In her book Wildfire, Lung Ying-tai describes how an old man in Germany took her to see his hometown. Every stone and tree was just as it had been in his childhood, and each had an interesting story or memory attached to it, so that even she was able to share in the old man's joyful reminiscences.
作家龍應台曾在「野火集」中提到一位德國老人帶她看他家園，甚至老人童年的一石一木都如昔，都有它的趣事典故，連她都分享著老人懷舊的喜悅。