Yuan Ying wrote "White Poplar" in the autumn of 1961. At that time, a large number of young people from the mainland responded to the party's call and rushed to Xinjiang to develop the northwest and work hard to start a business. During the journey, the author introduced the poplars growing in the Gobi Desert to his children to express his ambition to obey the needs of the motherland, contribute to the construction of the frontier, and hope that his children could also take root in the frontier.
The article is about trees and people, starting from the children's argument about poplars, leading to the father's introduction to the characteristics of poplars, using the metaphor of expressing ambitions through objects, and using objects to describe people; then it is written that dad borrowed poplars to express his feelings He has the ambition to take root in the frontier and hopes that his children can also become frontier builders. In the author's description and narrative, he does not directly praise these selfless builders, but gradually blends the tall and straight poplars in the Gobi with the images of builders who have taken root in the frontier.
The poplar outside the car window - standing tall and graceful against the vast Gobi desert; the poplar in my father's eyes - growing vigorously regardless of the environment, not afraid of disasters; the poplar in my father's heart - taking root in the frontier and making selfless contributions The embodiment of a frontier builder.