沈从文的《湘行散记》向读者展现了湘西这块偏远神秘的土地上人们的生存生活状态,相对于主流文化来说,生活在此的人们具有不可思议的,甚至自相矛盾的魔性般的品格。他们既崇拜生命,具有顽强的生命力,在死亡面前又洒脱泰然;生活既野蛮粗犷又风雅而美丽;对待爱情既大胆妖野而又不失温存真挚。湘西人坚实隐忍,但其顽固保守的一面又成为其发展的阻碍。 Shen Congwen’s Xiang Xiang San San shows readers the living and living conditions of people on the remote and mysterious land of western Hunan. Compared with mainstream culture, people living here have incredible and even self-contradictory magic-like qualities . They both worship life, have tenacious vitality, and are free and easy in the face of death; life is both brutal and elegant and elegant; treat love both bold and unselfish without losing the warm and sincere. The people of Xiangxi are solidly forbear, but their obstinate and conservative side has become a hindrance to their development.