中國傳統色

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.

红，是华夏文化中最炽热的色彩。本篇《赤心如焰》的灵感来自纪录片《寻色中国》第一集“红色”篇章，旨在从这抹千年之红中取意，书写一段从传统到现代的文化旅程。红在《说文解字》中被释为“帛赤白色”，象征火焰、血液与生命力，是古人寄托吉祥、祈愿安康的颜色命名。红，是《红楼梦》的主色调之一，书中共出现了十七种不同的红色名称，如大红、桃红、银红、绛红等，每一种红都透露着命运的起伏与人性的光影。在香港街头，写字佬华哥用手写红字为人书写祝福，“发财”、“大吉”、“大红大紫”等字句贴满街巷，红是生意的符号，也是市井之间的人情温度。如今，京港高铁贯通南北，把北方的典礼礼制与南方的城市烟火相连。红色早已超越节庆的意义，成为一个高速时代里最鲜明的情感记忆点。《赤心如焰》，是一篇献给红色的文字长卷，也是一场跨越时空的文化对话。Red is the most incandescent hue in Chinese culture. Inspired by Episode 1 (“Red”) of the documentary Seeking the Colors of China, Heart Aflame draws meaning from this millennium-old color to chart a journey from tradition to modernity. In the Shuowen Jiezi, red is defined as “the crimson-white of silk,” symbolizing flame, blood, and vital force—the color to which the ancients entrusted auspice and well-being. Red is also one of the dominant tones in Dream of the Red Chamber, which names seventeen distinct reds—da hong (deep red), tao hong (peach), yin hong (silvered red), jiang hong (claret), and more—each shading the novel’s rises and falls of fate with light and shadow of the human heart. On Hong Kong’s streets, the hand-letterer Brother Wah writes blessings in red—“Prosper,” “Great Fortune,” “Brilliant Success”—pasting alleys with good wishes; here, red is both a sign of business and the warmth of everyday life. Today, the Beijing–Hong Kong high-speed rail runs north to south, linking northern rites and ceremony with southern urban firelight. Red has long surpassed the confines of festival; it has become the most vivid emotional marker of a high-speed age. Heart Aflame is a long scroll dedicated to red—and a cultural dialogue that crosses time and space.

在古典诗意与历史现实之间，黄色始终是中国文化中最具象征意义的色彩之一。从《说文解字》中“黄”字的本义，到《红楼梦》里薛宝钗身上细腻温婉的服饰描写，黄色不仅代表着大地与阳光，也传递着性格、身份与时代的印记。在二十四节气中，黄是春天新芽的嫩，是秋分稻熟的金，是自然运行的时钟；而在苏州，黄色更被织进皇家锦缎，成为“缂丝”中的尊贵之色，浓缩着明清以来“苏州织造”精妙工艺的辉煌与传承。从京广铁路苏州站出发，这场色彩与文化的追寻，连接起土地、节令、文学与匠心，展现了中国高铁速度背后，那一抹历久弥新的文明底色。

穿越火与墨的时间长河，《墨刻为神》带你走进黑色的起源、甲马的秘艺、与昆楚大铁路沿线大理站交织出的传奇。黑色不仅是颜色，更是信仰与沟通神灵的桥梁；甲马，以刻刀雕刻愿望，以墨色封存岁月。今昔交汇，高铁呼啸而过，但那一枚枚甲马，仍在烟火与风声中，低语着千年的祈愿。Across a river of time forged by fire and ink, Inked into the Sacred leads you into the origins of black, the secret art of jia-ma talismans, and the legend woven along the Kunming–Chuxiong–Dali railway at Dali Station. Black is not merely a color—it is a bridge of faith, a medium for speaking with the divine. With a carving knife, jia-ma incises our wishes; with ink, it seals the passing years. Past and present meet as the high-speed train whistles by, yet those paper talismans still whisper through smoke and wind—the thousand-year petitions of the human heart.