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How sentimental yet peaceful I was whenever the image of my hometown swam into my mind. Our ancient adobe house stood in a valley of the vast exuberant mountains, stood there ever since 1960s, lonely and lost. It is a tranquil and peaceful place where I spent my innocent and thoughtless childhood, happy and boundless. How exhilarating and freely I was running in the rice field fresh from harvest in the golden autumn. The flowing stream meandered from deep of the mountains, gurgling happily ever since time immemorial, I was playing water and catching fish so happily in the stream.
I do remember the first time I was leaving the village, I rose up early when the day was still dark in order to catch the first bus, gloomy mountains witnessed my departure, witnessed also my suspension of heading to the unknown, to the daunting city, and to the blue obscurity of the future. Almost 20 years past since then, in this country far far away, my hometown still attracted me, drawing me closer than ever. Reminiscence of the timeless mountains, gurgling flowing river, tranquil rice field, soughing wind through the lush bamboos, morning sun swimming into the sea of sky, white cloud in strange forms scurrying here and there, even the frightening world-splitting thunder, have the magic power of consoling my mind in moment of chaos and turbulence, leading me to a world of peace and bliss.
I do miss you, hometown.
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- Reply sunnyv
- Hometown gives us so much happy memories. It is indeed hard to leave hometown,
leave behind our parents and friends....
It broke my heart when I left hometown with dad handing me my bags and some money
unwillingly saying good bye to me at the old railway station....
Goodbye papa, please pray for me,
I was the bad boy in the family,
You tried to teach me right from wrong.
Too much games and too much songs,
wonder how I got along.
Goodbye mama. You gave me love and help me find the sun
Everytime I was down, you always came around
to get my feet back on the ground.
Childhood friends standing there waving reminiscing the fun.
We had joy, we had fun, we had seasons the sun.
Goodbye to you all my trusted friends,
we have known each other since we were nine or ten
together we climbed hills and trees
and learned our ABCs
Hurt our heads and skinned our knees.
My pretty little girlfriend is there sadly waving goodbye,
Neatly her hair is nicely ribbon tied
Don't cry for me little Dandan
my love for you will never die.
Slowly the train did depart
leaving behind loving hearts.
- Reply Richardren
- sunnyv: Hometown gives us so much happy memories. It is indeed hard to leave hometown,Dear Sunny, your description of childhood is so vivid, I am really impressed. People are all, to a certain extent, instinctively nostalgic, especially to the place where we spent our childhood, pure and innocent; events happed, no matter happy or not, blue or sad, all rooted deep in our sweet memory.
leave behind our parents and friends....
It broke my heart when I left
- Reply snowflying
- my friend, you are missing your hometown. maybe because you are in broard now, so hometown is special and missed indeed. this word is always a sweet word rooted our heart and planted in our every growing trace, no matter what age we are. i can't imagine what a sour feeling when you left your homeown at the first time. from your discribing, your hometown is a mountain village? but from your personal message, Shanghai's subsurb has mountain? don't know. just because homwtown give us so much sweet memories and so much love coming from our beloved, we have linked it in our whole lifetime. generally, the more our miss is, the long time we left it and the far we are, so you are, me too, amd so everyone, i think.
- Reply Richardren
- snowflying: my friend, you are missing your hometown. maybe because you are in broard now, so hometown is special and missed indeed. this word is always a sweet wi must made a mistake when i was editing my avatar, my hometown is on the south side of WUYI mountain in jiangxi province. i came to shanghai to study in university and have been living there ever since. once a year i would visit my hometown, but it has been two years this time. now i correct my avatar.
- Reply snowflying
- Richardren: i must made a mistake when i was editing my avatar, my hometown is on the south side of WUYI mountain in jiangxi province. i came to shanghai to studyaa?? Jiangxi province? now i have known your hometown. and i have a uncle there . he is my mum' elder brother , he lives in Jiujiang now with his two sons. he graduated Harbin industrual university and have a nice work and a happy big family now. but he never comes back to my hometown. mum very miss him indeed. so when i metioned him, mum often says he is an "ungrateful" guy, certainly i can listen her miss to him. after all blood is thicker than water.
- Reply celina99
- Oh, how enchanting your hometown becomes because of your expressive depicting!
Yet we everyone need to grow up, to gain some, to lose some. with accompanyship of so beautiful and happy memories , life would be harsh, be lonely sometimes, but never, will it be too annoyed, never, be unworthy of living.
- Reply rich
- reading your article made so many nice memories come crowding into my mind. yes many things or people come into our life and then gone, however, some things like hometown will never fade away in the depths of our hearts. thanks for sharing.
- Reply Richardren
- snowflying: aa?? Jiangxi province? now i have known your hometown. and i have a uncle there . he is my mum' elder brother , he lives in Jiujiang now with his twooh, ungrateful guy! i don't want to become one of them. i am grateful to my parents, soul and heart. the current way of life make the intimate contact with parents difficult, but, their position in my heart is too deeply rooted to dislocate. i should spend more time with them whenver chances available.
- Reply Richardren
- celina99: Oh, how enchanting your hometown becomes because of your expressive depicting!yeah, hometown becomes even more beautiful when you are being so far away. it is like a holy place in my memory, visiting of which is so powferfully consolling. i believe everyone has such a place in the mind, but you need to have a mind to discover it, for theere are so many people were too much obssessed with external things to notice it.
Yet we everyone need to grow up, to gain some, to lose some. with acco
- Reply Richardren
- rich: reading your article made so many nice memories come crowding into my mind. yes many things or people come into our life and then gone, however, someThank you, Rich, my pleasure to have your comment. We are in such an era of change and dynamism, immigration tide from countryside to the city has been going on for decades, the stark contrast between the serenity of countryside and the hustle and bustle of cities makes many migrants nostalgic once in a while, including me. The trend to modernity is irreversible, but a peaceful place like the countryside hometown, has the healing power when we meditating it in moments of pains or sufferings. I have a dream to live a serene and peaceful life back to my hometown after my retirement.
- Reply rich
- Richardren: Thank you, Rich, my pleasure to have your comment. We are in such an era of change and dynamism, immigration tide from countryside to the city has beehello, Richard. i hope that is your name. it seems we do share a lot in common, even our names. hehe. no matter how our society changes, the peaceful countryside home will always appeal to us. the special attachment will never disappear. now as mamy others, i live in a city. but i still go back to my home village occasionally. and not long ago i replaced the roof of the old house and did some other repairs. it is also my home, my second home. i would probably spend my retirement life there.
- Reply Richardren
- rich: hello, Richard. i hope that is your name. it seems we do share a lot in common, even our names. hehe. no matter how our society changes, the peacefulwe do have a lot in common and it feels really good to have things in common with a good teacher as you are. i hope that we could still exchange our views when we will indeed retired back to our hometown.
- Reply Davidsun
- Your hometown is beautiful. People there in your hometown will be proud of you who have been so excellent, and most importantly have been thinking of all there in your hometown though thousands of miles away from it. It's true that we travel hither and thither, work with people far and wide, hometown is always there deep in our hearts, not only because of the people, the beautiful landscape, but also the deep-rooted and inalienable emotional connections.
- Reply Richardren
- Davidsun: Your hometown is beautiful. People there in your hometown will be proud of you who have been so excellent, and most importantly have been thinking ofpeople working so distant, could easily getting sentimental over the desire of seeing our family or our inseperable hometown. but being moody like this is also sweet, life is to be continued to a better one for sure with our efforts and sacrifice. let us keep the spirit high and make the best out of any tough conditions, that's the way of life for a strong, togh and responsible mind. cheers! friend!
