As one of famous flowers of Chinese art, Chinese flowering crabapples are an often-seen topic in Chinese artistic works. Shiy De-jinn used Chinese flowering crabapples as the theme in several paintings. His affection was once reflected in the lines of the Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941), “Let life be beautiful like summer flowers and death like autumn leaves,” which he included on one of his paintings of Chinese flowering crabapples.

In this “Chinese Flowering Crabapple”, Shiy De-jinn employed light shade as the background, making the flowers stand out vividly in the dark, soft atmosphere. As a foil to the flowers, the hazy leaves are gentle dreams, softening the sharpness of the twigs. The artist thus celebrates the abundance of life and praises the beauty of youth with the full blooms of the flowers.