中国文化

从《说文解字》里“蓝”的本义出发，追踪一抹琉璃蓝的历史旅程：它曾燃烧在琉璃厂的烈火中，凝结为天坛祈年殿的神圣穹顶。如今，京沪高铁飞驰而至，北京以高铁速度连接起传统与现代。本文以诗意的笔触，描绘颜色、建筑与速度的文化交响，让一抹蓝色穿越千年，定格于天光之上。Starting from the original meaning of “blue” in the Shuowen Jiezi, this piece traces the historical journey of a glaze-blue hue: once aflame in the fiery kilns of Liulichang, it set into the sacred dome of the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests at the Temple of Heaven. Today, the Beijing–Shanghai high-speed rail arrives in a blur, linking Beijing’s tradition and modernity at the pace of steel. With a lyrical touch, the essay composes a cultural symphony of color, architecture, and speed—letting a single stroke of blue cross a thousand years and come to rest upon the vault of daylight.

在青色的光影中，我们踏上郑渝高铁，途经平顶山西，走进汝州这座被天青釉色滋养的千年之城。从《说文解字》的东方之色，到《红楼梦》中静雅衣衫，再到汝瓷窑火中闪耀的雨过天晴之釉，这是一场穿越古今的色彩之旅，也是一次文明与速度的诗意相逢。Bathed in a blue-green glow, we board the Zhengzhou–Chongqing high-speed rail, pass Pingdingshan West, and enter Ruzhou—a millennial city nourished by the sky-blue glaze. From the Eastern hue defined in the Shuowen Jiezi, to the quiet elegance of garments in Dream of the Red Chamber, and on to the kiln-fired brilliance of Ru ware’s “sky after rain” glaze, this is a color journey across ages—and a poetic meeting of civilization and speed.

《一抹如雪》循着“白”的轨迹，从《说文解字》的哲思出发，走入《红楼梦》的素色命运，再望向德化白瓷的凝脂之美。小雪节气，天地肃清；瓷火之中，素白生光。兴泉铁路如墨线铺开，让这抹古老的白，驶出山中，流向远方。在喧嚣与静谧之间，白成为一种文化的共感密码，一种沉默中的力量。Following the trajectory of “white,” A Trace Like Snow begins with the philosophy of the Shuowen Jiezi, passes into the fated austerity of Dream of the Red Chamber, and looks toward the cream-like beauty of Dehua blanc-de-chine. At the Minor Snow solar term, heaven and earth fall still; within the kiln’s fire, pure white begins to glow. The Xingquan Railway stretches out like an inked line, carrying this ancient white out of the mountains and into the distance. Between clamor and quiet, white becomes a shared cultural cipher—a power that speaks through silence.

一段关于中国色彩“青花”的诗意旅程——如山含烟，釉下藏蓝。灵感源于纪录片《寻色中国》第一集“青花”篇章。文章介绍在景德镇的青花，以及在欧洲作为“白色金子”的全球影响。青花色随着衢九铁路，从匠心之城出发，延续一场跨越山河与时间的中国色彩对话。A poetic journey into the Chinese color “blue-and-white”—mountains veiled like mist, cobalt hidden beneath glaze. Inspired by Episode 1 (“Blue-and-White”) of the documentary Seeking the Colors of China, this essay explores Jingdezhen’s blue-and-white porcelain and its global impact as Europe’s “white gold.” Following the Quzhou–Jiuling railway, the blue-and-white hue departs from a city of craftsmanship, carrying forward a cross-mountain, cross-temporal conversation in the language of Chinese color.

一段关于中国色彩“玄色”的诗意旅程——黑中带赤，灵感源于纪录片《寻色中国》第一集“玄色”篇章。文章深入探讨了玄色在《说文解字》中的本义：“黑而有赤者为玄”；它在道家思想中象征宇宙初开、大道将启的状态；并展现其如何在福州传统漆器的“黑压红”工艺中具象化为视觉语言。同时，也解析了《红楼梦》中玄色作为服饰用色所承载的文化隐喻与命运象征。玄色通过合福高铁连接古今，穿越光影与静默，在当代视野中展开一场深沉而细腻的东方色彩对话。A poetic journey into the Chinese color “xuan”—black tinged with red— inspired by Episode 1 (“Xuan”) of the documentary Seeking the Colors of China. The essay probes the term’s original sense in the Shuowen Jiezi: “black in which there is red is called xuan”; its Daoist symbolism as the state of the cosmos at first opening and the Way about to unfold; and the way it becomes a visual language in Fuzhou’s traditional lacquer craft of “black pressing red.” It also interprets how xuan in Dream of the Red Chamber functions as a sartorial hue laden with cultural metaphor and fateful implication. Through the Hefei–Fuzhou high-speed rail, xuan links past and present, crossing light and stillness to open, in today’s gaze, a deep yet delicate dialogue in the colors of the East.