In the 1950s, when many writers were recalling the scenery of the mainland, Yang Mu wrote about the landscape of Hualien, which nurtured and comforted him. Yang's work--a mixture of starlight, Taiwanese children's songs, Chinese parasol trees and pebbles, as well as the surging Pacific Ocean and towering Mt. Chilai--is colored by sweet and salty memories of childhood.
在 1950 年代台灣文壇一片緬懷神州山河的虛渺文風中，楊牧懷想的卻是育他撫他的花蓮山水；由星光、台灣童謠、梧桐葉與卵石織羅而成，是澎湃洶湧的太平洋與巍巍直上雲霄的奇萊山，交織成鹹中帶甜的孩提記憶。