There is a very popular saying in Shen Congwen's Border Town.

There is a very popular saying in Shen Congwen's Border Town: this person may never come back, maybe "tomorrow"!

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Shen Congwen's "Border Town" tells us that the virtues preserved in traditional culture are relative to the destruction of traditional virtues in modern society, and the rent dust is filled with the shallowness, vulgarity and corruption of materialism and monetarism everywhere. The description of Xiangxi, with its beautiful natural scenery and simple folk customs, tells us that people should treat each other sincerely and love each other.

The author tries his best to describe the clarity of natural cherry blossoms in western Hunan, and also describes the clarity in the hearts of people in western Hunan. Border Town describes marriage proposal, brother's marriage, grandfather's dependence on Cui Cui with songs. These life forms and lifestyles of Xiangxi people imply the sadness of the loss of ancient virtues and values in real life, as well as the criticism of the materialism of modern civilization.

The author emphasizes the lifestyle of Xiangxi people and also wants to rebuild national morality and personality.

Shen Congwen's novella Border Town was first published in 1934. This novel was selected as one of the top 100 novels in China in the 20th century, ranking second only to Lu Xun's Scream.

Border Town depicts the unique style of Xiangxi with beautiful lyrics and prose. Mainly in the following two aspects.

The first is delicate psychological description. Or through dialogue, monologues, actions, gestures, facial expressions and other direct analysis; Or indirectly revealed through fantasies and dreams; Or with the help of scenery description, atmosphere rendering and the reflection of people around you.

There are two methods in this paper: one is to reveal the psychology of the characters through fantasies and dreams. Second, through the description of the characters' language and demeanor in a specific environment, strong hints are formed to induce readers to appreciate the inner mystery of the characters from their language and demeanor.

The second is the poetic description of the environment. The description of the environment in the novel not only sets off the psychological activities of the characters and immerses their emotions in a poetic atmosphere, but also shows us the unique fresh and beautiful natural scenery of the Xiangxi border region.