There are several mountains in the distance and small boats in the foreground. In "Boats by the Riverbank", dark green mountains are poetically veiled by mist and clouds, as if it had just rained. Small boats rest by the bank where two ancient red bricks houses stand. The simplicity of the countryside is what attracts Shiy De-jinn's brush to rural scenes.

"I was immersed in love and excitement. Under the grey, lonely sky, I sipped the melancholy green of the grass, the brilliant gold of the sunset, and the rich old red of the brick houses..., and this is my art, it doesn't live inside ancient paintings or dreams, and never in Western trends." Shiy De-jinn rooted his art in the soil of his native land, bringing rich and touching national sentiment into his works.