Streets that once teemed with life are as silent as churchyards.

以前充满生机和活力的街道现在宛如教堂墓地一样沉寂.

In many rural areas the tree was deemed sacred and thus is widely planted in churchyards.

在许多偏僻山区,树木被视为是神圣的,并且因此被广泛栽植于墓地.