In a remote town in western Hunan with beautiful scenery and simple people, there lived two people, an ancestor and a grandson, who made a living by ferrying. Grandpa is over seventy years old and still very strong; granddaughter Cuicui is fifteen years old and has just begun to have a love interest. They are enthusiastic and helpful, simple and kind. Two years ago, at the Dragon Boat Festival dragon boat racing event, Cuicui met Nuosong, the second young master of the local boat owner, and they fell in love. Nuosong's brother Tianbao fell in love with the beautiful and pure Cuicui, and asked someone to propose marriage to Cuicui's grandfather.
The local Wang Tuanzong also fell in love with Nuosong and was willing to use the mill as a dowry to marry his daughter to Nuosong. Nuo Song doesn't want to run a mill, he wants to marry Cuicui, and would rather be a ferryman. So the two brothers met to sing a proposal and let Cuicui choose. Tianbao knew that Cuicui liked Nuo song, so in order to satisfy his younger brother, he went out to the beach and died in an accident. Nuosong felt that he was responsible for his brother's death, so he left Cuicui and ran away. Grandpa was worried about Cuicui's marriage and died on a stormy night. Cuicui was left alone guarding the ferry, waiting eagerly for the return of Nuo.
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Xiushan Hong'an Town is the prototype of Shen Congwen's novel "Border Town".
Here we explore the folk culture of border towns such as the Nuo opera in Shinuo Village in Mengdong Village, the lanterns in Sanyang Village, and the Yang opera in Liusha Village. At the same time, border town tourist attractions were created according to the description in the novel, and border town tourism was launched focusing on savoring "border town culture".
In Xiushan City, there is a more than 1,000-meter-long West Street, which is a street with national cultural elements. During the urban reconstruction, this street was preserved, rainwater and sewage diversion was implemented, and the bluestone street pavement was restored.
On the basis of restoring the original style of the old street, "border town culture" has also been integrated into it. On this street, members of the Xiushan Couplet Society carefully created a batch of couplets with a cultural flavor of the border town. They were then written by calligraphers and engraved on the lintels of some landmark buildings and shops in the street; all shops in the street The plaques are all written by calligraphers.
People's Daily Online inherits lantern singing and dancing? Creates the "border town culture" of the hometown of calligraphy and nourishes Xiushan