For example, this rhetoric is used in the title of Jing Tian Sand written by Ma Zhiyuan, such as "A dead vine is a faint crow, a small bridge is a flowing family, and an ancient road is a thin horse" and Gu Long's novel "Tianya Yueming Dao meteor butterfly sword".
Of course, as lyrics, he had to consider rhyming, so he wrote the rhyme of cactus betting on the old captain. However, I haven't seen Penghu Bay with my own eyes. Maybe cactus really grows on the beach there.