警惕祭祖用火引发的森林火灾

目前上坟祭祖用火已成为引发森林火灾的主要因素之一,而且主要是由零星散坟祭祖引起。以宁波市为例,1996年、1998年、1999年、2000年已查明火源的249起火灾、火警中,因上坟祭祖用火引发的森林火灾有136起,占总数的54.6%,2000年春防期间,全市共发生森林火灾、火警69起,查明火因63起,其中因上坟祭祖用火引发的49起,占78%。祭祖用火形式上主要有上坟烧纸、烧香、燃放鞭炮等,纸扎祭祀用品名目繁多。

Food and Drink for the King, Queen, Officials and Ancestors in the House of the Lady in Girsu Studies on Archives from Girsu Part 3

In JAC 16 I have discussed the development of the House of the lady in Girsu from the rule of Enentarzi to Lugalanda according to the ration lists of the House, and concluded that Urukagina was the legal successor of Lugalanda and there might not be the so-called "reforms of Urukagina" in Lagash and Girsu. That was the first part of my studies on the administrative texts from Girsu. In JAC 19 I have investigated, according to the donkey fodder rations which are recorded in the first part of the List of Monthly Barley-Wheat Distributions