A foreign land: a foreign land. ?
being a stranger: being a guest in another country.
festival: a beautiful festival.
meet: meet.
The whole poem "Being a stranger in a foreign land, I miss my relatives more every festive season" means that it is always a little bleak to be alone away from my hometown. Whenever I meet a beautiful day, I miss my relatives in my hometown more.
Source: "on the mountain holiday thinking of my brothers in shandong"
Author: Wang Wei, a poet in the Tang Dynasty
Original:
Being a stranger in a foreign land, I miss my family twice every festive season. ?
I know from a distance where my brother climbs, and there is one less person in the dogwood.
Translation:
Being far away from home alone is always sad, and I miss my distant relatives even more every Double Ninth Festival. Far away, I think that my brothers have climbed the heights with cornus, and I will feel sorry for missing me.
Appreciation:
This poem was written by a poet in Chang 'an when he was seventeen years old. It was a teenager's work, and he was able to get rid of the superficial carving, pointing directly at the true feelings, and really knew the trick of writing poetry. The poet's hometown Puzhou (now Yongji, Shanxi) is in the east of Huashan Mountain, so it is entitled "Remembering Shandong Brothers". The ancients used nine as the yang number, and September 9 was the Double Ninth Festival. When writing holiday poems, it is most taboo to fall into stereotypes. The cleverness of this poem lies in avoiding stereotypes and grasping the true nature.
In the first sentence, the word "different" is used, which seems to be blurted out, but it vividly shows the strange and uncomfortable loneliness of being a stranger in a foreign land. Judging from the word "whenever", the double loneliness is not unique to this festival, but has existed in many previous festivals. It is loneliness that has been suppressed for a long time, especially in today's situation that the poet throws off the festive homesickness complex condensed in his heart.