From the moonlight in the border village to the dark green mountains, from the steep cliffs by the river to the bamboo piles, from the birdsong in the mountain stream to the rain and snow in the Chuqing, the water is clear, the fish moves and the bamboo is green, and it is also dynamic and quiet, with distinct layers, like a beautiful and refined ink painting. The mountains and rivers there are all stories and poems.
I recently watched Travel Notes of Hunan. This book is a collection of Shen Congwen's essays, including 30 articles. In this book, there is a friend wearing an otter fur hat, an affectionate sailor and an affectionate woman, a sailor on a ship with stars, five officers and a coal miner, his wife and tiger cub meet again, and a friend who cares about his nose. Named after place names, there are Taoyuan, Yuanzhou, Yewai Duck Nest and Box Rock. There are also time-based "1934 1 month 18" and "past lives of Fujii Hall", etc., which are both independent and internally holistic. 1934, Shen Congwen went back to his hometown from Beiping to visit his mother. After driving to Taoyuan, Changde, he turned to the waterway and went upstream along the Yuanshui River. After ten days' boat journey, he arrived at Fenghuang's home in Xiangxi. Along the way, Shen Congwen wrote to his wife Zhang Zhaohe every day and reported his experiences along the way. After returning to Beijing, he compiled and published them one after another. This is three auspicious occasions.
The author returned to his hometown by water, and all his stories and experiences were related to people by the water. Besides sailors, there are prostitutes, shopkeepers, soldiers, bandits and so on. In these humble people, the author not only shows their simple and true human beauty, but also shows deep local compassion.
A friend in an otter fur hat tells the story of an old friend of the author, who is considered a hero and a bad guy. Its outstanding feature is wearing an otter fur hat worth 48 yuan. His language is concise but rich, and his wild words are full of fun and metaphors. It is also a walking dictionary, which is clearer than the "touting" in the county government. He is rude and reckless, but he knows calligraphy and painting.
An affectionate sailor and an affectionate woman have no moral dogma. A happy and affectionate sailor, a woman who loves beauty, savors the bitterness on the tongue root of life. Sailors are affectionate, and young women are affectionate. For example, the sailors refused to leave and lingered there listening to women say some stupid things. They got four Yantai big apples and couldn't wait to give them to their beloved women. Regardless of the danger of falling into the rapids, they fought around for their lovers and companions ... The author showed their deep feelings to the world with gentle and delicate words, but inadvertently revealed the truth behind this warm happiness-constant parting.
Sailors on the Star River describes the images of three sailors. They are usually rude, and swearing is as indispensable as punctuation in our composition, but they are all kind. When the ship landed, three other people urged a man to go to the shore to find a woman. The author gave him some money, but he came back soon after landing and used the money to buy oranges for everyone to eat.
The author's words in the article are very precise, such as "I'm sitting alone in a small room full of air conditioning" (box rock) and "If I take off my shoes and don't sleep, I'll put them next to the sailors and watch the cards" (at night around the duck's nest). Such words are used by the public in life, but they have disappeared in the mouth of intellectuals and in the writings of many writers. In Shen Congwen's pen, it is so natural and handy.
Shen Congwen is known as a modern "custom painter" in China. He said, "Although I also write about city life and people from all walks of life in the city, I prefer my own works or stories that describe the joys and sorrows of people near my hometown."
Xiangxi, written by Shen Congwen, is always so quiet, with one mountain and one water, one sand and one stone, one bridge and one floor, and one cavity and one tune. Now it is all in front of us: Saxifraga, diaojiao building, raft, bamboo pole, apron on women's body, crazy talk of several sailors, and a few chuckles on diaojiao building. Everything is normal and full of aura. ...