"Clouds over Qinghai Lake darkened the snow-capped mountains and stood in the lonely city overlooking Yumenguan. The Great Wall has worn through helmets and armor in many battles, and the enemy who does not defeat Loulan will never return. "
The first two sentences of the poet describe the scenery, which is a bird's eye summary of the whole northwest frontier. Qinghai is Qinghai Lake, Snow Mountain is Jishi Mountain (Qilian Mountain) in the southeast of Qinghai, Gucheng is a camp guarded by border guards, Yumenguan is a military fortress near Shuangta Fort in Anxi, and outside the customs is the sphere of influence of Turks. The sky is covered with long clouds, the snow-capped mountains are dark, and the lonely city is far away from Guan Yu. This painting not only depicts the typical environment in which border guards live and fight, but also highlights their concern for border defense and strong sense of responsibility and pride, and also implies feelings of loneliness and homesickness. The "king" here can be interpreted in many ways. Geographically, it means "face"; In the actions of soldiers, it means "watching", which means always paying attention to the situation in the border and being very vigilant; Psychologically, it also means "hope", hoping that there is no situation at the border and let them go home. In the vast and bleak frontier fortress landscape, rich and complex emotions and scenes blend together, preparing for the latter two sentences of direct lyric.
"Yellow sand wears golden armor in hundreds of battles, but the loulan is not returned" is a famous sentence of heroism and dry clouds, which has always been praised. "Yellow sand" refers to the frontier battlefield where yellow sand is rolling, and it is the place where border guards fought bloody battles to make contributions. "Golden armor" is a soldier's armor. The word "wear" indicates the number of battles, the length of the war and the intensity of the battle, highlighting the bravery and hardship of border guards. "Loulan" is the name of the Western Regions in the Han Dynasty, which generally refers to the Japanese pirates who harassed the northwest frontier at that time. The word "finally" embodies the firm determination and belief of the soldiers, and they will never go home until they defeat the enemy! This is the clank oath of a powerful and battle-hardened soldier. Magnificent, heroic and incomparable, with the shocking power of boiling blood.
The poet used "darkness" and "hope" to describe the natural environment, and "wear" and "end" to describe the life and spirit of soldiers, which avoided dullness and monotony and was extremely expressive, and achieved the artistic effect of a high degree of unity between typical environment and characters' emotions.
What the whole poem presents us is: bitter but not sad, the magnificent atmosphere of the prosperous Tang Dynasty. ...