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Red packet for the poor

Dental clinic on the go
Taiwanese folk opera is back

Welcome to Da Ai Headlines. I”m Leeway Tsai. Thank you for joining us.

歡迎收看英語新聞，我是蔡力薇，感恩您的加入。

●Coming up, we bid farewell to the Chinese New Year holiday and start the year with an inspiring story, in which a little girl in Taiwan didn”t think twice about donating her red envelope money to charity.

●TIMA members in the Philippines go around Manila to offer free dental services to disadvantaged communities.

●Traditional Taiwanese opera is making a comeback after losing its audience to TVs and the movies -- we find out how the performance art has evolved over the years to regain popularity.

●我們還是祝大家新年快樂，新年一開始 帶大家看激勵的故事，住在台灣的一位小女孩，毫不考慮的將過年收到的紅包捐出做慈善。

●菲律賓人醫會來到馬尼拉，為貧窮社區舉辦義診。

●傳統歌仔戲因為搬上電視和大螢幕後，流失許多現場觀眾，現在要重振旗鼓，帶大家看看這個藝術演出，要如何重新找回喪失多年的觀眾。

今日新聞提要：
1.彰化延續物命
2.環保齊動員
3.無憂迎新年
4.檳城書軒新春
5.壓歲錢行善
6.馬懺悔葉德雄
7.種子生無量
8.菲牙科義診併
9.360歌仔戲(一)
10.360歌仔戲(二)

1.彰化延續物命
While spring cleaning for the Lunar New Year, you may have come across many things that have lain unused for a while. In Taiwan”s Changhua, Tzu Chi volunteers collected unwanted items from the community, and put them up for sale at a second-hand flea market. The proceeds from the sale went to Tzu Chi”s international relief missions.

過年前夕，家家戶戶大掃除，一些用不到的物品全清了出來，台灣彰化靜思堂，發起惜福愛物隨喜認捐，以跳蚤市場的方式賣出，金額全捐為國際賑災之用。

2.環保齊動員
Further south in Tainan, the concept of reduce, reuse and recycle have also been diligently put into practice. At Renhe人和 Environmental Station, employees from over 20 insurance and real estate companies came together to sort recyclables and learn about conservation work.

接著往南到台南，許多人現在都響應環保，力行減少、重複使用及環保的概念，在人和環保站，來自20多間壽險公司及不動產公司的員工，一起學習垃圾分類與環保。

3.無憂迎新年
Recently, a tea gathering was held at the Kaohsiung Jing Si Hall for media volunteers and their family members to thank them for their years of support. A series of lively performances were prepared for the enjoyment of the guests.

最近 高雄靜思堂舉辦無憂茶會，邀請高雄區人文真善美志工，以及家屬來參加，志工準備了許多表演給觀眾。

4.檳城書軒新春
The next story takes us to Penang, Malaysia, where the Jing Si Books and Cafe opened for business on the 25th after a short break for the Lunar New Year holiday. For the opening, students from the local Tzu Chi Kindergarten put on a show of songs and a sign language performance. A tea ceremony was also held for participants to express their gratitude and love for their parents. And, visitors all went home with unique, hand-written spring couplets as a souvenir.

馬來西亞分會靜思書軒檳城店，在1月25日是春節期間的第一個開放日，慈濟幼兒園小朋友前來表演手語，並且供敬奉茶向長輩拜年說感恩，揮毫寫下靜思語春聯，與前來靜思書軒的民眾結好緣。

5.壓歲錢行善
During the Chinese New Year celebrations, it is customary for adults to give children gift money in red envelopes. In Taiwan”s Taichung, instead of spending her red envelope money on buying toys, six-year-old Zeng Peiyun曾珮筠 decided to donate some to Tzu Chi.

過年期間 大人通常會給小孩子紅包，裡面會有一些錢，在台灣的台中市六歲的曾珮筠，沒有把她的紅包錢拿去買玩具，反而捐一些給 證嚴上人要幫助需要幫助的人。

《 衲履足跡 》談慈悲心 On A Charitable Heart

The only way to calm people”s hearts is to increase their wisdom and develope their charitable nature.
Treat people and manage affairs in a harmonious and loving way. Don”t spark conflicts or create situations that you will regret later.

穩定人心的唯一方法，就是提升智慧，培養慈悲心。待人處事圓融、與人互愛，即不起衝突、造成災難，也不會因而後悔。

6.馬懺悔葉德雄
Now a volunteer at Tzu Chi”s liaison office at Malaysia”s Kota Tinggi, Ye Dexiong 葉德雄used to love to fish. Although he tried to give up after joining Tzu Chi, it wasn”t until a certain accident that Ye Dexiong threw away his rod for good. Nowadays, Ye uses his free time in service of Tzu Chi. He also joined the Water Resentence Sutra performance, which helped him repent for his violent ways in the past, and change for the better.

慈濟哥打丁宜聯絡處志工葉德雄，曾經喜愛釣魚，儘管參與慈濟後，嘗試放棄釣魚，不過一次意外後，讓他放下釣竿改做善事，現在 他一有空就做慈濟，也參與水懺演繹，懺悔過去暴躁習性，學習圓融的處世態度。

7.種子生無量
Over the weekend, Tzu Chi global volunteer coordinator Huang Sixian黃思賢, came to the Tzu Chi Humanitarian Center in Guandu, in Taipei, Taiwan, to give a lecture on ”One seed to infinity.” He hoped that people could practice Buddhism properly by putting the sutras into action, instead of relying on superstitious ceremonies.

這個周末，慈濟全球志工總督導黃思賢，來到關渡大愛台演講，一粒種子生無量，和大家談佛教信眾應該，把經文上的法身體力行，而不該迷信於無謂的儀式。

8.菲牙科義診併
Tzu Chi”s mobile dental clinic in the Philippines recently traveled to St. Monique College in Manila to offer free dental exams for the children there. The clinic also went to the city of Quezon, where volunteer doctors provided medical services to victims of Typhoon Ketsana.

菲律賓的牙醫義診團隊，前往馬尼拉的聖莫尼克學校，為當地的學童檢查牙齒，另外義診隊也來到計順市，為之前火災受害的社區，服務並關懷當地的鄉親。


《 靜思語 》
To live a simple life is a virtue.

簡樸的人生是美德。

9.360歌仔戲(一)

There was a time when the staple entertainment in the theaters and outside temples in Taiwan was traditional opera. But as movies took over, and then TV came along, fewer and fewer poeple went to the opera. However, in the last ten years, Taiwanese opera has seen a revival at home, and has even moved onto the international stage. Let”s find out more.

台灣早期不論是戲院還是廟前，看歌仔戲可以說是全民運動，但自從電視與電影，越來越發達後，歌仔戲逐漸沒落，不過近十年，歌仔戲再度走入演藝廳，更躍上國際舞台，透過報導帶您來深入了解。

10.360歌仔戲(二)
Things are certainly looking up for Taiwanese opera. Next, we find out how the director of the Minghuayuan theater company adds special effects and ideas from popular culture into the traditional plays, to keep them up-to-date. Although it is still not easy to recruit new performers, some young people are showing interest to learn the trade.

歌仔戲的未來，越來越有希望，接下來鏡頭帶您來看看，明華園天字團，如何把現代人物、科技、特效、以及流行文化融入戲劇，為的就是將歌仔戲傳承下去，雖然歌仔戲面臨招生困難，還好這一代年輕人，還是有對歌仔戲的熱忱。

END

Finally today, Tzu Chi volunteers in Taiwan”s Hsinchu City organized a New Year celebration for their counterparts, with Taiwanese opera and must-have dragon and lion dances that left everyone in a festive mood for the year ahead. We”ll leave you with these images. Thank you for watching!

最後新竹慈濟志工，特別舉辦了新春聯誼會，有精彩的舞龍舞獅，和歌仔戲勸世歌，祝福大家平安，一起來看看，感恩收看，再會。(2012.01.31)