休闲农场的忙碌人生

从台北驾车东行约2小时,就可以到达宜兰县冬山乡的大进村。在宜兰,大进村算是颇有点名气的。这当然与张清来和他的休闲农场有关。

其实,张清来给人第一眼的印象是有点惊讶的,因为很难有人相信,极不修边幅又太像一个老农民的张清来竟然就是香格里拉休闲农场的董事长。

当然,现在许多人都已经知道,也就是因为张清来,因为张清来的香格里拉休闲农场,才使大元山在台湾地区享有着不错的声誉。

海拔只有280米的大元山就坐落在小埤山凹的东侧。若干年前,在近乎45度的贫瘠山坡上,张清来和他的伙伴们用智慧和汗水种植了600多亩许多种类的果树。许多年以前的美妙构思,成就了张清来的梦虹。许多年以后的今天,每逢到了收获季节,满山遍野的橙子橘子杨桃菠萝什么的熟了,大元山也就跟着醉了。若是遇了晴日,从大元山对面的大雪山顶飘滑而来的白云,先是如鸡毛掸儿一般轻柔地拂过小埤山凹,拂过居住着400人的一个个院落,然后才悄无声息进入面西而坐的向阳坡,进入香格里拉休闲农场。

这时的农场会变得秀丽无比韵味无比,洁白的云雾被树枝树桠切割成无数条极不规则的丝带,或厚或薄,或宽或窄,然后慢慢在山坡间作上行运动,扯过金黄与翠绿,扯过鸟鸣与虫叫,扯过到大元山旅游观光的人们的欢笑与喧闹,久久停留。

张清来如果此时在农场,如果看到这样的景致,如果没有非常紧要的大事,会激动不已。他会牵着他的大黑狗来到高处的鼓楼,挥动他那粗壮而又发达的臂膀,握紧木锤,用力敲击几下锣鼓,让锣鼓之乐在香格里拉休闲农场响彻,在大元山回荡。

这就是张清来。

在张清来的休闲农场,旅游观光的人们可以自己采摘喜欢的果实,尽情享用之间,体味丰收的乐趣。入夜,来自世界各地的客人,会用不同的语言不同的表现方式汇入主人赠送的篝火晚会。人们一起歌唱一起舞蹈一起传递友情一起共度美妙的时光。如果在小埤山凹仰望大元山,整个香格里拉休闲农场美丽无比喧闹无比沸腾无比,一堆堆篝火好像欲喷未就的火山之焰,闪耀着,跳动着,舔吮着夜幕,舔吮着夜幕之上的苍穹,也舔吮着人们的梦。

这样的活动很容易使人激动,很容易使人忘记疲惫,甚至一直持续到深夜或者凌晨。

在许多情况下,张清来会和他的客人们一起交流,甚至讲述他到过九十几个国家的经历以及自己传奇般的人生故事。

有意思的是,30年以后,连张清来自己都没有想到,当时27岁的他所提出的“新农六论”就在自己的人生中实践了。极具超前眼光、貌似老农实则大智的他,不仅成为香格里拉休闲农场的董事长,而且是香格里拉冬山河度假饭店董事长,甚至是台湾休闲旅馆协会会长,台湾休闲农业发展协会理事长。

当然,“官衔”对于张清来来说,并不显得多么重要。他更关心的是台湾的教育观光、文化观光、养生观光、婚定观光。观光对于他来说,已经是毕生的研究与实践。所以,在旅游观光的每一个细节里,都有他的思维,都有他安排的丰富而生动的内容。在他精心创造的香格里拉休闲农场,客人的自主能力会大大削弱,因为张清来的观光思路已经在悄然牵引着每一个人的神经,精彩纷呈的活动节目一个又一个,人们即使结束篝火晚会,也不肯放弃在大元山观日出的壮观。

虽然各地多有观日出的独特之处,但是香格里拉休闲农场观日风格的确让人难忘。一年四季,日出的时间不是固定的。如果在冬季,一般是6点40分左右,太阳才会从太平洋升起。大元山离南边的南方澳码头直线距离大约4公里。人们在大元山之巅,即便不用望远镜也完全可以看清楚朝阳破海的情景。近处的黛绿以及由于太阳即出而显得苍白无力的码头灯火,在渐渐被太平洋面的清晰吞噬着。白天靠近海岸最近最蓝的海水,现在好像没有了生机,只剩下一绺银灰色的坝堤,再远处就是鱼肚白的水和鱼肚白的天在静静地交融着,没有任何可以听见的声音,如同大山深处之天籁。尽管大元山顶的人再多再密集,此时也是一个寂静的天下。寂静的等待,寂静的期盼,寂静的海水和太平洋下边不寂静的滚动着的即将喷薄欲出的一轮朝阳。如果是风和日丽的天气,极目处的海天并非一色。海水托着的天总是离不开横亘着的欲断又连的云坯。有人说,这也许是太平洋气候特殊的缘故而致。日将之出的海水是银灰色的,而云坯则是凝重的黛灰。渐渐地,海水变成了乳白,云层里则糅进了暗红;再渐渐地,海水也红了,云坯更红了,接着有了金光之线刺出海面,刺向苍穹。太阳的骚动就这样使大海沸腾了,人们也跟着沸腾了⋯⋯

香格里拉休闲农场也在这种沸腾中开始了新的一天。

Busy Life on the Leisure Farm

Driving a car from Taipei to the east, it takes about two hours to get to Dajin Village, Dongshan Town, Yilan County, Taiwan. In Yilan, Dajin is famous for Zhang Qinglai and his Shangri-La Leisure Farm.

Anybody seeing Zhang Qinglai for the first time will be too surprised to believe that this man, who looks like as slovenly as a farmer, is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Shangri-La Leisure Farm.

Nowadays, many people come to visit Dayuan Mountain because of Zhang Qinglai’s Shangri-La Leisure Farm, which gives Dayuan Mountain a good reputation in Taiwan.

Dayuan Mountain, which is 280 meters above sea level, is situated at the eastern side of Xiaopi Mountain. Many years ago, on the nearly 45 degrees slope, Zhang Qinglai and his partners planted 40 hectares of various fruit trees. Nowadays, his wonderful imagination at that time has been fulfilled in his current achievements. When the harvest season comes, the ripe oranges, tangerines, carambolas and pineapples all over the mountain make Dayuan Mountain an amazing tourist attraction. On a the sunny day, the white clouds floating from Daxue Mountain opposite gently pass by the slope of Xiaopi Mountain and silently enter the Shangri-La Leisure Farm.

At Zhang Qinglai’s leisure farm, tourists can pick any fruit they like and taste them to experience the harvest joy. During the night time, tourists from all over the world enjoy themselves at the bonfire party. Speaking different languages and singing different songs, they dance to spend the marvelous night time together.

Usually, Zhang Qinglai likes to communicate with his guests and tell them his experiences of touring more than 90 countries and his own legendary life story.

In fact, beyond his own expectation, over the past 30 years, his “six theories on farming” initiated at the age of 27 have come true. Nowadays, he is not only Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Shangri-La Leisure Farm, but also Chairman of the Board of Directors of Shangri-La Dongshan River Holiday Resort Hotel, President ofLeisure Hotel Association, and President ofLeisure Agriculture Development Association.

The sunrise time at the Shangri-La Leisure Farm is not regular all the year round. In winter time, at about 6:40, the sun rises from the surface of the Pacific. Dayuan Mountain is only four kilometers away from the port of Nanfangao to the south. On the summit of Dayuan Mountain, without a telescope, people can see the sun rise from the surface of the sea. The nearby dark green color and the pale light of the port are gradually encroached on by the vivid surface of the Pacific. The blue seawater seems to lose it vitality. Although many tourists are crowded on the summit of Dayuan Mountain, the surroundings are in silence. All people are waiting silently for the sunrise. Gradually, when the sun rises, people shout loudly in great joy.