The depiction of the landscape has a decisive place in Bordertown. This was first made clear by the fact that the introduction of the landscape, such as the beginning of the novel, has completed the introduction of the important background of the novel: "From Sichuan to Hunan, there is the official road to the east. This official road was in a small town in Chadong, with a stream, a small white stupa by the stream, and another family underneath the tower: a grandfather, a girl and a yellow dog. Gossip is mundane and covers novel scenes, characters, and the environment in which the characters are active.The name of the main character, Cui Cui, was also explained in the scene description: "Two mountains and The green is approaching to live in bamboo. The old Boatman randomly picked a name close to this poor orphan "quiqui.