Tang Dynasty: Wang Wei

A lonely stranger in a strange land I am cast, I miss my family all the more on every festive day.

Think of the brothers body boarded up high, will also because of less than I have a regret. ?

translation

I can't reunite with my family when I am far away from home alone, and I miss my relatives far away every Double Ninth Festival.

Far away, when I think of my brothers climbing high with cornus, I will feel sorry for being alone.

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September 9: Double Ninth Festival. In ancient times, nine was the number of yang, so it was called Chongyang. Memory: miss. Shandong: Wang Wei moved to Puxian (now Yongji County, Shanxi Province), east of Hanguguan and Huashan, so he was called Shandong.

Foreign land: foreign land, foreign land. To be a stranger: to be a guest in another country.

Festival: a beautiful festival.

Climbing the mountain: There is an ancient custom of climbing the mountain on the Double Ninth Festival.

Cornus (zhūyú): A kind of herb, namely Cassia obtusifolia. In ancient times, people thought that wearing cornus on the Double Ninth Festival could avoid disasters and overcome evil spirits.