For the background he mixed in over 30 bags of gold powder in order to convey the golden light of dawn. On the pond he painted azure lotuses with their red blooms just beginning to unfold, with an egret wading and searching for food. Yu gave the soft tranquility of the lotus pool a colorful vitality.
畫面上，調進三十多包金粉的底色，呈現出一片金黃晨光，水池上，石青色的荷葉盛展，脂紅色荷花乍開，一隻白鷺穿梭其間低頭覓食，為柔靜的蓮池帶來一股鮮活的生命躍動。