They were so sad and they threw rice into the water to feed Qu Yuan's spirit.

他们很伤心，他们把米扔到水里来供养屈原的元神。

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Every morning, I meditate while the sun comes up over the rice fields, and before bedtime I speak to my four spirit brothers and ask them to watch over me while I sleep.

每天早晨，我在太阳从稻田一方升起之时禅坐，睡前我跟我的四兄弟说话，请他们在我睡觉时守护我。

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Under this tax category are six specific items such as grain spirit, potato spirit, yellow rice and millet wine, beer, other wines and alcohol.

本税目下设粮食白酒、薯类白酒、黄酒、啤酒、其他酒、酒精六个子目。

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The deity's figure is identified with the rice spirit that had been worshipped by the original people of Bali, before Indian traders brought the Hinduism that became widespread in the 7th century.

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Imported spirits make up about 2% of the Chinese alcohol market, with baijiu a white spirit distilled from sorghum, wheat or rice representing half of the country's alcohol sales, according to Euromonitor, a data provider.

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The twice-yearly ceremony is unique among the harvest rituals of Asia in that the master of the house invites the deity of the rice field into his home, behaving as though the invisible spirit were really present.

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