What kind of border town does the custom in the festival described in Border Town show? What are the characteristics of people in border towns?

The book can be highly summarized in one sentence: "Everything is extremely orderly, and the people are unhappy and happy." "The people in this border town seem to have never felt the unfortunate plight of other parts of China." —— People in border towns form their own families and enjoy themselves. With the Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, Spring Festival and other periodic festivals, the change of the Han Dynasty has little influence on them. The western calendar (AD) has not yet entered the border town. From the point of view at that time, Border Town was outside the history of the world.

Write down the custom and grand occasion of dragon boat race in a large space. The third part is devoted to introducing the grand occasion of the Dragon Boat Festival. The text mainly highlights the grand occasion and excitement of the Dragon Boat Festival, with emphasis on customs: on this day, people in border towns put on new clothes, eat fish and meat, the whole family goes to the river to watch boating, people with status are also watching the excitement, the cooperation, drums and firecrackers during the boat race, the shouts and cheers of people on the shore, rewards, 500 firecrackers to celebrate the victory, swimming after the boat race, and the launching ceremony of the boat race. The fourth section traces back to the first Dragon Boat Festival two years ago. According to records, there were many crowded people watching the boat race, and Cui Cui first met her parents. At the beginning of the fifth section, more space was used to write the grand occasion of the Dragon Boat Festival in the past two years, and the boat race scene of the Dragon Boat Festival last year was supplemented. However, the previous Dragon Boat Festival was more lively, but for Cui Cui, it was not as sweet as the Dragon Boat Festival I first met. This year's Dragon Boat Festival, I wanted to say goodbye to Nuo, but grandpa's natural premarital examination made her flinch. Although I only have three festivals, I have had a lively and satisfying time.

Shen Congwen is known as a modern "custom painter" in China. These customs are of great significance: (1) The unique customs in the border areas of western Hunan are frequently displayed, showing the simple and natural living environment and the simple and optimistic, pure and contented mental state of the people in the border cities, and highlighting the simple and natural lifestyle of the people in the border cities. ⑵ Implies the beautiful social environment of the border town: this is a pure land far away from the secular, natural and simple, unpolluted by modern civilization, and it is the peach blossom source in the author's mind. ⑶ Add cultural details and depth to the pastoral tone of Border Town. The organic integration of local culture and tradition enriches the content and cultural connotation of the novel. (4) Promoting plot development is the need of plot development. Because the protagonists in the dragon boat race are Tianbao and Nuosong, and the love entanglement between Cui Cui and Nuosong and Tianbao is based on this. 5. It is not difficult to see Shen Congwen's yearning and pursuit of a harmonious and beautiful society when he was out of the chaotic world at that time.