一直处于民族分裂状态的波斯尼亚城市莫斯塔尔最近决定竖立一座著名功夫影星李小龙的雕像。由于在莫斯塔尔居住的穆斯林、塞尔维亚人和克罗地亚人都很崇拜李小龙，他们希望以此来象征整个城市重新团结为一体。

    据《每日邮报》9月12日报道，在1993年到1994年间，穆斯林和克罗地亚人曾在莫斯塔尔发生激战。

    这些年来，莫斯塔尔各民族间的战后和解进程较之波斯尼亚其它地方显得更为缓慢一些。当地一群热心人于2003年想出了这个向该城各民族人们孩提时代的偶像致敬的主意，而那一年正好是李小龙去世30周年。

    热心人四处寻找赞助者并花了1年时间才等来了市政当局的批准。“我们计划在11月份于市中心将雕像竖立起来”，当地一个名叫城市运动委员会的组织的成员维瑟林·加塔罗说，“这将是一座献给普遍正义的纪念碑，莫斯塔尔比我知道的其它任何城市都更需要这种精神。”在加塔罗看来，这座城市迫切需要一个“能够代表正义、知识和诚实的符号”，而这些品德也正是那位美籍华裔影星所推崇的。

    这座青铜雕像刻画的是该武术大师的一个经典格斗动作，其设计者是当地一位雕刻家。德国一家机构去年同意向该计划提供5000欧元（约合6162美元）的赞助。李小龙的遗孀琳达届时也将受邀出席雕像落成仪式。出生在美国旧金山的李小龙因出演多部功夫影片而风靡世界，他在32岁时因脑部水肿而去世。

    The ethnically divided Bosnian city of Mostar has agreed to erect a new symbol of unity - a statue of kung fu legend Bruce Lee, worshipped by Muslims, Serbs and Croats.

    A group of enthusiasts came up with the idea of honouring the childhood hero of the city's ethnic groups in 2003, on the 30th anniversary of his death. They launched the project, found donors and waited a year for the city's approval.

    "We plan to erect the statue in November in the centre of the city," Veselin Gatalo, a member of the Urban Movement organisation, said.

    "This will be a monument to universal justice that Mostar needs more than any other city I know."

    He said Mostar, scene of fighting between Muslims and Croats in 1993-1994, needed a symbol of justice, mastery and honesty - virtues upheld by the late Chinese-American actor.

    Born in San Francisco, Lee starred in several kung fu movies, including 1973's "Enter the Dragon". He died at the age of 32 from swelling on the brain.

    A German organisation agreed last year to sponsor the project with a 5,000 euro ($6,162) grant.

    The statue, cast in bronze and showing the martial arts master in a typical fighting pose, will be designed by a local sculptor and put up in central Mostar.

    Lee's widow Linda will be invited to attend the ceremony.

    For years, reconciliation in post-war Mostar was slower than anywhere else in Bosnia. But the reconstruction of the city's Old Bridge last year has helped reunite Muslim and Croat communities separated by the river.