Worship of Sea Patrol King and its ritual is a kind of cultural phenomenon of local folk belief.

巡海大王崇拜及其仪式是当地的一种民间信仰文化现象。

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Sea Patrol King , other local God and ancestor worship constitute the traditional folk village belief systems, it is the important background to understand the local social and cultural phenomenon;

巡海大王等神灵和祖先崇拜构成了斗垣村传统民间信仰体系，它是理解当地社会文化现象的重要背景；

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These troops have rarely been at the center of the action: in Afghanistan, they stay in the relatively calm north; in Lebanon, they patrol at sea, not on land.

这些部队鲜少处于行动的中心：在阿富汗，他们留驻于相对平静的北方；在黎巴嫩，他们则在海上巡逻，而不是在陆地上。

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The clash over the disputed sea boundary between the two Koreas left patrol vessels from both sides damaged and inflamed military tensions on the Korean Peninsula.

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That is the maritime region where North Korea has disputed a sea border for decades and where an international team of investigators concluded a North Korean submarine sank a South Korean patrol ship in March,killing 46 sailors.

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France, Germany and other European governments could join a naval force, perhaps under NATO's aegis, to patrol the sea off Gaza.

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In the Mediterranean Sea, an Israeli patrol vessel struck a boat carrying medical volunteers and supplies to Gaza early Tuesday as it attempted to intercept the vessel, witnesses and Israeli officials said.

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But the navies involved say it is virtually impossible to patrol the vast sea around the gulf.

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