Tianjin Sha Qiu Si
Yuan Dynasty-Ma Zhiyuan
Dead vines, old trees, faint crows,
Small bridges and flowing water,
The ancient road and the west wind are thin.
The sun went down,
Heartbroken people are at the end of the world.
Ma Zhiyuan was keen on becoming famous when he was young. However, due to the high-handed policy of the rulers of the Yuan Dynasty, he never succeeded. He has lived a wandering life almost all his life. He was depressed and embarrassed all his life. So I wrote this song "Tianjin Sha Qiu Si" during my trip.
The old vine, the old tree, the faint crow and the thin horse, the sunset is clearly about people, but it is not about people. The overlapping use of images makes people sad and sympathetic, until the last sentence "heartbroken people are at the end of the world", and their intestines are broken. At the end of the world, the tears accumulated in front finally broke out at this moment, making people burst into tears.