正月在融融的守岁烛光之中,旧年悄悄地溜走,新年的轻步走入了人间。在报晓的鸡鸣声中,围炉守岁的人们,收拾起期待的心情,投入了新的兴奋之中。老上海的人们,男的女的,老的少的,都在心中充满了希望,想着:啊,元旦到了!(此处指的是农历元旦,即春节。本文所指月份,均系农历——编者 The lunar January is in the midst of melting, sunshine, quietly slipping away in the old year, and the light step of the New Year enters the earth. In the chirping of the crowing, the people who keep the stove in their own hands, put their anticipation into the mood and put on new excitement. Old Shanghai people, men and women, old and young, are full of hope in my heart, thinking: ah, New Year’s Day arrived! (Here refers to the Lunar New Year, that is, the Spring Festival. --editor