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2025年7月10日, 今天一早从台中的gogo 酒店出来就前往位于嘉义的阿里山，第一段的行程一个半小时，到达阿里山下的济公庙，据说这里是台湾最大的济公庙。因为今天又是下大雨，所以来阿里山的人不多，济公庙门前的游人也只有我们和另外的一两个人。济公庙分为两层，一层供奉济公和土地神。二层供奉的是观世音菩萨，文殊菩萨和普贤菩萨。祭拜一番之后我们继续上路，前往位于半山腰的奋起湖火车站。阿里山是日据时代和蒋介石统治台湾时代的重要的伐木基地，木材要用火车运送出山，所以遗留了火车站和一些蒸汽火车。据导游介绍台湾在80，90年代颁布了禁伐令来保护生态，休养生息，所以现在的阿里山植物丰茂，伐木用的火车道也成了旅游站点。我们在车站食堂稍作停留体验铁盒车站午餐便当。据说铁盒便当是当时铁路工人的午餐。便当有三种选择，猪排饭，鸡腿饭和猪排鸡腿双拼饭....

In early September, the Federal Reserve cut its benchmark interest rate by 50 basis points. At that time, many expected both long-term and short-term bond rates to universally decline. With this in mind,...

The Federal Reserve has long been signaling a potential interest rate cut, and it finally happened in September 2024, starting with a 50-basis-point reduction. There could be two more cuts before the end...

Someone said compounding is the eighth wonder of the world, and I believe this is truly the case. I remember when I was in elementary school, a classmate asked me if I would choose to take $100 or choose...