Lotus Lake is one of Sun Li's representative works. Selected from Sun Li's collection of novels and essays "Baiyangdian Chronicle". The full text is full of poetry and is called "poetic novel". In the fierce and cruel War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, under the background of national survival, the novel chooses a small corner of Baiyangdian, which shows the gentle, affectionate, loyal and brave character and spirit of rural women.
The heroine, Sister-in-law Shuisheng, is a traditional and kind rural housewife who tries her best to support her family and prevent her husband from having worries. Knowing that her husband was leaving home to join the army, she supported her husband's choice, although it was awkward. Her personal experience of the war gave her a deeper understanding of her husband's war of resistance. So she also joined the ranks of the Anti-Japanese War and directly participated in the sacred cause of defending the country.
Aquatic-the protagonist is a microcosm of many anti-Japanese people. Dedicated to the war of resistance, regardless of personal life and death, with an optimistic revolutionary spirit.
The language of the novel is unpretentious, beautiful and smooth, and full of strong local flavor. His works are a collection of novels, essays and poems, and have a unique prose novel style. Just like a lotus with dew and water, it has a colorful style and is filled with refreshing and intoxicating fragrance. If the work begins to describe the scene of aquatic sister-in-law setting a banquet on a moonlit night, the author uses "snow" and "cloud".
For example, the big reed mat woven by women on the water also captures the fog, breeze, lotus fragrance and other things rich in water flavor, and a few lines show the amorous feelings of Lotus Lake. Such beautiful scenery is intertwined with the lingering thoughts of the protagonist, forming a unique atmosphere. Then write the farewell of husband and wife, and the farewell language is plain, sincere and deep. These all set off each other naturally and harmoniously, and properly described the characteristics of the environment and the ideological life of the characters at that time.