Homesickness was written in 1972. Yu Guangzhong's ancestral home is Yongchun, Fujian. He left the mainland for Taiwan Province Province on 1949. At that time, due to political reasons, Taiwan Province Province was isolated from the mainland for a long time, which prevented Yu Guangzhong from returning to the mainland for many years. He has always missed his loved ones and longed for the reunification of the motherland and the reunion of his loved ones. With strong homesickness, the poet wrote this poem in his former residence in Xiamen Street, Taipei. So the "Strait" in homesickness refers to the Strait of Taiwan Province Province.
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The lyrical subjects of these homesick poems not only miss their relatives and hometown, but also miss the mainland and the motherland. Qu Yuan's homesickness and national love compose the harmonious melody of Yu Guangzhong's poems. His masterpiece Homesickness is to integrate the affection, love, homesickness and feelings of the motherland contained in the theme of homesickness. Although the language is plain, its connotation is extremely heavy. In addition, the form of the works in The Book of Songs means "prototype", which makes this poem easy to spread.