What is the general idea of each chapter in Border Town?

1. Introduce the protagonists of the novel: Cuicui and Grandpa, and their yellow dog. Described the living environment of the protagonist's family and lived an ordinary life.

2. Introduce the location of the story-Chadong, and lead the life of the residents in the city with the guidance of Baihe. At the same time, it also describes the life of soldiers stationed in the city. And the harmony of this town and the business atmosphere it embodies.

3. Described the local customs of the Dragon Boat Festival. These interesting things aroused the interest of Cuicui who grew up in the mountains.

4. Grandpa took Cuicui to see the dragon boat, but he left halfway because he had to steer and didn't pick up Cuicui. Pure Cui Cui first came into contact with others and experienced the life outside the mountain.

five or two years later, grandpa and Cui Cui spent a Mid-Autumn Festival together. Because the duck remembers the past time.

6. Cuicui began to get in touch with the outside world. But these things are completely different from her childhood life, and I find that not everyone in the outside world is as simple as a mountain man.

7. Cuicui has grown up and become a beautiful local girl. Grandpa began to worry about Cuicui's growth, and he didn't want Cuicui to leave himself like her mother.

8. The festival is coming to an end, but Cuicui can't forget it for a long time. Grandpa began to let Cuicui take the helm. Cui Cui began to pay attention to the little girl about her age, and saw all kinds of things in her heart and compared them with each other.

9. The second child of Shunshun's family said that Cuicui and Grandpa would go to their house to see the boat. Cui Cui doesn't know this person, but thinks he is quite nice. Later, I learned that he was the one who said by the lake many years ago that Cuicui would be eaten by big fish. Grandpa told Cui Cui that the man thought she was very good, too.

1. Cuicui and grandpa went to Shunshun's house to see the boat. The boss of Shunshun's house praised Cuicui in front of everyone. After leaving, grandpa told Cui Cui that the second child praised her for her beauty, and Cui Cui was ashamed to say that grandpa was drunk.

11. The eldest brother and the second child of Shunshun's family are in love with Cuicui, and they send someone to introduce them. Cui Cui blushed to the root of her neck when she knew it. Grandpa is a little sad to see such cuicui. Thinking of Cuicui's mother.

12. The matchmaker will propose marriage again. Cui Cui dare not say what she thinks. Grandpa guessed that Cuicui loved the second child. The two brothers know that each other is in love with Cuicui, and they compete with each other.

13. Grandpa went to pick up Cuicui late, and Cuicui cried. Grandpa told Cui Cui to be strong and brave, and not to cry when things happen. Cuicui knew a lot about her mother, but grandpa began to feel sad.

14. Cuicui can't forget what Grandpa said, and Grandpa didn't tell Cuicui what happened last night. But the song Cui Cui heard with Grandpa at night was actually sung by the parents, but Grandpa made a mistake. He went into town and had a quarrel with the old man, but he didn't tell Cui Cui.

15. Cuicui and Grandpa are sitting under the starry sky chatting. Grandpa makes fun of Cuicui, and Cuicui also smiles, and she is not angry with Grandpa. Two people talked about the parents. Grandpa thinks of a lot of things about parents, and his heart is in a mess.

16. something happened to the old man when he went to the beach by boat. The old boatman was frightened when he heard this, and this marriage was blown up. The matchmaker said that it was wise for Grandpa not to agree to this marriage, but the parents thought that this kind of thing was assigned by Grandpa and Cuicui.

17. Grandpa's smile is decreasing day by day. Cuicui also feels that Grandpa is cold to her, but she doesn't know why. After a long time, Ye and Sun resumed a good relationship and took the helm together. The parents went to look for the bones of their poor brother, but found nothing. Cuicui went up the mountain to pick whips and bamboo shoots, but she only picked a handful of Saxifraga.

18. Grandpa knows that Cuicui doesn't hate parents, but he doesn't know how they are doing. The parents came back and wanted to ferry, so Grandpa asked Cuicui to take the helm. Cui Cui didn't go for half a day, and the parents complained about their slow speed.

19. People are saying that Shun Shun's eldest brother drowned in the water, which hurts Grandpa again. Grandpa is in poor health, but he is thinking about going to the city. Later, grandpa was very unhappy when he learned that his parents had left Taoyuan by boat.

2. Cui Cui was scared and surprised when she found that the White Pagoda collapsed on a rainy night. She went to call Grandpa, but Grandpa was dead.

21. Cui Cui watched Yang Mabing preside over grandpa's funeral. After that, Cuicui lived with Yang, as if she had a grandfather but an uncle. The White Pagoda was built again with people's fund-raising, but the parents may not come back.

Extended information

Creation background:

The Border Town was written in 1931, which was the season when Shen Congwen's love career had a double harvest.

In p>1931, although the society was turbulent, it was still slightly peaceful on the whole. At this time, the conscientious literati in China were thinking about the essence of human nature.

Shen Congwen is naturally at the forefront, so he hopes to describe a small town in Xiangxi, which is similar to the Peach Blossom Garden, through his impression of Xiangxi, and point out a bright way for the confused human nature in urban civilization. There is still pure and natural love in the world, and life needs to convert to the nature of nature.

Theme:

Border Town is a novel that embodies the beauty of human nature in Shen Congwen's aesthetic ideals of "beauty" and "love".

Border Town eulogizes the virtues preserved to this day in the traditional culture, which is relative to the fact that the traditional virtues in modern society have been destroyed and materialistic, vulgar and corrupt everywhere.

Xiangxi described in Border Town has beautiful natural scenery and simple folk customs. People don't talk about hierarchy or utility, and people treat each other sincerely and love each other. Grandpa's love for his granddaughter, Cuicui's pure love for Nuo, Tianbao brothers' sincere love for Cuicui and brothers' sincere brotherhood all represent the traditional virtues of unpolluted agricultural civilization.

The author tries his best to describe the clarity of nature in western Hunan, and also to describe the clarity of people's hearts in western Hunan.

"Border Town" describes the marriage proposal by song, the marriage of brothers, and the interdependence between grandfather and Cui Cui. These life forms and life styles of Xiangxi people all imply the sadness of the loss of ancient virtues and values in real life, as well as the criticism of the rampant materialism of modern civilization. The author emphasizes the life style of Xiangxi people, and also wants to rebuild the national morality and personality.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Border Town