The poem "Nostalgia" expresses the author's reluctance to leave his hometown. The poem also reflects the poet Yu Guangzhong's longing for the early reunification of the Chinese nation.
The poem "Nostalgia" focuses on personal experiences in mainland China. A stamp in his youth, a boat ticket in his youth, and even a grave in the future all contain the poet's ten thousand things. The long-lasting thoughts of the overseas wanderers,
Since the 1950s, tensions between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait have been tense. The two sides of the Taiwan Strait have been in a state of isolation and any exchanges are prohibited. Many people cannot express their feelings of homesickness and homesickness, so they use words to express their homesickness and homesickness. With the development of this literary phenomenon, a literary theme that specifically expresses one's homesickness for one's relatives - nostalgia literature - gradually formed.
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Creative background
Yu Guangzhong’s life was characterized by frequent travels and migrations, and many reunions and separations with his relatives. In 1971, Yu Guangzhong, who had not been to the mainland for more than 20 years, felt homesick and wrote the poem "Nostalgia" in his old residence on Xiamen Street in Taipei.
About the author
Yu Guangzhong, whose ancestral home is Yongchun, Fujian, was born in Nanjing, Jiangsu on October 21, 1928. He studied at Moling Road Primary School (formerly Cui Balixiang Primary School) and entered Jinling University as a foreign language in 1947. Department (later transferred to Xiamen University), moved to Hong Kong with his parents in 1948, and went to Taiwan the following year to study in the Department of Foreign Languages ??and Literatures of National Taiwan University. Graduated in 1952. ?
In 1953, he founded the "Blue Star" Poetry Society with Qin Zihao, Zhong Dingwen and other poets. Later, he went to the United States for further study and received a master's degree in art from the University of Iowa. After returning to Taiwan, he served as a professor at National Taiwan Normal University, National Chengchi University, National Taiwan University and the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He is currently the dean of the School of Liberal Arts at Sun Yat-sen University in Taiwan. In April 2012, he served as the "Writer in Residence" at the University of Macau.
Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Nostalgia