This is an affectionate call from a wanderer who is far away from home to his mother who misses him day and night, and an affectionate ode to his dear mother. The poet takes paper boats as the topic and conveys feelings with things, which endows paper boats with special significance. The poet's origami boat shows that the poet's love for his mother and motherland is very deep. The paper boat symbolizes the loneliness of wandering, the heart of missing mother and motherland, and the poet's pure and beautiful wish.
2. Background
1923 In early summer, Bing Xin graduated from yenching university. In August 17 of the same year, she went to study in the United States by mail ship Yorkshire from Shanghai. Arrived in Kobe, Japan on August 19, and visited Yokohama on August 2 1. Judging from the writing time, this poem was written by the poet on a seagoing ship that continued to sail to the other side of the ocean on the sixth day after his visit to Yokohama.
The waves are rough and the wind is strong, and the cruise ship sails to a strange country in the bumps. How long will it take to get back to my mother's arms after leaving Wan Li? Although the beautiful and magnificent Pacific Ocean is outside the ship, the lonely and melancholy poet has no intention of enjoying the wonders in front of him. With tears in his eyes, he is concentrating on folding paper boats and throwing them into the sea one by one. Although the wind is high and the waves are urgent, the paper boat is wet and stuck to the bow, but she still won't give up and keeps folding every day, hoping that one will wander to her mother who misses her day and night forever.