Shen Congwen's bumpy life experience and tragic life experience make his novels full of tragic colors, which are mainly manifested in the sense of fate, the survival consciousness of Xiangxi people who have no choice but to their fate, and the cultural consciousness of life panic and rejection under the influence of the impoverished modern civilized society. After careful tasting these tragedies, we can see that Shen Congwen wants to express not only the tragedy of ethnic minorities but also the tragedy of the whole Chinese nation. He is eager to arouse people's awakening through the creation of these tragedies, and hopes that through eulogizing modern civilization and criticizing primitive humanity by servants, people will realize that only by transforming the national character through culture can the goal of making the country rich and the people rich be truly achieved.