The literary image is the image, artistic conception and emotion expressed by symbols, symbols and metaphor in literary works. It has unique aesthetic characteristics and symbolic meaning, and is the soul and core of literary works. The basic characteristics of literary images include: 1. Uniqueness: literary images are unique. They often use some specific symbols and symbols to express the author's emotions and thoughts, which are distinguished from other works and reality. 2. Symbolism: literary images often have a certain symbolic meaning. They express the author's feelings and thoughts through hints or metaphor, so that readers can resonate and think. 3. Metaphorical: literary images often use metaphor to express the author's feelings and thoughts so that readers can understand the author's intentions while understanding the metaphor. 4. Comprehensiveness: literary images are often comprehensive, including not only symbols and symbols, but also images, artistic conception and emotions. It is a complex and comprehensive symbol system. 5. Space-time: literary images have a certain space-time nature, often reflecting the author's era, cultural background and emotional state, but also reflecting the historical and social reality. 6. Diverse: literary images are diverse. Different authors can use different symbols and symbolic techniques to express different emotions and thoughts. Therefore, the expression and characteristics of literary images are also different.