A Contemplation of a"Homesick Wanderer":Commentary on Prose Collection Hometown is So Vast,Why Do We Have to Travel Afar
From the perspective of a"returnee",Hometown is So Vast,Why Do We Have to Travel Afar writes about the beauty and decline of rural people and scenery,while exploring the relationship between"city"and"village"in China's modernization process,as well as the spiritual destination of"exiles".People living in rural areas undergo intergenera-tional cycles within the traditional Chinese timeline,and their lives can only gain eternal divine meaning within this cycle.Once they move away,they will face a spiritual dilemma of having no place to turn to.For"exiles",the things,people,and neighbors in their hometown are the most difficult things to forget,because they bear the imprints of life in the past,are also the place where human love depends,and are an eternal spiritual destination.
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