橋港的世界
The World of Bridgeport
"Bridgeport" is a name that carries a strong sense of irony. Firstly, it refers to an island surrounded by dense white fog. The people of Bridgeport also attempt to venture out and establish connections with those outside the island, but none of the sailors who set out ever return. Ships disappear into the mist, so the people of Bridgeport tie ropes to the boats, allowing the ropes to trail long behind them. The thick ropes are never fully used, as one day, silently and without warning, they snap in the water...
「橋港」這個名字是極具諷刺意味的，它首先是一座島嶼，四周白霧彌漫。橋港人也企圖出去，與島外的人建立連接，可是出海的人沒有一個回來。船隻失蹤在迷霧中，於是橋港人用繩子將船綁上，讓繩子長長地游蕩在船尾。厚重的繩子從來沒有被用完過，因爲繩子總會在某一天，無聲地斷在水中......
Sailing出海
"No one knew what else was on the ship besides rice wine. The laborers who loaded the cargo had no energy to think about what was inside the bags. They watched the ship, completed just a month ago, swaying on the water. They saw those destined to disappear, walking onto the deck one by one. Their only thoughts were to finish the task quickly and disembark. The crowd behind the village chief was not allowed to show grief. The sound of crying was buried behind flowers and grass. The weeping inside the houses before and after the departure clung subtly to the chicken dung. Suddenly, a woman was seen crying over a dead chicken, and no one found it strange. Going out to sea used to be a hopeful thing. People felt there was no need for pain. The men who went out to sea were mostly voluntary and had aspirations to leave from a young age. The notion that women on board defiled the ship only emerged later."
——Spider Silk Bridgeport by Lilia LUO（駱力言）
「船上除了米酒外還有什麼，大家都不知道，搬東西上去的幫工也根本沒有力氣去想袋子裏裝的是什麼，他們看著一個月前才完工的船在水上飄搖，看那些註定會消失的人一個個地走上甲板，他們只想著趕緊搬完，趕緊下船。村長身後的人群不被允許露出悲慟，哭聲都跌滾在花草之後，出海前後屋內的哭泣更是細微地在雞糞裏粘糯著，驀然見一個婦人對著死去的雞哭，沒人會覺得奇怪。曾經出海是一件祈望的事情，大家覺得沒有痛苦的必要，出海的男人也基本是自願且有自小就抱負出去的，女人上船玷污船隻這個説法也是後面才有的。」
——『蛛絲橋港』駱力言·著
Thawing開河
"Langai reached out to dig into that sparkling structure, so easily inserting her fingers inside, but once grasped, it was difficult to pull out. This was the best spell for preserving the bodies and belongings of ancestors after their death. Spellcraft, that was how the village elders defined this river. It had been kept still for centuries until it was roughly cut open, all because of a massive mermaid sculpture. It floated on the surface of the village chief's grandfather's dream waters at night. After waking from the dream, the old man rowed his boat to this river valley, dragging his old legs to climb up. At the break of dawn, he arrived in front of this lifeless river, where he saw the sculpture sinking to the riverbed.
Since then, thawing the river became a choice."
——Spider Silk Bridgeport by Lilia LUO（駱力言）
「蘭陔伸手去挖那幢晶瑩，可以那麼輕易地將手指插進去，抓住了卻難以扯出來，這是先祖死後保存遺體與遺物的最好咒術。咒術，是村裏的老人對這條河流的定義。它被靜置了上百年，終於被粗魯地割開來，因著一條巨碩的人魚雕塑。它在夜晚時候浮在村長祖父的夢的水面，老人家夢醒後劃著船來到這條河谷，拖著老腿往上爬，在天際泛白的時候來到了這條死河面前，見那座雕塑便沉在河底。
從此開河成了一種選擇。」
——『蛛絲橋港』駱力言·著
The Giant Forest巨 木林
"The trust of the people of Bridgeport in the land is a life-and-death covenant. When a woman is about to give birth, her family carries her into the giant wood forest. Climbing over several tree roots, they go as far as possible to avoid the trees with mounds and try to stay close to their kin. As the woman reaches the edge of the open space in the forest, a grand ritual called "Pulling Tail" (Menstruation) begins. It involves a massive clot of blood, pulsating tendons filled with breath. It sprawls on the grass, dense and sprawling, the scorching vitality burning the soil and grass, their screams muffled by steam, simmering and swelling. Blood and amniotic fluid flow over the new shoots in front of the ancestral tree mounds, quenching their thirst and nourishing their hunger, paying respect to the ancestors. When the child starts to crawl, they will be brought to this open space and allowed to crawl freely. Whichever tree the child crawls to play beside will become their burial mound after they pass away. Even if they crawl onto the head of the ancestors, there is no other choice; what needs to be dug will be dug, what needs to be buried will be buried. The child is blessed, and the ancestors have company. The mounds need to be dug by oneself, and the elderly of Bridgeport willingly do so, eager to return to their homeland. They return to the trees they marked in their childhood and dig the pit alone."
——Spider Silk Bridgeport by Lilia LUO（駱力言）
「橋港人對土地的信任，是生死的契約。將產的女人被家人抬進巨木林，爬過數條樹根，他們盡可能地走遠，為了避開種了塚的樹，也盡力地與族人相鄰。女人臨著林中的空地邊緣打開，一場盛大的拉尾（經事），龐大的血塊，佈滿呼吸的筋椏。它伏在草地上，稠稠綿開，滾燙的生機灼燒著泥土和草葉，它們的尖叫被蒸汽捂住，悶悶地蓬起。血與羊水漫過先人的樹塚前的新芽，飲足食飽，孝敬了先人。孩子會爬的時候，又會被抱來這塊空地上，放孩子在地上，由著亂爬。爬到哪一棵樹邊玩，哪一棵樹就會成為老死後的塚。假使爬到老祖宗頭上了，也沒辦法，該挖的挖，埋的埋。孩子有福氣，老祖宗也有伴了。塚是需要自己挖的，橋港老人也情願，還有種歸去的急不可耐。他們回到自己兒時標記的樹下，獨自挖坑。」
——『蛛絲橋港』駱力言·著
Upside-down Island Mountain顛島山
He looked up, and the top of Upside-down Island Mountain was shrouded in clouds and mist. The summit was smooth, making it difficult to reach the mountain peak. The reason it is called Upside-down Island Mountain is because it is said that the first and only person to climb up there saw another inverted mountain peak emerging from the vast expanse of clouds. He claimed that above this sky, there is another land turned upside down. Many people didn't believe him, but they still went along with the name change, calling it "Upside-down Island Mountain" instead of "Upside-down Mountain."
——Spider Silk Bridgeport by Lilia LUO（駱力言）
「他往上望去，顛島頂部雲霧高邈。頂部是光滑的，導致山巔難以觸及，之所以是顛島，是因為據說最早爬上去的，也是唯一的那個人，從渺茫的雲中看到山峰接著另一座顛倒的山峰。他說，正是在這片天空之上，還有另一片顛倒的土地。可是許多人不相信他，但也還是順了這個稱呼，不叫“顛倒”，叫“顛島”了。」
——『蛛絲橋港』駱力言·著
The highest of the three peaks in Bridgeport is shrouded in mist and rain, with a mysteriously smooth surface at its summit that is inaccessible to ordinary people.
橋港上三座山峰（顛島、簪山、鯤侖）的最高一座，上空雨霧迷蒙，并且頂部光滑異常，常人無法攀上。
Hairpin Mountain簪山
"The rabbit could be seen falling onto the rocks below, devoid of any signs of life. Beneath it was a deep cliff, just like its namesake. The Hairpin Mountain stood tall, piercing through the sea and Bridge Harbor, separating the lofty expanse of the ocean from the beautiful yet lowly farmland. Along the edge of the cliff, there were traces of stone steps, but they had long been abandoned and eroded, making their outlines indistinct."
——Spider Silk Bridgeport by Lilia LUO（駱力言）
「只見那兔子摔落在底下的岩石上，已經沒了生機，底下是萬丈的懸崖，正如它的名字一樣，簪山如一根簪一般直垂地紮在海和橋港中間，隔開了高邈的海天和矮美的農田。懸崖邊上有石階建築的痕跡，只是太久沒有被使用了，逐漸被蝕化得看不清輪廓。」
——『蛛絲橋港』駱力言·著
Temple Guarding守廟
The people guarding the temple, entrusted by the village chief, carry a glass bottle dug out from the soil. The bottle is filled with yellowed paper and miscellaneous items left by their ancestors. The temple guardians visit the homes of the pioneers. They enter the embrace of those families and extract a sparkling old ornament from the bottle. Look, this is a newly discovered treasure brought back by our ancestors from the outside. They take out a piece of paper, and look, it is filled with drawings of the land, the land beyond.
"The children are brave, brave pioneers.Don't worry about the children not having a place, their names will be listed in the temple of their ancestors."
——Spider Silk Bridgeport by Lilia LUO（駱力言）
「守廟的人們受村長所托，拎著從泥土裏挖出來的玻璃瓶，瓶裏塞著黴黃的紙和雜物，那是先祖留給他們的。守廟人走訪開拓者的家庭。他們走進那些家人們的懷裏，從瓶中取出一個晶瑩的舊飾品，瞧啊，這是新發掘的，老祖宗從外面拿回來的。取出一片書紙，瞧啊，這裏畫滿了土地，外面的土地。
孩子是勇敢的，勇敢的開拓者。
不要擔心孩子沒有名分，他們的名字會列入先祖的廟裏。」
——『蛛絲橋港』駱力言·著
Mermaid Mother Goddess人魚母神
"The previous generation of village chief, due to illness, passed on the responsibility to the current village chief at a young age. When the current village chief was not even ten years old, the ancestral well was discovered, and many exquisite ornaments, along with numerous glass bottles, were unearthed from the first batch of ancestral relics. Among them, there was a necklace depicting a half-human, half-fish creature that was excavated long ago. The village chief has been staring at it for a long time, with its small breasts, wavy hair, and round, plump tail. The elders outside the door chirped, saying that the necklace and the jewelry came from the outside world, worn by women or men from outside. Upon examining the paper pages inside the glass bottle, the elders learned that this creature is called a mermaid, a combination of human and fish, an entity from the outside world. The connection between the jewelry and the information inside the glass bottle suggests that they may belong to the same ship or the same family. There are many records of navigation and the outside world, and there are corresponding patterns on the jewelry."
——Spider Silk Bridgeport by Lilia LUO（駱力言）
「上一代的村長由於害了病，很早就將職任交給了這一代的村長。村長還沒有十歲，先祖井就被發掘了，第一批祖先的遺物扒出了許多精緻的飾品，很多個玻璃瓶。其中有一條很久之前開挖出來的小半人半魚的項鏈，他可是端詳了很久，小小顆的乳房，波浪的捲髮，圓肥的尾巴。他的父輩們在門外吱喳，項鏈和珠寶來自外面的，外面世界的女人們穿戴的，或者是男人們的。經考察玻璃瓶裏的紙頁，父輩們得知，這條怪物叫人魚，人與魚的結合，這是外界的生物。飾品與玻璃瓶裏的資料可以推出是同一艘船或同一家人的。航海與外界的記錄有許多，飾品上的圖案部分也有了對應。」
——『蛛絲橋港』駱力言·著
The statue of the mermaid goddess was later excavated, causing great panic among the village chief's family, who had never had a physical object to worship. They had always listened to their father's words, and no one had told them that they should also listen to their mother's words.
人魚母神雕塑後來被挖掘出來，讓本無實物祭拜的村長家族極爲恐慌，因爲他們一直都是聼父親的話，沒有人告訴他們也應該聼母親的話。
Empty Altar空的祭臺
"He placed the collected white silk on the altar. The silk was sticky with mucus, and as he held it in his hands, it felt chilling. Behind the altar, he stared at the red paper and wall charred black, and in front, there were meat and fruits arranged. The candlestick stood tall in the middle, while he twisted the wet stickiness in his hands, standing on a high stool.
He looked at the empty, ashen center of the candle flame and put the white silk inside. After the workers helped him down, he stood on the ground, feeling the solid earth supporting him from beneath."
——Spider Silk Bridgeport by Lilia LUO (駱力言)
「他將幫工收集來的白絲放上祭壇，絲上沾了粘液，捧在手裏瘆涼瘆涼的，他凝著神壇背後被燒得糊黑的紅紙和牆，前面擺上了肉和果類，燭臺高高地擋在中間，他搓撚手上的濕粘，踩在高凳上。
他看著燭火中央空蕩的一片灰黑，將白絲放進去。幫工扶他下來後，他踩在地上，感覺土地厚實地將他頂起來。」
——『蛛絲橋港』駱力言·著
Planting Sheep種羊
"Fusqing's friend lost his beloved lamb, a female sheep, and he buried it beneath the fruit tree behind his house. When he raised a new male sheep to offer as a sacrifice, he threw the cut-off strips of the sheep's testicles behind the house. Later, when he came to clean up after slaughtering the sheep, he saw the patch of land where the female sheep was buried crack open, its inhales and exhales resembling a moist mouth. The cold organ was about to be submerged in the depths of the soil, surrounded by roots and sand. He reached out and peeled away the layers of soil, only to find that the female sheep had decomposed in its limbs and head, while its white belly remained pristine and untouched. With a snap, the organ was sucked back into the soil. The friend wanted to continue digging and unearth the carcass of the female sheep, but the soil kept swallowing it, leaving him helplessly watching as the sheep was buried by the earth.
Several years later, on an early morning, he brought Fushu to the fruit tree behind the house to pick and eat fruits. They saw a small lamb partially buried in the soil, weakly gasping for breath. That very day, the fruit tree withered."
——Spider Silk Bridgeport by Lilia LUO（駱力言）
「 扶青的友人失去了心愛的羊羔，那是一只母羊，他將它埋在屋後的果樹下。等他將一只新的公羊養大了要送去祭祀時，他將切下的羊蛋條扔到了屋後，等他殺完羊後來收拾的時候，卻看到了埋下母羊的那一片土地綻開來，一呼一吸像一張潮濕的嘴，而那條冰涼的器官正在土的深處即將要淹沒在根與沙土裏，他伸手將土層扒開，卻見那只母羊僅腐爛了四肢與頭顱，那只白肚仍光潔飽滿不受侵襲。而那條器官啪地一聲就被吸入肚裏，友人想要繼續深挖，將母羊屍體挖出，可土壤卻不斷將它吞下，他只能無奈地看著母羊被土壤掩埋。
幾年後的一個淩晨，他帶著扶青來到屋後的果樹上摘果吃的時候，他們看到一只小羊被半埋在土中，微弱地喘息。那棵果樹在羊羔被抱出的一天便枯死了。」
——『蛛絲橋港』駱力言·著
Vermin魔蟲
" On vermins and Spider Silk. The creatures referred to as "vermins" in the text are clearly spiders that we are familiar with, except they are larger and more ferocious, carrying symbolic significance. They are not simply black or white monsters, and they are clearly not native creatures of Bridgeport. In the text, Mangyan sees them falling alongside the rain, indicating that they come from the sky. This extends to Bridgeport's highest mountain, Upside-down Island Mountain, a place where no one has climbed to the summit. The only person who claims to have done so may be telling lies. However, multiple details in the text reflect that Bridgeport's sky seems to truly hold that piece of land. The items brought by the magic worms include guns, cell phones, fake genitals, and screws. This signifies that the so-called "Sky City" within Bridgeport's sky encompasses sex, violence, and mechanical domination. When compared to the people of the "Sky City," objectively speaking, the people of Bridgeport are relatively happier because the isolation and backwardness of Bridgeport have resulted in its monotonous pastoral nature. However, the people of Bridgeport still retain their primal desires, constrained by various traditions that prevent them from fully expressing themselves. On the other hand, the people of the Sky City have unleashed sex and violence to a greater extent. In the text, it is not explicitly stated how the people of the Sky City live or what the consequences are. However, the people of Bridgeport are awed by the power of the magic worms, and even the village chief uses spider silk as an object of worship, revealing the subconscious longing of the people of Bridgeport for the Sky City. Of course, in the text, the magic worms are also closely associated with dreams. In addition to symbolizing the highly developed Sky City, they also symbolize the peculiar desires and obsessions within a person's heart."
——Spider Silk Bridgeport by Lilia LUO（駱力言）
「關於魔蟲與蛛絲。文中的蟲子很明顯就是我們熟悉的蜘蛛，只是它們更大更猙獰，並且富含寓意。它們不是非黑即白的魔物，它們很明顯也不是橋港上本土的生物。在文中，芒雁看見它們是跟著雨一起掉下來的，那麼它們是從天上而來。那便引申到橋港最高的山，顛島，沒有人爬上最高處過，唯一一個人說如何如何或許也只是謊言。可在文中不止一處細節反映橋港的天空似乎真的是有那一片土地。而魔蟲帶過來的物事，有槍，有手機，有假陽具，有螺絲釘。預示著橋港天空的那一片所謂“天城”裏包含了，性，暴力和機械統治。橋港人與“天城人”相比，客觀上是幸福了不少，因為橋港的閉塞落後導致了它單調的田園性，但同時橋港人依然保留著最原始的欲望，只不過因著各種傳統不能夠全然展開。而天城人，則更大程度地展開了性和暴力的力度。在文中，沒有明確表明天城人過得如何，也沒有表明其中的結果。但橋港人被魔蟲的威力所震懾，村長甚至用蟲絲作為祭拜的對象，這也展露出橋港人對天城潛意識的嚮往。當然，魔蟲在文中與夢的形態也有諸多的關聯，其實魔蟲除了象徵高度發達的天城，也象徵著人內心奇異的欲望和執念。」
——『蛛絲橋港』駱力言·著