湿地是地球上最具繁殖能力的系统。

　　由于人的滥用和开发，它们也受到了最大的威胁。

　　东北镜泊湖是依赖长白山和下游的湿地生存的湖。摄影家姬贵禾是这块湿地的环保自愿者，他常年游走在这块湿地，拍了很多美丽的自然风光照片。他的举动让我钦佩，他的影像让我心动。然而图片上的湿地与现实湿地已经不太一样了。毫不夸张地说，湿地面临着危机。二三十年前去镜泊湖的小北湖，湿地成片，鸟类栖息成群。近年去看，湿地在发展的旗号下，正在减少或消失。

　　这里的湿地是大镜泊湖概念的湿地。湿地养湖、养江、养生态，湿地养植物、养动物、养人。现在湿地的呼吸越来越弱了，它将毁灭。与它一起消失的不仅仅是在那里栖息繁殖的动物，更重要的是人对自然生态的依赖。镜泊湖是长白山天池与牡丹江的缓冲器，就像美丽项链的一环，是非常重要的一环，因为这一环才维系了项链的使用。现在人们对镜泊湖更多的是利用，而不是保护中的再利用。

　　湖的美丽，是它无瑕透明性格的使然，就像宝石必须镶嵌在白金银饰之间，才能价值光彩同置。湖水能滋养生命，安慰人的灵魂。反过来人要保护圣水，圣水才能回养生命。

　　镜泊湖冰消雪融时，这里的人才能生机盎然。如果一旦我们跨越了生态这条生死线，它将无法修复。珍惜吧!东北的肺——湿地镜泊湖。

Wetland

　　Wetland is the most fertile system in the world.

　　It is now faced with huge threat because of the abusive exploitation.

　　Jingbo Lake in northeast China is surrounded by Changbai Mountains and wetlands. Photographer Ji Guihe is a volunteer environmentalist of the wetlands in this area. He spends years staying here and has taken many pictures of the magnificent view here. I admire what he does and is deeply moved by the photos he presents. It's worth noticing that the wetlands we see are somewhat different from that in his photos. It's not exaggerated to say that we're faced with a wetland crisis. Some twenty or thirty years ago, the Jingbo Lake was surrounded by vast pieces of wetlands and was home to various kinds of birds. But in recent years, the area of wetlands is decreasing in the name of development.

　　Wetlands are of great importance to the Jingbo Lake area. It nourishes the lake, the river, the plants, the animals, the people, in a word, the overall ecological system of this region. But now the breath of wetlands is getting increasingly weaker and it is approaching the verge of extinction. And what will disappear with the wetlands include not only the plants and animals living there but also human beings' supplies from the natural ecology. Jingbo Lake is located in the middle of Changbai Mountains and Mudan River, which makes it somewhat a buffer area between the two. It is of great importance in connecting the ecological circles of this region and making it work. It's a pity that at present people focus more on exploiting and utilizing Jingbo Lake than on preserving the sustainability of it.

　　The beautiful and crystal clear lake water, like a brilliant gemstone inlaid into the earth, nourishes life and soothes souls. Whether the holy water can remain its holiness and continue to nourish life depends on human beings' awareness and action to protect it.

　　When the iced Jingbo Lake starts to melt, vitality seems to be refreshed. It's so vivid, and yet so fragile. If human beings go one step further and cross the critical ecological line, such vitality may no longer be refreshed. Let's cherish it: the Jingbo Lake wetlands, the lung of northeast China.

作者：韩绍光