On the edge of the world , there is a town forgotten by the world . This is the explanation how its another name - "邉城" comes up . 邉城 is a town , and 邉城 is a book , written by Mr.Shencongwen .

I read it long ago as I was only a pupil. Being a kid , I was always curious about such a town , how the local people live , how the life is , how everything actually is . But already , it was like an image deeply printed in my heart . His book is a lively image pervading a scent of the mountains and villages , not merely composed by words , but actally more by colors , landscapes , affections, songs and tears . There you find a pure land you've yearned for all along . If you read it once and once again , could even hear them sing.  

Well the outline of story is like this . Cuicui is a Chatong girl , a granddaughter of a ferryman . All people in the town love singing . So does Cuicui's mom . She met Cuicui's father on a ferryboat who was a soldier . He performed a solo and she was appealed . They started to talk and sing , and fianlly fell in love . So Cuicui was born then . Cuicui's mother felt shamed so she passed away having committed suicide.

So since then , Cuicui was bred by her grandpa the old ferryman . She's a child of nature , having very dark eyes , lacking worldliness and sophistication , simple and naive , always happy and always optimistic , never angry . Like everything is a happiness in her eyes. She happily lives with her grandpa , helps people crossing the river with their ferryboat .

And love stories had also been carried on the boat , in these ferry days . Two sons of a rich man love this ferrygirl . They sang a lot and a lot love songs for the sake of impressing her . Both the two boys wanted to marry Cuicui . So they started a competition , having choosen a date , a place , when and where the competition would take place . But in the little girl's heart , there was already one of them she loved . She was same with her mother , attracted by younger boy's songs .

However, there're always some time when sentimental love songs become sad songs .

Having known that he lost the girl , the bigger brother disappointedly left the town , but on the way met a shipwreck , and died . The bereft brother , couldn't come out of the pain . He left the town , and has never gone back to the girl .

At a stormy night , the furious rain and river washed the ferryboat away . The ferryoldman was down . Although he was so worried about his granddaughter , he finally passed away leaving the little Cuicui alone.

Since then , Cuicui takes new ferry work on another boat which belongs to her grandpa's friend. She lives like the old days , only except her grandpa isn't around , except the little girl isn't optimistic like before . Everyday she waits and waits , waits for the boy who sings in her every dream , who purified her soul by his songs , waits for the boy who probably will come back tomorrow , waits for the boy who probably will never come back .. But there's always another tomorrow , keeps the waiting endless. This endless waiting keeps her life goes on .

We were driving around the mountaints , had passed several villages .We don't actually know where the town is , cuase no one has ever been there . We only followed the map and our brians . My father said , when you see a lot ferryboats , and suspending houses , that is the town !