"When the tree is high in thousands of feet, the leaves fall to the roots" has become the aspiration of people who live in other places for their nostalgia for their homeland, and it is also the destination of people who live in other places' wish to return to their hometown eventually.

the phrase "leaves fall back to their roots" comes from the "Six Ancestors' Magic Tanjing". When Master Hui Neng was about to enter nirvana, he told his disciples that he wanted to return to his hometown in Xinzhou and asked them to prepare a boat for him quickly. His disciples begged the Six Ancestors to stay. Master Hui Neng said: "The appearance of Buddhas is still a sign of nirvana. If you come, you will go, and you will be Chang Ran." I am in this shape, and I will return to it. " The sixth ancestor also said to his master, "The leaves fall to the root, and there will be no day when they come."

Interpretation:

Huineng, a monk in the Tang Dynasty, was the sixth ancestor of Zen Buddhism. In his thirties, he went to Huangmei to learn from Hong Ren. Later, he returned to Shaozhou and lived in Baolin Temple in Caoxi to teach Zen. One day, he gathered his disciples and told them that he would die in August. On July 8, he suddenly said to his master, "I'm going back to NSW, so help me prepare the boat." Everyone was very sad and begged Huineng to stay. Huineng told the monks, "It's a matter of course that if you come, you will go. My skeleton should also have a home, so you don't have to be too sad." The master asked, "When will the master come back when he is gone?" Huineng said, "When the leaves wither, they will still fall back to the roots. There are no rules in life." Here, "leaves fall back to their roots" is used to mean that things will eventually return to their origin, and later it is often used to mean that people who have lived in different places will return to their hometown.

Sentence making:

When people get older, they will have the idea that leaves will return to their roots.

after some twists and turns, he finally got back to his roots and didn't die in a foreign land.

Many people have the idea of returning to their roots, and plan to return to their hometown for the aged after retirement.

he has lived abroad for many years, and although he has achieved great success, what he most hopes for is to return to his hometown and die.