辎重车一个挨一个集中起来，人们开始准备过夜。

The baggage-carts were moved up close to one another, and the men began to prepare for the night.

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对于中国大部分地区来说，这一天标志着一年中最冷日子的开始，人们总是从这一天开始为新年做准备。

For most areas of China, it marks the start of the coldest days of the year and people always start preparing for New Year.

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但很久之前，人们就已经开始准备了。

But long before, people started preparing in other ways.

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