Liu Jiutong captures the quiet experience of a boat journey at daybreak, where rivers and mountains are veiled in dense mist, dissolving the landscape into an ethereal expanse. Frost gathers upon the wooden deck like freshly fallen snow, preserving the fleeting imprint of each passing step. The scene unfolds with remarkable stillness, inviting contemplation of nature's subtle transformations and the poetry found within a single suspended moment.

“Beyond the mist, the rivers and mountains cannot be seen with clarity;

 Only the sounds of roosters and dogs reveal the village ahead.

 The ferry's deck is covered with frost as white as snow,

 Bearing the very first imprint of my blue-clothed shoes.”

—Yang Wanli, Song Dynasty poet