200703090234[轉帖][地標][下載]土撥鼠節 Groundhog Day
Groundhog Day 指的是每年2月2日北美的土撥鼠節，也是一部1993年的奇幻愛情喜劇電影的片名。
根據北美傳說，2月2日當天土撥鼠會走出土洞，看看有沒有自己的影子。如果天氣晴朗，看得到影子的話，表示冬天還會延續六周，土撥鼠就會再回到地洞中冬眠六個星期；反之，如果出洞這一天看不見影子，就是春天即將來臨的徵兆。
北美洲最著名的三隻土撥鼠，分別是安河市(Wiarton)的威利(Willie)，賓夕法尼亞州的菲爾(Phil)，和埃布林達省Balzac鎮的比利(Billy)。每年2月2日都會吸引大批的民衆前往參觀這三隻土撥鼠的出洞活動，形成熱鬧的 Groundhog Day 活動，這就是土撥鼠節的由來了。
電影 Groundhog Day (中文片名：今天暫時停止)的故事就是從主角前往採訪賓州的土撥鼠節開始的。
Groundhog Day
Today is Groundhog Day, a North American festival which reckons that:
if a groundhog emerges from its burrow on this day and fails to see its shadow because the weather is cloudy, winter will soon end. If the groundhog sees its shadow because the weather is bright and clear, it will be frightened and run back into its hole, and the winter will continue for six more weeks.
So in celebration, we’re posting Woodstock, Illinois, the location where most of the scenes from the excellent Bill Murray comedy of the same name were filmed (although it was actually set in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania). And yes, in our thumbnail of the town square you can actually see “Gobbler’s Knob”…
For fans of the movie, the official Woodstock website has a PDF map which identifies all the locations used.
Thanks to Nev, Arthur and Pat.
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