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视频文本：

TheChingMingfestivalisadayofreverenceforChinese,

peopleholdceremoniesforancestors,

andsweeptheirtombsonApril5theveryyear.

Accordingtotradition,duringtheTombSweeping,

peopleputfoodinfrontofthetombs,

addnewsoilonthetombs,

decoratethetombswithsomefreshbranchesandknockheads.

AtraditionalChinesepaintingnamedRiversidesceneontheChingMingfestivaldrawnninehundredyearsago,

showstheprosperousatmosphereandactivitiesonthatday.

Peoplereturnedfromtombssweeppingwithhorsesandpackagesinthepicture.

NowitisapublicholidayinChina.

Althoughceremonieshavechangedalittlewithtime.

Chinesestillexpresstheirgriefforthedeceased.

附录1：诗歌-

清明（唐.杜牧）

清明时节雨纷纷，

路上行人欲断魂；

借问酒家何处有，

牧童遥指杏花村。

DuringtheFestivalofQingMingdrizzlingistherain，

Breakingaretheheartsandsoulsofmournersontheroads,pedestriansinsorrowandpain.

Courteouslyinquiringwherethenearestwinehousesarelocated,

Onlyaherdsboywavingafingerpointingtoavillage

-theApricotFlowersHamlet.

附录2:英文介绍清明节：

TheQingmingorChingMingfestival,alsoknownasTomb-SweepingDayinEnglishisatraditionalChinesefestivalobservedbytheHanChinese.

清明节也称扫墓节，是从汉代就开始被人们庆祝的中国传统节日。

ItfallsonthefirstdayofthefifthsolartermofthetraditionalChineselunisolarcalendar.Thismakesitthe15thdayaftertheSpringEquinox,either4or5Aprilinagivenyear.

它指中国传统阴阳历第五节气的第一天，也就是春分之后的第十五天，一般是该年的四月四号或者五号。

DuringQingming,Chinesefamiliesvisitthetombsoftheirancestorstocleanthegravesites,praytotheirancestors,andmakeritualofferings.Offeringswouldtypicallyincludetraditionalfooddishes,andtheburningofjosssticksandjosspaper.

清明节期间，我们会和家人一块祭拜祖先以及扫墓，为祖先祈福以及供奉一些东西。传统上总会包含一些食物、香表以及纸钱。

Theholidayisassociatedwiththeconsumptionofqingtuan,greendumplingsmadeofglutinousriceandChinesemugwortorbarleygrass.

在此期间人们会吃一些糯米青团，也会弄一些艾草和大麦草做成面团来吃。

TaoTeChing道德经（选段）

Theperceptionofwhatissmallisthesecretofclear-sightedness;

theguardingofwhatissoftandtenderisthesecretofstrength.

Whouseswellhislight,Revertingtoitssourcesobright,

Willfromhisbodywardallblight,

Andhidestheunchangingfrommen’ssight.

(TAOTECHING　von　LaoTse)

“见小曰明，守柔曰强。

用其光，复归其明，

无遗身殃。是为袭常。”

——（老子《道德经》）

MAXIM座右铭：

Nothingcantaketheplaceofpersistence.

毅力无可替代

VALUES价值观：

Gratitude感恩，Altruism利他，Simple简约，Nature自然

VISION愿景：

Buildupthemosteffectivebilingualplatform，

ActasaambassadorintheexchangeofChineseandwesterncultures.

打造最实效的双语平台，做中西文化交流的使者

Nothingcantaketheplaceofpersistence.

Persistencecanproduceamiracle.

Unfortunately,

veryfewpeoplecanpersistlongenoughtoseeamiraclehappen.

毅力无可替代！

坚持可以创造奇迹，

不幸的是，

很少有人能长时间地坚持直到奇迹的发生。

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