Generation of literary master, the historian Shen Cong-wen said in his book: "A good man, from a century ago, some older maps up to find that, while in Guizhou, eastern Sichuan, western Hunan a very remote ridge, the discovery of one called 'the town of pole' a small point. "This small point is the hometown of Shen Cong-wen - today's Phoenix. A pair of phoenix legend here Paichi the sky, a beautiful small town have such a name. According to "Phoenix County" records, "the name of a result Phoenix Mountain by." Said, "There are 50 county west of the mountains, are among the peaks, the shape if the birds, proudly show tail", "Phoenix" County that is a result derived.
Coincides with the rainy season, car all the way at the Castle Peak and the faint hint of clear water running between the mountain is not high is not dangerous, there is a very gentle idyllic taste, far saw a hidden between the mountains in the Bishan green water and the thin strands of rain drift between the green town, quietly located in the cross-strait Tuojiang that Phoenix has. Approached Phoenix, Phoenix feels like a small town does have a beautiful and charming presence. Mountains and rivers, ZHONG Ling Yuk Sau, is the face of a lively town. Light rain after a small town, the air exceptionally fresh, haunted the distant mountains on the thin layer of mist shimmering in the mist when the forests disappeared the next. Green fields, and mountains are green, Tuo River water is also green.

Phoenix is a very concentrated area where color. Shen Cong-wen in the "Feng Zi" and this was an excellent description. In fact, when you enter the Phoenix a lot, a strong local Sichuan, Guizhou accent just to tell you: This is a real frontier, Hunan's borderland, is also in Sichuan, Guizhou's borderland. In such a position should be very desolate, and in the economic development, there is always a lot of inconvenience. In any case, it still has its growing point, it may be based on its own unique area, which could glow life of their own place. Camp Phoenix because Phoenix is named, once due to system Xing Fei's army. It is said that the late Qing has produced hundreds of years to hundreds of generals. Today, the soldier-bandits vigorous drama era ended long ago, and Phoenix will bring us endless beautiful mountain scenery. Times are different, all encounters are also different. Phoenix as well. Phoenix is a unique city, with mountains and water, a beautiful live Miao, Tujia and Han and other nationalities, there are full-bodied sound geographical color and ethnic customs. Phoenix's unique ethnic customs. Authentic witch Chu culture, the unique flavor of the Phoenix dialect, unique Miao costumes, Kula acid salt diet, as well as the original theatrical hall living fossil Nuo opera, full of local flavor Yang drama, fragrance exudes earth symbol tea lights, and glass blowing painting, batik, paper models, Miao silverware and other artistic style and high-ancient folk art, constitutes a unique feature of the Phoenix ethnic folk customs. No wonder the customs Shen Congwen so attractive, is that this piece of land of his birth.
Phoenix city was "Qian Chu throat," an important strategic position has always been a frontier town. The "temple of glory," said. Is a charming old town area of Castle Peak, half-seat Athens fortresses. Green Tuojiang quietly flowing, a few boats slowly varying color line, Tuojiang the two sides had the most acclaimed Diaojiaolou Phoenix, those from the wooden pillars to frame, vertical and horizontal to vertical to horizontal cedar boards for walls, support from western Hunan Diaojiaolou rich ethnic characteristics, wall attached wall, eaves and then nets, hanging in the river walls, such as the one only the legs of the crane, stand upright with head held high. Continuous along the river, patchwork. Like standing on the riverside, such as painting, wall with wall, eaves with nets, hand-hand, shoulder by shoulder, all the way to scream away rickety, long miles! We have seen many students sitting on the riverside and paint it approached a question, as much a university student from Dalian. Here Diaojiaolou feel there is danger of crumbling, supported by wooden posts to be small compared with imagination is surrounded by all the cracks, roof tiles extremely sparse. Thin legs of the stand in Tuojiang Lingding years, never to come back as a landscape, together with the back of the Castle Peak Mulou reflection in the waves where Tuojiang clear that harmony, elegant mood, poetry, or ink only from the middle of searching be able to see. Shen is just under the white-faced guy from the pen and windows are no longer inside the woman.
A small town inside a very narrow alley, walking up and seemed very long, the modern means of transport can not travel. Some people may complain about the inconvenience, but I disagree. Fast pace of modern society so that we do not have the opportunity to quietly savor life might be measured with their feet I love a place, so it makes me a better understanding of it. Many people are sensitive, but because of the time limit could not stop to savor the truth behind each one moved. Street-level or Reaumuria slate or quartzite, I do not know how many days of riding through the mill, has been smooth and without edges, a small stone on the plot a shallow pit rain intervals have a round outlet It is carved in stone on the shape of the coins, with this ancient street with just right.
Foot by foot shiny smooth polished quartzite road, into the Linjiang Old Street, walked into more than Dai Wang-shu, "Rain Lane" also a long streets, eyeful is firm brick walls and ancient wooden threshold, say Street, but few shops. Interestingly, the door of that shop signs are printing and dyeing cloth, and few compelling advertising, signs, almost all homes wantonly open doors and windows, frankly with confidence no matter how you view fact sheets, which is found in the city warmth and affection with. A few sun-beam projection of light and shadow, the occasional lug sundries basket carried on the person hurriedly leaving for drifting away, the door window, from time to time found an old woman, a child curiosity and an unsuspecting eyes shining. Street of the old house, in one case Qingwa gray brick walls, high roof, eaves, carved like a bird, like the Alice artful, the elderly Diaozhuo Yan bucket sitting on a wooden door ajar, with a face an air of calm, the number of visitors from outside will not have looked much slower to catch.
Walking in the city's streets, I have to respect a kind of inexplicable feeling of closeness and Shunian seems to have been here a long time, there is no strange that the early parts of the fear and anxiety. "You're standing on the bridge look at the scenery / look at the scenery of people upstairs see you / the moon decorate your window / you decorate someone else's dream" I clearly see the landscape as their strange scenery, deep and mysterious childhood Street atmosphere, to arouse my memories of a long era of simple folk customs, suddenly faint, let me return to the pen of Mr. Shen Cong-wen's Temptress Moon.

Shen Cong-wen's house was also the old town, is typical of the South Block courtyard to courtyard as the center, there are three former house is three houses on both sides, a total of four rooms still retain the Ming and Qing architectural styles. Green glazed tile brick, structures primarily by wood. Doors and windows are crafted, very everyone's wind-induced. Study and bedroom windows are facing the courtyard, by the wooden supports. Windowsill, under tables and chairs were shipped from Beijing, and the kind of style, the kind of color, we can see is a century old with objects. Although the house can not be said that wealthy mansions, it is in local people's model of the upper.
Shen Cong-wen said the ancestral home in Guizhou, Guizhou, his grandfather had done the Governor, and later moved to Phoenix River Jiaping, followed by Phoenix and then moved to the town of the county seat of Tuojiang. This house was the then Crown when his grandfather concern and preparation, and so far has been 100 years of history. Heard, "Border Town" and "Ancient Chinese clothing research" is to study written in that table. Eight around the old house, Shen Cong-wen's life on display photographs, manuscripts and presentations of various versions of his writings, is housing Zhongtang sketches hung a portrait of his left wing-room is the bedroom of his past, carved wooden window reveals a western Hunan styles. Which hung a photo when he was in the army, about two years old were removed from the local army Shen Cong-wen hair matted, eyes very stubborn, a little rebellious look. Went to Shanghai, Peking after temperament changed, and hobble around in a round frame glasses, hair neatly North Korea, after giving her completely, who comes from a scholarly look, very gentle. A comparison between the two is really interesting. Can see that people are really experiencing a tremendous impact. Shen Cong-wen was born in 1902 here, and here spent his childhood. 15 years old, Shen Cong-wen left here, left the phoenix, the house has changed hands several times in 1982, when Shen Cong-wen back home, there was also home to other people. Until 1988, the local government was to buy back the house, re-repair, and we put a "Shen Cong-wen's house," the plaque.
"I grew up in such a small town, and nearly 15 years of age had left. Out two and a half back to the small town that once had then, up until now, then I will not go off gates. But I was familiar with the local . Now there are many people living in that city, I often live in that small town in the past gave me the impression. "In Shen Congwen's book, autobiography, he wrote so fondly a camel. Now think of it, it seems that I am looking cited and accompanied all the way, and it was he such a right to feel nostalgic feelings of the Phoenix ... ...
Phoenix, Shen Cong-wen's birthplace, but also one of the big book he refers to the starting point, he traveled the Quartet has always been proud hometown. In this courtyard, the Shen-Wen spent the first fifteen years of life, there is no doubt that the fifteen years of his career as a writer great foreshadowing. During this period, all personnel numerology Phoenix are affecting him, and recycling him. In Phoenix, has his childhood on the primary Wenchangge read more of his life Enlightenment School - Tuo, as well as to give him a lesson on the bloody 1911 Revolution the ancient city gate. In short, the Phoenix special to him is a life-giving, but also a worship of humanity.
In a guide to lead, we went to elementary school Wenchang Pavilion, it is Shen Cong-wen read primary schools. Wenchang Pavilion Primary School was founded in the late Qing dynasty period (AD 1904), has been doing the past hundred years. In May 1982, Shen Cong-wen came back to Phoenix on the third day here, when he went to the teacher office, to which all the teachers who has held a bow. I am truly sorry for the teachers: "You are here predecessors, we should salute you is." He said: "I was a student then and is still here, students and teachers should have to salute." He read Many elementary school students to visit the outside, they greet you come in, "We are all students Well!" a nostalgic feeling of awe people.

Of a small town, and perhaps was quite ordinary, they can because of a small river, it appeared that Georgia Department is love, is also very different in. Phoenix is the case. That day I through the north gate tower, but also over the side of the arched wall, wall, suddenly and now, that is, the Tuojiang. Tuo is to bypass the town side of the Gallery, a river, the river Qingying clarity, river aquatic plants clearly visible. River fishing boat waves, ai is sounded, a few lazy fisherman osprey with a resolution of the child headlong into the water, ripples Dangqi circle, looking like you have extended thoughts. River, there is the Tao Mi-Mei, vegetables, stir clothing, according to shadow, blowing sound and the girl's laughter pestle and the corresponding. Because of the log bridge and jump rocks in the river after school kids coming and going. In the riverside sat for a while, carefully trying to skip rocks across the river from. Really nervous. Watching people walking above, had to feel ashamed of than. For them, this river is a part of life. For my part, just an interloper. Dancing in the Dragon Boat Festival Dragon Boat heard that when people open the Linhe Diaojiaolou of every window to see a River Dragon Boat commotion. Drums pounding, people shouted, and then have this in a few ducks, Hu Lulu thrown from the window. Tens of thousands of ducks falling in the water, turning somersault, making wings, many people have red the armpit stroke calf, jump the water chasing ducks. This is full of river ducks, there is government funding to buy, there are people their own money to donate, who would catch the who should. This time, there are women who pack a basket of warm rice dumplings, you eat, you buy. Could eat, might purchase large amounts, they poured into the Tuo, Ji Qu Zi with the water the souls of their ancestors.
Yuan River basin, from West Hunan, Shen Cong-wen into this small community to the large classroom where the initial path. The starting point is to take this Tuojiang bar. A 15-year-old rural children left home in the Yuanshui Piaodang five years. And then plunged into the city of Beijing. Then he wrote many books, most of the contents of his home village with the river water, and the water people, has a very close relationship. His book are sailors, there are prostitutes on the riverside Diaojiaolou have waterside grinding room, of course, there are warlords, there are bandits, but also craftsmen, he wrote of life, daily and detailed life. Tuojiang This is a very common one river, but it is a life full of flavor River. It Rong Jin too many secular elements of life. It is many years, is one such secular, not much change. Looking at the foot of the Tuo, but also seemed to have heard Shen Cong-wen childhood bath cheerful Xixiao Sheng, "how many times this river nearly Juequ me, but also thanks to his mobility, to help me doing that cross the sea sail in Yuan Meng, Fang enable me to still be properly lived a life in this world. "
Subjected to cold than half a century, exclusion and even persecution, Mr. Shen Cong-wen, in the past ten years has become increasingly come bursting out with a brilliant luster, though he has left us, but gained immortality through writing. Shen Cong-wen is the waterfront grew up in Phoenix, he worked with kids the same age playing in the water's edge. In the "Autobiography", he said: "I have feelings flow without solidification, the impact of one group Shiba given me really not small. I have more time than a beautiful young life, most of the water can not be separated. I schools by the industry, we can say is always located in the water's edge. I learned to think, understanding the United States, to understand life, the water right I have great relationships. "Shen Cong-wen faithfully described his life, described in this piece of mountains between the hard labors of the people. His beautiful and sad words, a growing number of readers of Hunan, to create a better vision of the Phoenix, and left to come to visit, come pursuit, had come to "pilgrimage."

Shen Cong-wen's grave on the edge Kikunami Tuojiang hill. It is said that half of Shen Cong-wen's ashes sprinkled on the Tuo, half buried in Waterside Hill, Linjiang of the cemetery. As I was looking for when you can not find the former residence of Shen Cong-wen signs, as here, there is no sign of anything special. Walk the stone path along the river side to see a footpath and went up. There is a big heard of before called Du, and should be the large local rich, when we walked by his house only one gate and one house on top of the slogans written on the Cultural Revolution, past smoke.
That road winding, narrow, walking Buduoyikuai to see a large Shi in a small piece of flat land, there is a famous painter Huang Yongyu Shen Cong-wen's inscription for the two lines: "A soldier is not killed in battle is back home. "and then the left one will be going up, Shen's tomb to go.
I did not think would be as simple as a tomb. I have never seen as simply a tomb. Shen Cong-wen's grave there is no mass graves, only a large Shi there can be regarded as Tombstone bar. Phoenix is said to be from the South side of the mountain brought in a piece of days in multicolored agate stones, pure heaven, no rules shape. Wrote to Shen Cong-wen's article "lyrical abstraction" in two sentences: "As far as I thought, can understand the 'I'. According to my thinking, can be recognized 'people'." Behind the monument inscribed with his wife, Zhang Zhao and Shen Cong-wen's sister, Yale University Chong Zhang, and wrote elegiac couplet: "No, not from folding, l'etoile his writing; also ci also allows, Motherland of its people." (each whichever is the last word is "from the text of people," says Shen Cong-wen's life a true reflection of ). There is also a cemetery monument, engraved with Shen's wife, Zhang Zhao and the two letters written in episode order, between the lines full of sad people's feelings of nostalgia. Back then it was well-known four sisters, Chang said to Shen Cong-wen wrote 3 years, until moved by affection love letters. In today's era of fast-food culture, popular, has become a love letter probably never occur again.
Shen Cong-wen return home several times. The first one was in his hometown after an absence of twelve years, the "Xiang-line Walden" is that the product of their hometowns. The latest one was in 1982. I think if can choose, Shen Cong-wen a certain willingness to return to Phoenix his home life, rather than death in Beijing. Shen Cong-wen's death four years later in 1992, before the ashes shipped back to Phoenix, buried in his lifetime Longtan selected under the edge of the colored stone. Most of his ashes are said Sajin the Tuo, a wanderer can Guizang was born and bred in their native land, could hear the accent, feeling nostalgia, being indifferent to his life, return to their homes, and finally was subsequently desire to end his life a .
A stone, it is behind the rest with a great writer. Accompanied by a Chongqing girl, said she came to this is to pay tribute to this great man the next, feeling his characters under the border town, read the left. Many unknown youth from all directions as the President described by a quiet, romantic, full of vitality of the King and people from western Hunan, I believe, Mr. Shen heaven should be very pleased.

The ancient city of Phoenix, decorate your beautiful scenery, not only here in the apartment is not only a unique style that is even more tenacious on the side of the land, hard-working and simple people. In Phoenix, the biggest feeling is that there are particularly simple, especially in business, and something special is, buying and do not buy they are smiling faces greeted Insider. Was particularly impressed by selling kiwifruit in the Hongqiao side of the big sister, Phoenix's only 5 cents a pound kiwi fruit, and sweet to leave, I want to buy some to take home, she saw something I did not installed, so they took her inside closed on weekdays money for a small carton, carefully selected a number of home cooked I do not install well, sealing well, bundles and firm, and was only 3 5 cents business, so's intentions. There are well-known cloth King Liu guns, do batik of the Xiong early, they will receive you very much patience, to give you about their work, let you take pictures, you pay any attention they do not mind. Ask for directions, they will enthusiastically pointing. 30 On the evening sun palace theater can not find up North, asked about a restaurant where people, which were preparing to bring us over, I suspect that he went to kickbacks, and declined him. To the Chaoyang Palace found to be free of charge to see them, before we know misunderstood his intentions. Phoenix everywhere inadvertently reveal the simple yet profound cultural presence. Building mostly cornices Qiaojiao, the door will have a couplet, and some with carved wood. I have seen a door stuck "But seek the hearts of well-deserved; why the door God", owner's magnanimous and above-board can be seen. Coincided with National Day, on the street photographic exhibitions, basketball games, Chaoyang Palace, staged a different drama every night. In Phoenix, we feel a kind of Yan Yan's honest.
Fenghuang ancient city, although the monsoon will never change the style, but will not reject modernity has brought prosperity, the city market, crowded with a babel of voices, to coincide with Miao ganchang day, early morning departure from the mountains LA GA people, gathered in all directions before approaching noon Market field, or trading things, visiting relatives or church members, everyone dressed in costumes, Miao Stock your unique basket carried on the shoulders, and only daughter dressed festive sit carrying bamboo baskets or cotton The backpack, which sat the hope of her life - lovely doll. Miao clothing's main colors of the sea into the bustling, rolling field of vision from black, white and blue-green waves. Black is the Miao people Toupa, folded have caused the high arched, wearing a chic and spirit of the emergence of family members, through the small group market often see pairs of girl, bought Sipa, one is divided into two mutually Chantou, parcel of their commitment to friendship and love; white, is miaojia girl to wear the silver and clothing embroidery assassination on the side of a vehicle to convey his ideas more than a teaser, the sun, gestures, silver flashes, Ding Dong the sound of flipping small group were longing for a better feeling infinite; blue-green, is the Miao people's clothes, as if our only choice is the sea-like colors, only enough to wear clothing with Hmong calm personality. Market, everywhere visible Montagnards simple and honest, whether it is face-colored with a shy bride, or a graceful bosses are hard dollar bid omitted bargaining process, trading in the bottom of my heart smiles from both parties in the transaction, which All these make me a so-called civilization come from a distant city who moved.
Maybe Phoenix is the result of Shen Cong-wen known, but when you go to Phoenix, and Phoenix random walk, you will find more accidents, is you always in casual in a collision with history, with celebrity collided with the cultural collision . Landscape parenting party party who is also a strange man come forth in large town where there is the Opium War in the Anti-British champion Zheng-hong, there is the Republic's first Prime Minister Xiong Xiling, there are well-known writer Shen Cong-wen, a famous painter Huang Yongyu ... ... share of the glory of outstanding people into town source is far and sacred cultural landscape. Mr. Shen, 15-year-old soldier, did not read any books, but his articles never tacky and simple. Although it is not quote the classics but reveals a deeply mystical and beautiful, the scenery of the writing, meticulous thoughts and feelings, do they not from the Phoenix this Pure concept? So much Shen Cong-wen was a genius, but rather that Phoenix is a miracle.
Hibiscus Town is also near the two mountains with water, scenery, folk customs ancient town. Where seen Jiang Wen, Liu Xiaoqing starring film "Hibiscus Town" who are on screen virtually taste of its style. In fact, the original name Wangcun Hibiscus Town, named after the toast Tujia, Wang was in this dragon Huju. However, Zhangjiajie Hibiscus Town through the development, along with its own drift development of tourism, gradually established a synchronized business sense, and some emergency workers go beyond short term profits to cover up the old ideas and morals. Phoenix and Hibiscus Town, compared not only win in the small town environment, planning, more importantly, a small town with two totally different cultural environment. Hibiscus Town, in addition to her reputation and retain much of the ancient King, the other has, and a little different from an ordinary rural town. Most, simply because mengdong he's drifting, here appears to be more commercial atmosphere and the spirit of a little thick. The Phoenix, because it nearly a hundred years out of a Anti-British champion Zheng-hong, a Republican out of the first Prime Minister Xiong Xiling and out of Shen Cong-wen and Huang Yongyu these two cultural icons, from the ancient city was a good cultural crown of giving her. So, for every one person who will start to Phoenix with their own culture, ancient and proud culture, will be intended to use the natural world from the TV, will be an effort to appeal, at least appearance was to compare the performance of cultural ideas.
Thus, unconsciously, the Phoenix also has its own culture really slowly Relics. Thus, in the business integration has been gradually opening up while she was still able to retain her simplicity, innocence and enthusiasm.

Walking in Phoenix there is a strange kind, as if walking time in the past years. An old-fashioned building blocks presented in front of dilapidated and old, simple and fun. Red moss covered stone path and that of the black tiles, as well as weather-bleached walls, then the land natural, yet so in harmony. Although festivals, constant flow of people, lively and grand, but in no way people feel loud and trifling disgust, but always gives people a easy-going, calm. Think of chaotic city, noisy life, really good so quiet envy. Came from a, my reading is that Shen's Phoenix, I read obsessed Department, always repeatedly to a read it is old, yet the Phoenix that new, and so far in my mind, that Phoenix is still so beautiful. With such a beautiful mind is a happy thing. When I read seemed like isolated mountain villages and small towns, we would like here to stay. Tujia houses unique beauty of the corner eaves stretched beneath the blue sky, trees form a contrast with the distant mountains into the Hui, water flow, stirred the hearts of every person's desire for a better. In the reinforced concrete of the city, this desire had become a luxury. I am afraid I can no longer return to nature, not be able to retrieve it a normal heart.
Phoenix harmony, tranquility and simplicity, it is enchanted. So, come to Phoenix, you'd better not take the slightest feelings are often the more bright and kind-hearted and you, your harvest will be. Phoenix, there is no history, you are too heavy loads, there is no Huangzhongtailv allows you to sing, do not make you profound Millennium courtyard Thanks for the Memories. Some are pure and flexible, where the landscape and the honest folk customs. You just feel something casual, casual like a man born and raised in Phoenix. You will find yourself an unexpected phoenix, a phoenix you call preferred.
"Phoenix" For me, it was originally just Shen's hometown, is difficult to find on the map a little dot, "China is one of the most beautiful small town of two." However, stay a few days later, she became a section of my lingering memories of an embossed touch to the picture, let me mind a forgotten place. Can not forget its landscapes, its alleys, its customs, its literary talent. Wearing a heavy mask live in the huge city where every moment a foil for a variety of things to do, we must prepare themselves to be hurt, but also for fear of their own hurt others, careful became the motto of his vulgar. However, the ancient city of Phoenix has with its natural, relaxed posture, to withstand the thousands of years of years of erosion, and maintain their pristine character. In the small town Rouqingsishui's arms, no worries slip away. I will re-aware of their re-create a complete, true I am.

Shen Cong-wen to humanity and humanitarian literature describes the western Hunan folk themes and lower people's lives, to honor ordinary people, pure and honest soul, and thus its unique "Western Hunan" flavor boarded the 30 years of Chinese literature. Shen Cong-wen's enthusiasm for their own home are cast right in the written word. His words gave the world a marvelous in Hunan, but also gives us a real, but again the Xiangxi. "I grew up in such a small town, and nearly 15 years of age had left. Out two and a half back to the small town that once had then, up until now, then I will not go off gates. But I was familiar with the local . Now there are many people living in that city, I often live in that small town in the past gave me the impression. "In Shen Congwen's book, autobiography, he described his hometown of sticking to a camel Phoenix.
Chase the book away Phoenix, Shen Lao's "Border Town" Let the world know more about his hometown and his hometown so that those of us who know more about the Chen Lao visitors. Chenlao the most of their lives is deeply cherish living in the home the. In to leave here, I also hope that the beauty of her deep to stay in memory, the Dow loudly: Good-bye ---- Phoenix!

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