That endless desert, only a word "big" can shape its landscape; On this pure and desolate background, a wisp of white smoke lit on the beacon tower goes straight into the sky, so striking that the word "solitary smoke" can shape its charm. "Solitary smoke" is followed by the word "straight", which makes the scenery look simple and rough. "The long river sets the yen", the vast desert, no mountains and no trees, only the Yellow River runs through it. As far as we can see, the desert is boundless and the Yellow River is endless, so the word "long" naturally appears in the author's mind. Above the "long river" is a round sunset. The word "round" here and the word "straight" in front of it are both vivid and expressive, and it is difficult to express their beauty.
Appreciation of the Lonely Smoke in the Desert and the Long River Falling in the Yen
These two poems fully embody the characteristics of painting and attach great importance to the picture sense of the scenery. First of all, it has a picturesque composition, from the sunset on the horizon to the beacon smoke in the air to the underground river, from the nearby beacon smoke to the distant sunset to the endless desert. Although there are not many scenes on the screen, the space is vast and the levels are rich. Secondly, it has picturesque lines. On the endless desert, the smoke is vertical, the river is horizontal and the sunset is round. It uses a few strokes and simple lines to outline the basic form of the scenery, which is very general, just like an abstract work. Again, these two sentences are also very colorful. The vast desert is full of yellow sand, and the orange sunset at dusk converges its brilliance, living quietly in the sky, reflecting the calm river with white light, and a wisp of white beacon smoke rises from the desert and goes straight into the sky. The magnificent frontier scenery is as it is now.
Xiangling in a dream of red mansions said: "The word' straight' seems unreasonable, and the word' round' seems too vulgar. When I closed the book and remembered, I seemed to have seen this scene. I have to find two more of these two, but I can't find two words. " Although she couldn't tell where these two words were, she intuitively felt that they described solitary smoke and sunset very vividly and irreplaceable. Su Shi commented on Wang's "poetry has charm, and there are paintings and poems in them, which is very appropriate."
Different understandings of "smoke": some people think it is beacon smoke, while others think it is kitchen smoke.