《這土地給我稻米
,
稻米給我生命》攝影展
文物館與綠色和平計劃辦持續農作環保攝影展覽
為慶祝溫哥華五月亞裔傳統月,
中華文化中心文物館將與陸色和平計劃及合作社電台舉辦一個名為《這土地給我稻米 ,
稻米給我生命》攝影展。
稻米是世界主要食糧之一 ,
在亞洲和中國有尤為重要。
在中國 ,
尤其在西南部的雲南省 ,
稻米有上千品種
, 是從遠古流傳下來的。隨著近年來中國的經濟起飛
, 土地佔用
, 工商業發展和農藥的大量運用
, 傳統的稻米與土地環境
, 都受到嚴重的所損害。
二OO四年
, 中國綠色和平計劃為響應
“世界糧食日”及其主題為食物安全所倡議的植物多元化
, 特別在雲南舉行了8天
“稻米之路 –
環保農作業之旅”
的宣傳運動 ,
以喚醒人民對環境的關注。有關機構將一些便於使用的寶利來照相機贈從未拍攝過的農民 ,
並鼓勵他們使用照相機紀錄他們農作的生活。他們的作品
, 便成為這次展覽的珍貴的素材。
這個極具教育和環保意義的展覽
, 曾經在中國北京、廣州及香港展出過
, 甚受歡迎。
This Land Gives Me Rice, Rice Gives Life
Greenpeace Exhibition by Yunnan Rice Farmers
In celebration of May Asian
Heritage Month, the Chinese Cultural Centre Museum, in conjunction with
the Greenpeace
project and Co-op Radio will organize a photo exhibition, entitled
This Land Gives Me Rice, Rice Gives Life, by Chinese rice farmers
from Yunnan Province. The exhibition will open on April 28 and run to
May 27.
Rice is
one of the world’s staple diets. It is most popular in Asia,
particularly so in China. Yunnan being one of the luxuriant rice-growing
provinces is the homeland where thousands of varieties of rice have been
farmed, using age-old traditional methods. In recent years, the crops
are being threatened by recent growth of Chinese economy, urbanization
and industrialization, as well as use of genetically altered species
and pesticides.
To
promote sustainable agriculture and to celebrate the World Food Day and
its theme of biodiversity of food security, in 2004, Greenpeace China
organized an 8-day “The Road of Rice – The Ecological Agriculture Tour”
in Yunnan. Rice farmers, who had never used a camera, were given
Polaroids to document and reflect their lives
with photographs. The
result is the current environmentally educational exhibition.
Prior to
Vancouver, the exhibition has been previously shown in Beijing,
Guangzhou and Hong Kong.
