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Shen Congwen: the watchman of the spirit homeland -On the artistic beauty of The Border Town

Zhong Yi-lan

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The Border Town is the Chinese modern writer Shen Congwen' s famous representative novel. Different from other novels, the author described the picturesque natural scene and quiet and harmonious customs of the western town of Hunan in prosaic style, revealing to the readers the world of kindness full of artistic aesthetics. He sang the praises of the simple and natural humane beauty of the people of the western Hunan, leaving an eternal spirit homeland to the descendants.

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The Border Town is the Chinese modern writer Shen Congwen' s famous representative novel. Different from other novels, the author described the picturesque natural scene and quiet and harmonious customs of the western town of Hunan in prosaic style, revealing to the readers the world of kindness full of artistic aesthetics. He sang the praises of the simple and natural humane beauty of the people of the western Hunan, leaving an eternal spirit homeland to the descendants.

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The Border Town is the Chinese modern writer Shen Congwen' s famous representative novel. Different from other novels, the author described the picturesque natural scene and quiet and harmonious customs of the western town of Hunan in prosaic style, revealing to the readers the world of kindness full of artistic aesthetics. He sang the praises of the simple and natural humane beauty of the people of the western Hunan, leaving an eternal spirit homeland to the descendants.

Key concepts: Homeland, Beauty, Kindness, Style (visual arts), Natural (archaeology), Art, Aesthetics, Art history

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