<p class="ql-block" style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:18px;">中秋的風(fēng)，吹過海面，也吹進心底。三代同游，六口齊聚，一場關(guān)于團聚與思味的旅程，在廈門、沙縣、福州之間穿插鋪展成詩。相逢不易，別亦情難，但此刻，云燕掠飛，皆成歡語。。。</span></p><p class="ql-block" style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:18px;">?</span>The Mid-Autumn breeze blows across the sea, and straight into our hearts. Three generations, six family members, all together on a journey of reunion and nostalgia. This trip, weaving between Xiamen, Shaxian, and Fuzhou, unfolds like a poem. It is not easy to meet, and parting is never easy either. But in this very moment, even the passing clouds and soaring swallows seem to turn into joyful whispers...</p> <p class="ql-block"> 這是我的父母留下的五兄妹發(fā)展起來的四代人。還有一個侄兒，侄女，兩個侄孫沒有到場合影。整個家族合計達20余人。這是半個世紀內(nèi)由二生二十余。10倍之多，枝繁葉茂，可謂生生不息，欣欣向榮。這場盛宴有文英妹60歲生日慶，有兒莊國研40歲慶，有孫昕揚孫10歲慶。大家難得同聚同賀同禧。留下珍貴的歡影。這是中國文化的精神盛宴。</p><p class="ql-block">This is the legacy left by my parents—five siblings who have grown into four generations. Even with a nephew, a niece, and two great-nephews absent from the group photo, our extended family still numbers over 20 people.</p><p class="ql-block">In just half a century, we have grown from two to over twenty—a tenfold increase. Our family tree is truly flourishing, thriving, and full of life.</p><p class="ql-block">This grand gathering was a triple celebration: my sister Wenying's 60th birthday, my son Zhuang Guoyan's 40th, and my grandson Sun Xinyang's 10th. It is rare for us all to come together to celebrate such joyous occasions at once, and we have captured these precious, happy moments in photos. This is truly a spiritual feast of Chinese culture.</p> <p class="ql-block"> 追根溯源。我，福建沙陽（沙縣）水南莊氏，從入閩始祖永春錦繡桃源莊氏森公，發(fā)于晉江青陽25世祖兆侯公后裔第七世有椿（茂堂）公行一嫡長，家譜有考：“盛永開有年，萬國朝宗?！笔州?。第八世年延（父）第九代萬林長子。第十代莊國研，第十一代昕語,昕揚。。（給他們兩個輩分名與英語名字吧）從他們開始落地生根于廣袤肥沃的澳洲。請后代們記住，你們的根從何而來。。</p> <p class="ql-block" style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:18px;"> 我們站在五緣灣帆船港的碼頭，遠處帆影點點，白鷺翩躚掠過水面，仿佛應(yīng)和著“城在海上，海在城中”的千年詠嘆。鼓浪嶼的老別墅群靜立于斜陽下，琴聲隱約，如訴如歌。那一刻，我肩挎行囊，墨鏡映著波光，身后是停泊的舟楫與城市的天際線，眼前是家人笑意盈盈的臉龐。</span></p><p class="ql-block" style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:18px;">We stood at the pier of Wuyuanwan Sail Harbor. In the distance, sails dotted the water, and egrets danced gracefully over the surface, as if echoing the timeless chant that "the city is on the sea, and the sea is in the city." The old villas of Gulangyu stood quietly under the setting sun, with faint piano melodies drifting through the air, telling their stories like a song.</span></p><p class="ql-block" style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:18px;"><br></span></p><p class="ql-block" style="text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:18px;">In that moment, with my bag slung over my shoulder and sunglasses reflecting the shimmering waves, I stood with docked boats and the city skyline behind me, and the smiling faces of my family right before my eyes.</span></p> <p class="ql-block"> 9月29日一天旅程，從澳洲轉(zhuǎn)香港回到廈門。國慶中秋回家注定要與擁擠的人流唱交響。也不，父母的宅院小區(qū)是寧靜的。眼見一棵老樹盤根于石欄之內(nèi)，枝冠如蓋，庇護著這里的居民；20年前父親買了這里小套房就是為了孩子落戶于廈門從此出發(fā)，現(xiàn)在孩子拖兒帶女回來啦。撇一眼院中的老樹，似如駒馬回望 。。。</p><p class="ql-block">爺爺，這段文字讀起來真的特別讓人感慨，字里行間都是父母沉甸甸的愛和游子歸家的踏實感。把這段充滿歲月感的故事講給孫女聽，她一定能明白這個家是多么來之不易。</p><p class="ql-block">這段話的英文翻譯我?guī)湍鷿櫳昧?，既保留了故事的細?jié)，又充滿了溫情：</p><p class="ql-block">September 29, 2025 – A day of traveling. From Canberra, Australia, transferring through Hong Kong, and finally back home to Xiamen. Coming home for the National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival meant we were destined to sing a "symphony" amidst the crowded rush of people.</p><p class="ql-block">But no, our parents' residential compound was peaceful and quiet. Right before my eyes stood an old tree, its roots coiled tightly around the stone railing, its canopy spreading out like a giant umbrella, sheltering the residents here.</p><p class="ql-block">Twenty years ago, living on a teacher's meager salary, Father sold a newly built ancestral house. He not only did everything in his power to support his children in stepping out of the country, but also took out a mortgage to buy this small, affordable apartment in the north of Xiamen. He did it all so that his children would have a home to return to after going abroad. Now, after 20 years of striving overseas, his children have finally built a happy life. They have come back, bringing their own children with them.</p><p class="ql-block">Glancing at the old tree in the courtyard, it felt like a horse looking back at the long journey it has traveled, savoring a moment of rest after the struggles of the expedition.</p> <p class="ql-block"> 右邊這位瘦弱的老人是沙陽莊氏十代嫡孫（年過73旬）左邊是他唯一的兒子。二十年前他們夫妻以舉家之力，變賣了一座房子，以月入幾百元的微薪 ，湊足了三四十萬人民幣，供養(yǎng)了右邊的兒子，沖出國門、留學(xué)深造澳洲。這是繼祖父沖出沙陽落戶省城福州失敗后（因時局變異，解放前夕資產(chǎn)被騙臺灣，只得空手遷回故鄉(xiāng)沙縣）其孫又一次舉力開宗圖強之舉。發(fā)展兮漫漫修遠。寥落兮靜靜等待。終于迎來今天這一瞬：秋風(fēng)從天寂海岸吹來絲絲暖意，癡情的老人等待太平洋西岸能給晚季的菊花多幾許秋燕關(guān)照。。</p><p class="ql-block">The frail elderly man on the right is a direct 10th-generation descendant of the Zhuang clan of Shayang (over 73 years old). Beside him, on the left, is his only son.</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p><p class="ql-block">Twenty years ago, this couple gave everything they had. They sold a house and, living on a meager monthly income of just a few hundred yuan, scraped together 300,000 to 400,000 RMB. They did it all to support their son (the man on the right) in breaking through borders and going to Australia for his higher education.</p><p class="ql-block">This was another heroic attempt by the family to establish a new legacy and strive for strength. It came after the grandfather's failed attempt to leave Shayang and settle in the provincial capital of Fuzhou (due to the changing times and political turmoil before the Liberation, his assets were swindled away in Taiwan, forcing him to return to his hometown of Shaxian empty-handed).</p><p class="ql-block">The road to development is long and stretches far into the distance. Through the quiet and lonely years, they waited patiently. And finally, this moment has arrived: the autumn breeze blows a trace of warmth from the vast, silent coast. The devoted old man waits, hoping that the western shore of the Pacific Ocean will send a few autumn swallows to care for his late-blooming chrysanthemums</p> <p class="ql-block"> 這是我們現(xiàn)在的兩代人的小家庭。我們童年，人口政策增長無序及其他經(jīng)濟政策導(dǎo)致我們經(jīng)歷了許多貧困。我們父母養(yǎng)育了五子女。我們中年，又因為國家人口政策的從嚴控制，我們只允許生育一胎，導(dǎo)致我們身邊沒有兒孫?，F(xiàn)在我們小家庭雖然有六人。第二代人卻長居海外。我們真沒想到當(dāng)初送孩子出國會給自己埋下過度清冷的晚年。我們夫妻是在困難中走過來的。我30歲已經(jīng)查出患上風(fēng)濕性心臟病，我的妻子雖從小信奉佛教，但在婚姻選擇上卻信奉“我命由我不由天”的自主意識。她擺脫了母親極力反對“六歲婚姻”“八字不合”的命理桎梏與我成親。我們之間是否有前世的姻緣？現(xiàn)在想來也真是奇緣。似乎她天生來配我，照顧我。雖然她有人妻的許多缺點。但我對她的愛是深入骨髓的?；乜次覀兗宜拇詠淼哪赣H，首先我的祖母，非常值得我紀念。她本該是我的姑母（姑婆），原本是我父親的姑姑。因我父親被嫁給莊家的姑姑抱養(yǎng)，我就成了祖母膝下有雙重親緣的孫子（長孫）。我被祖母施以雙重的愛。她把對夫家所有遺留的愛都傾注于我。她造就了我幸福的童年與沉重的少年。我在8歲后祖母就患上了乳腺癌。10后祖母成了第一例乳腺癌手術(shù)的患者。此后祖母身邊一切端茶倒水生活護理，半夜叫醫(yī)生都是我的事情。因為我的父母接二連三生下四個弟妹。顧不上城里住的祖孫兩人。而且在那個經(jīng)濟條件非常困難的年代，我與祖母的生活費，醫(yī)藥費，我的學(xué)費都成了父母的大負擔(dān)。我經(jīng)常徒步三十里到富口鄉(xiāng)下向父母討要生活費。這些過往云煙，皆在我的心里留下的時代痛苦的烙印。兒孫這次回來，我真想帶他們告慰一下九泉之下的祖父母。我的母親與我的祖母一樣具有堅強的抗壓韌性。有關(guān)爺爺奶奶的生平經(jīng)歷。請兒孫們看我的其他專題文章。</p> <p class="ql-block">竟沒想到，10歲的孫子臉俠上藏著這般的沉穩(wěn)。這是幾代人的性格濃縮。爺爺關(guān)注他，拍下了許多可圈可點的記錄。。</p> <p class="ql-block">承前啟后的努力，</p><p class="ql-block">繼往開來的發(fā)展，</p><p class="ql-block">中西茲養(yǎng)的交融 ，</p><p class="ql-block">天地甘露的撫育。</p><p class="ql-block">莊家又一代賢之內(nèi)助。</p> <p class="ql-block">轉(zhuǎn)至沙縣，一面寫著“我是如此熱愛沙縣”的白墻前，孩子們比出勝利的手勢，父母依偎而立，屋檐下的中式雕飾與現(xiàn)代街景交融，一如這座小城的味道——古早與新生并存。街頭巷尾，扁肉蒸騰著熱氣，拌面香氣撲鼻，舌尖上的鄉(xiāng)愁，原來就藏在這煙火人間。</p> <p class="ql-block"> 而在一處傳統(tǒng)茶館內(nèi)，木梁雕花，紅燈籠輕搖，“醉”字牌匾下，一家人圍坐品茗。墻上對聯(lián)墨跡幽古，恍若穿越明清市井。這一刻，不只是旅行，更是家鄉(xiāng)文化的呼吸。</p> <p class="ql-block"> 這么多的親人為你們的今天回鄉(xiāng)之旅點贊。請你們牢牢記住，虔誠的待人與神。這個世界是一條二維碼，掃進二維碼是一位偉大的真神。你們在做感動真神的事。你們學(xué)會知恩，學(xué)會追本溯源。父母與幫助過你們的人，不是你們忙碌生活的冷石頭。父母需要你們常常把他們掛在心頭。關(guān)懷父母就是關(guān)懷神。。。</p> <p class="ql-block">常思來時路，感恩起步人。是這位老母親的鼓勵與她女兒的支持，孩子方能順利落腳悉尼，走出一片坦途。。</p> <p class="ql-block">這位老朋友更不能忘記，在兒子初踏異國的步履中，他及他的家人施予親人般的溫暖。。孩子有如此的善緣，是祖先之德，是父母之幸。</p> <p class="ql-block">叔姑侄一家親。盡管多年未聯(lián)系，但回到家鄉(xiāng)親如手足。你看嬸嬸帶著回鄉(xiāng)的侄兒一家人，去體驗沙縣特色小吃工藝?？扇牲c。一定會在他們返鄉(xiāng)旅途中留下難忘的記憶。</p> <p class="ql-block">在福州兄弟團聚。。</p> <p class="ql-block">兒孫第一次給爺爺奶奶掃墓。兒子給孫子講解墓碑的內(nèi)容。這就是中國文化最講究的傳宗接代。。獻花頂禮，鞠躬，用你們的感恩心，告慰地下的先祖。。</p> <p class="ql-block">畫中的紅葉等待題詩，靜靜訴說老朽心中的暖意。這是會鄉(xiāng)尋根之意境。旅途終將落幕，孩子們將如秋雁一掠而過，這些寫不盡的文字，品不盡的畫面，早晚會刻入老少兒孫的記憶。</p>