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1、TheStoryofChina（1）TraceTheOriginI.ScriptChinaisoldestnationontheearth.Forthousandsofyearsitsrulersbelievedtheirtaskwastokeephumansocietyinbalancewiththeeternalorderoftheuniverse.Theemperorwhoachievedthatharmonywouldreceivethemandateofhavenblessedbytheanc
2、estors.Butinthelate19thcentury.ThecollisionwiththeWestshookChinatoitscore19,Inmidwinter1899,TheemperorcameheretoAlterofHeaveninBeijing,ToaskancestorsforsupportinChinashourofcrisis.Astheempirecrumbledinthefaceofrebellionandforeignarmies,Itwasthelasttimeth
3、eritualwasperformed1899.Here,justbeforedawnonthewintersolsticeTheemperorprostratedhimselfbeforethepowersoftheuniverse.Heperformedritualsthattheybelievedwentback5000yearstotheYellowEmperor.ThemythicalfirstfounderofChina.Hemadeareporttotheancestorsaboutthe
4、stateoftheempire.Butthatwinterof1899Chinafaceddisaster.Thefollowingyear1900.Chinawasplungedintocatastrophewithrebellion,floodandfamineforeignaggression.Andthenewcenturysawswiftlyfalloftheempire.Short-livedrepublic,Communistrevolutionandthentheinsanemadne
5、ssoftheCultureRevolution,Butdespitethetragediesofthe20thcentury,TheChinesepeoplehavecomethroughTodayChinaiswritingitsownstoryoncemoreunderanewmandate,Solongthegreatestcivilizationontheearth,Chinaisrisingagain.It’sgreattimetobelookingattheeventswhichhaves
6、hapedthehistoryofChina.Andtheidealswhichhavemadeit’sculture.SodistinctiveandsobrilliantforsolongtimeEveryyearinthespring,millionsofChinesepeoplesetoffonjourneyhomeIt’sthetimeoftheQingmingFestival.Thefestivaloflight.When,sinceancienttimes,theChinesehaveho
7、noredtheancestors.I’mheadingdowntothecityofWuxiforaveryspecialoccasions,afamiliesreunion.Forthelast30years,Chinesepeoplehavegrownupinaconsumersociety.Afterthebreakwithacommunism,Chinahasbeenonaheadlongrushintothefuture.ButthereisadeeperChinaforasnewfreed
8、omsbeckonthepeoplethemselvesarereachingbacktothethingsthathavematteredmosttothemintheirhistoryandfortheChinesepeople,identitybeginswiththefamily,sometimesthenewproveslessenticingthanwasfirstthoughtandtheoldfarmoredurableth
