Description of Phoenix in Xiangxi

Phoenix in western Hunan is a peaceful and wild border town.

Phoenix in western Hunan is a distant ancient city that is integrated with nature and written by many people.

An ancient city with historical, aesthetic, philosophical and literary significance.

It is an ancient city that is getting old in folk songs and folk customs.

This is an ancient city, with legends and stories flowing in the sound and moonlight.

It is an ancient city that people care about, consisting of every pile of old walls, every piece of green slate, some green hills, some running water, boats, and the fate of some celebrities or people in the basement.

Fenghuang ancient city belongs to the aesthetic category. This is a clear river with long bamboo rafts and covered boats. Each of its indescribable beautiful and strange mountains; Its ancient buildings and towers are arranged under white clouds; The smoke from its diaojiao building and the kitchen under the wings of birds ... is a natural aesthetic, humanistic aesthetic, the ultimate beauty, and the beauty that people can't finish painting and describing, including all the aesthetic characteristics of China's painting and photography. If a foreigner is shocked by the beauty of Fenghuang ancient city in western Hunan, he is unconvinced and shouts, "Why is it so beautiful?" ! "Master painter Huang Yongyu was born. The master just repeated the aesthetics of his hometown with colored pens and shocked the world. Master laughed in his heart while he was happy.

Fenghuang ancient city belongs to the category of literature. When a writer arrives in Phoenix, there are only two results: one is that he can't help itching, his chest is tight, his eyes are astringent, and his inspiration is like a rainstorm. Finally, a bunch of good or bad words come out of his heart. Often foreign monks love chanting, and local writers are numb because they are used to it. Foreign writers even wrote books as thick as bricks to praise the phoenix in western Hunan. One is shocked by the beauty of silence, suddenly becomes stupid, and finally becomes difficult to form words. Although there is great regret, there is great satisfaction. Phoenix belongs to the category of literature, not only because of the landscape and humanity, but also because there is a great writer in this ancient city whose life and writing are extremely lonely, peaceful and beautiful. When reading his books and his former residence, people will feel a sense of regret: immortal words grow from every green slate, every dock where a ship is built and every flowing water, so naturally there is no need for any decoration.

Shen Congwen once described Phoenix like this: "If you look for it on an old map a hundred years ago, you can find a small spot called Zheng 'an in a very remote corner of northern Guizhou, eastern Sichuan and western Hunan. Like other small spots, there should actually be a city where three or five thousand people live ... "This is the mysterious ancient city of Phoenix.