風火輪車隊赴湄洲騎福之旅

The Hot Wheels Bicycle Team from Kinmen arrived in China for the second time through the Mini-Three Link on Apr. 23. The 18 cyclists(1) would to start a 4-day 300 km pilgrimage(2) ride to Meizhou as well as to conduct athletic exchange in Fujian. They were going to ride to the original Mazu Temple on Meizhou Island to pay respects to(3) Mazu and pray for blessings on Kinmen and Cross-Strait peace.
金門風火輪自行車隊4月23日再度小三通上「陸」，十八名騎士前進福建，展開四天三百公里的湄洲「騎」福之旅，並進行體育交流，此行，他們將以自行車代步前往湄洲島媽祖祖廟朝聖，祈祝媽祖福佑金門與兩岸和平。
Led by Xu Jinxi, the bicycle team boarded the passenger ship Quanjin at Shueitou Pier on the 23rd with their bicycles to head to Shijing Harbor in Quanzhou where they would begin their pilgrimage ride to Meizhou.
金門風火輪車隊是由許進西擔任領隊，23日上午從水頭碼頭搭乘「泉金輪」客船出發，帶著自行車上「陸」，前往泉州石井港，展開湄洲「騎」福之旅。

This Meizhou trip is the team's second bicycle tour after their 5-day 400 km ride of Tulou in Fujian in October last year. The members include 17 men and one woman.
金門風火輪車隊這次湄洲行，是繼去年十月間以五天騎完四百公里的福建土樓長征之旅後，再度鐵馬上陸，共有隊員十七男一女參加。

The only female, Zhuang Jinshen, works at the Kinmen Hospital of Department of Health. Encouraged by her husband Xu Yongxi, a clerk at Kinmen District Court, she decided to join the team to challenge herself. As the only couple within the team, they are the envy(4) of the other members.
其中，唯一女性的莊錦慎，服務於署立金門醫院，在另一半金門地方法院書記官許永溪鼓勵下，夫妻一同參加，挑戰自我，讓其他隊員有「只羨鴛鴦不羨仙」的感受。

Team leader Xu Jinxi said, Mazu is the guardian(5) angel of the sea and she protects the people on both sides of the Strait. Therefore, the Hot Wheels Team made the plan to go on a pilgrimage trip in the first half of this year by riding to the original Mzu Temple on Meizhou Island to pay respects to the goddess as well as to pray for blessings on Kinmen and peace across the Strait.
領隊許進西表示，媽祖為海峽兩岸的海上守護神，庇佑著兩岸的人民，因此，風火輪車隊今年上半年的活動，規劃湄洲「騎」福之旅，以自行車代步前往湄洲島媽祖祖廟朝聖，祈祝媽祖福佑金門與兩岸和平。

The team set out(6) on their 4-day journey soon after arriving at Shijing Harbor in Quanzhou in the morning. They would visit Quanzhou City, Huian, Xianyou, Wenjia, Meizhou as well as Shishi, before returning to Kinmen from Shijing Harbor by boat on the 26th.
金門風火輪車隊上午抵達泉州石井港後，四天的行程將走訪泉州市、惠安、仙遊、文甲、湄洲、石獅等地，預定二十六日下午自石井港搭船返回金門。

■1. cyclist-(n)騎腳踏車的人，騎士。
■2. pilgrimage-(n)朝聖，旅行。
■3. pay respect to-向～致敬。
■4. envy-(n)羨慕、嫉妒的對象。其用法為SB's X is the envy of B，即某人的X令B羨慕。
■5. guardian-(n)守護者，保護者，監護人。
■6. set out-開始，出發。

資料來源：金門縣政府