Each evening, it gets turned off as if it were a garden fountain. This part of China’s southwest, known for its abundant rainfall, mountains, underground rivers and caves, and tropical flora, has recently been gripped by a drought that many say is the worst since the Ming Dynasty.
不幸的是，这处自然奇观最近却正饱受煎熬。每天晚上，瀑布就像某座被拧紧了水龙头的花园喷泉那样——断水了。以其充沛的降雨，山川，地下河，溶洞以及热带植物闻名于世的中国西南部地区，如今却正在遭遇一场据说是自明代以来最严重的干旱。