来到文登区葛家镇，热气腾腾的烟火气便扑面而来，春联、糖葫芦和花饽饽满满一排，喜庆的色彩点亮了集市。本地海鲜干货、蔬菜水果堆成小山；熟食摊上，刚出锅的炸货还滋滋作响，香气顺着风钻进人的鼻子里。人群摩肩接踵，吆喝声、欢笑声此起彼伏，手里提的、车里装的都是过年的踏实感。

　　年味是什么？是吆喝声里的熟稔，是人情往来间的热乎气，是即便什么都买得到，仍要亲自去集上挤一挤的念想。

　　Arriving at Gejia Town in Wendeng District, a warm, bustling atmosphere of everyday life greets you right away. An array of Spring Festival couplets, candied hawthorns, and flower-shaped steamed buns lines the street—festive colors brightening up the fair. Local dried seafood, fresh vegetables, and fruits are piled high like small hills; at the cooked food stalls, just-fried delicacies sizzle, their enticing aroma carried by the wind straight into your nose. The crowd jostles shoulder to shoulder, vendors’ shouts and joyful laughter rising and falling in waves. Whether in hand or loaded onto carts, everything carried home carries the solid, reassuring feeling of the New Year.

　　What is the flavor of the New Year? It’s the familiarity in every vendor’s call, the warmth of people connecting with one another, and the enduring wish to brave the crowds at the market yourself—even when anything you need can be bought with a click.

　　（通讯员 于颖）