The spring festival is around the corner.
年关将近。
Usually, the market days are 5th, 15th and 25th of each month in my hometown. While when there are only days left for the Spring Festival of the year 2020, almost every day after the Xiao Nian resembles market days and these days are even more busy than usual market days.
在我的家乡，人们通常每月逢5号、15号、25号才去赶集。然而，当新年即将来临的时候，过了小年之后的每一天人们都像是赶集日一样，这些市集甚至比往常都要热闹些。
You can find everything you need on the market. No matter it is a kind of special candies which is hard to find in normal time or millet and rice which are needed in our daily life.
市集上所有东西一应俱全、应有尽有。不论是平常难以买到的特殊糖果还是生活必须的小米大米，你都可以在市集上买到。
The market day is also a good day to foster relationships with each other. People always call some friends or relatives to go to the fair. And sometimes, you could meet someone who is hard to meet usually or a friend whom you haven’t meet for years. Kinds of fragrances and laughter fill the air. The market day is really a magical day.
除此之外，赶集同样也是人们沟通感情的好机会。人们常常会叫上亲朋好友一起去赶集。有时，你还会遇上平常不常见到的人或者是某个多年未见的朋友。各种香味和笑声在空气中交织。赶集日真的是神奇的日子。
On the market day, you could also find an amazing cooker——the old-fashioned corn popper. For the Millennial Generation, the old-fashioned corn popper is a nightmare and treasure. Standing by this special machine, each child has an afraid but excited mood and such a complex emotion exists in everyone’s mind even when they have grown up.
在市集上，你同样可以找到一个神奇的炊具——老式爆米花机。 对千禧一代而言，老式爆米花机既是噩梦又是宝贝。儿时总是怀着激动而害怕的复杂心情站在爆米花机旁，这种复杂的情感直到长大成人也难以忘怀。
The market days for the up-coming spring festival will last until the New Year’s Eve. Although the spring festival of this year may be special, we still believe the light is in our mind and the best is yet to come.
新年的赶集日直到除夕才会结束。尽管今年的春节可能是一个不一样的春节，我们仍然相信每个人的心底都有光亮，未来可期。
Translator：刘哲
Date: January 18，2020
