Qinghai Changyun Dark Snow Mountain,
Seeing yumenguan from the lonely city.
Huang Sha wears golden armor in many battles.
If you don't break Loulan, you won't return it.
Clouds over Qinghai darkened the snow-capped mountains and stood in an isolated city overlooking the Yumen Pass in the distance. The Great Wall has worn out its helmet and armor in many battles, and it will never come back until it defeats the enemies in the west.
The first two sentences not only describe the scene of the whole northwest frontier, but also point out that the "lonely city" excludes the southern Tubo. The strong enemies in these two directions are the worries of the soldiers guarding the "isolated city". Qinghai and Yutong appear on the screen, which is the picture that emerges in the minds of the soldiers. These two sentences are permeated with rich and complicated feelings: the frontier soldiers' concern for the frontier situation, their pride and sense of responsibility for their own tasks, and the loneliness and hardship of frontier life are all integrated in the tragic, open and misty scenery.
"Yellow sand wears golden armor in many battles" shows the long frontier defense, frequent wars, hardships of fighting, the toughness of the enemy and the desolation of the border. The word "yellow sand" highlights the characteristics of the northwest battlefield. Although the shining armor has worn out, the soldiers' ambition to serve the country has not been tempered, but they have become more determined in the tempering of the desert yellow sand. "Never break the Loulan, never return it" is the heroic oath of the battle-hardened soldiers.