我见过无数种鸟。鄂西山地就是鸟儿的天堂。倘若从高空俯瞰,山地就是一个墨绿色的鸟巢。怕是无人可以说清,在这一只结于北纬30度上的巢穴里,到底住着多少种鸟,住着多少只鸟。盘旋、游弋在山地上空的鸟,比我们的祖先更先认识这块土地。它们是这里最早的主人。鸟儿的祖先,见证了我们的祖先在山地里生活的全部内容。巫术般的啼鸣,预言着我们的全部命运。以山地为故土的人,认识世界的冲动,源于对花的好奇和对鸟儿生活的向往。 I have seen countless kinds of birds. Western Hubei is a bird’s paradise. If overlooking from a height, the mountain is a dark green bird’s nest. Afraid no one can say it clearly, in this nest at 30 degrees north latitude, in the end how many kinds of birds live, how many birds live. Circling, cruising in the mountains over the bird, more than our ancestors first recognize this piece of land. They are the earliest masters here. The ancestors of birds witness the full content of our ancestors living in the mountains. Witch-like crowing, predicts our full fate. The people who take the mountains as their homeland, the impulse to know the world, come from the curiosity of flowers and their longing for the life of birds.