What is the background of Shen Congwen's writing Border Town?

Border Town was written in 193 1 year, which was the season of Shen Congwen's love career. 193 1 year, although the society is turbulent, it is still slightly peaceful on the whole. At this time, China's conscientious literati were thinking about the essence of human nature, and Shen Congwen naturally took the lead.

Therefore, he hopes to describe a small town in Xiangxi similar to the Peach Blossom Garden through his own impression of Xiangxi, and point out a bright road for the confused humanity in urban civilization. There is still pure and natural love in the world, and life needs to convert to the nature of nature.

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Border Town (1934) is a representative work of Shen Congwen and a typical pastoral novel. The work creates a closed pastoral environment, which is a paradise. The so-called "border town" is a remote town "tea cave", which is a small town in Xiangxi, Shen Congwen's hometown. It is isolated from the world, living in a primitive state, far from the mainstream society and modern civilization.

The civilized factors of modern society have not entered its living state, which determines its primitive and natural way of life. This local custom is the most important object of this novel. In this local custom, Shen Congwen's cultural ideal is displayed. Everything in the natural state is beautiful. The original customs and human feelings of Xiangxi are displayed to the greatest extent in the works.

In fact, the love story of the novel only provides the most basic plot framework of the novel. The plot is progressing slowly, and the frame is filled with a lot of customs and feelings. The scenery here is beautiful, the folk customs here are simple, everyone is kind and simple, warm-hearted, self-sufficient, happy and happy, and lives a carefree life.

At the beginning of the work, I wrote about the beauty of natural landscapes and human feelings. This river is very clear, and you can see the fish in it. The ferry is public, and the old man guarding the ferry is very warm-hearted. No one needs to pay. If he has to pay, he will be given local specialties, tobacco leaves and tea.

There is also a vat, which makes tea for passers-by, and anyone who is thirsty will drink it. The army soldiers here, except the trumpeter who plays the trumpet every day, are known to everyone, as if they don't exist.

Primitive customs and human feelings are the basic objects of pastoral literature. China's classical pastoral literature is basically based on customs and human feelings. In this primitive custom, the goodness and freedom of human nature are shown.

For example, in Peach Blossom Garden, after the narrator entered this paradise, he found that the folk customs here were simple, and people slaughtered chickens and cows and treated him warmly. The so-called, ignorant Han, regardless of Wei and Jin dynasties. It is the simplicity and kindness of human nature in isolation.

It is a harmonious and beautiful realm of life. Intellectuals can experience a free mentality that is not suppressed by society in primitive customs and human emotions. Away from the fetters of officialdom and society, I gained a sense of spiritual freedom. Shen Congwen's pastoral novels are not a simple transplant of traditional pastoral literature, but a creation.

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