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1、TheStoryofChina（1）I.ScriptChinaisoldestnationontheearth.Forthousandsofyearsitsrulersbelievedtheirtaskwastokeephumansocietyinbalancewiththeeternalorderoftheuniverse.Theemperorwhoachievedthatharmonywouldreceivethemandateofhavenblessedbytheancestors.Butinthelate19thcentury.ThecollisionwiththeWestshookC
2、hinatoitscore19,Inmidwinter1899,TheemperorcameheretoAlterofHeaveninBeijing,ToaskancestorsforsupportinChinashourofcrisis.Astheempirecrumbledinthefaceofrebellionandforeignarmies,Itwasthelasttimetheritualwasperformed1899.Here,justbeforedawnonthewintersolsticeTheemperorprostratedhimselfbeforethepowersof
3、theuniverse.Heperformedritualsthattheybelievedwentback5000yearstotheYellowEmperor.ThemythicalfirstfounderofChina.Hemadeareporttotheancestorsaboutthestateoftheempire.Butthatwinterof1899Chinafaceddisaster.Thefollowingyear1900.Chinawasplungedintocatastrophewithrebellion,floodandfamineforeignaggression.
4、Andthenewcenturysawswiftlyfalloftheempire.Short-livedrepublic,CommunistrevolutionandthentheinsanemadnessoftheCultureRevolution,Butdespitethetragediesofthe20thcentury,TheChinesepeoplehavecomethroughTodayChinaiswritingitsownstoryoncemoreunderanewmandate,Solongthegreatestcivilizationontheearth,Chinaisr
5、isingagain.It’sgreattimetobelookingattheeventswhichhaveshapedthehistoryofChina.Andtheidealswhichhavemadeit’sculture.SodistinctiveandsobrilliantforsolongtimeEveryyearinthespring,millionsofChinesepeoplesetoffonjourneyhomeIt’sthetimeoftheQingmingFestival.Thefestivaloflight.When,sinceancienttimes,theChi
6、nesehavehonoredtheancestors.I’mheadingdowntothecityofWuxiforaveryspecialoccasions,afamiliesreunion.Forthelast30years,Chinesepeoplehavegrownupinaconsumersociety.Afterthebreakwithacommunism,Chinahasbeenonaheadlongrushintothefuture.ButthereisadeeperChinaforasnewfreedomsbeckonthepeoplethemselvesarereach
7、ingbacktothethingsthathavematteredmosttothemintheirhistoryandfortheChinesepeople,identitybeginswiththefamily,sometimesthenewproveslessenticingthanwasfirstthoughtandtheoldfarmoredurablethananyonehadeve
