And in the village of Marlott, following ancient custom, the young women gathered to dance every holiday.

在马勒特村，遵从古老的习俗，每到假日，年轻妇女们都聚在一起跳舞。

Worshipping yue liang is an ancient custom in China.

祭祀月亮是中国的古老习俗。

It was, besides, a foreign manufacture, and must have paid some duty, the ancient custom of tonnage and poundage at least, to the king.

此外，它是一家外国制造商， 必须向国王缴纳一定的税款， 至少是按吨位和磅数计算的古代习俗。

This holiday may be traced back to the ancient Chinese custom of sacrificing game to the ancestors during the last month of the lunar year.

这个节日可以追溯到中国古代在农历年最后一个月祭祀祖先的习俗。

According to ancient custom, the lion is a symbol of boldness and strength that can protect people, so by performing the lion dance, everyone prays for an auspicious and happy life.

在古代习俗中， 狮子是勇敢和坚强的象征， 可以保护人们，所以通过舞狮来祈求吉祥幸福的生活。

There is an ancient custom amongst the coast tribes that, when our daughters step from childhood into the great world of womanhood, the occasion must be made one of extreme rejoicing.

沿海部落有一个古老的习俗，当我们的女儿从童年步入女性时代的伟大世界时，必须使这一时刻变得无比欢乐。

Now there is a new take on an ancient custom.Some enterprising businesses are offering those relatives too distant or too busy to get to their ancestors’ tombs the possibility of paying someone else to do it.

如今，一些新兴的商业模式为远在外地或太忙而到不了先人坟前的家属提供了雇人扫墓的可能性。

Highly valuable for the research of China's ancient customs, feudal system, and social life, the four classic novels are precious cultural relics of China as well as the human society as a whole.

四本著作在中国古代民俗、封建制度、社会生活等多个领域皆有巨大的研究价值，是中国乃至全人类的宝贵文化遗产。

This taboo against mentioning one's parent's or grandparent's name was a very ancient custom which sometimes produced embarrassing results. It is articularly irritating when personal names of fathers happen to be very common words.

不称父母与祖父母的名讳，在中国是很古老的风俗，有时候十分麻烦，尤其父亲的名字是很普通的字时为甚。

The ancient customs were divided into three branches. The first, and, perhaps, the most ancient of all those duties, was that upon wool and leather. It seems to have been chiefly or altogether an exportation duty.

古代风俗分为三支。在所有这些职责中，第一个，也许也是最古老的职责，是关于羊毛和皮革的职责。它似乎主要或完全是一种出口税。