But I will remind you that a few hundred years ago, people saw their loved-ones die from diseases they thought were caused by sin or foreigners or evil spirits.

要提醒大家的是，几百年前，人们看到亲人因病死去，他们会认为那是罪孽或邪恶的幽灵的入侵所致。

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Culturally they were expected to ward off evil spirits or act as good-luck charms for Chinese marriages.

在中国传统文化中，中国结可以用于避邪或者在中国的婚礼上作为吉祥物。

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Whether envisioned as a tranquil ocean surrounding a tropical island or a protective stone warding off evil spirits, Turquoise is a color that most people respond to positively.

不论被想像成是围绕著热带岛屿的宁静海洋，或是防御恶魔的堡垒，大多数人对松石绿都有正面的观感。

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Death and disease are consigned to the realm of these evil demons or these impure evil spirits, but they are siblings with the good gods.

死亡和疾病归这些恶神和邪灵管,但是这些恶神往往和善神是兄弟姐妹。

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The monks wear ritual clothing and use hand gestures and various musical instruments while praying for the spiritual and moral well-being of the people, for purification and peace of mind, to appease the wrath of evil spirits or to invoke the blessing of various Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, deities and rinpoches.

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Not long after embarking upon the subject of God and melancholy, for example, Mr. Burton veers into "A Digression of the Nature of Spirits, Bad Angels, or Devils, " which leads into an elaborate taxonomy of evil creatures, including the question of whether some devils "have excrements" or "feel pain if they are hurt, " and whether there can be both good and bad devils.

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