Thank you, Dr. Kudo / 謝謝您，工藤教授

新開幕的植標館展示室很美麗，不是嶄新的好看，而是復古的迷人，只差不能在裡面喝咖啡，不然整個空間瀰漫著咖啡館的溫暖。

The new exhibit room in TAI Herbarium is beautiful. It's not the dazzling luxury of a brand-new building. It's the charm of history. In fact, it feels like an old-style cafe lit with warm light, except that we can't really drink coffee inside.

十二月聽了好幾場專業訓練的演講，聽了一些植標館的故事，等到進了展示室時，雖然老師的示範講解不是特別華麗，可是聽完之後，我可以感受到整個空間充滿植物學家對植物的熱愛。

I attended some courses back in December, and thus learned many stories about the people that once worked in the herbarium. When the exhibit room was finally open, the professor gave a demonstration guided tour for the volunteers. Though his talk wasn't particularly fancy, I could feel many botanists' love through the collections and the design of the space.

今天是個大晴天，訪客特別多，我說了好幾次工藤祐舜教授的故事，工藤1929年來到台灣，是第一任植標館的館長，可惜因為工作過於辛勞，1932年便英年早逝，過世時不過46歲，對我來說本來只是個不相關的故事，說著說著突然有些感受，加上今天來的年輕孩子們，好幾個帶著喜悅的微笑對我說，他們很喜歡展示室的空間，我不禁覺得，應該要和工藤教授說謝謝，在八十四年前給了這個地方一個起點。

The lovely weather today brought more visitors to the herbarium. The special collection features Professor Yushun Kudo, who was the first director of the herbarium upon coming to Taiwan in 1929. He discovered many plants home to Taiwan, but unfortunately, he passed away three years later in 1932 due to the strain of overwork at the age of 46. In the beginning I was just telling someone else's story, which had nothing to do with my life at all. Strangely, as I repeated the story, I started to feel something. And when the young people told me with sincere smiles that they really adore the space, I couldn't help feeling that I should say thank-you to Prof. Kudo. He gave a start to this wonderful place 84 years ago.

看著工藤的照片練習畫他的肖像，應該是個真誠有決心的人，就像我這幾個月在植標館遇到很多很美好的人，讓我只要去到那裡就有很幸福的感覺。

I decided to practice drawing Prof. Kudo's portrait based on his photo. He must have been a very genuine and determined person, like many wonderful people I have met in the herbarium over the past few months. I can't explain why, but I feel blissful whenever I am with them.

台大植物標本館位於一號館，離台大正門很近，展示室每天開放，早上從十點到十二點，下午一點到四點，你也來感受很平靜的幸福吧！

TAI Herbarium is located right next to the main gate of NTU. The exhibit room is open every day from 10 a.m. to noon and from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. A visit will offer you a taste of calm bliss on both sunny and rainy days.