Childhood Hometown Memories

童年的家乡回忆

I often cannot take off my eyes from photos of my hometown. Homely  streets and alleys, dilapidated roofs and walls, tiny and dirty wharves, have come back to mean so much to me.  So much, so far away, and so long ago, that they have become fond memories--even those poverty-stricken days, those hardship-ridden days, those days when my mom took me and my brother to the field to look for abandoned sweet potatoes, those days when I would climb the trees to collect dried branches for firewood, those days when I would walk to school, barefoot, of a frosted morning.

Here is a short essay about my home, hometown, and hometown river written in 1979.

My hometown on Nine-Dragon river in 2007

熟悉的家乡人家乡貌往往使我陶醉。不经眼的街巷,斑驳的瓦墙,杂乱的码头,竟然带来那麽多、那麽久远的回忆。而且因为多,因为久远,竟然忘却了那些窘迫的、寒酸的、惨淡的日子。雨后去地里挖掘被遗忘的蕃薯,课馀去树上寻找乾树枝当柴薪,赤足踏著草地上的晨霜去上学, 都成了可堪回首的记忆。

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hometown narcissus
家乡的水仙花
我们的家就在浸水埕这条小巷里
This is what I would see of our neighbors from the roof.

从家里的阳台看出去,邻居们的屋顶就是这个样子。
If I go out, this is would be a common street scene.
如果上街,街道和路人就是这个样子。
If we want to go to Xiamen, this is where we would board a boat.

如果要去厦门,我们就从这个船站码头乘搭汽船

石码镇街道图( 部分)
石码镇及四邻村镇地图(一角)

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Updated November 10, 2015
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2015-11-10

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