2009年1月15日星期四

艺术-心灵的美丽邂逅

艺术-心灵的美丽邂逅
(作者: 苏麟 安利全球政策咨询委员会成员 曾有十六年的的军旅生涯)
 艺术对于我就像一个榜样,让我在心灵上得到一种依据和肯定.正如尼采说的,人生本无形而上的根据,如果一定要寻找的话,不如选择艺术.生活中我们常常会感到个人的渺小和单薄,常常需要一种外在力量的支持.比如在你孤独的时候去听<天鹅之死>,你会觉得它连悲哀都悲哀的那么美,就会发觉人生没有什么沟壑是过不去的,瞬间变得豁然开朗了,心境自然提升.
 每个人的青春故事里都有些激情澎湃的段落,我的爱情就直接来自电影的影响.因为痴迷于<冰山上的来客>,我大学一毕业就志愿要求去新疆,找的老公也象阿米尔一样,是当兵的,新疆人.初恋,结婚,生子,从23岁到33岁的10年,最美好的青春都留在那里.其实当时的生活十分艰苦,看电视还要端着小板凳跑到很远的连部去占位置,而且一周只能看一次,现在一天24小时都有电视看,反而失去了那种魅力.这就像普希金的那首诗,那过去了的,就会成为亲切的回忆.人的回忆往往由一首老歌或者一个老电影所承载.
 是的,艺术就是要去掉多余的一切,留下美好给人们的心灵以慰籍.所有的艺术,不管以何种形式呈现,凡是对情感有强烈冲击的,都会对人有影响.当我在凡尔赛宫,会被拉斐尔的圣母像完全征服当看芭蕾舞<天鹅湖>时,又会被那种真挚的爱情所深深感染象电影<画皮>,当鬼有了真爱也会变得很美,爱是世界上最伟大的力量,魔鬼有了真爱,内心也会变的柔软.
 有时候艺术作品的魅力还在于她的曲折、迂回、构成美学上的一种回退,因为欲念受阻,满足感的延缓,可以激起更为强烈的情感体验.跟我们做事情一样,如果什么都一帆风顺,你的故事一定不会太吸引人.生活就是这样,有了一波三折的人生才更打动人,如果浪漫没有挫折,就不叫浪漫.
 艺术的美不仅是表面上的美感,更重要的是她有震撼人心的力量.人又何尝不是这样,真正优秀的男人,还是喜欢女人有内在的世界,因为花瓶只能搁一时.所以女人一定要有智慧,行走在智慧中的女人才会有魅力.像<美女与野兽>,讲的就是善良的心,漂亮在外表,而永恒的美丽在内心.
 我常开玩笑说可惜自己没能被张艺谋发现,但是能被安利发现同样是非常幸运的.因为安利让我们财务自由,时间自由,特别是春节的时候,可以安心放下手里的工作去亲近艺术.我们去<歌剧魅影>的发生地巴黎圣母院,或者维也纳的金色大厅,或者梵蒂冈的石头城,都仿佛是一次次与心灵的美丽邂逅.到了卢浮宫,你会被那种力量美所征服,当你靠近那些大理石雕塑,面对蒙娜丽莎的微笑时,你会惊叹于艺术家的才华,会自然地敞开心扉,艺术其实就是教人相信美好,相信真爱.
 注:苏麟老师是我最热爱的安利老师之一,正是由于在郑州聆听了她的精彩演讲,我才疯狂地爱上了安利,安利公司也正是因为拥有一批象苏麟老师这样优秀的人才而享誉全球!
 苏麟老师是位长相柔美,性格浪漫但又意志无比坚定的女子.其实那次在郑州,并没有听到她讲什么人生大道理,她只是讲了她的恋爱故事,她当初为什么要在军校众多优秀男青年中独独选中来自偏远地区新疆的王伟老师做她的老公,只是因为一个极其微小的动作,她断定王伟老师为人体贴周到,.嫁这样的老公错不了.
 而后,她就跟随老公回到了他的家乡新疆,真的在新疆部队,一待就是十年,正如文中所讲,把最美好的青春岁月留在了中国的大西北.而后,她的老公王伟老师先行到达中国改革开放的最前沿阵地-广州深圳,去开创新的人生.等王伟老师在南方这边安顿好后,方把苏麟老师接到广州.没成想,苏麟老师到广州没多久后,便遇到了一个伟大的事业机会-安利.说起来,也真是很偶然的一件事情!那次苏麟老师坐在公共汽车上,旁边正巧坐着一位气质优雅的女士,于是两人便攀谈起来,这位女士递给她一张名片,上面写着一些"教夫妻如何变成一辈子的情人?""夫妻相处的艺术""如何教育子女"之类的话,说她们有这样的一个课程,可以免费来学习一下.
 就这样,苏麟老师给了对方一个面子,没成想却成就了今天这般辉煌的伟业!而那位气质优雅的女士就是现在大名鼎鼎的周帆阳老师-业界称做中国安利第一人的郑辛青老师的爱人.
 当然,成功的道路上绝不是一帆风顺,而是不无坎坷,甚至荆棘丛生.当苏麟老师坐在三轮车上搬运一箱箱的安利产品时,昔日的好友都嗤之以鼻,心里在嘀咕着,这苏麟真够呛,怎么混到了这般田地?好歹在新疆也是部队干部,怎么到广州竟沦落成搬运工来了?可是,这些都算不了什么,最大的阻力竟然来自于她亲爱的伴侣,她千挑万选的丈夫王伟老师,当时已是广州七家房地产公司的老总.
 那时候,王伟老师简直恨透了周帆阳郑辛青夫妇,都是他们,真是该死!让我的娇妻天天饭也不做,家务也没空收拾,整日整夜往外面跑,还煞有介事地说去开会学习,也不知道整天在鼓捣些什么东东.好奇心的驱使下,去看看吧,不看不知道,一看更是气不打一处来,整天在鼓捣些牙膏,洗发水之类的小玩意,真太有损失老总夫人面子了吧.
 后来,他们俩个闹到了分居的地步,可即使王伟老师以离婚相威胁,苏麟老师也我自岿然不动,依然我行我素,哎,行笔至此,我实在佩服极了苏麟老师,佩服她非凡的胆识,超前的眼光,敏锐的洞察力和坚定的意志,为了伟大的安利事业,她不惜以她神圣的爱情来交换.
 到最后,苏麟老师接到安利公司美国夏威夷旅游的邀请函时,王伟老师才彻底被"打倒"了.原来,他们去大使馆办理美国签证的时候,大使馆的美国官员竟然一路绿灯,眼睛抬都不抬就一个一个大红章印子按了下去,顺利放行了.这让见惯了大场面的王伟老师吃惊了.身为七家房地产老总的他自然少不了出国的机会,可是每次出国,尤其到美国这种国家,获得签证自是不易,每次都是准备了一摞子证书,什么学历证,工作证,身份证,军人证,等等一大堆材料,还得解释半天,才算大功告成.可小小的一张安利会员卡,竟是走向世界的通行证,实在匪夷所思.
 他问大使馆的美国官员,为什么一张小小的安利卡竟有如此神奇的功效?大使馆的人说,既然你能做到公司邀请出国的级别,说明你已是一个非常优秀的人才,美国欢迎这样的人才!
 自此之后,王伟老师方洗心革面,痛改前非.在短短两年时间里,一鼓作气,齐心协力与苏麟老师做到了安利公司全球政策委员会成员,安利公司全球创办人的聘位,真正实现了"财务自由,心灵自由,时间自由,空间自由"的逍遥游人生.足迹踏遍了世界各国名胜景点,成为国际人士!
 一路走来,其中自是感慨万千!从遥远偏僻的新疆,来到繁华的广州深圳,再从广州深圳走向五彩缤纷的世界大舞台,他们夫妻两个演绎了一段怎样精彩的人生传奇?
 哦,这个世界,实在是一场奇妙甜美的冒险!
 写给自己,也写给所有不甘心平庸生活的朋友们,让我们以共勉,让我们象苏麟老师讲的热爱艺术,因为艺术是榜样!
而艺术其实就是教人相信美好,相信真爱.不要害怕失败,冒险,被欺骗,只要自己相信真爱永远存在,相信美好永远存在! 那么就一定可以拥有真爱,拥有美好,拥有幸福人生!

2008年11月3日星期一

Showstopper by MercurySeven

A moral ventriloquist creature -an orator, pompous and snide -his consciousness spotlights his instincts, yet shies to the curtain aside.
Superior garbs and locution, no time to rehearse or refrain; we play to this house of a planet,as Lears ill-intended to reign.
We play to an audience darkly -a patronage Noah bequeathed;giraffes herded all to the back rowby ushers with daggers unsheathed.
Orang-utans plump for the isle seatsand condors the balcony box,while lions are stuffed in the bleacherswith the leopard, the lynx and the fox.
We've ordered the beverages poisoned(it's cheaper that way, don't you know)and amped up the heat with pollution -hey folks, it's all part of the show!
So let them relinquish their coat-tails -we've plenty of cloak rooms for all:the furs and the pelts from the mammals;the skins from those patrons who crawl.
The show is itself a showstopper;just give us an eon or two.We're Thespis et al in the limelight;we've improvised this, our debut.
We read from a manuscript writtenby two homo sapien men;the first of a cruel evolution,the last with a spurious pen.
But what is the role of an actorto an audience shamefully dimwhen he's given the range of a master,yet left to direct at his whim?

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2008年10月21日星期二

[分享]电影经典台词

1,Frankly,my dear,I don't give a damn.   坦白说,亲爱的,我一点也不在乎。(《乱世佳人》1939)   2,I'm going to make him an offer he can't refuse.   我会给他点好处,他无法拒绝。(《教父》1972)   3,You don't understand!Icoulda had class.I coulda been a contender.I could've been somebody,instead of a bum, which is what I am.   你根本不能明白!我本可以获得社会地位,我本可以是个竞争者,我本可以是任何有头有脸的人而不是一个毫无价值的游民! (《码头风云》1954) 4,Toto,I've got a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore.    托托,我想我们再也回不去堪萨斯了。(《绿野仙踪》1939)   5,Here's looking at you,kid. 就看你的了,孩子。(《卡萨布兰卡》1942)   6,Go ahead,make my day.   来吧,让我也高兴高兴。(《拨云见日》1983)   7,All right,Mr.DeMille,I'm ready for my close-up.   好了,德米勒先生,我已经准备好拍摄我的特写镜头了。(《日落大道》1950)  8,May the Force be with you.   愿原力与你同在。(《星球大战》1977)   9,Fasten your seatbelts. It's going to be a bumpy night.   系紧你的安全带,这将是一个颠簸的夜晚。(《彗星美人》1950) 10,You talking to me?   你是在和我说话吗?(《出租车司机》1976) 11、原文:“Would you be shocked if I changed into something more comfortable?”   出处:琼·哈罗(Jean Harlow),《地狱天使》Hell's Angels,1930   译文:“假如我换一身更舒服的衣服你会觉得震惊吗?”   12,I love the smell of napalm in the morning.   我喜欢闻弥漫在清晨空气中的汽油弹味道。(《现代启示录》1979)   13,Love means never having to say you're sorry.   爱就是永远不必说对不起。(《爱情故事》1970)   14、原文:“I could dance with you'til the cows come home. On second thought, I'd rather dance with the cows until you came home.”   出处:格罗克·马克思(Groucho Marx),《容易事》Duck Soup,1933   译文:“我可以和你一起跳舞直到母牛回家。如果再想想,我宁愿和母牛一起跳舞直到你回家。” 15、原文:“You talking'to me?”   出处:罗伯特·德尼罗,《出租汽车司机》Taxi Driver,1976   译文:“你在跟我说话吗?”   16、原文:“Gif me a visky, ginger ale on the side, and don'be stingy, baby.”   出处:葛丽泰·嘉宝,《安娜·克里斯蒂》Anna Christie,1930   译文:“给我一杯威士忌,里面兑一些姜味汽水。宝贝儿,别太吝啬了。” 17、原文:“life was like a box a chocolates, never know what you're gonna get.”   出处:汤姆·汉克斯,《阿甘正传》Forrest Gump,1994   译文:“生活就像一盒巧克力:你永远不知道你会得到什么。” 18,Made it,Ma!Top of the world! 好好去做吧,站在世界之巅!(《歼匪喋血战》1949)   19,I'm as mad as hell,and I'm not going to take this anymore!   我疯狂得如同地狱中的恶魔,我不会再这样继续下去了!(《电视台风云》1976)   20,Louis,I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.   路易斯,我认为这是一段美好友谊的开始。(《卡萨布兰卡》1942) 21、原文:“It's not the men in your life that counts, it's the life in your men.”   出处:米·威斯特(Mae West),《我不是天使》I'm No Angel,1933   译文:“并不是你生活中的男人有价值,而是你与男人在一起的生活。”   22,Bond.James Bond.   邦德,詹姆士邦德。(《诺博士》1962)   23,There's no place like home.   没有一个地方可以和家相提并论。(《绿野仙踪》1939)  24,I am big!It's the pictures that got small.   我是巨大的!是这些照片让我变得渺小了。(《日落大道》1950)   25,Show me the money!   让我看到钱!(《甜心先生》1996)   26,Play it,Sam. Play'As Time Goes By'.   弹这首,山姆,就弹“时光流逝”。(《卡萨布兰卡》1942)   29,You can't handle the truth!   你不能操纵事实!(《义海雄风》1992)   30,I want to be alone.我想一个人呆着。(《大饭店》1932)   31,After all,tomorrow is another day!   毕竟,明天又是新的一天!(《乱世佳人》1939)   33,I'll have what she's having.我会拥有她所拥有的。(《当哈里遇上萨莉》1989)   37,I'll be back.   我会回来的。(《终结者》1984)   38,Today,I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth. 现在,我想我是这个世界上最幸运的人。(《扬基的骄傲》1942)   40,Mama always said life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get.   妈妈说生活就像一盒巧克力,你永远都不知道你会得到什么。(《阿甘正传》1994)   43,We'll always have Paris.我们永远都怀念巴黎(那段美好的时光)。(《卡萨布兰卡》1942)   46,Oh,Jerry,don't let's ask for the moon.We have the stars.   噢,杰瑞,不要再乞求能得到月亮了,我们已经拥有星星了。(《扬帆》1942)   48,Well,nobody's perfect.人无完人。(《热情似火》1959)
  

The Facts on Faminism

The Facts on Faminism柳暗花明女权路The word feminism conjures up a variety of images for people. A lot of misunderstanding and hyperbole have surrounded feminism, but according to the dictionary, feminism is simply a movement for the social, political, and economic equality of men and women.While feminist theories have surfaced from time to time in history, the modern feminist movement's roots are in the Age of Enlightenment with its principles of individual justice. In the United States, these ideas were put into action by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and others who issued a Declaration for Women's Independence in 1848. A central demand of their nascent feminist movement, women's right to vote, was achieved in 1920 after a 72-year battle. Feminism reached the popular consciousness in the sixtieth with the leadership of women like Gloria Steinem, Betty Friedan, and Angela Davis; the passage of the Civil Rights Act prohibiting employment discrimination, and a lot of media exposure. Some primary issues of this time were equal pay, equal education access, freedom from sexual harassment, and the right to safe, legal abortions. In the eighties, many feminists claimed that there was a backlash4 against feminism in the media, popular culture, and the political right. The nineties saw some of this media-driven backlash, as well as the appearance of a new strain of youth feminism," Riot Grrrls", who emerged from the punk movement. While many people agree with the dictionary definition of feminism, few claim to be feminists for a number of reasons.They may feel that feminism is only for lesbians or women who hate men. Actually, a lot of feminist quotes have been taken out of context, and there are many different branches of feminism which espouse different ideals.Instead of hating men, most feminists believe equality between the sexes will benefit men by unshackling them from traditional expectations. They welcome men into the ranks of feminists. And although there has always been a strong presence of lesbians and bisexuals in the women's movement, most feminists are heterosexual. Many feminists claim that homophobia and ignorance are at the heart of people's refusal to label themselves as feminists, even though they agree with the tenets of feminism. Feminism has changed and grown with time and critical examination. There are currently about 17 identity-based branches of feminism including black feminism and Marxist feminism. These different offshoots sprung out of the belief that gender does not exist in a vacuum and must be examined in the context of race and class in society. Feminism will likely change more in the future and have a larger international presence, although its reach and impact will vary greatly in different cultures. While controversy and misunderstanding regarding feminism will continue, so will the feminist movement in its many permutations.

提起“争取女权运动”这个字眼,每个人都会产生不同的想法。对争取女权运动误解或夸大其词的人不少,但字典里, “争取女权”仅指要求两性在社会上、政治上,及经济上拥有平等权利的运动。随着历史的变迁,女权的理论也随 之变化,而现代女权运动则是产生于注重个人公正的启蒙时代。在美国,这些理念是由伊丽莎白·卡迪·斯坦顿等人付诸实施的,他们于1848年发表女性《独立宣言》。在争取女权运动发展的初期,其核心要求是争取女性投票权,经过72年的奋战,终于在1920年得到了这一权利。 60年代,在格洛丽亚·斯坦能、贝蒂·弗丽达,及安杰拉·戴维斯等女性的领导下,《民权法案》通过了关于禁止雇用员工时的性别歧视的条例,媒体的曝光率的提升,使争取女权运动为公众所认知。当时一些主要要求是同工同酬、平等受教育的机会、免于性骚扰,及安全合法的堕胎权。80年代,许多女权主义者称,争取女权运动在媒体、大众文化,和政治权力上遭到了强烈抵触。90年代,由媒体主 导的反对声浪犹存,同时期也出现了被称为“Riot Grrrls”的争取女权运动的新思潮,这是自朋克运动孕育而生的。 尽管多数人都同意字典中对争取女权主义运动的定义,但由于种种原因,很少有人敢说自己是女权主义者。他们认为争取女权运动仅仅适用于女同性恋和憎恨男人的女人。事实上,女权主义者的言论屡遭断章取义;而且,女权主义也有诸多流派,信奉不同的理念。 大多数争取女权主义者并不憎恨男人,反之,他们相信两性平等能使男人受益,使他们从传统的期望中解放出来。她们欢迎男性参加到争取女权运动中来。虽然女同性恋和双性恋者在这场女性运动中确实占有举足轻重的地位,但多数女权主义者还是异性恋者。许多女权主义者认为,对同性恋的厌恶与无知,在那些拒绝将自己归属为女权人士的心目中根深蒂固--即使他们认同女权主义的主张。历经时间的磨练,通过严苛的考验,女权主义已然成长、变化。依身份不同,现今女权主义约有十七个分支,包括黑人女权主义及马克思女权主义。这些分支是从这个信念产生的,即:社会性别不是存在于真空之中,而是需要在社会的种族与阶级中予以审视。将来,女权主义仍会继续变化,在国际上会更显示它的存在;尽管它影响的范围,也会因文化的巨大差异而不同。虽然对争取女权运动的争议与误解仍难平息,但是争取女权主义的运动也必将呈现出更多样的变化。

巴比伦的空中花园

 The approach to the Garden sloped like a hillside and the several parts of the structure rose from one another tier on tier...On all this, the earth had been piled...and was thickly planted with trees of every kind that, by their great size and other charm, gave pleasure to the beholder...The water machines(raised) the water in great abundance from the river, although no one outside could see it. ——Diodorus Siculus  ruits and flowers... Waterfalls... Gardens hanging from the palace terraces... Exotic animals...This is the picture of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon in most people's minds.It may be surprising to know that they might have never existed except in the minds of Greek poets and historians!  Location  On the east bank of the River Euphrates, about 50 km south of Baghdad, Iraq.  History   The Babylonian kingdom flourished under the rule of the famous King, Hammurabi[2] (1792-1750 BC[3]).It was not until[4] the reign of the Neo-Babylonian dynasty that the Mesopotamian [5] civilization reached its ultimate glory.Nebuchadnezzar II[6] (604-562 BC) is credited for building the legendary Hanging Gardens.It is said that the Gardens were built by Nebuchadnezzar to please his wife or concubinewho had been "brought up in Media[7] and had a passion for mountain surroundings".  While the most descriptive accounts of the Gardens come from Greek historians such as Berossus and Diodorus Siculus,Babylonian records stay silent on the matter.Tablets from the time of Nebuchadnezzar do not have a single reference to the Hanging Gardens,although descriptions of his palace, the city of Babylon, and the walls are found.Even the historians who give detailed descriptions of the Hanging Gardens never saw them.Modern historians argue that when Alexander[8] 's soldiers reached the fertile land of Mesopotamia and saw Babylon, they were impressed.When they later returned to their rugged homeland, they had stories to tell about the amazing gardens and palm trees at Mesopotamia...About the palace of Nebuchadnezzar... About the Tower of Babel[9] and the ziggurats.And it was the imagination of poets and ancient historians that blended all these elements together to produce one of the World Wonders.  It wasn't until the twentieth century that some of the mysteries surrounding the Hanging Gardens were revealed.Archaeologists are still struggling to gather enough evidence before reaching the final conclusions about the location of the Gardens, their irrigation system, and their true appearance. 
 注释:  1.Babylon:古代西亚两河流域的最大城市,古巴比伦王国与新巴比伦王国的首都。位于幼发拉底河中游,距今巴格达南约89公里。“空中花园”位于新巴比伦王国的都城中。  2.Hammurabi:汉谟拉比(公元前1792~1750)古巴比伦王国第六代国王。他在位其间,重新统一了两河流域。实行中央集权统治,兴修水利,发展经济。颁布有名的《汉谟拉比法典》。  3.BC:BC是“公元前”、AD是“公元后”。你知道为什么有公元前和公元后之分吗?其实公元记年是由后来的一位知识渊博的大主教发明的,以基督(Christ)的出生为分界线来划分。BC 就是Before Christ;而AD来自拉丁文anno Domini(=Since Christ was born)。  4.It was not until...:这个句子看起来挺让人迷惑,其实这是...not ...unitil...(直到……才……)的强调句型。It is ...that...是英语的情调句型。比如:It's man that counts.(出自《实用英语语法》)起作用的是人。强调...not ...unitil...时,是把not和 until引导的从句放在that 前。  5.Mesopotamian:美索不达米亚,西亚一古地区,地处幼发拉底河和底格里斯河之间,是世界文明发祥地之一。公元前4000年苏美尔人在南美索不达尼亚建立起世界最早的文明,约公元前2340年,阿卡帝国首次兴起,此后巴比伦和亚述两帝国相继崛起。  6.NebuPage: 1 chadnezzar II:尼布甲尼撒二世(前605~前562),新巴比伦王国国王。即位后,大举进攻腓尼基和巴勒斯坦,与埃及争夺势力范围。公元前586年攻陷耶路撒冷,灭犹太王国,俘虏大批犹太居民。前567年远征埃及,并掠夺大量财富,是为新巴比伦王国鼎盛时期。  7.Media:米底,西亚古国,在今伊朗西部和阿塞拜疆东部地区。  8.lexander the Great:亚历山大大帝(前356~前323)马其顿国王。前334年以无敌之师大举东进,入小亚细亚,转埃及,建立亚历山大城,挺进两河流域,入侵中亚细亚,南下印度。后因气候不适,士兵厌战而退兵巴比伦。前324年,建立了以亚历山大城为中心的东起印度河、西至尼罗河与巴尔干半岛领域的古代大帝国——亚历山大帝国。  9.the Tower of Babel:巴别塔,据《圣经·旧约》,诺亚在巴比伦的子孙想建造一座“塔顶通天”的塔以扬名,同时反抗上帝。上帝便变乱他们原来统一的语言,使之互不相通,结果塔未能建成,而人类分散到世界各地。  巴比伦的空中花园  通往花园的道路象山坡一样倾斜着,建筑物的几个部分一层一层地向上交错排列着……泥土在这些上面堆积着……并且浓密地种植着各种各样的树木,它们以其巨大的身躯和其他一些魅力,令观赏者赏心悦目……抽水的机器把大量的水从河中(提升到)上面,尽管没有人从外面能看到它。 ——Diodorus Siculus  水果与鲜花……、瀑布……、花园高悬在宫殿的阳台上……、奇异的动物……,这是大多数人想象中的巴比伦空中花园。让人吃惊的是空中花园除了在希腊的诗人和历史学家的头脑中出现过外,可能从来就没有存在过。  位置:  位于幼发拉底河的东岸,距伊拉克的首都巴格达南约50公里。  历史:  古巴比伦王国在著名的国王汉谟拉比(公元前1792~1750)的统治下曾经繁荣一时。但是直到新巴比伦王朝,美索不达米亚文明才达到了它的鼎盛时期。人们相信传说中的空中花园是由尼布甲尼撒二世(公元前604年~562年)建造的。据传,尼布甲尼撒为了取悦于其在米底亚长大并对山景怀有深厚感情的王后或者是妃子而建造了空中花园。  虽然对花园最详尽的记述是出自Berossus 和 Diodorus Siculus等希腊历史学家笔下, 但巴比伦的历史记录却对此事只字未提。尽管在尼布甲尼撒时期存留下的各种书写板上发现了对他的宫殿、巴比伦城以及巴比伦的城墙的种种描述,但这些书写板上却没有一处提到过空中花园。甚至那些对空中花园进行过详细描述的历史学家们也从没有亲眼目睹过它们。现代历史学家争论说:当亚力山大的士兵们到达了富饶的美索不达米亚地区并看到了巴比伦时,他们深为(眼前的美景)所震撼。当他们后来回到崎岖不平的家乡时,带回了有关美索不达米亚的令人惊叹的花园和椰子树……、有关尼布甲尼撒的宫殿……以及有关巴别塔和金字型神塔的各种故事。是诗人和古代历史学家的想象力把这所有的元素混合在一起制造出了世界奇观之一。  直到二十世纪,围绕着空中花园的一些不解之迷才被揭示出来。在得到关于花园的地理位置、灌溉系统,和真正面目的最终结论之前,考古学家们仍在努力地收集足够的证据。