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1、TheStoryofChina（1）LookForAncestorsI.ScriptChinaistheoldestnationonearth.Forthousandsofyearsit’srulersbelievedtheirtaskwastokeephumansocietyinbalancewiththeeternalorderoftheuniverse.Theemperorwhoachievedthatharmonywouldreceivethemandateofheaven,blessedbythean
2、cestors.Butinthelate19thcentury,thecollisionwiththeWestshookChinatoitscore.Inmidwinter1899,theemperorcameheretotheAltarofHeaveninBeijingtoasktheancestorsforsupport.InChina’shourofcrisis,astheempirecrumbledinthefaceofrebellionandforeignarmies.Itwasthelasttime
3、theritualwasperformed.Here,justbeforedawnonthewintersolstice,theemperorprostratedhimselfbeforethepowersoftheuniverse.Heperformedritualsthattheybelievedwentback5,000yearstotheYellowEmperor,themythicalfirstfounderofChina.Hemadeareporttotheancestorsaboutthestat
4、eoftheempire.Butthatwinterof1899,Chinafaceddisaster.Thefollowingyear1900,Chinawasplungedintocatastrophewithrebellion,floodandfamine,foreignaggression,andthenewcenturysawswiftlythefalloftheEmpire,short-livedrepublic,Communistrevolutionandthentheinsanemadnesso
5、ftheCulturalRevolution.Butdespitethetragediesofthe20thcentury,theChinesepeoplehavecomethrough.TodayChinaiswritingitsownstoryoncemoreunderanewmandate.Solongthegreatestcivilizationonearth,Chinaisrisingagain.It’sagreattimetobelookingattheeventswhichhaveshapedth
6、ehistoryofChinaandtheidealswhichhavemadeitsculturesodistinctiveandsobrilliantforsolong.THESTORYOFCHINAANCESTORSEveryyearinspringmillionsofChinesepeoplesetoffonthejourneyhome.It’sthetimeoftheQingmingFestival,thefestivaloflight,when,sinceancienttimes,theChines
7、ehavehonouredtheancestors.I’mheadingdowntothecityofWuxiforaveryspecialoccasionafamilyreunion.Forthelast30years,Chinesepeoplehavegrownupinaconsumersociety.AfterthebreakwithCommunism,Chinahasbeenonaheadlongrushintothefuture.Butthere’sadeeperChina,forasnewfreed
8、omsTheStoryofChina（1）LookForAncestorsI.ScriptChinaistheoldestnationonearth.Forthousandsofyearsit’srulersbelievedtheirtaskwastokeephumansocietyinbalancewiththeeternalorderoftheuniverse.Theemperor
