The original text and translation of the reply are as follows:
I am a stranger in a foreign land, and I miss my family even more during the festive season. I know from afar that when my brothers climbed to a high place, there was only one less person planting dogwood trees.
This poem describes Bai Juyi's feelings of being a guest in a foreign land and missing his relatives in his hometown even more during festive seasons. Among them, "answering guests' ridicule" means responding to the guests' sarcasm or ridicule. This poem profoundly expresses the author's deep feelings for his hometown and relatives, as well as the loneliness and homesickness he feels in a foreign land.
The following will be interpreted sentence by sentence.
1. Being alone in a foreign land is a stranger. "Alone in a foreign land" means that the author is alone in a strange foreign land and has become a stranger, that is, a stranger.
2. During the festive season, I miss my loved ones even more. "Every festival" refers to every important festival, such as the Spring Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, etc. "Missing relatives more than once" means that at these special moments, the author misses his relatives more deeply.
3. "Zhi brothers from afar" means that although the author is in a different place, he knows about the brothers in his hometown through news. "Climbing high place" means that the brothers in their hometown are climbing high and looking far away.
4. One person is missing when planting dogwood everywhere. "Planting dogwood all over" is a sacrificial ritual. Planting dogwood is a traditional custom during the Mid-Autumn Festival, used to worship the moon and express longing for relatives. "One person missing" refers to the absence of the author himself when planting dogwood.
This poem expresses the author's inner feelings and emotions by describing the author's loneliness and homesickness in a foreign land, as well as his deep affection for his family. This longing for relatives in hometown and the memory of traditional customs make this poem a classic work expressing people's emotions towards hometown, relatives and traditions.
When reading aloud, pay attention to the cadence of the poem and integrate emotion into the sound. Appropriately adding cadences and rhythmic changes in priorities can better convey the emotions and artistic conception in the poem. When reading, you can understand the connotation of this poem from the aspects of emotion, imagery, rhythm, etc., making the reading more emotional and expressive.
The other method is the pampering method, which is willful, domineering and laissez-faire, making the children become "little bullies" at home, giving them whatever they want. When they go out into the society in the future, they will be like "lost the net" Like a spider, it is immediately powerless."