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1、TheStoryofChina（1）I.ScriptChinaisoldestnationontheearth.Forthousandsofyearsitsrulersbelievedtheirtaskwastokeephumansocietyinbalancewiththeeternalorderoftheuniverse.Theemperorwhoachievedthatharmonywouldreceivethemandateofhavenblessedbytheancestors.Butinthelate19t
2、hcentury.ThecollisionwiththeWestshookChinatoitscore19,Inmidwinter1899,TheemperorcameheretoAlterofHeaveninBeijing,ToaskancestorsforsupportinChinashourofcrisis.Astheempirecrumbledinthefaceofrebellionandforeignarmies,Itwasthelasttimetheritualwasperformed1899.Here,j
3、ustbeforedawnonthewintersolsticeTheemperorprostratedhimselfbeforethepowersoftheuniverse.Heperformedritualsthattheybelievedwentback5000yearstotheYellowEmperor.ThemythicalfirstfounderofChina.Hemadeareporttotheancestorsaboutthestateoftheempire.Butthatwinterof1899Ch
4、inafaceddisaster.Thefollowingyear1900.Chinawasplungedintocatastrophewithrebellion,floodandfamineforeignaggression.Andthenewcenturysawswiftlyfalloftheempire.Short-livedrepublic,CommunistrevolutionandthentheinsanemadnessoftheCultureRevolution,Butdespitethetragedie
5、softhe20thcentury,TheChinesepeoplehavecomethroughTodayChinaiswritingitsownstoryoncemoreunderanewmandate,Solongthegreatestcivilizationontheearth,Chinaisrisingagain.It’sgreattimetobelookingattheeventswhichhaveshapedthehistoryofChina.Andtheidealswhichhavemadeit’scu
6、lture.SodistinctiveandsobrilliantforsolongtimeEveryyearinthespring,millionsofChinesepeoplesetoffonjourneyhomeIt’sthetimeoftheQingmingFestival.Thefestivaloflight.When,sinceancienttimes,theChinesehavehonoredtheancestors.I’mheadingdowntothecityofWuxiforaveryspecial
7、occasions,afamiliesreunion.Forthelast30years,Chinesepeoplehavegrownupinaconsumersociety.Afterthebreakwithacommunism,Chinahasbeenonaheadlongrushintothefuture.ButthereisadeeperChinaforasnewfreedomsbeckonthepeoplethemselvesarereachingbacktothethingsthathavemattered
8、mosttothemintheirhistoryandfortheChinesepeople,identitybeginswiththefamily,sometimesthenewproveslessenticingthanwasfirstthoughtandtheoldfarmoredurablethananyonehadeve
