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Until little more than a century ago, this place was unknown outside China.
直到一個多世紀前 這里還是個未為人知的世外桃源。
But then news reached the West of a mysterious, hidden world of the orient. Hidden among the mountains, a lost Shangri-la paradise.
然而有關這個神奇隱秘的東方世界的傳言，卻不脛而走傳至西方。隱匿在群山中遺落人間的最后天堂 ——香格里拉。
Western high society, in the grip of a gardening craze, was eager for exotic species from faraway places. This gave rise to a new breed of celebrity adventurers, intrepid botanist-explorers known as "the Plant Hunters".
當時西方上流社會盛行園藝，渴望獲得遙遠國度的稀有物種。這也造就了新物種的探險家，無畏的植物探索家，世稱“植物獵人”。
Yunnan became their Holy Grail. The most famous was Joseph Rock, a real life Indiana Jones.
云南成為了他們的圣杯 （Holy Grail是Jesus在最后的晚宴上使用的餐具 據稱有不可思議的神奇力量）。其中最出名的便是Joseph Rock 真人版的 Indiana Jones（電影 "迷失方舟的侵入者" 中的英雄）。
Remarkable film footage captured his entourage on a series of expeditions, as they pushed into the deepest corners of Yunnan.
膠片出色的記錄了他與隨行人員的一系列，深入云南腹地的探險遠征。
In glorious colour he recorded the plant life he found on special photographic glass plates.
他發現了千姿百態的植物，并將其記錄于特制的玻璃質感光片上。
Sending thousands of specimens back to the West, the Plant Hunters changed the gardens of the world forever.
通過將成千上萬的標本送回西方，植物獵人永遠的改變了世界園藝。
Rock's success was born of a massive effort.
Rock的成功源自其不懈的努力。
For, to find his Shangri-la, not only had he to traverse endless mountain ranges, but some of the deepest gorges in the world. The Nujiang is called The Angry River.
為了找到他的香格里拉，他翻越了無盡連綿的山脈，征服了世界上最深的峽谷。怒江之名意為憤怒的河流。
This 300-kilometre stretch of raging rapids is as much a barrier to life as are the mountains above.
綿延三百公里的急流如同那些巍峨群山，成為了保護野生生命的天然屏障。
