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春运是一种文化现象 冯骥才 Spring Transport Is A Cultural Phenomenon Translated by Meng Qingsheng and Liu Shicong 刘士聪 南开大学 1 ? 如今，报知春节迫近的已经不再是腊八粥 的香味，而是媒体上充满压力的热火朝天 的春运了。 ? Today, the advent of Spring Festival is no longer heralded by the aroma of laba porridge ① , but by the hustle and bustle of Spring transport, or “Spring travel” from the passengers point of view, that gets thickly covered in the media. ? ① laba porridge: a rice porridge with nuts and dried fruits, served on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month. 2 ? 每入腊月，春运有如飓风来临，很快就势 头变猛，愈演愈烈； ? When the year enters its twelfth lunar month, “Spring transport” gets under way like a hurricane, gathering momentum each day. 3 ? 及至腊月底那几天，春运可谓排山倒海， 不可阻遏。 ? Toward the end of the month, it sweeps all over the country with an overwhelming force. 4 ? 每每此时我都会想，世界上哪个国家有这种 一年一度上亿人风风火火赶着回家过年的景 象？ ? When this happens, I cannot help wondering if there is such a thing in any other country that, once a year, millions upon millions of people rush home for their New Year. 5 ? 我们一直把春运当做一种客运交通的非常 时期，并认为这是中国社会发展到现阶段 千千万万农民进城打工带来的特殊的交通 狂潮。 ? We look at “Spring transport” as a special period of passenger transport, and think of it as a crazy traffic torrent resulting from the movement of hundreds of thousands of rural people into the cities for employment, a phenomenon of China, characteristic of its development at current stage. 6 ? 春运的任务只是想方设法完成这种举世罕见 的客运重负。 ? The object of “Spring transport” is, by resorting to all kinds of resources available, to fulfill the unparalleled heavy task of taking the passengers to their destinations. 7 ? 可是，如果换一双文化的眼睛，就会发现， 春运真正所做的是把千千万万在外工作的 人千里迢迢送回他们各自的家乡，去完成 中国人数千年来的人间梦想：团圆。 ? However, if we perceive it as a cultural phenomenon, we will see that what “Spring transport” does is to take the people working elsewhere back home for family reunion, a highly cherished dream of the Chinese people over history. 8 ? 前些年在火车站碰到一个情景使我至今难 忘。 ? I still remember an incident I witnessed a