Reflections on Hometown Feelings (Thoughts of Hometown and Nostalgia for Friends from 36 Renowned Figures)

Author: Zhang Guolong
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: These words, written with blood and tears, love and passion, fire and ice, will leave you teary-eyed and unable to put them down if you read them with a calm heart for just one minute. What is hometown? Hometown is our mother. It is our mother who gave us life, and we struggled to grow from learning to speak to being a naive teenager, from youthful exuberance to old age. No matter where we go, we will never forget our hometown—our mother. Hometown is a real dream that lingers in our hearts, a bittersweet memory, and a beautiful future in our past years. In the vast sea of people, we travel through thousands of mountains and rivers, meeting on a certain day of a certain year. We don’t remember when we parted ways again, or whether we’ll meet again in a few years, or if we’ll be separated by the vast distances. But the little moments we shared will forever remain on the walls of our memories. On some day years later, when we happen to think of it, nothing but warmth and emotion surges in our hearts. That year, we said goodbye to our hometown in a hurry. Like a migratory bird, we flapped about in unfamiliar villages and cities. In no time, many years passed without a trace. Suddenly, we realized that we could no longer stay in our hometown for long. But hometown became an unforgettable memory. The familiar local dialect, the familiar grass and trees, the close friends and companions—all the memories stir our hearts. Our hearts have always been on the journey back home.