【蔡光推測】長春祠 [Ref: 8:20-8:50, 3/7/1977]。【說明】老長春祠的入口,其位置剛好在山凹,大雨來時,就飽受蹂躪,經過好幾次的修復,還是無法保持原樣,目前已經完全沖毀,連遺跡都看不到。圓形拱門的四字是【萬古長春】。網站 http://pcchen.com/html/R071113TsonTsuen.html 有著詳實的長春祠的故事和美麗的照片,非常值得一覽。【興祥追憶】長春祠已經夷為平地。長春祠到禪光寺這條一公里多的步道,景色優美。興祥上大學以前,一年總有幾次和朋友騎腳踏車到此遊玩。從禪光寺在中橫公路旁的入口,溯溪而上,沿途山水終年源源不絕,相當涼爽,而且清澈見底。烤肉的民眾和外地遊客,通常停留在下游。如果繼續前行,不到一個半鐘頭的光景,可以看到一個小型的瀑布和深潭。深潭剛好坐落在超大岩石形成的大約六米高的半圓形錐幕下,錐幕遮住半邊天,也形成渾然天成的絕佳環境,遮風避雨。錐幕正中央有條和溪流平行的岩石裂縫,看似一線天。另外的半邊天,除了翠綠的小樹木外,毫無遮掩,陽光充足而不耀眼。一線天、細緻瀑布、清澈深潭、潺潺流水、青山綠野、柔和陽光,構築出此地難得一見的美景和特色。 如果只有男同學同遊,有時會利用機會甩掉全身不需要的負擔,回歸自然,無牽無掛的從瀑布上的岩石,跳向潭中,在水中遨遊,或者在瀑布底端,接受大水的 SPA 和洗禮,暫且拋開聯考的壓力和市俗的煩囂。唯一擔心的是安全和水中偶而出現的小水蛇,不知身上很少外露的突出物,是否會被誤會成它的夥伴,引來它的覬覦,在水中纏鬥一番。 禪光寺是慈濟上人早期修行的寺院,高中時,有次和同學騎腳踏車到長春祠和禪光寺遊玩,適逢大雨,被困在禪光寺內,後來慈濟上人開休旅車下山,連人帶車把我們送回市區,至今印象深刻,時時感恩在心。感謝上人的幫忙,也祝福上人的四大事業體能夠永保長久順利的營運。
【蔡光推測】天祥 [Ref: 9:40-10:25, 3/7/1977]。【說明】 吊橋是普渡橋,遠端是稚暉鐵橋,過了稚暉鐵橋就是天祥。普渡橋的七點鐘方向是祥德寺。【興祥猜測】有吊橋又有鐵橋,在花蓮往天祥的路上,即將抵達天祥前的鐵橋,其左方(西邊),有座吊橋,從此吊橋往下拍,有類似的景象,但是不敢完全確定,需要進一步求證。【振芳考證】圖左鐵橋,應該是稚暉橋,而圖中吊橋,應該是普渡橋。可是,請看稚暉橋照片 http://gallery.ylsh.chc.edu.tw/v/Arts/album274/east_032_X_u.jpg.html ,明顯和圖左鐵橋不同,怎麼一回事呢?我想到慈母舊橋,乃猜 :"圖左鐵橋是稚暉舊橋",請看附錄照片http://blog.sina.com.tw/expresstogether/article.php?pbgid=43866&entryid=574015 ,左上的稚暉舊橋,和圖左鐵橋樣子差不多,除了稚暉舊橋是紅色以外。照片日期是1994年4月1 - 5日,這是稚暉舊橋沒錯。圖中吊橋也有同樣問題.請看附錄的普渡橋來自 http://forestlife.info/Onair/092.htm。說明是"「普渡橋」是通往祥德寺的唯一步行橋樑,原是吊橋,但因地質不穩影響吊橋安全性,遂重建為水泥橋。" 再看附錄的普渡舊橋,來自http://www.dizapusa.org.tw/news/new6/news6-1.htm和圖中吊橋十分像。所以興祥是對的,這是天祥的"普渡舊橋"和"稚暉舊橋"。【振芳考證二】附錄的長春橋照片 http://pcchen.com/html/R071113TsonTsuen.html 和圖左鐵橋樣子非常像。但長春橋前面是山洞,右邊是山壁,橋樣子是對了,環境卻不對,這是怎麼回事?請看 中橫築路人日記- 徐志榮先生 http://pcchen.com/html/R071113TsonTsuen.html。 "很像長春祠的鐵橋那個時候有五座,是美國幫助越南所剩下來轉讓給我們的,其中五十公尺的有三座,除了長春橋,還有錐麓橋和稚暉橋,其他兩座是二十公尺的,颱風後拆下的錐麓橋重新搭成新的長春橋,再搭一座高架橋代替錐麓橋。"這說明了稚暉舊橋何以和長春橋那麼像。
【蔡光推測】碧綠神木(午餐) [Ref: 12:15, 3/7/1977] A quick comparison to Photo #7 of Grad Trip Album shows this photo was indeed taken at 碧綠神木.
【蔡光推測】碧綠神木(午餐) [Ref:12:15, 3/7/1977] One can easily make out the (green) characters "?神綠?" on the wood sign behind 承中 and 開慶.
【蔡光推測】武陵 [Ref: >4:30, 3/7/1977] ... This is the exact upper bunk bed in my memory - I still remember those sliding windows behind 永慰/美琪/茜莉, and the short bed post in front of 一駿. 膺期 appeared to be shuffling a deck of playing cards, and 一駿 seemed to be holding a score sheet of some sort in his right hand. There was also a mostly-blocked classmate (with light baige clothings) at the lower left corner of this photo - I wonder who that was?
【蔡光推測】武陵 [Ref: >4:30, 3/7/1977] ... I can't pindown why, but the longer I stare at this photo, the more I'm convinced that there was indeed a guitar during the grad trip as proclaimed by 茜莉.
【蔡光推測】巒大林區管理處竹山工作站廣興分局(早餐) [Ref: 5:50, 3/10/1977] or 溪底 [Ref: 6:54, 3/10/1977]
Standing left to right: 榮鎮,霽顏,緒宗. Standing left to right: 一駿,繁經,承中,膺期,三益. 【蔡光猜測】I'm clueless about the location of this one except that, since the photo came to us from 霽顏, it might very well be at 霽顏's residence near 興隆路. Also, the sheer presence of 緒宗 and everyone's long hairs suggest this was taken during the 2nd semester of the freshman year, i.e., Jan-June, 1974 - perhaps around the Lunar New Year time due to the posting on the wall.
【蔡光推測】Needless to say this one was right in front of the New Math Building on our Graduation Day, i.e., May/June, 1977. Anybody remembers the exact date? Come to think of it, since Graduation Day is our most "recent" memory of NTU/Math, perhaps we ought to dedicate an entire new album for that event just because our chance of remembering things more clearly tends to be better :-)