There are three reasons:the fact that the Sacred Family of the Confucian Mansion in Qufu liked and valued operas had a great influence on him;

笔者认为有三个原因：因为曲阜孔府衍圣公家爱好和重视戏曲，对孔尚任有较大影响；

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They showed us how they make a thing that will remain in the family for the long years and will be considered to be sacred - a chain that will be used to hang a kettle on over a hearth.

他们向我们描述，他们是怎样常年呆在家里，怀着一颗神圣的心制作每一件物品，哪怕是一根被用来拴挂搁在壁炉上的水壶的链子。

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The family spent a month in Mongolia in 2007, riding across the steppe towards a sacred lake, then on to see the country's most renowned shaman, an old man called Ghoste who lives in a tepee.

2007年一家人在外蒙古待了有1个多月，骑马穿越草原参观圣湖，接着拜访了一位名叫Ghoste住在蒙古包里的这个国家最受尊敬的萨满。

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Songs and dances are common to almost all the regions, as are semi-sacred family or public meals.

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One reason, besides the obvious fear of a culture war with the conservatives about sacred family values, maybe the fact that the government already pays four attempts of medically assisted procreation to heterosexual couples and doesn't wish to have to extend this costly favor to gays, nor, more importantly, does it want to change at any price the national moral doctrine.

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She draws certain sacred lines for her family, however.

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