Sacred Rivers

Since the earliest development in human habitation, every civil growth has depended on rivers. A river provides for a city like a mother providing for a child. A rich urban civilization begins with a river as the focal point, right in the center of the ring of culture development.

Apart from it being one of the earliest and most important modes of transportation to date, riverbanks also provide the most naturally fertile soil agriculturally. The relationship between rivers and civilizations is a most primal and instinctive one. However, the evolution of modern and commercial industry has gradually cut off the interaction between man and river. Rivers all over the world are now highly contaminated by toxic waste and men are now building walls between themselves and the rivers.

Water can be soft and nurturing. However, with enough force, it can be destructive. It is a double-edged sword, which men have yet learned to wield. It is in hope that us, humans will learn to care for our environment and care for what Mother Nature has provided us with.

在人類居住的城市中，最早的發展，一定與河流有關。如果沒有河流這個母親哺育餵养，城市这个孩子是无法發展起來的。一個豐富的城市文明，會不斷地以这條河流作为一个中心點，發展出文化的年輪。

不只是運输或灌溉。早期的農業社會，肥沃的土壤一定在河流的两岸。人類生活，都必須與飲水發生密切關連。但是現代工商業社會的發展，切斷了農業時代人與河流的互動。河流被都市人污染之後，用堤防把它高高地圍起来，然後漸漸沒落。

水能載舟，亦能覆舟，希望大家好好善待我們的環境，尊重我們賴以為生的母親河。