Shen Congwen is the main executor and thinker of the rural world with special significance. He believes that "beauty lies in life" and is obsessed with the beauty of human nature, although he is in a hypocritical, selfish and indifferent city. He said: "there may be people in this world who worship buildings and pavilions on sand or water, but that's not me." I just want to build a small Greek temple. Choose a small piece of land as the foundation and pile it up with hard stones. Exquisite, firm, symmetrical, small but not exquisite, it is my ideal building. This temple is dedicated to mankind. Shen Congwen's creative style tends to be romantic. He demanded the poetic effect of the novel, integrating realism, dream pursuit and symbolism, with simple language style, simple and heavy sentence patterns, prominent trunk, simplicity and vividness, strong local color and unique rural humanistic atmosphere. The whole work is full of hidden worries and philosophical thinking about life, just like his real and tenacious life, which gives people lessons and enlightenment.
Yan Wenjing criticized the weakness and individualism of petty-bourgeois intellectuals by describing children's tragic experiences and yearning for a better life.