长江笑了，宜昌的TA也笑了🥰🥰🥰

2026年04月25日08:12:05 科学 1644

宜昌，依江而立、因水而兴，昔日以壮士断腕之志破解“化工围江”，如今已成为“微笑天使”长江江豚眷顾的生态绿洲。宜昌，正用一江碧水书写万物生灵和谐共存的生动答卷。

为讲好新时代宜昌故事，宜昌三峡融媒体中心国际传播中心推出《发现宜昌》原创中英文视频栏目。

你知道吗

长江里居然生活着一种“猪”

它不是佩奇

而是拥有治愈系微笑的“水中大熊猫”

长江江豚

Did you know there's a "pig" living in the Yangtze River? It's not Peppa Pig. It’s the "giant panda of the water", famous for its signature smile—the Yangtze finless porpoise.

江豚在江面嬉戏黄翔摄

长江江豚是中国特有的珍稀物种

也是长江中唯一存活的哺乳动物

它们天性活泼憨态可掬

常常做翻滚跳跃喷水急转等高难度动作

风雨来临前

它们频繁迎风出水

因此得名“拜风”

The Yangtze finless porpoise is a rare species endemic to China, and the only remaining mammal living in the Yangtze River. These lively animals love to roll, leap, splash, and make sharp turns. Before storms, they surface more often and move into the wind, which is called "greeting the wind."

至于“江猪”这一称呼

则源于古人的朴素观察

你看它们在水面翻滚的圆润身姿

是否与家猪颇有几分相似呢

As for the nickname "river pig", it comes from ancient observers. Look at their bodies rising and falling in the water, don't they resemble chubby little pigs?

江猪

腹内有膏两片，绝似猪肪，其肝肠心肺腰肚全是猪腹中物。

——清·聂璜《海错图》

江豚天生带着微笑

被誉为“微笑天使”

然而这抹治愈的笑容

曾因生态破坏与江水污染一度黯淡

With their natural "smiles," finless porpoises are known as "smiling angels." But that smile once faded, as pollution and environmental damage caused their population to decline.

在宜昌

一场关于“微笑”的保卫战从未停歇

宜昌全面落实长江“十年禁渔”

处置退捕渔船1878艘

安置3678名渔民转产就业

Here in Yichang, the battle to guard this "smile" has never stopped. The city enforced the 10-year fishing ban on the Yangtze, decommissioned 1,878 fishing boats, and helped 3,678 former fishers transition to new jobs.

为破解“化工围江”

宜昌“关改搬转”沿江134家化工企业

整治长江、清江流域1973个入河排污口

Yichang also shut down, upgraded, relocated, or transformed 134 riverside chemical plants, cleaned up 1,973 sewage outlets in the Yangtze and Qing River basins.

宜昌城区江段曾经的王家河油库码头变身观景平台付蓓蓓摄

在这里，守护长江和江豚是一场全民参与的社会共治：

Here, protecting the Yangtze and the finless porpoise is a whole-of-society undertaking.

退捕渔民化身“江豚协巡队”，八年巡护40万公里。

Former fishers now serve on "porpoise patrol teams," covering over 400,000 kilometers in eight years.

热心市民化身“市民观察员”，用镜头记录江豚动态的同时，为遇险江豚搭建生命热线。

Citizen volunteers act as "spotters," documenting porpoise activity through their lenses and helping report emergencies.

环保组织化身“绿色播种机”，让保护的理念融入城市血脉。

Environmental groups continue outreach programs, bringing conservation into everyday life.

“长江哨兵”志愿服务队在江面上清漂杨青摄

得益于不懈的守护

宜昌江段的江豚数量

从禁渔前的两三头增至二十多头

在葛洲坝、胭脂坝等水域

时常能看到它们的身影

那是长江生态复苏

最柔软、最幸福的注脚

Thanks to these sustained efforts, the local porpoise population in the Yichang section has grown from just two or three individuals before the ban to over twenty. They are frequently sighted near Gezhouba and Yanzhiba waters. These moments have become one of the softest and most heartwarming signs of the Yangtze's recovery.