Remembering Shandong Brothers on September 9_Baidu Chinese
Author: Wang Wei
I am a stranger in a foreign land, and I miss my family even more during the festive season.
I know from afar that my brothers have climbed to a high place, and there is one less person planting dogwood trees everywhere.
"Remembering Shandong Brothers on September 9th" is one of the famous poems by Wang Wei, a poet of the Tang Dynasty. This poem expresses the homesickness of a wanderer. The poem focuses closely on the title at the beginning, describing the loneliness and desolation of life in a foreign land. Therefore, I miss my hometown and people all the time, and when I encounter a good festival, I miss you even more. Then the poem jumps to write about the brothers far away in their hometown. When they climb high according to the custom of Double Ninth Festival, they are also missing themselves. The poetry jumps repeatedly, is implicit and deep, is simple and natural, and has twists and turns. Among them, "I miss my loved ones more during the festive season" is a famous saying through the ages.
Words and Sentences
⑴ September 9th: the Double Ninth Festival. In ancient times, nine was used as the Yang number, so it was called Double Ninth Festival. Memories: miss. Shandong: Wang Wei moved to Pu County (now Yongji County, Shanxi Province), east of Hanguguan and Huashan, so it was called Shandong.
⑵ Foreign land: a foreign land, a foreign land. To be a stranger: to be a guest in a foreign land.
⑶Festival: a beautiful festival.
⑷Climbing: There is an ancient custom of climbing during the Double Ninth Festival.
⑸Zhūyú: a kind of herb, namely Cassia. In ancient times, people believed that wearing dogwood on the Double Ninth Festival could avoid disasters and overcome evil spirits.
Vernacular translation
I left home alone to be a guest in a foreign country. I miss my loved ones especially when the holidays come.
I think back to today when my brothers climbed high and looked far into the distance, it was a pity that at least I was the only one with dogwood on my head.