The meaning of the first two lines of hometown letter

I left my hometown when I was young and didn't come back until my twilight years. Although my local accent hasn't changed, my hair on my sideburns has become sparse.

Two hometown couplets, the first part

Tang He Zhang Zhi

Young people leave home, old people return, and the local accent has not changed.

When children meet strangers, they will smile and ask where the guests are from.

The poem begins with "when young people leave home, they will go straight to the point, pointing out that there is a long time between leaving home and going home, which already contains deep feelings." This feeling is clearly described in the second poem with the same title: "I have been away from my hometown for many years, and my personnel have been half exhausted recently." "There is only a mirror lake in front of the door, and the spring breeze does not change the old waves." The mountains and rivers remain the same, and people are killing each other. The eternity of nature is in sharp contrast with the changefulness of life. What is written here is explicit and implicit "leaving home while young". Different expressions have different artistic effects.

The second sentence, "The local accent has not changed, and the temples are failing", also uses the contrast method, but it is not the contrast between nature and life, but the contrast between language and temples. Once language habits are formed, it is difficult to change them despite years of tempering; Beautiful youth can't last forever. A child's face and black hair can rot in an instant. "The local accent has not changed" is not only a brand that the poet's hometown can never erase, but also a medium for the poet to get close to his hometown children, so it is precious. "The decline of sideburns" is the inevitable result of official travel after leaving home for decades. Fortunately, the fallen leaves return to their roots, and in the twilight of my gray hair, I finally returned to my hometown that I miss so much, so I feel very lucky. The poet's mood at this time is complex, mixed feelings and excited.

Three or four sentences changed from an emotional self-portrait to a dramatic scene in which children smiled and asked questions. "Laugh and ask where the guest comes from", which is just a faint question among children, so stop here; On the poet, it became a heavy blow, which triggered his infinite feelings. In his later years, the sadness of the opposition between subject and object was included in this seemingly dull question. This is the place where the whole poem ends quietly, but the meaning is like an empty valley, full of sadness and boundless.

As far as the whole poem is concerned, one or two sentences are mediocre, while three or four sentences are like twists and turns, with no boundary. The beauty of the last two sentences lies in the powder on the back, which is seamless: although mourning is written, it is expressed in a happy scene; Although I wrote about myself, it was turned out from the side of the child. The scene where children ask questions is full of life interest. Even if the reader is not infected by the poet's long-term feelings of hurting the elderly, he can't help but be moved by this interesting life scene.

This poem uses three contrasts: by comparing the teenagers who left home with the old people who returned home, it highlights the long time away from home; Through the contrast between the difficult change of local accent and the easy decline of sideburns, the rapid change of personnel is highlighted; Through the contrast between the white-haired old man and the naive child, this paper euphemistically and implicitly expresses the joy and vicissitudes of the poet's return home, and harmoniously combines these two different feelings. The whole poem adopts line drawing technique, which contains sincere and profound feelings in natural and simple language. Reading is like drinking fine mash, the entrance is very light and the stamina is endless.