Hometown generally refers to the place where you were born and lived for a long time. But what if you were born when your parents were living in a foreign country?

Do you feel like you were born where you were born is your hometown? The answer, of course, is no. At this time, you will generally regard your parents' hometown in your home country, the place where your ancestors lived, as your hometown.

Even if you haven't lived there since you were born, even if your parents left there at a very young age, when asked about your hometown, you will basically say that it is your hometown.

Why is that? Because you have your native culture, and through the words and deeds of your parents, you have been exposed to the culture from there.

So from another point of view, hometown is also a place that represents a person's cultural origin. When a person walks into the same cultural environment as his or her own and sees cultural elements similar to his or her own culture, it evokes nostalgia for his hometown.

An old painter from Yuci, who settled in a foreign land due to work when he was young, has to return to Yuci often after retirement.

Every time the old gentleman comes back, he will always live in Hougou Ancient Village for a few days, and his words are full of love for Hougou.

When he returned to his hometown, he said that his hometown was a place where he wanted to leave but couldn't leave when he was a child, and he couldn't go back when he was old.

The old gentleman's words are quite intriguing, what he said

"The hometown that can't be returned" refers not only to space, but also to time. Because of the passage of time, his hometown has changed greatly, and he can return to his birthplace in space, but he can no longer see the scene of his childhood, and he can no longer find the feeling of his childhood.

This should be the reason why the old gentleman likes to live in Hougou, because Hougou can also allow him to see some familiar scenes from his childhood and evoke some memories of his childhood.

Many tourists have the same feeling as the old gentleman, and they also have a sense of déjà vu when they walk into the back ditch.

When you see the narrow old street, you will say that it looks like the original appearance of our village, when you see the quaint old courtyard, you will say that our ancestors lived in such a house, and when you see the ancient temple, you will say that there was such a temple in our village.

Visitors are very excited and excited at this time. From these reactions of tourists, we will find that due to the impact of modern industrial civilization, many ancient villages like Hougou have disappeared, and some have not disappeared, but they have been built into modern buildings, and there is no trace of the past.

The original ancient village style of Hougou makes people see the shadow of their hometown in the past and awakens people's dusty memories.

Hougou Ancient Village was originally just an ordinary small mountain village, and there were once thousands of such villages on the Loess Plateau.

It does not have the beautiful scenery of famous mountains and rivers, nor the magnificent buildings of the ancient capital, but there are still tourists from all over the world who come here every year.

Because Hougou is the epitome of traditional Chinese villages, it is one of the few ancient villages that have survived.

Due to her scarcity, she was regarded as the hometown of her by many people who visited her, and pinned their thoughts on her hometown and the past years.

Hougou Ancient Village is such a place that can evoke your nostalgia!