The famous ancient poems and essays about missing homeland are as follows:

1. Being a stranger in a foreign land, I miss my family even more during the festive season. ——Wang Wei of the Tang Dynasty, "Remembering Shandong Brothers on September 9th"

Interpretation: Being far away from home alone is inevitably a bit desolate. Every Double Ninth Festival, I miss my relatives far away even more.

Theme: This poem expresses the poet who lives in another place and misses his hometown and relatives even more during the Double Ninth Festival.

2. My hometown is a land of clouds and water, and it is not suitable to return to my dreams in autumn. ——Li Shangyin of the Tang Dynasty, "The Rain"

Interpretation: I yearn for my hometown, the beautiful land of clouds and water, but I am afraid that the dream of returning home is not suitable for this autumn.

Theme: The main theme of this poem is homesickness. The beginning of the poem points out the time, place, and environment to highlight the protagonist's mood; then it expresses the poet's nostalgia for hometown.

3. Look up at the bright moon and lower your head to miss your hometown. ——Tang Li Bai's "Quiet Night Thoughts"

Interpretation: I couldn't help but raise my head and look at the bright moon in the sky outside the window. I couldn't help but lower my head and think about my hometown far away.

Theme: This poem describes the feeling of a poet living abroad on an autumn night, looking up at the moon and missing his hometown. It expresses the author's feelings of missing his hometown on a full moon night while living in a foreign country.

4. As you come from your hometown, you should know about your hometown. ——"Miscellaneous Poems" by Wang Wei of the Tang Dynasty

Interpretation: You have just come from our hometown, so you must understand the people and the world in your hometown.

Theme: This poem describes the plot of a wanderer who misses his family and asks visitors from his hometown about the situation at home, expressing the author's homesickness.

5. When a young boy leaves home and his boss comes back, his local pronunciation remains unchanged and his hair on his temples fades away. ——He Zhizhang of Tang Dynasty, "Returning to Hometown"

Interpretation: I left my hometown when I was young and came back in my old age. Although my local pronunciation has not changed, the hair on my temples has become sparse.

Theme: This poem was written when the poet resigned from office and returned to his hometown in his later years. It expresses the poet's sadness of being a foreigner for a long time, and also expresses the intimacy of returning to his hometown after a long absence.

6. The dew is white tonight, and the moon is bright in my hometown. ——Du Fu of the Tang Dynasty, "Remembering My Brother-in-law on a Moonlit Night"

Interpretation: Tonight has entered the Bailu solar term, and the moon is still the brightest in my hometown.

Theme: This poem describes brothers who are separated due to war, live in no fixed place, have no news, and whose life or death is uncertain. It expresses the poet's feelings of missing his relatives, and also reflects the suffering caused by the war to people.