Hexo blog title include special symbols reports error

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In my Hexo blog, when I include special symbols inside the title in posts, it reports this error: 

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ERROR Process failed: _posts/en/XXX.md
YAMLException: incomplete explicit mapping pair; a key node is missed; or followed by a non-tabulated empty line at line 1, column 54:
     ...  for Backend System Refactoring\: How to do backend system refac ...

Solution:
Include the title in single quotes, like:

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title: 'How to read a book'
lang: en
date: 2023-01-01