My Very Own World

A Day with Sky Bright and Breeze soft,Jardin Du Luxembourg,Paris,France.

一個城市有可供市民平時休憩的地方是很重要的，市區公園就是非常理想的方式，由於城市發展，要在寸土寸金的都市開闢出一大塊空地當公園，對很多國家都是很困難的事，因此像美國紐約的中央公園就已經是很不得了的了。
It's of importance for the residents of cities to have a large space to breathe and mobile freely,and spend casually in leisure time.
Apparently,there's no 2nd alternative from public parks to have this function. 
And it is not an easy goal to reach on expensive municipal land for most countries in the world.It's not common at all to have a huge park space like the Central Park in New York.
 

巴黎市內的公園雖不如紐約中央公園大，但是公園的歷史和特徵卻形塑出不同的風情，
有些還都是大博物館的附設部門，除了大家耳孰能詳羅浮宮旁的杜樂麗公園外，其中就屬盧森堡花園了。
Parks in Paris are not as large as New York's Central Park,but they offer a different motif from history and unique signatures that shape their appearances.
Some of them belong to one of the department of a museum,like the well-known Garden of Tuileries by Louvre Museum,so is Jardin Du Luxembourg to Palace of Luxembourg.

如果你在羅浮宮有看過，以梅迪西的瑪莉皇后和法國國王亨利4世的代理婚姻為主題的24幅巨型畫作的話，畫中他們結婚時的皇宮場景，常指為地點就是盧森堡皇宮，其實那是他們婚後，瑪莉皇后在1612年以後才開始建造的。
If you were awed by those 24 gigantic paintings exhibiting at the Louvre Museum,with the theme of "The proxy wedding of Marie de Medici and king Henry IV",you might strike with the idea of the location of their wedding site,which refers to Palace of Luxembourg.However,it was not built for their wedding.Actually,it was built after the wedding,started in 1612.

這個皇宮現在已經是法國參議院，旁邊也有博物館，花園也舉辦過各式各樣活動，包含1900年時的奧運相關活動，這是高雄市政府欠缺的地方，要在公園等公眾場所隨時舉辦活動，才能有效活化公園和帶來經濟等其他效益，免得"中都濕地"這麼絕美的地方，變成一個空殼模型，最好將中都濕地再行擴增成2倍大。

Now the palace has turned into the Senate House,and a museum was set up attached to it.Diverse activities are also held at the garden from time to time,including relevant activities of Olympic Games in 1990.
I think the way of running a public park like this is what Kaohsiung Municipal government short of.
A public occasion like a park should be able to hold all kinds of movements for the public,so that it would bring in economic effect and other relevant benefits to the local communities.
It's a pity that a pretty place like "Chuong Du Wetland" can't be used to its full like Park Luxemburg,but being a beautiful empty shell.In addition to this point,it will be even better by expanse to twice of its area.

盧森堡公園有點不同於其他巴黎市內公園，它非常、非常的親民，幾乎每天附近市民都會來運動、散步、休息、看看書、坐著發呆、曬曬太陽、談下情說些愛，流浪漢也來睡一下(哈哈)，園中有多達80多座左右的各名家雕像作品，遊客如有興趣，可以沒事自由尋找玩耍，還有咖啡廳、一座小型兒童遊樂園，參議院前面的花園大水池，附近有人在賣小小的自製玩具船，可以讓人買玩具帆船玩些水，我覺得那個人好像已經這樣賣很多年了。

It's unlike other parks in Paris,Park Luxemburg is extremely close to civilians' daily life.Everyone who lives nearby would come almost everyday to do some exercises,take a walk,rest,read some books,be dull while sitting on a bench,get some suntan,spend some time with your romance.The homeless people are also welcome,too.(haha)

There are about 80 statues made by prestiged sculptors,set in the garden for people who are interested in searching for them for fun.A cafe shop,a children's playground,and there is a man,who sells home-made sailboat toys about the large pool,where's in front of the Senate House.However,I think that man has been selling his toys for years in here.

花園並不是隨隨便便種一些樹或花，這裡有最為壯觀的林木設計，將大面積，高達3、4樓高的樹木，修剪成方塊狀的林蔭大道，視覺透視遠方氣勢不凡，非常符合與對面皇宮的建築比肩。

The gargen plantation isn't made by casual mind.It was designed with a most spetacular man-made forest.The management trims the tall trees of 3 or 4 story-high to be huge squares for the park boulevards of the promenade.They look so magnificent in visual effect when setting glances far to the horizon,and are so cope with the sight of Palace buildings in the opposite,so paralelled in atmostphere to each other.

有些轉角或花圃，也都會種一些花卉，成為小重點的園藝設計(有人定時管理才會這樣)，公園的地面在法國經常不是鋪上柏油的，有整地，上面都是小小土石和黃土路，跟我們最為不同的是公園的鐵椅是隨機亂擺的，台灣幾乎都是做成固定，法國是可以拿動的，自己想坐哪，就可以自行挪動，沒人偷呢! 當然有些區域也是固定，但台灣不會放鐵椅。

The management also plant flowers in certain corners or turns along the trails,which transforms to a little masterpiece of decoration(a sign that this place is under well-managed.)

The ground has been tidied up.It's not paved with asphalts like ours,but little gravels on the yellow dirt roads.What makes it so different from ours is the sitting devises.Except from the benches,there are numerous foldable steel chairs,that are portable for visitors to move around.Visitors can move the chairs to anywhere they'd like to sit.I haven't seen anyone who stole it yet.
We have fixed benches,but we don't place steel chairs at gardens or parks.(I think we don't even place gabage bins at parks either...God.)

公園常見一堆"閒人"，這下知道法國工時真誘人，有些遊客飯店都還沒入住，行李箱就帶著在這裡鬼混了，反正公園不用錢，下次，沒行程趕時，也可以來走走。

It always strikes me that the working hours in France is so delicious,lol,when seeing a lot of people hanging here without things or jobs to do.Well,it seemed so.
I even saw some visitors came with their luggages,I guessed they hadn't yet checked in their hotels or anywhere.
Anyway,the park is free for everyone.So next time,if there's no particular schedule to run,it'll be not a bad thing to spend some time here,like a local did.
 

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