Unbearable nostalgia: 100 hometowns that moved middle school students

Author: Liu Haitao
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Publish Date: 2006-02-01
Features: There is nothing that never ages, not even a mountain. Perhaps it was just because it was winter, my gaze once again rested upon it under a boundless blue sky. Every peak of the mountain was now covered in glistening snow, as if it were a kind and aged elder, watching his son grow into adulthood. Nostalgia is a magical spirit that always arrives unexpectedly when you are lonely. It is sweet and bitter, swaying and drifting, turning into scattered rain, transforming into a splendid dream, and quietly reaching the heart. Whether it is prideful praise for the hometown, heartfelt lament, or even curses, it is all an involuntary expression of the nostalgia in the heart. Missing home, plants and trees can, flowing water can. The scenery, people, and events of the hometown, a dialect, a message, or even a familiar scene can all evoke a deep sense of closeness, nurturing feelings of longing.