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重阳节的由来与习俗

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Double Ninth Festival
重 阳 节

The 9th day of the 9th lunar month is the traditional Chongyang Festival or Double Ninth Festival is also called "Cornel Festival" and "Chrysanthemum Festival", which has a history of more than 1,700 years. It usually falls in October in the Gregorian calendar.
农历的九月初九是重阳节，又名“茱萸节”，“菊花节”。这是一个很古老的节日，距今已有1700多年的历史。通常在公历（阳历）的十月份。


In an ancient and mysterious book Yi Jing (The Book of Changes), number "6" was thought to be of Yin character, meaning feminine or negative, while number "9" was thought to be Yang, meaning masculine or positive. So the number nine in both month and day creates "the Double Ninth Festival" or "Chongyang Festival".
因为古老的《易经》中把“六”定为阴数，把“九”定为阳数，在农历的九月初九那天，日月并阳，两九相重，故而叫“重阳”，也叫“重九”。


In 1989, the Chinese government decided the Double Ninth Festival as Seniors' Day. The traditional culture of Double Ninth and that of the modern were finely combined. It becomes a festival of respecting for the elderly people, and loving, helping the old.
在1989年，我国把每年的农历的九月初九定为老人节。传统与现代巧妙地结合，使重阳节成为尊老、敬老、爱老、助老的节日。


The ninth month also heralds the approach of winter. It is a time when the living need warm clothing, and filial Chinese sons and daughters extended this to make the festival a time for providing winter clothes for their ancestors. The Double Ninth Festival, therefore, also became an occasion to visit the graves of dead family members.
九月也预示着冬天的来临。天气渐冷，人们需要准备衣服保暖，孝顺的子孙由此思及祖先，便将这天作为给先祖们烧冬衣的时间。因此，重阳节也成为了祭奠死去的家人的节日。


The Customs of Double Ninth Festival
重阳节习俗


登高
Climbing Mountains

The 9th lunar month, with clear autumn sky and bracing air, is a good time for sightseeing. So people, both ancient and present, love to go sightseeing this month.
阴历9月这天，正值秋高气爽，适合旅行观光。所以，一到金秋九月，不论男女老少，都喜欢在此时旅行登高。


Apart from expelling bad luck and disasters, climbing mounting also indicates “climbing to a higher position”, and it is also an important reason why ancient people pay much attention about this custom. Another reason that climbing mountains are valued by people, especially by the elderly is that it has a meaning of “climb to a longevous life”. Also, for this reason, people believe that climbing mountains can make people live a more longevous life.
登高可以驱除霉运，还意指“晋升高位”。这也是古人为什么很重视这一传统习俗。登高之所以受人重视，特别受老人重视，是因为人们认为登高还意寓“登顶长寿”。除此之外，人们还相信登山能使人健康长寿。


It is really refreshing to climb mountains and enjoy the beauty of nature at this bright and clear time in autumn. Climbing mountains on Double Ninth Festival was already prevailing in the Tang Dynasty, and a lot of poems were devoted to this custom.
在九月登高既是件惬意放松的事，又是件可以欣赏到自然之美的幸事。重阳节登高，在唐代就开始盛行了，古时也有很多跟重阳登高有关的诗歌。



吃重阳糕
Eating Double Ninth Cake

Though the name of "Gao" started from the Six Dynasties, the cakes had already existed in Han Dynasty, which was called "Er" in China at that time. It is made of rice flour, which is classified into two types: paddy rice flour and millet rice flour. In September, the millet is ripe. It is regarded as the food just in season, which is offered to ancestors as sacrifices.
尽管“糕”这个名称源于六朝，但这种东西东汉就有了。那是人们称之为“饵”。饵用米粉做成，一般有两种：谷米粉和粟米粉。九月，粟米程度，它是当季的食物，通常会献给祖先作为祭品。


In China, "gao(cake)" has the same pronunciation with "gao(height)". Mountains are high, so eating cake can, by a stretch of imagination, take the place of going for the Double Ninth Cake, but super cakes will have as many as nine layers, like a tower.
在中国文化中，“糕”和“高”同音，所以吃糕也就代表了“登高”的意思，祝愿百事俱高。重阳糕没有固定的样式，但通常做成九层，看起来像一座塔一样。




家人团聚
Family Get-together

The Double Ninth Festival is also a time for family get-togethers. It is an occasion to remember one's ancestors, the sacrifices they made and the hardships they underwent. Often, family outings are organized during which people search to renew their appreciation of nature and to reaffirm their love and concern for family members and close friends.
重阳节还是一个家庭团聚的节日。大家纪念先祖，感念他们的牺牲和遭遇的苦难。很多家庭也会一起出行，以感受大自然的魅力，也增进和亲友们的关系。




赏菊花
Enjoy Chrysanthemum Flowers

Chrysanthemum originated in Chi

WILD FIRE | 野火

作者：艾青 ｜ 主播：孟飞Phoenix


Set these black nights ablaze
在这些黑夜里燃烧起来

On these lofty mountaintops
在这些高高的山巅上

Extend your arms of flame
伸出你的光焰的手。

Embrace night’s broad bosom
支抚扪夜的宽阔的胸脯

Embrace her dark-blue, ice-cold bosom
去抚扪深蓝的冰凉的胸脯

From the tips of your high-leaping flames
从你的最高处跳动着的尖顶

Let your sparks fly out
把你的火星飞飏起来

Let them descend, like a host of sprites
让它们像群仙似在飘落在

Down the unfathomable, dark-cold abyss
那些莫测的黑暗而又冰冷的深谷

Let them flash on the souls fast asleep there
去照见那些沉睡的灵魂

Let them, even if only in dazed dreaming
让它们即使在飘渺的梦中

Dance, for once, the dance of joy
也能得到一次狂欢的舞蹈

Set these black nights ablaze
在这些黑夜里燃烧起来

Let the flames climb higher and higher!
更高些！更高些！

Let your joyous configurations
让你的欢乐的形体

Rise from the ground to the heavens
从地面升向高空

Inspire this wearisome world of ours
使我们这困倦的世界

With the dance of your spirited fire
因了你的火光的鼓舞

Rise up and soar!
苏醒起来！喧腾起来！

Let the thousand eyes of this dark night
让这黑夜里的一切的眼

Look to you
都在看望着你


Let the hearts on this dark night
让这黑夜里一切的心

All heed your earth-shaking summons
都因了你的召唤而震荡

Oh, your joyous flames
欢笑的火焰呵

Oh, your trembling flames
颤动的火焰呵

Listen! From what profound corner
听呀，从什么深邃的角落

Comes this song that hymns your praise like a waterfall…
传来了那赞颂你的瀑布似的歌声……

Northern Shaanxi
陕北

1942
一九四二年



艾青(1910-1996)
现代诗人，原名蒋海澄，号海澄。在中国新诗发展史上，艾青是继郭沫若，闻一多等人之后又一位推动一代诗风，并产生过重要影响的诗人，在世界上也享有声誉。他在1985年，曾获法国文学艺术最高勋章，这是我国诗人得到的第一个国外文学艺术的最高级大奖。其诗作《我爱这土地》被选入人教版中学语文教材。

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bgm：植地雅哉 - Sleep Like A Top

I BELIEVE THAT EVERYTHING HAPPENS FOR A REASON
PEOPLE CHANGE SO THAT YOU CAN LEARN
TO LET GO. THINGS GO WRONG SO THAT YOU
APPRECIATE THEM WHEN THEY'RE RIGHT.
YOU BELIEVE LIES SO YOU EVENTUALLY
LEARN TO TRUST NO ONE BUT YOURSELF.
AND SOMETIMES GOOD THINGS FALL APART
SO BETTER THINGS CAN FALL TOGETHER.


主播：孟飞Phoenix
全网同名
​

12 things
to always remember.
1. The past can't be changed.
2. Opinions don't define your reality.
3. Everyone's journey is different.
4. Judgements are not about you.
5. Overthinking will lead to sadness.
6. Happiness is found within.
7. Your thoughts affect your mood.
8. Smiles are contagious.
9. Kindness is free.
10. It's okay to let go and move on.
11. What goes around, comes around.
12. Things always get better with time.

主播：孟飞Phoenix
各平台同名

源自：网络 ｜ 主播：孟飞Phoenix

2022年已经过了250天，转眼就到了“白露”。《诗经》有曰：“蒹葭苍苍，白露为霜”，意为：河边芦苇青苍苍，秋深露水结成霜。白露的到来预示着凉爽的秋天的开始。露水的英文翻译是dew，所以白露的英文表达是White Dew，或者可以直接用拼音表达Bailu。
这段时间，温度逐渐降低，空气中的水汽在夜晚凝成白露，滴落在青草上，树枝间。
White Dew indicates the real beginning of cool autumn. The temperature declines gradually and vapors in the air often condense into white dew on the grass and trees at night.

蒹葭苍苍，白露为霜。
所谓伊人，在水一方。
Green, green the reed.
Dew and frost gleam.
Where's she I need.
Beyond the stream.


溯洄从之，道阻且长。
溯游从之，宛在水中央。
Upstream I go.
the way is long.
Downstream I go.
She's there among.


蒹葭萋萋，白露未晞。
所谓伊人，在水之湄。
White, white the reed.
Dew not yet dried.
Where's she I need.
On the other side.

溯洄从之，道阻且跻。
溯游从之，宛在水中坻。
Upstream I go.
Hard is the way.
Downstream I go.
She's far away.


蒹葭采采，白露未已。
所谓伊人，在水之涘。
Bright, bright the reed.
Dew and frost blend.
Where's she I need.
At river's end.


溯洄从之，道阻且右。
溯游从之，宛在水中沚。
Upstream I go.
The way does wind.
Downstream I go.
She's far behind.

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BGM：林海 - 慕莲

主播各平台同名：孟飞Phoenix

Hey You.
Yes, you. Stop being unhappy with yourself.
You are perfect.
Stop wishing you looked like someone else or wishing people liked you as much as they like someone else.
Stop trying to get attention from those who hurt you.
Stop hating your body, your face, your personality, your quirks.
Love them, without those things you wouldn't be you, and why would you want to be anyone else?
Be confident with who you are.
Smile, it'll draw people in.
If anyone hates on you because you are happy with yourself then you stick your middle finger in the air and say screw it.
My happiness will not depend on others anymore.
I'm happy because I love who I am. I love my flaws.
I love my imperfections.
They make me me. and 'me' is pretty amazing.

断弦的小提琴

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On Nov. 18, 1995, Itzhak Perlman, the violinist, came on stage to give a concert.

1995年11月18日，小提琴家伊扎克·帕尔曼将要举办一场音乐会。



If you have ever been to a Perlman concert, you know that getting on stage is no small achievement for him.

如果你曾经听过帕尔曼的音乐会，你就知道对他来说走上舞台可不是一件容易的事情。



He was stricken with polio as a child, and so he walks with the aid of two crutches.

他小的时候患过小儿麻痹症，所以他需要靠双拐走路。



The audience sit quietly while he makes his way across the stage to his chair and begins his play.

观众在静静地等待着他穿过舞台坐在椅子上开始表演。



But this time, something went wrong.

但是这一次出了点儿问题。



Just as he finished the first few bars, one of the strings on his violin broke.

当他刚刚演奏完前面几小节的时候，一根琴弦断了。



We thought that he would have to stop the concert.

我们以为他不得不结束这场演奏会，



But he didn't. Instead, he waited a moment, closed his eyes and then signaled the conductor to begin again.

然而他没有。他停了一下，闭上眼睛，然后向指挥示意重新开始。



The orchestra began and he played with such passion and such power and such purity as they had never heard before.

乐队再一次开始演奏，他用前所未有的激情、力量和内心的纯净演奏着。



Of course, anyone knows that it is impossible to play a harmonious work with just three strings.

当然，我们每个人都知道仅用三根琴弦是无法演奏出和谐的乐曲的。



I know that, and you know that, but that night Itzhak Perlman refused to know that.

你我都明白这一事实，但是那一晚伊扎克·帕尔曼就是拒绝承认。



When he finished, there was an awesome silence in the room.

当演奏结束的时候，大厅里一阵可怕的沉寂。



And then people rose and cheered.

接着，人们从座位上站起并欢呼起来，



There was an extraordinary outburst of applause from every corner of the auditorium.

从观众席的每一个角落都爆发出热烈的掌声。



He smiled, wiped the sweat from his brow, and then he said-not boastfully, but in a quiet, sacred tone-You know, sometimes it is the artist's task to find out how much music you can still make with what you have left.

他微笑着，檫去额头的汗珠，没有一点骄傲，他用平静的、虔诚的语气说道：有些时候音乐家要明白用不完整的乐器，你还能演奏出怎样的音乐。



This powerful line has stayed in my mind ever since I heard it.

从那天起，这句有力的话一直留在我的心里。



And who knows? Perhaps that is the definition of life-not just for artists but for all of us.

要知道，也许这就是对生命的解释-不仅是对音乐家，而是对所有的人。



He has prepared all his life to make music on a violin of your strings, but all of a sudden, in the middle of a concert, he finds himself with only three strings; so he makes music with three strings,

伊扎克·帕尔曼一生都在做着用四弦的小提琴演奏音乐的准备，然而，突然间，就在音乐会上，他发现他只剩下三根琴弦，于是他用三根琴弦演奏。



and the music he made that night with just three strings was more beautiful, more sacred, more memorable, than any that he had ever made before when he had four strings.

那一晚他用三根琴弦演奏的音乐比他以往用四根琴弦演奏的音乐更美妙，更神圣，更难忘。



So, perhaps our task in this shaky, fast-changing, bewildering world in which we live is to make music, at first with all that we have, and then, when that is no longer possible, to make music with what we have left.

我们要学会在这个动荡多变充满迷惑的世界里演奏音乐，也许开始的时候倾尽所有来演奏，当有些东西不再拥有的时候，就用我们所剩下的来演奏音乐。




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BGM：① Cicada - 你再也读不出我任何欲望

② 陈致逸 - 千里清光（中秋夜晚）

Different Roles in Life

人生七阶

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All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players.

大千世界是个舞台，所有男男女女不过是戏子。



They have their exits and their entrances, and one man in his time plays many parts.

他们各有登场和退场，而每个人的一生也扮演着许多不同的角色。



At first the infant, mewling and puking in the nurse's arms.

首先是婴儿，在奶妈怀中啼哭着，呕吐着。



Then the whining schoolboy, with his satchel and shining morning face.

其次是背着书包、满面晨光，喜欢发牢骚的学生。



And then the lover, sighing like furnace, with a woeful ballad.

然后是情人，像熔炉一般叹息，唱着忧伤的歌谣。



Then a soldier, full of strange oaths, and bearded like the pard, seeking the bubble reputation even in the cannon's mouth.

随后是士兵，满是古怪的誓言，蓄着胡须，甚至连火炮口也不怕去寻求那泡沫般的名声。



And then the justice, in fair round belly with good capon lined, full of wise saws and modern instances.

然后是中年大腹便便，身材圆润的体型，多的是所谓感悟智慧的格言和历经岁月的经验。



The sixth age shifts into the lean and slippered pantaloon.

第六阶段，是被岁月雕刻出瘦削的，穿拖鞋的傻老头。



With spectacles on nose and pouch on side, his youthful hose, well saved, a world so wide......

鼻上架着眼镜，腰间挂着烟袋。年轻时保存良好的长裤套在瘦瘪的腿上显得宽又荡......





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BGM：① 陈戈 - 我好想你

② 邓壬鑫 - 夜的钢琴曲一

我们都曾经寂寞而给对方承诺
我们都因为折磨而厌倦了生活
只是这样的日子
同样的方式
还要多久
我们改变了态度而接纳了对方
我们委屈了自己成全谁的梦想
只是这样的日子
还剩下多少
已不重要
时常想起过去的温存
它让我在夜里不会冷
你说一个人的美丽是认真
两个人能在一起是缘份
早知道是这样
像梦一场
我才不会把爱都放在同一个地方
我能原谅
你的荒唐
荒唐的是我没有办法遗忘
早知道是这样
如梦一场
我又何必把泪都锁在自己的眼眶
让你去疯
让你去狂
让你在没有我的地方坚强

Memo From A Child To Parents

孩子给父母的备忘录

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1. Don't spoil me. I know quite well that I ought not to have all I ask for. I'm only testing you.

别溺爱我。我很清楚地知道，我不应该得到每一样我所要求的东西，我哭闹不休其实只是在试探你。



2. Don't be afraid to be firm with me. I prefer it, it makes me feel secure.

别害怕对我保持公正的态度，这样反倒让我有安全感。



3. Don't let me form bad habits. I have to rely on you to detect them in the early stages.

别让我养成坏习惯，在年幼的此刻，我得依靠你来判断和培养。



4. Don't make me feel smaller than I am. It only makes me behave stupidly "big".

别让我觉得自己比实际的我还渺小，这只会让我假装出一副和我实际年龄不符的傻样。



5. Don't correct me in front of people if you can help it. I'll take much more notice if you talk quietly with me in private.

可能的话，尽量不要在人前纠正我的错误，我会感到很没面子，进而和你作对。你私下提醒，效果会更好。



6. Don't make me feel that my mistakes are sins. It upsets my sense of values.

别让我觉得犯了错就是犯了罪，它会削弱我对人生的希望。



7. Don't protect me from consequences. I need to learn the painful way sometimes.

别过度保护我，怕我无法接受某些“后果”。很多时候，我需要经由痛苦的经历来学习。



8. Don't be too upset when I say "I hate you". Sometimes it isn't you I hate but your power to thwart me.

当我说“我恨你”的时候别往心里去。我恨的绝对不是你，我恨的是你加在我身上的那些压力。



9. Don't take too much notice of my small ailments. Sometimes they get me the attention I need.

别太在意我的小病痛。有时，我只是想得到你的注意而已。





10. Don't nag. If you do, I shall have to protect myself by appearing deaf.

别对我唠叨不休，否则我会装聋作哑。



11. Don't forget that I cannot explain myself as well as I should like. That is why I am not always accurate.

我有时不能把事情解释得很清楚，会词不达意。这也是为什么我有时不能准确地表达自己。



12. Don't put me off when I ask questions. If you do, you will find that I stop asking and seek my information elsewhere.

当我问你问题的时候，请别敷衍我或者拒绝我。否则我将停止发问，转向它处寻求答案。



13. Don't be inconsistent. That completely confuses me and makes me lose faith in you.

请别在管教原则上前后不一出尔反尔。这样会让我疑惑，进而失去对你的信任。



14. Don't tell me my fears are silly. They are terribly real and you can do much to reassure me if you try to understand.

我害怕的时候，不要觉得我很傻很可笑。如果你试着去了解，便会发现我当时有多恐惧。



15. Don't ever suggest that you are perfect or infallible. It gives me too great a shock when I discover that you are neither.

别对我暗示你永远正确、无懈可击。当我发现你并非如此的时候，对我将是一个多么大的打击。



16. Don't ever think that it is beneath your dignity to apologize to me. An honest apology makes me feel surprisingly warm towards you.

别认为向我道歉是没有尊严的事。一个诚恳的道歉，会让我和你更接近，更尊重你，感觉更温暖。



17. Don't forget I love experimenting. I couldn't get along without it, so please put up with it.

别忘记我喜欢亲自尝试，如果我不尝试就寸步难行，所以请你包容。



18. Don't forget how quickly I am growing up. It must be very difficult for you to keep pace with me, but please do try.

别忘了我很快就会长大，对你来说，和我一起成长是很不容易的事，但请你尝试一下吧。



19. Don't forget that I don't thrive without lots of love and understanding, but I don't need to tell you, do I?

不要忘了离开了厚爱和理解我不会茁壮成长，但是，这一点我不需要提醒你吧？



20. Please keep yourself fit and healthy. I need you.

请保持身体健康，因为我需要你。




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