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土葬和火化

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ID: 1640 Advanced
生是喜悦，死是悲伤。人们乐于谈论生，却害怕谈论死，也是一种人之常情。可是清明节要到了，与死亡有关的话题又逐渐多了起来。有时也会使人们重新思考一下诸如人死后还会有知觉吗？人死后会去往哪里，是上天堂还是下地狱？之类的问题。你想过了吗？
Thu Mar 31 2011 | Connie, David
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清明节 Qīngmíngjié Tomb Sweeping Day
扫墓 sǎomù to visit and clean up a grave
祭扫 jìsǎo to clean up and offer sacrifies at a grave
先人 xiānrén ancestors, forefathers
你清明节假期有什么安排？
nǐ Qīngmíngjié jiàqī yǒu shénme ānpái ？
What plans do you have for the Tomb Sweeping Day holiday?
跟我爸一起去给我爷爷扫墓。
gēn wǒ bà yīqǐ qù gěi wǒ yéye sǎomù 。
I'm going to pay respects to my grandfather's grave with my father.
哦，清明节祭扫先人，应该的。你爷爷是土葬的吗？
ò ，Qīngmíngjié jìsǎo xiānrén ，yīnggāi de 。nǐ yéye shì tǔzàng de ma ？
Ah, cleaning up your ancestor's grave on Tomb Sweeping Day, that makes sense. Was your grandfather buried?
拜托，上海怎么会允许土葬？活人都没地方住！当然是火化了。
bàituō ，Shànghǎi zěnme huì yǔnxǔ tǔzàng ？huórén dōu méi dìfang zhù ！dāngrán shì huǒhuà le 。
Oh, come on. How could Shanghai allow burial? Living people don't even have enough space to live! Of course he was cremated.
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