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I've brought the young ones silver dollars.
我給年輕人們帶來了美元銀幣
In China, it's traditional to give coins in an envelope as tokens of good luck.
在中國，封紅包是一種習俗，來獲得好運氣
Well, they loved my mum a lot.
他們很愛我母親
It's, uh...It's evident.
這是，嗯…這是很明顯的
And they said they...
他們說，他們…
When they heard she had passed on, they did a lot of offerings to her,
當他們聽說她去世了，他們為她做了很多祭祀
so that was very nice.
所以，他們真的很好
This morning, my cousins are taking me to our ancestral village in the Foshan region of Guangdong.
早上，我的堂兄弟們帶我去祖先生活的村子，在廣東佛山
It's an area dominated by paddy fields,
這里到處都是水稻田
where my father's family were rice farmers going back several generations.
我父親的家庭就是稻農，延續了好幾代
I said, "Is it hard work?"
我說，這工作辛苦嗎
She said, "Well when you're young, I mean, you don't think about it,
她說，當你年輕的時候，你不會考慮這些的
"how backbreaking it really is to plant each stalk of rice."
你不會去想種植每塊稻田實際上有多么辛苦
She has to get down there, bend down to do that,
她不得不去，彎腰工作
and they say when people actually eat
他們說當人們真正吃到食物時
they have no idea where it comes from and how it's harvested.
人們不會知道它是從何而來，如何收獲的
My family are gathering at my grandparents' grave to mark Qingming,
我的家人都來到了祖先的墓地紀念清明，
an annual ceremony of grave sweeping,
一個一年一度的掃墓儀式
when relatives meet to tidy the burial sites of their loved ones.
親戚們相約來清掃親人們埋葬的地方
Traditionally, it's believed that the spirits of the dead
按照傳統，人們相信死者的靈魂
will look after their living family if they're offered gifts of food
會照看他們的仍然活著的家人，如果他們提供食物
and fake money to keep them happy in the afterlife.
和冥幣讓他們在另一個世界里感到高興
Despite the occasion, it can be quite a lively event.
若不考慮場合，它可以是一個非常熱鬧的事情
It's very different, our attitude.
這是非常獨特的，我們（對待掃墓）的態度
If you think of something like this in the West, it's very sombre.
如果你用西方的思維方式，這是件很陰郁的事
I mean, nobody would think of...
我是說，沒有人會認為
This is almost like a picnic here.
這幾乎就像是一次野餐
Before we eat, we must fulfil one last Chinese custom.
在吃飯前，我們還必須進行最后一項中國傳統
Really
準備好了嗎
Wow!
哇
Well, no evil spirits will come here now!
現在，沒有邪靈能靠近這里了！
