，則賣家只需支付 3％

櫃門把手，讓房間煥然一新；與家居布置公司合作，免

的佣金，德立昂已經為賣家節省愈 1400 萬佣金。

費為賣家租賃室內家具、藝術品、戶外擺設。通常德立昂賣家裝修舊房的成本，能獲得 3 倍以上的回報。比如

首創「銷售帶薪制」

Mountain View 一套獨立屋，市場價 330~350 萬，裝

德立昂率先在房產業內創「銷售帶薪制」。銷售經理

修成本不足 5 萬，最後 370 萬成交。

Audrey Sun 說：「當一個經紀有固定薪水、不拿佣金時，沒有後顧之憂，會把客戶利益放在首位，客戶認可

「全方位重金推廣」

度越高，越有成就感。

德立昂市場行銷專家 Pamela Tao 說：德立昂本著「客

德立昂非常重視華人賣家。賣房過程中所有環節，

戶第一」，不惜成本做全方位的房屋營銷。而一般賣家

有中文銷售全程陪同。房屋推廣上，有當地主流的華人

經紀自掏腰包做售房推廣，只做一、二個報紙媒體。德

報紙、電視、電臺，有微信、小紅書等，令華人賣家如

立昂為售房做網站，影片、廣播、報紙廣告，宣傳手冊；

沐春風。

在房源平臺（MSL 等），以及主要社交媒體上做推廣；給周邊鄰居寄 postcard。所有的推廣都是免費的。售房承諾「39 天成交」德立昂承諾：「上市 9 天內售出，再過 30 天完成所有成交手續。」一般 Listing 經紀與賣家的合同週期是 60~90 天，甚至有一年的。德立昂的合同只有 39 天。從上市那天計算，39 天內房屋賣不出去，賣家無須支付任何佣金和市場推廣費。道德標竿：3%佣金制不少房產經紀人，在同一筆房產交易中，從買家和賣家同時獲得買賣佣金。有經紀稱不會「兩頭撈好處」，暗地裡收取「推薦費」代替佣金。 64│

DELEON REALTY 售房專線：

AudreySun: 650-785-5822 audrey@deleonrealty.com 地點：1717 Embarcadero Road, Palo Alto, CA 94303 網站：DELEONREALTY.COM