"Talking about the porpoise" six cartoons sparked old Wuhan collective memory

This newspaper (reporter Zhang Yi) "The Yangtze River Porpoise only has 1040 head, still can let the future child see porpoise?" Yesterday, by this newspaper and Wuhan Image Nature Environmental Protection Service Center jointly sponsored by the "Art of the Porpoise" exhibition, in Wuchang Tan Hua Lin half mu Yuan Art museum to carry out. By the Hubei Academy of Fine Arts retired teacher Ji Hifang created a group of "Say Porpoise" comics, sparked the old Wuhan to "Kang" collective memories. Many viewers said with red eyes that the whole society should act immediately and not let the porpoise become the second Baiji.

The porpoise, which consists of 6 cartoons, tells the story of a pair of grandchildren. 30 years ago, Wuhan people ride round the Yangtze River, can easily see the porpoise freely jump up and down the water, the cartoon said: "The porpoise like ' pig arch-like ' in the Yangtze River over and over the water ' worship the wind," we call them ' Kang '. ”

30 years later, the porpoise is difficult to see in Wuhan waters. The little grandson asked Grandpa why the porpoise disappeared, Grandpa explained that the prosperity of shipping, overfishing, dredging in the river beach construction, climate change and the deterioration of the ecological environment, is threatening the survival of the finless porpoise. Then, the children to the Chinese Academy of Sciences Aquatic visited the actual version of the Porpoise, home after painting a lot of pictures, but he was more worried that the lovely porpoise will become less and more, eventually disappear.

"This group of comics comes from my own experience. More than 30 years ago, there is no Yangtze River Changjiang, we are taking a ferry across the river to Xu, that time the porpoise is really much ah, with the boat jumped up and down, we see really like. Now in Wuhan really do not see the porpoise, my grandson often asked me what the porpoise long, I can not answer. Later took him to the Chinese Academy of Sciences Aquatic White Dolphin Pavilion, only to see the real porpoise, he was overjoyed. "Ji Hifang said.

In the last comic, a stranded porpoise sheds tears, and the children in the picture weep. Some viewers see this scene, the eye also red. Citizen Chen said, feel the porpoise is very human nature, these living in the Yangtze River chain of the most top of the elves, because human activities, their number is decreasing, "hope that the porpoise no longer tears, so that future generations can see the porpoise again leaping in the Yangtze River."

Dr. Mei Zhigang, Institute of Aquatic Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, the current porpoise protection work is urgent. 2012 Yangtze River Dolphin survey results showed that the population of the Yangtze finless porpoise only about 1040, of which Poyang Lake about 450, Dongting Lake about 90, the Yangtze River main stream about 500, and the population decreased rapidly, and showed obvious accelerated decline characteristics.

It is reported that the exhibition to the Yangtze Finless porpoise and the Yangtze River ecology as the theme, including Chinese painting, oil painting, gouache, decorative painting, more than 20 kinds of more than 100 works, the exhibition will last 2 months.