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1、TheStoryofChina（1）MythsAndLegendsI.ScriptChinaistheoldestnationonearth.Forthousandsofyearsitsrulersbelievedtheirtaskwastokeephumansocietyinbalancewiththeeternalorderoftheuniverse.Theemperorwhoachievedthatharmonywouldreceivethemandateofheaven,blessedbytheancestors.Butinthelate19thce
2、nturythecollisionwiththeWestshookChinatoitscore.Inmidwinter1899,theemperorcameheretotheAltarofHeaveninBeijingtoasktheancestorsforsupportinChina’shourofcrisis,astheempirecrumbledinthefaceofrebellionandforeignarmies.ItwasthelasttimetheritualwasperformedHere,justbeforedawnonthewinters
3、olstice...theemperorprostratedhimselfbeforethepowersoftheuniverse.Heperformedritualsthattheybelievedwentback5,000yearstotheYellowEmperor,themythicalfirstfounderofChina.Hemadeareporttotheancestorsaboutthestateoftheempire.Butthatwinterof1899...Chinafaceddisaster.Thefollowingyear,1900
4、,Chinawasplungedintocatastrophewithrebellion,floodandfamine...foreignaggression...andthenewcenturysawswiftlythefalloftheEmpire,short-livedrepublic,CommunistrevolutionandthentheinsanemadnessoftheCulturalRevolution.Butdespitethetragediesofthe20thcentury,theChinesepeoplehavecomethroug
5、h.TodayChinaiswritingitsownstoryoncemore,underanewmandate.Solongthegreatestcivilizationonearth,Chinaisrisingagain.It’sagreattimetobelookingattheeventswhichhaveshapedthehistoryofChinaandtheidealswhichhavemadeitsculturesodistinctiveandsobrilliantforsolong.EveryearinspringmillionsofCh
6、inesepeoplesetoffonthejourneyhome.It’sthetimeoftheQingMingFestival,thefestivaloflight,when,sinceancienttimes,theChinesehavehonoredtheancestors.I’mheadingdowntothecityofWuxiforaveryspecialoccasion,afamilyreunion.Forthelast30yearsChinesepeoplehavegrownupinaconsumersociety.Afterthebre
7、akwithCommunism,Chinahasbeenonaheadlongrushintothefuture.Butthere’sadeeperChina,forasnewfreedomsbeckon,thepeoplethemselvesarereachingbackthethingsthathavematteredmosttothemintheirhistory.AndfortheChinesepeople,identitybeginswiththefamily.Sometimesthenewproveslessenticingthanwasfirs
8、tthoughtandtheoldfarmoredu
