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1、TheStoryofChina（1）TraceTheOriginI.ScriptChinaisoldestnationontheearth.Forthousandsofyearsitsrulersbelievedtheirtaskwastokeephumansocietyinbalancewiththeeternalorderoftheuniverse.Theemperorwhoachievedthatharmonywouldreceivethemandateofhavenblessedbytheancestors.Butinthelate
2、19thcentury.ThecollisionwiththeWestshookChinatoitscore19,Inmidwinter1899,TheemperorcameheretoAlterofHeaveninBeijing,ToaskancestorsforsupportinChinashourofcrisis.Astheempirecrumbledinthefaceofrebellionandforeignarmies,Itwasthelasttimetheritualwasperformed1899.Here,justbefor
3、edawnonthewintersolsticeTheemperorprostratedhimselfbeforethepowersoftheuniverse.Heperformedritualsthattheybelievedwentback5000yearstotheYellowEmperor.ThemythicalfirstfounderofChina.Hemadeareporttotheancestorsaboutthestateoftheempire.Butthatwinterof1899Chinafaceddisaster.Th
4、efollowingyear1900.Chinawasplungedintocatastrophewithrebellion,floodandfamineforeignaggression.Andthenewcenturysawswiftlyfalloftheempire.Short-livedrepublic,CommunistrevolutionandthentheinsanemadnessoftheCultureRevolution,Butdespitethetragediesofthe20thcentury,TheChinesepe
5、oplehavecomethroughTodayChinaiswritingitsownstoryoncemoreunderanewmandate,Solongthegreatestcivilizationontheearth,Chinaisrisingagain.It’sgreattimetobelookingattheeventswhichhaveshapedthehistoryofChina.Andtheidealswhichhavemadeit’sculture.Sodistinctiveandsobrilliantforsolon
6、gtimeEveryyearinthespring,millionsofChinesepeoplesetoffonjourneyhomeIt’sthetimeoftheQingmingFestival.Thefestivaloflight.When,sinceancienttimes,theChinesehavehonoredtheancestors.I’mheadingdowntothecityofWuxiforaveryspecialoccasions,afamiliesreunion.Forthelast30years,Chinese
7、peoplehavegrownupinaconsumersociety.Afterthebreakwithacommunism,Chinahasbeenonaheadlongrushintothefuture.ButthereisadeeperChinaforasnewfreedomsbeckonthepeoplethemselvesarereachingbacktothethingsthathavematteredmosttothemintheirhistoryandfortheChinesepeople,identitybeginswi
8、ththefamily,sometimesthenewproveslessenticingthanwasfirstthoughtandtheoldfarmoredurableth
