Have you ever heard of Hainan Tropical Rainforest National Park? It is our own “Amazon”. If you travel there, what can you enjoy?
你听说过海南热带雨林国家公园吗？这是我们自己的“亚马逊”。如果你去那里旅行，你能享受什么乐趣呢？

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Animals
动物

The park is home to Hainan gibbons. They look like monkeys, but have no tails. They eat fruits and leaves from over 130 kinds of plants. In the 1980s, there were fewer than 10 gibbons in the park. In 2022, there were 36 because people protected their homes and planted trees.
这个公园是海南长臂猿的家园。它们看起来像猴子，但没有尾巴。它们吃130多种植物的果实和叶子。在20世纪80年代，公园里的长臂猿不到10只。2022年，因为人们对家园的保护，种树，有了36只。

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Plants
植物

The park is a “live museum” of plants. It is also the home to 133 kinds of national key protected plants. Cycas hainanensis is an example. It has big, feather-like leaves. It grows slowly, but can live as long as 200 years. It probably won’t grow flowers or fruits in North China. But in Hainan, cycas hainanensis over 10 years old blossom and bear fruits almost every year.
这个公园是植物的“活博物馆”，也是133种国家重点保护植物的家园。海南苏铁就是一个例子。它有羽毛状的大叶子，生长缓慢，但可以存活200年。在中国北方它可能不能花朵结果。但在海南，树龄超过10年的海南苏铁几乎每年都开花结果。

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Culture
文化

Miao and Li people have lived in the park for generations. Their houses look like upside-down boats. They are built above the ground to keep away animals. Li people make clothes from bark. Their history of tree bark clothing dates back to about 10,000 years ago. Some people still use bark clothing nowadays.
苗族和黎族世代居住在这个公园里。他们的房子看起来像颠倒的船，建在地上是为了躲避动物。黎族人用树皮做衣服，他们的树皮服饰历史可以追溯到大约一万年前。现在有些人仍然穿着树皮衣服。