On the ninth day of 

the ninth lunar month,

China celebrates the traditional festival 

known as the Double Ninth Festival.

This year, we're off to visit our elderly friends in 

the Shenzhen North Station community!

Poetry Appreciation

"Alone, a lonely stranger in a foreign land.

I doubly pine for my kinsfolk on holiday."

Residents recited famous Double Ninth Festival poems by Wang Wei, Meng Haoran, Li Qingzhao, and others with heartfelt emotion.

Chinese verses flowed with grace, English recitations with ease,

Children's voices rang clear and bright, 

elders' tones deep and resonant,

All participated enthusiastically, 

conveying longing and 

reunion through both languages.

At this moment, 

we transcend nationality and age.

United by culture, warmed by togetherness.

This Double Ninth Festival gathering

is not merely a celebration of tradition,

but a heartfelt embrace of community spirit.

Chinese residents and English intertwine, 

ancient verse resonates with folk melodies,

elders and children revel together, 

Chinese and foreign friends join hands—

this is the very image of our “community family” we envision.