1, food folklore
Shen Congwen mentioned in "Border Town" that Cui Cui likes to make sour garlic seedlings by soaking them in rice soup. On the Dragon Boat Festival, every household must eat pointed zongzi, and even an altar of wine and a box of Zanba are indispensable wedding gifts. It can be seen from these that Xiangxi people like to eat glutinous food, hot and sour vegetables and fish, and like to drink sweet wine and shochu.
2. Clothing folklore
In Border Town, Shen Congwen mainly describes that middle-aged women like to wear starched blue clothes and hang a white button apron on their chests when doing things. On weekdays, they hatch a chicken, raise two pigs to help the boatman make gold earrings, and bring back two zhangs of green cloth or something.
When a girl of thirteen or fourteen goes out on holidays, she always paints her face with two pieces of cake red, puts on new clothes that don't fit her, wears a pair of pointy and newly oiled leather spikes at her feet, and wears a pair of twisted silver bracelets with white light when she meets Xiaofu at home.
3. Architectural folklore
In the Housing of Border Town People, the diaojiao building is described. The border town is rainy and humid, and the border town is mountainous, so the space for building houses is always limited. Building a diaojiao building in this way can not only save land, but also play a role in moisture prevention, and its appearance is also very beautiful, so it is very popular with people in border cities.
4. Traffic folklore
Shen Congwen's Border Town is set in Xiangxi Tea Cave, starting from Xiaoxi Ferry, going around the cave for about three miles, and then flowing into the Tea Cave River. The stream is a tunnel between Sichuan and Hunan, and the water often fluctuates. Limited by financial resources, a square-headed ferry was arranged.
5. Marriage folklore
In Border Town, the love between Cui Cui and the second child begins with songs. What men and women in western Hunan like is to take songs with national characteristics as the medium, that is, to take the road.