China News Service, Changsha, December 28th (Zhang Xueying) December 28th is the 120th anniversary of the birth of Mr. Shen Congwen.

On the same day, "In Search of Shen Congwen's Footsteps", written by Liu Ming, member of the CPPCC Xiangxi Prefecture and deputy secretary-general of the Hunan Prose Society, and published by Hunan Literature and Art Publishing House, held a launch ceremony in Shen Congwen's hometown, Fenghuang County, Hunan.

　　As a master of Chinese literature and a famous researcher of historical relics, Shen Congwen began his literary creation in 1924, and wrote and published many works that influenced China and the world, such as "The Long River" and "Border Town". A blank page in the history of Chinese material culture.

Shen Congwen's works have been translated into many languages ​​and published in more than 40 countries around the world.

　　In Pursuit of Shen Congwen's Footsteps, apart from the preface and epilogue, there are 28 articles with more than 200,000 words in total. The author traced Shen Congwen's footsteps before his death, traveled 28 cities, traveled thousands of kilometers, and completed it in five years.

These words not only reproduce the traces of Shen Congwen's life in those years, but also reproduce the cultural features and development of these places nearly a hundred years later, as if the two frames of old and new photos are perfectly superimposed.

The book quotes a lot of classic passages from Shen Congwen, and two readers leave comments after each article, which greatly enhances the tension of the book.

　　Liu Ming is from Yongshun, Hunan Province. He has won the titles of "Most Influential Creative Individual of 2021" by Xinhua News Agency and "2021 Original Talent of the Year" by Hongwang Forum.

　　In Liu Ming's eyes, Shen Congwen is a "mentor" he has never met.

In 1990, Liu Ming accidentally read Shen Congwen's works in the school library, and the spiritual stories in his pen deeply affected him.

So with the courage of Shen Congwen to leave Xiangxi to venture into the world at the age of twenty, he ran to Changsha and embarked on the road of changing his destiny by writing.

Liu Ming signed the gift book.

Provided by Liu Ming

　　"Through Liu Ming's words about traveling through ancient towns and new cities, I saw a young man from Xiangxi chasing the back of another young man from Xiangxi 90 years ago, knocking on the gate of the city with his diligent pen." said Shen Hong, granddaughter of Shen Congwen, author Gazing at the prospect of life, crossing thousands of mountains and rivers, and looking back at the changes in the countryside, the vivid scenery and handsome characters all shine with the brilliance of the water and soil in western Hunan.

　　Bai Zukai, director of the Hunan Branch of China News Agency, believes that the words presented by Liu Ming not only well show the power of the changing times and the customs of various places, but also provide a lot of rare new materials and new evidence for Shen Congwen's research work, opening It reveals a new way of social science research and a new method of literature appreciation, embodies the spirit of exploration of journalists, and is worthy of learning and reference by journalists and people who love literature and social science.

　　Li Ping, party secretary and chairman of the Xiangxi CPPCC, said that in the 1930s, Shen Congwen used "Border Town" to promote Xiangxi to the world and become a cultural symbol of Xiangxi with its own traffic.

Liu Ming followed in his footsteps, traveled 28 cities and regions, and poured what he saw, remembered, and thought into his pen, and expressed his special memory of Shen Congwen in the way of emulating the former sages.

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