This article was written in 1929, when the author lived in Japan. The depressed mood after the failure of the Great Revolution, the depression brought by political darkness, the loneliness far from the motherland and the disappointment of temporarily unable to find a way out are intertwined into a gray net, which covers everything in his eyes and produces low-key essays such as Whistle Selling Tofu, Fog, Rainbow and Cherry Blossom.
Symbolism and lyricism are the basic characteristics of this paper. The two are inseparable. Symbolism is a general technique, which lies in lyricism through scenery, and lyricism through scenery is a means to complete symbolic meaning. The author's purpose is not to show readers the splendor of cherry blossoms, but to express loneliness, loneliness and melancholy through the images of cherry blossoms. Therefore, the cherry blossoms written by the author have lost their original fragrance and charm. At first, the author put cherry blossoms in a lonely and cold environment. They stood in front of Chi Pan, whipped by the cold wind and freezing rain, leaving only bare branches. It implies the author's bumpy experience and the current unfavorable environment. The artistic conception caused by this description reminds us of Lu Fangweng's "broken bridge outside the post, lonely and open without owner". It's a famous saying that the dusk is lonely and the wind and rain are heavier. Then, the author uses "in the misty spring rain" and "a tree with some reddish flowers" to symbolize the author's lonely mood. "Suddenly" and "suddenly" indicate that these cherry trees were not noticed, but were discovered by a casual glance. It's really a little "leisurely seeing Nanshan". The difference is that the former is lonely, the latter is pleasant, the former is bleak, and the latter is clear. Even the cherry blossom forest in Lanshan is not a pleasant sight. It was placed in the noise of tourists and the "suffocating" yellow dust by the author. This noisy and yellow scene not only annoys the author, but also makes the author melancholy. When the boatman's sight of "playing harmonica leisurely" entered the author's eyes, he felt a kind of "thirst like drinking water" in his heart. This reflects the author's dissatisfaction with the status quo and longing for a new life.
Plain and clumsy language is another feature of this paper. Contrary to the natural and fluent approach of lyric prose, this article deliberately creates a language style that is consistent with the meaning of the text. At the beginning of the article, some words of hit the floor, such as "Yan Shuo", "Yiyi" and "failure", caused a deep tone. They also have some deliberately elegant but rigid meanings. There is a row of trees in front of Chi Pan. "Imagine it is a cherry tree!" Create an indispensable mood. Green leaves did not use half a tender leaf, but used light and beautiful words, and used awkward words such as "half a leaf" and "green leaf". And "Pile" and "Leg Bump" are written by many people, but they are full of troubles. "At this time, I just formed my concept of cherry blossoms" and "there is a wide lake-like water on the hillside", which is so evasive. In addition, there is a cynical tone between the lines of the article, as evidenced by flower viewing and cherry blossom viewing in Japan, and the ending is even more obvious. Although the above language is awkward to read and lacks acoustic beauty, it is the artistic effect pursued by the author, which shows the author's various language abilities. This skill can't be done casually, unless it is handwritten.
The combination of reality and reality is another feature of it. The author refutes the stereotype of writing landscape prose. Put a lot of pen and ink into imaginary words. There are naturally twelve paragraphs in the full text, and only six or seven paragraphs are really written about cherry blossoms. The third section is about the cherry tree, which is fictional. The rest are foreshadowing and foil. However, whether it is virtual writing or real writing, cherry blossoms are always the main line and there is no digression at all. The advantage of this writing method based on virtual reality is that it can better express the theme of the article, which is by no means the author's fault.