On a sweltering summer afternoon when most people given the choice would opt for air-conditioned comfort, Yen Shen-horn is happy to be outdoors tramping around Three Lakes Village in Taoyuan County looking for aquatic plants. He has spent the last 16 years learning every last detail about the plants growing in this watery habitat straddling the border between the townships of Lungtan and Yangmei.
夏天的太陽曬得讓人昏沈，顏聖紘卻與湖邊水草一樣生氣蓬勃。在桃園龍潭與楊梅交界處的「三湖里」，他循著一個個池塘看水生植物，十六年來，他對此地的一草一木已親切熟悉的像多年老友。