台湾シリーズ⑤ 「十份」Taiwanese series(5) "Shifen"

先日の九份に続き今日は十份

Following the other day's "Jiufen", today, "Shifen"

台北市から車で一時間ほどの郊外に位置する小さな町

Small town located in a suburb for about one hour by car from Taipei city.

「十份」と言う街。平溪線(へいけいせん)というローカル線でもアクセス可能です。

The town called "Shifen". They're also accessible at a local line as Heikei-line.

僕が訪問した時は、電車はほぼ満員の状態でした

When I visited, a train was in the full state mostly.

古い客車には絵を描いてあるのですが、遠くから見ると汚れて見えますね

Picture has been drawn in an old passenger car, when it's seen from a far place, it's tainted and is seen.

 十份駅の周辺は自然も楽しめます、

It can also be enjoyed naturally around ten bu station.

駅の横にある静安（ジンアン）吊橋からは十份の街を眺めることもできます

地元台湾はもとより世界中から訪れる観光客に人気の場所です

Popular with the tourists who visit from all over the world as well as localness Taiwan.

街といってもとても小さな範囲なんですが、街の真ん中に電車が通っていて、そのすぐ両側にお土産やさんや食べ物屋さんなどのお店が並んでいます。とてもノスタルジックで台湾らしさを感じさせる場所。

Even if I say a town, it's a very small area, a train runs in the middle of the town, and, the, immediately, on both sides, a gift and, well, oh, a store in a food shop is in line. The place which makes characteristics of Taiwan feel very nostalgically.

ここは人気のスポット 観光客向けに、天燈飛ばしで有名です

The spot by which this is popularity  For tourists, it's famous for Lanthanum transfer.

 天燈は1.5m程の気球のようなランタンで、下に油をしみこませた紙に火を付けて その熱で内部の空気を軽くし空に飛ばします

Lanthanum is the shape like about 1.5 m of balloon, and I light the paper which made oil sink into the bottom and transfer the inner air to the light comb sky by the heat.

頻繁には電車が行き来しないので、線路には自由に立ち入り可能ですが、電車が通る際にはかなりスレスレで危険な状態になります。

I don't associate, so you can enter a railroad track freely, but when a train runs, a train will be frequently in the dangerous state quite close.

皆の願いを乗せて天燈は大空に飛んで行きます

All wish is taken on, and lanthanum flies to the sky, 

この天燈の謂れは、年末年始の盗賊の増える時期に、盗賊から逃れるために山に逃げた村人に、家の番をしていた使用人が、小正月を過ぎた頃に、安全を知らせるために飛ばしたのが、このはじめだといわれています。

When the employee who was watching a house has passed the Lunar New Year for the villager who escaped to a mountain to run away from history of lanthanum transfer from a thief at the time when a thief at New Year's increases, it's said that that It's transferred is at the beginning of this to tell safety.

ランタンを飛ばしたあとは周辺散策も楽しんでみましょう。

Enjoy the surrounding walk.

川沿いを少し下っていけば、台湾のナイアガラと言われる「十份大瀑布」も見られるので立ち寄ってみるのもオススメです。

When going down a riverside a little, you're Taiwanese Niagara, "Shifen big falles" is also seen, so it's also recommended.