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Beijing Opera in Taiwan

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

●Coming up in the show, we have a report on the downside of the Lantern Festival in Taiwan, with most of the lanterns becoming trash once the celebrations are over.

●Smoking harms your health, and also your capacity to think: a UK study reveals that smoking may be a risk factor in the early development of dementia.

●And later, we explore why Beijing Opera has lost its audience over the years, and what Taiwanese performers are doing to preserve this age-old form of performance art.

歡迎收看大愛英語新聞，我是蔡力薇，感恩您的加入。

●今日的題要，來看看元宵後留下垃圾的報導，佳節一結束，使用過的燈籠都成為垃圾。

●抽菸危害健康也會阻礙你的思考，英國研究報導，抽菸可能是導致罹患失智症的風險。

●接著，我們來探討，多年來觀看京劇的人漸漸少了，台灣的演員努力，要保留這個具歷史意義的表演藝術。

1.元宵三百噸垃圾The dark side of Lantern Festival

2.美環保龍Tzu Chi Academy celebrates New Year

3.菲火災關懷Volunteers care for fire victims

4.慈青愛心匯聚Pooling goodwill and love

5.大安團拜行願New Year greeting for Master Cheng Yen

6.印真善美培訓Media volunteers grow in numbers

7.馬陳妹蓉From receiving to giving

8.抽菸損腦力Smokers at risk of dementia?

9.360台灣京劇(1)The story behind Beijing opera

10.360台灣京劇(2)Li Baochun and his theatre

END：墨爾本新春+士德頓新春

1.元宵三百噸垃圾The dark side of Lantern Festival
In Taiwan, Lantern Festival was just celebrated this past Monday. As people enjoyed the day in various parts of the country, they seemed to forget the impact of these celebrations on our environment. Here is a closer look.

在台灣，這個禮拜一，也就是龍年的元月15號，剛剛歡慶過元宵節，當全國各地以不同的方式慶祝時，人們似乎忘了對環境所造成的影響，以下是我們的報導。

2.美環保龍Tzu Chi Academy celebrates New Year
Taking trash and giving it a second lease of life-- students and parents from the Tzu Chi Academy in Los Angeles, USA, used recycled materials to create dragon puppets to mark the Year of the Dragon. Let”s take a look.

讓回收物延長物命，洛杉磯人文學校的學生和家長，利用回收資源一起製作舞龍，一起來看看。

3.菲火災關懷Volunteers care for fire victims
A fire in the Santa Cruz area of Manila in the Philippines destroyed 20 houses, displacing 47 families. In the immediate aftermath, Tzu Chi volunteers distributed aid to the victims.

菲律賓馬尼拉，聖塔克魯茲地區發生火災，燒毀二十間房屋，造成四十七個家庭無家可歸，慈濟志工前來發放生活物資。

4.慈青愛心匯聚Pooling goodwill and love
At a recent workshop held in Hualien, Taiwan for Tzu Chi collegiate youth officers, a lecture on Tzu Chi”s aid relief to North Korea helped the young volunteers realize just how fortunate they are. Later, the participants formally donated the coin banks they had saved up to Tzu Chi to help the needy.

在台灣花蓮舉辦的慈青薪傳營，慈濟北朝鮮送愛的課程，讓慈青們可以體會到自己的幸福，而慈青們也把竹筒帶回花蓮，要匯集的愛發揮更大的功用。

5.大安團拜行願New Year greeting for Master Cheng Yen
To welcome Chinese New Year and to send their greetings to Master Cheng Yen, Tzu Chi volunteers in Taipei”s Daan District put together a dharma vessel performance. The show was delivered to the Master in Hualien”s Jing Si Abode via a video link.

迎接新年也向證嚴上人拜年，台北大安區的慈濟志工，在新春團拜中 ，合力展演了行願法船，透過視訊傳達給在 花蓮精舍的證嚴上人。

6.印真善美培訓Media volunteers grow in numbers
Given the technical skills you need, and the cost of buying a video camera, media volunteers in Indonesia are few and far between. But recently, local volunteer Lin Yongguang(林永光) - showed how it was possible to be a media volunteer, and inpsired a number of local volunteers to join a media training course.

攝影工作需要專業，也需要不少花費購置器材，慈濟印尼分會，人文真善美的志工不多，不過最近有一位志工林永光，他定下目標，要成為真善美志工，也帶動了印尼其他志工一起參加人文真善美培訓課。

7.馬陳妹蓉From receiving to giving
For the Chinese New Year Holiday, volunteers at the Kulua Lumpur and Selangor Branch in Malaysia invited care recipients to a special get-together. Among those serving the guests were Cheng Meirong(陳妹蓉) and her son, Liu Zhiqiang(劉志強), who were originally care recipients themselves. Let”s find out what had inspired to join volunteers” ranks.

農曆春節，馬來西亞雪隆分會，特地邀請照顧戶舉辦新春祝福，在這場新春祝福會上，有對志工母子很特別，他們是陳妹蓉和劉志強，原本是慈濟的照顧戶，讓我們來看看這對母子手心翻轉的故事。

8.抽菸損腦力Smokers at risk of dementia?
According to a recent study from the UK, there may be a link between smoking and dementia. Testing subjects over a period of 25 years, the scientists found that the memories and thinking abilities of smokers declined faster than non-smokers. If the risk is real, it is one more good reason to give up cigarettes.
根據英國研究報告，抽菸與失智息息相關，針對一些個案，進行25年的試驗，科學家發現，長期吸菸者的記憶力和認知功能，比不吸菸者有顯著衰退的現象，如果這項研究屬實，該是戒菸的時機了。

9.360台灣京劇(1)The story behind Beijing opera
What is Beijing Opera In ancient China, to fight off evil spirits, people would put on ritual dances with masks. By Qing Dynasty, the masks had dramatically transformed, with the introduction of complicated patterns and colors. The combination of the ritual dance, music, and vocal performances came to be known as ”Beijing opera” at the end of Qing Dynasty. In our featured report on Taiwan”s traditional trades, we meet Beijing opera cast members, to find out more about the art.

什麼是京劇表演？在古時代，為了驅鬼避凶，主角戴上木製面具演繹鬼神之舞，清代，圖案豐富性更多元、色彩和線條也有很大變化，直到清末這樣的表演，正式稱為京劇，接下來360行的報導，帶大家看看京劇的角色以及它的藝術。

10.360台灣京劇(2)Li Baochun and his theatre
Today, there are four groups in Taiwan still promoting Beijing opera, and regularly hold public performances around the island. Among them, the Taipei Li-yuan(梨園) Chinese Opera Theatre has a cast with an average age of less than 30. The group director, Li Baochun(李寶春) teaches opera at a university, and has been in show business for 53 years.

目前台灣四個團體持續推廣京劇藝術，並且定期舉辦公演，其中，台北新劇團梨園，團員年紀平均不到30歲，團長李寶春在大學裡授課，接觸行業至今已經53年。

END：墨爾本新春+士德頓新春
Celebrating the Year of the Dragon, Tzu Chi volunteers in Melbourne, Australia, and Stockton, in the US state of California, both organized festivities to welcome the New Year with a thankful heart. We”ll leave you with these images. Thank you for watching Da Ai Headlines. Goodbye.

澳洲墨爾本以及北加州士德頓慈濟志工，舉辦新春祈福感恩會，一起來看看，感恩收看，再會。(2012.02.10)