Shen Congwen's " Border Town " was a novel set in his hometown of Hunan, Fenghuang. It was about a beautiful and mysterious ancient town and the stories that happened in this ancient town. The ending was as follows: In the novel, the protagonist Cecelia did not marry her cousin but left Phoenix with Wang Ziming. Although they had left Phoenix, they still retained their longing and feelings for each other. In the end, Cecelia and Wang Ziming met on the road and they started their lives together again. What Shen Congwen wanted to express in his novel was the complexity and multifarious nature of human nature. He described the love between Cecelia and Wang Ziming, and also showed the stories of other characters in the ancient town. The whole novel expressed a deep thought about life and love through an imaginative and romantic story. The hidden meaning of " Border Town " can be understood as: life and love are limited, but they can transcend time and space. In this story, although Cecelia and Wang Ziming's love did not succeed, they could still leave beautiful memories in each other's hearts. This kind of beauty would not disappear with the passage of time.