What is Cai Wei saying?

The song "Picking Wei" tells the story of a foot soldier on the frontier who recalled the sufferings of leaving his hometown and the war on his way home and expressed his yearning for peace.

The song "Picking Wei" is an ancient poem, which describes the mood of a foot soldier guarding the border on his way home. He recalled the willow tree when he left his hometown and the heavy snow when he set foot on his way home. The sight made him deeply miss his hometown and relatives. This song also expresses his feelings of fighting, hunger, cold and homesickness for many years.