2014年3月17日 星期一

戰爭遺跡博物館 War Remnants Museum

胡志明市聚集最多旅客的地方應該是戰爭遺跡博物館。

我們實在不是很喜歡博物館的人,也對歷史一竅不通(每次這個時侯都希望Ivan在旁),但到胡市總不能不了解一下越戰。

一年前,我們在金邊,看過震撼人心的萬人塚和集中營,記憶猶新,回想時還是會心寒。

這一次,看到的主要是一些照片紀錄,但有一半的照片我是怱怱一眼,就快步走過,不想看下去。這些不是戰爭中的死傷者,也不是被地雷炸掉肢體的人…. 他們是由於美軍在戰爭期間大量投擲Agent Orange, 一種到目前為止最毒的化學毒藥,而禍延下一代的紀錄….大量的畸形兒童出生,真教人慘不忍睹。




越南也是一個共產國,國旗上的一顆星星就讓人感覺很「共」。在酒店用電腦上網不能上臉書,又讓人感到「啊!原來真是共啊!」。



每次看完這些歷史,在這些時刻,我總會反思自己對政治何其冷感,對別人的事何其冷漠過後,除了一些感受會一直刻在心中,我還是比較喜歡享受當下的生活。

By Jo



The War Remnants Museum is probably the one place that attracts the most tourists in Ho Chi Minh city.

We are not really very fond of museums and know almost nothing about history (every time like this, I hope Ivan is around), but it will be a shame if we do get to know a bit more about the Vietnam war when we are in HCMC.

A year ago, we were at Phnom Penh and went to the killing field and the prison, I will still feel the coldness when I think about the visit.

This time, most of what we get to see are photos, and about half of them, I can only barely walk by and won’t even look.  They are not war casualties or people injured by land mines.  They are babies and kids born with all kinds of abnormalities as a result of the US army spraying “agent orange” in many parts of Vietnam.  The agent orange is thought to be the most toxic chemical invented by human until today.



Vietnam is also a communist country, and the star on the flag feels very “Communist”.  When I realized that I cannot connect to facebook in the hotel in HCMC, I can only say “oh yes, it is definitely communist”.

After visiting the museum, at this kind of moments, I would reflect on myself as a very politically insensitive person and do not care about these things.  Time passes, some of the emotions will last inside my heart, but I am still the same person, who prefer to live in the present and seize my own moments!!


by Jo

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