Indeed, as the culture wars flare again, the opposing sides have taken up their usual positions, like medieval armies in observance of ancient rites.

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To go online we would venture in and shut the door to perform the ancient initiation rites.

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The centerpiece is a grandiose Ritual Hall, which has hosted traditional coming-of-age ceremonies, weddings, New Years festivities and birthdays for local villagers and Shanghai residents, using ancient costumes and rites.

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However, since there remains in some of us a dim, almost vestigial, memory of the ancient, sacred rites of journalism, I knew I needed to forgo Tweezer and Facepick and reach for a telephone.

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