金寧石蚵文化節盛大登場

Activities of the Seventh "Jingning Township Stone Oyster Cultural Festival" took place on the 11th and 12th of April. Multitudes(2) in the thousands visited the oyster field of Guningtou to shuck(3) and taste oysters and enjoy the views and cultural banquets of an oyster village.
第七屆「金寧鄉石蚵文化節」系列的活動，於四月十一、十二日登場，數千人次民眾到古寧頭訪蚵田、剝蚵、嚐蚵，領略蚵村風情及不同風味的文化饗宴。

Township mayor Li Wen-Jun presided over the opening ceremony, which included lion dances and various performances. The two-day festivities(4) included: "Oyster Dishes Fair," "Stone Oyster Product Sales Carnival(5)," "Stone Oyster Creative Cooking Contest," "Karaoke Competition," historical landmark tour, stone oyster information exhibition, king crab appreciation, family tree exhibition, display of accomplishments over the years, display of winning photography and artistic paintings.
四月十一日舉行的開幕活動，由鄉長李文俊主持，並安排有祥獅獻瑞以及多項節目的表演。兩天連續的活動有：「石蚵美食園遊會」、「石蚵農特產促銷」、「石蚵創意美食比賽」、「卡拉OK歡唱比賽」、古蹟景點遊覽、石蚵資料展、賞鱟、族譜展文史資料展、歷年成果作品展示、攝影、寫生比賽優勝作品展覽等活動。

The key events, "One Thousand People Experiencing Oyster Shucking Together" and "Oyster Lifting with a Pole," took place on the 12th from 9:00AM to 11:00AM at the path lead to Beishan Beach and Beishan Breakwater.(6) For "One Thousand People Experiencing Oyster Shucking Together" each participant was given 30 minutes to shuck the oyster and was allowed to take the oysters home.
活動重點項目的「千人剝蚵體驗」以及「挑蚵體驗」，於十二日上午九時至十一時在北山海路和北山海堤舉行；「千人剝蚵體驗」，每人剝蚵時間預定為三十分鐘，通過體驗後，每位參加人員可將所剝的海蚵，自行攜回烹煮。

The annual event invigorated(7) the normally simple, quiet "Oyster Village" of Guningtou with its deluge(8) of enthusiastic people.
由於是一年一度的地方盛事開幕，也讓平日純樸、寧靜的古寧頭「蚵村」，一下子「人氣十足」，頓時熱鬧了起來，充滿了活力。

Furthermore, Jingning Township Village Administration rented a mid-size bus from the Bus Management Office of Kinmen to take visitors to the oyster fields to enjoy the unique landscapes of the stone oyster forest. The Fisheries Research Institute staff were invited to serve as tour guides to explain the landscape of the oyster village, and to lead visitors into the oyster field from the Beishan stone oyster forest. Arrangements were also made for visitors to view the birds, king crabs and vanilla, to appreciate more deeply the beauty of the oyster village. Jingning Township Village Administration also arranged for the western management station of Kinmen National Park to furnish bikes to visitors.
此外，鄉公所也向車船處租一輛中型公車，專門載送遊客巡禮蚵田，觀賞蚵村獨一無二的石蚵林景觀，並邀請水試所人員擔任解說員，解說蚵村景觀，並於北山石蚵林帶領遊客走入蚵田，同時也安排遊客賞鳥、賞鱟及香草體驗，讓觀光客及民眾能更深入體驗蚵村之美。鄉公所也協調金門國家公園管理處西區管理站協助提供自行車，供民眾自行遊覽。

Jingning Township Village Administration Mayor Li Wen-Jun plans to boost local tourism via industry by attracting tourists and locals to view and experience the unique ecology, old battlefield and southern Fujian architecture of Jingning Township.
金寧鄉長李文俊期望藉由舉辦產業活動，帶動觀光發展，同時結合該鄉特有生態、戰地遺跡、閩南建築等，使觀光客及民眾樂於來金寧鄉旅遊。

■1. undrape-(vt)揭幕。
■2. multitude-(n)一大群人、民眾。
■3. shuck-(vt)去殼；剝殼。
■4. festivity-(n)慶典、慶祝活動。
■5. Carnival-(n)嘉年華會、狂歡節；博覽會；巡迴演出。
■6. breakwater-(n)防波堤。
■7. invigorate-(vt)鼓舞；賦予精神。
■8. deluge-(n)蜂擁而至；氾濫。此處指村子被蜂擁而至的人們及其熱情所淹沒。
資料來源：金門縣政府