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佳能海灘(Cannon
Beach)上的沙堡競賽
地方性遺產
也許您曾做過一或兩座沙堡，但您曾做過像照片中那麼精巧的沙堡壘嗎？
每一年，位在奧勒崗佳能海灘上的小型海岸城鎮都會舉辦佳能海灘沙堡競賽，競賽中用沙製造出各式各樣的物品，如：車、豬、魚等，幾乎您能想到的每一樣東西，都會出現在作品中！雖然大部分的參賽選手只是為了享受堆沙的樂趣，但有些參賽選手是專業的沙雕家且能利用沙子做出栩栩如生的作品。例如，為了幫購物中心進行促銷並召來更多顧客，他們也許會在購物中心創作一座沙雕塑品。
始於1965年7月的沙堡競賽是一項大自然災害的結果。一年前，佳能海灘遭海嘯(巨大的海浪)襲擊。這個海嘯(發音為soo-nah-mee)對鎮上造成許多損害，但它也為這個區域引來了不少注意力，因為接著海嘯後面的是本世紀的最小潮汐。有兩個人想要要善用所有媒體的注意力，因此決定舉辦沙堡競賽。
現在，這項競賽的舉行時間起自早上的漲潮，終於下一個漲潮，也就是12個小時左右的時間，沙灘上就會佈滿了各種美麗的沙製品。各年齡層的孩童都受邀參加此一盛會，您的沙堡看起來像什麼呢？
You may have built a sand castle or two, but have you ever built a sand castle as elaborate as the one in this photo?
Every year in the small coastal town of Cannon Beach, Oregon, all sorts of things are made out of sand in the Cannon Beach Sand Castle Contest: cars, pigs, fish, almost anything you can think of! Most of the people who enter this contest enjoy building things out of sand just for fun. Some people, though, are professional sand sculptors and make a living building things out of sand. They might create a sand sculpture at a shopping mall, for instance, to promote the mall and get more people to visit.
The sand castle contest began in July 1965 as a result of a natural disaster. A year earlier Cannon Beach was hit by a tsunami (an enormous wave). The tsunami (pronounced "soo-nah-mee") did a lot of damage to the town, but it also brought a lot of attention to the area because afterward the lowest tides of the century took place. Two people decided to hold the sand castle contest to take advantage of all the media attention.
Today, the contest begins just after the morning high tide and ends about 12 hours later as the next high tide reclaims the beach -- and all the beautiful sculptures. Kids of all ages are welcome to participate. What would your sand castle look like?
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