What are the customs in the poem "Vacating on the Mountain and Thinking of My Brothers" in Shandong Province?

The custom in Shandong's poem "I miss my brothers on vacation in the mountains" is: climb high on the Double Ninth Festival and insert dogwood.

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Vacation in the mountains reminds me of my brother (Wang Wei) in Shandong.

I am a lonely stranger in a strange land, and I miss my family more often during the holidays.

When I think of my brothers' bodies climbing high, I will feel a little regret for not being able to reach me.

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(1) September 9th: Double Ninth Festival. In ancient times, nine was the number of yang, so it was called Chongyang.

(2) Shandong: Wang Weiqian moved to Puxian (now Yongji County, Shanxi Province), east of Hanguguan and Huashan, so it was called Shandong.

(3) foreign land: foreign land, foreign land.

(4) Being a stranger: Being a guest in another country.

(5) festivals: beautiful festivals.

(6) Climbing: In ancient times, there was the custom of climbing on the Double Ninth Festival.

(7) Cornus officinalis (zhūyú): a kind of vanilla, namely cassia seed. In ancient times, people thought that wearing dogwood on the Double Ninth Festival could avoid disasters and ward off evil spirits.

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I left home alone and became a guest from other places. Think twice about your relatives during the festive season. Imagine my brothers climbing the mountain with dogwood on their heads today. Unfortunately, I'm the only one missing.

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September 9th is the Double Ninth Festival, and some places in China have the custom of climbing mountains. The thirty-second volume of "Taiping Magnolia" quoted the story of local customs: "This day is established by convention and matured with the strong spirit of Cornus officinalis. On this day, the folded house is blocked to prevent early cold. "

The first two sentences can be said to be the direct method of artistic creation. There is almost no detour, but directly into the core, quickly forming a climax, with epigrams. However, this kind of writing often makes the last two sentences unsustainable, resulting in insufficient stamina.

If the last two sentences of this poem extend in a straight line along the line of "I miss my relatives more during the festive season", it must be a snake's foot; It is also difficult to find new ideas and form a new climax. The author takes another approach: with the torrent of emotion, a rippling lake appears, which seems calm, but it is actually deeper.