ladiesandgentlemen,welcometofenghuang,theplacewherewe"rearrivingis"oneofthetwomostbeautifultowninchina"----theoldtownoffenghuang,it"saveryimportantpointthatconnectshuaihuahunanandtongrenguizhoutogether.andit"sthehometownofmrshengcongwen.
fenghuanghaswonderfulnaturallandscapes,it"sveryhotfortravellingsincetheoldtime.evenalotofteleplayswereproducedhere.fenghuangisalsoadradleforfamouspeople,shencongwenandxiongxilingarebothspenttheirchildhoodhere.now,let"ssetouttoenjoythesefantasticgoodviews.
theformerresidenceofshencongwen
thisistheformerresidenceofshencongwen,averyfamousauther,archaeologistandhistorianinchina.
linedinthezhongyingstreetinthesouthpartofthefenghuangoldtown,theresidenceisatypicalspaciousancientcountryardwithspecialtectonicstyleofmingandqingdynasty.walkintotheyard,youcanfindthatthereisasmallpatiointhecenterofthecountryard.whichisbuiltwithredrock.aroundthepatio,thereareabout10roomswhicharesmallbutdecoratedbyspecialcarvedwoodenwindows.it"ssobeautiful.
thiscountryardisbuiltbymrshen"sgrandfatherin1866ondec.28,1902.shencongwenwasbornintheoldcountyard.andspenthischildhoodhere.in1917,whenhewas15yearsold,mrshenleftfamilyandjoinedthearmy.from1917to1922,mrshenhadlivedwithsoildiers,farmers,workersandsomeother
commonpeople,andknowtheirtragiclives.thisspecialexperiencestunneduphisenthusiasmofwrithing.soin1919,mrshenwenttobeijingalone,andbeganhishardwriting.afterhisseriesofworkswestofhunanfringetownwerepunished,mrshenbecamenation-widewell-known.atthattime,hewasevenasfamousasluxun,anotherfamousautherinchieseliteraturearea.it"ssaidthatshencongwenistheonewhoisthemostpossibletowintheprize.
mrshendevotedallhislifetowriting,his5-millionwordworksarethoughasthepreciouslegacytotheworldliterature.meanwhile,theseworksarealsoveryveluabledateforresearchingthehistoryofhunanprovinceandevenchina.
this100-years-oldcountyardwasrenovatedin1989.the1stroomontherighthaneisfordisplayingmrshen"sphotos.andwhatdisplayedinthe2ndroomaremrshen"shandwritingarticles.attheleftside,you"llfindalistofmrshen"sworkofdifferentadditions.inthecenterofthemiddleroom.thereisamrshen"slinedrawinghangingonthewall.theleftfringleroomismrshen"sbedroomandanotheroneontherightisfullofmarbledesksandchairs.