Water is an integral and unifying element in all of Kyoto’s places of worship.

在京都所有祭祀场所中水是不可或缺必要元素。

The dance originated from local sacrifice rituals and is now preserved as a cultural heritage.

这种舞蹈起源于当地祭祀仪式，现已作为文化遗产保存下来。

At this time, people were probably quite dispersed in the landscape and they may have come here to exchange goods, to find marriage partners, to exchange cattle, perhaps to conduct rituals and ceremonies including some funerary rituals.

这时候人们大概是住分散，来这里可能是为了交换物品、寻找婚配、交换牲畜，也或许是为了举行祭祀仪式，包括一些丧葬仪式。

The annual grand worshipping ceremonies made an impact among commoners.

每年庄重祭祀仪式对普通百姓产生了深远响。

Once the rituals are finished, many families will go on a spring outing, taking full advantage of the nice weather and the opportunity to gather with family members from out of town.

祭祀结束后，许多家庭会去春游，抓住好天气，珍惜与从外地赶来家人聚会机会。

The Ghost Festival ceremonies are also coming to an end.

中元节祭祀也即将结束。

Who are these coming to the sacrifice?

这些人是谁呵，都去赶祭祀？

And I was asked to accompany a priest to an abbey in Romania.

我被要求陪伴一个祭祀，去罗马尼亚一个修道院。

They are also used as offerings to the dead.

它们还被用来祭祀死者。

Scientists believe it is 38,000 years old and it carried some ceremonial paint.

科学家认为它已经有38,000年历史了，而且上面有为祭祀涂抹颜料。

At the time Jewish prayer services and sacrifices were performed in the temple in Jerusalem.

当时，犹太人祈祷仪式和祭祀活动都在耶路撒冷神庙里进行。

Experts say it was probably used for religious purposes long ago.

专家称，古时期这座神庙很可能用来举行宗教祭祀等活动。

Like the Sumerian myth, Noah celebrates his survival with a sacrifice.

与苏美尔神话一样，诺亚用祭祀来庆祝自己幸存。

Archaeologists say she was probably decapitated in a ritual killing.

考古学家称，她可能是在一场杀戮祭祀中被斩首。

When Klaus kills Elena in the sacrifice, she will come back to life.

如果克劳斯在祭祀中杀了埃琳娜，她会复活。

It's like eating joss sticks, but in the nicest possible way!

就像在吃祭祀用香，我指很好吃那种！

Admittedly some native religious practices did involve human sacrifice.

不过不可否认一点是 他们宗教习俗里确实有活人祭祀一说。

Archeologists have unearthed 13,000 cultural relics from six sacrificial pits at Sanxingdui in southwestern China.

考古学家在中国西南部三星堆六个祭祀坑中出土 13，000 件文物。

The artifact was restored through great effort as it was excavated from different sacrificial pits.

这件文物是通过从不同祭祀坑中挖掘出来，经过了巨大努力才得以修复。

It dates back to the Song Dynasty and originally centered on sacrifices.

它最早起源于宋代，原来以祭祀为核心。