Heartfelt letters tell of hope of family reunions

The well-known poem Nostalgia, penned by the late writer Yu Guangzhong 50 years ago, expresses the aching separation felt by a generation of homesick Chinese who lived in Taiwan, and it still resonates with people on both sides of the Strait.

It starts with the line, "When I was young, nostalgia was a tiny stamp" to symbolize the distance between him and his mother.

Yu grew up on the Chinese mainland and moved to Taiwan in 1950 at a young age. He couldn't return till decades later.