Emotions Entangled with Western Hunan in Shen Cong-wen's Novels

Shen Cong-wen's novels are called local lyrics because most of them are about the Western Hunan and have a sense of deep emotional entanglement with it. In Shen's novels, the Western Hunan sets off by contrast the filth of the city life. The Western Hunan, with her beauty of natural landmarks, her simplicity of custom and human nature, is a symbol of the form of life, of which Mr. Shen sings the praises and in reality is making his ideal form of life widely known, hoping this beautiful, healthy and natural form of life to be adopted by the modern people so as to rebuild their national features.