The daughter of the sea, a mythical name, can't help but make people think: in ancient and modern times, at home and abroad, in order to defend independence, freedom and human dignity, people have created many beautiful and invincible goddess images with their lives and imagination. Ancient Greek mythology described the image of the Sphinx, a goddess of wisdom and courage standing on the top of the mountain. In Central Europe, there are folk stories of mermaids guarding the Viduya River with shields and swords, and in China, there are myths and legends such as the white snake lady and the Three Virgin. In the past, people couldn't and couldn't believe that they would look for invincible great power from themselves to fight against the evil forces of nature and society, but had to rely on the special nature that some animals and beasts could have (invincible lions, free fish and snakes in water, etc.). This is an inevitable idealized reflection of certain social productive forces in people's consciousness at that time. The human era has now begun earth-shaking changes. In Introduction to Dialectics of Nature, Engels described the "Great Era" iv that appeared in Western Europe in the second half of the15th century, and enthusiastically praised the characteristics of the era when giants were needed and produced:

"Almost all are in the movement of the times, living and exercising in actual struggles, and fighting in one way or another. Some people use their tongues and pens, some use their swords, and some use both. Therefore, there is the integrity and strength of their perfect personality. " v

In today's new development period of the Chinese nation, we have the conditions to bring up a new generation of real giants and have the ideal of all-round development. It can also be said that this ideal new generation is the reappearance of the great generation praised by Engels on the basis of today's social development with more developed productive forces and relations of production. The success of the female image of China depicted in Daughter of the Sea is precisely due to the artist's artistic depiction of the guards and soldiers of the ordinary coastal defense women militia, the combination of labor and martial arts, and the combination of civil and military skills, which just reflects the "integrity and fortitude" of the new generation of China people in the new era, and reflects their three revolutionary movements in the fields of nature, society and thought, production struggle, class struggle and scientific experiment. The profound typical significance of the sculpture "Daughter of the Sea" is also here. It can be said that the "daughter of the sea" is not only a "mermaid" holding a shield and sword to resist foreign enemies, but also a new inevitable kingdom that will jump into the modern sea and control the sea freely in our time.

The sculpture Daughter of the Sea has created a new generation of practical exploration and development of modern sculpture art in China from the organic combination of content and form, and from the material and spiritual realm of the sculpture protagonist. It is deep but not superficial, delicate but not rough, restrained but not exposed, implicit and rich but not tasteless, and has achieved the latest achievements with unique significance in this art field. Because it was Daughter of the Sea that really liberated the sculpture from the stereotyped heroic model of "bossing around" in the era of the Gang of Four. It can be predicted that with the passage of time, the ideological strength and aesthetic value of The Daughter of the Sea will be noticed and understood by more and more people. As a milestone of China modern sculpture art entering a new era, The Daughter of the Sea will have a far-reaching and immeasurable influence. So I suggest that the relevant parties cast this statue into bronze, slightly larger than the real person, and let her stand in front of the National Ocean Museum.