My hometown is the sunshine, which keeps me warm.
My hometown is a game that makes me happy.
My hometown is a masterpiece, which makes me satisfied.
My hometown is my childhood, which reminds me of my childhood.
"Handan Winter Solstice Homesickness" is a seven-character quatrain written by Bai Juyi, a poet of the Tang Dynasty. This poem describes the author's thoughts and feelings at the Handan Posthouse on the night of the winter solstice, and expresses the author's loneliness and homesickness. The language of the whole poem is simple and unpretentious but the charm is subtle. The conception is exquisite and unique. It uses imagination and other techniques to express a touch of homesickness and a deep feeling of cherishing relatives.
Bai Juyi's "Homesickness on the Night of Winter Solstice in Handan":
On the winter solstice in Handan Posthouse, the shadows in front of the lanterns hugging the knees accompany me.
I want to sit at home late at night and talk about people traveling far away.
Notes:
1. Handan: Place name, present-day Handan City, Hebei Province.
2. Post station: a post station, a place where officials in ancient times used to deliver official documents, transfer official property or rest on their way to business trips.
3. Hug your knees: Sit with your hands on your knees and think deeply. Shadow accompanies the body: The shadow accompanies him.
4. Traveler: A person who is away from home, here refers to the author himself.
Other ancient poems about missing one’s hometown:
1. Wang Wei’s “Remembering Brothers from Shandong on September 9th”
Being a stranger in a foreign land, every time I miss my loved ones even more during the festive season.
I know from afar that my brothers have ascended to a high place, and there is one less person planting dogwood trees everywhere.
2. Li Bai's "Quiet Night Thoughts"
There is a bright moonlight in front of the bed, which is suspected to be frost on the ground.
Look up at the bright moon and lower your head to think about your hometown.