古风今意两辉映
——记“太湖春秋 水墨江南”中国书画之乡苏州胥口书画作品展

文李邨南

胥口在1991年被原文化部命名为“中国书画之乡”，图为沈鹏题字

太湖春秋（局部）

5月31日至6月4日，“太湖春秋 水墨江南”中国书画之乡苏州胥口书画作品展暨胥口对外形象展示在北京中国文联中国文艺家之家展览馆举办，本次画展以30米长卷《太湖春秋》为主要展览作品，辅以53位胥口籍老中青书画家精选作品百件，以书画的形式推介胥口之形象，宣传胥口之魅力，展示胥口之风采。所展作品立意新颖、主题突出，涉及书法和山水、花鸟等多种绘画题材，是全面展现胥口镇经济社会发展的生动实践。

From May 31stto June 4th, the "Taihu Lake Spring and Autumn Painting & Calligraphy of Jiangnan " Suzhou Xukou, the hometown of Chinese painting and calligraphy, and the exhibition of Xukou's external image have been held at Exhibition Hall of the House of Chinese Artists in Beijing. It features a 30-meter long scroll "Taihu Lake Spring and Autumn" as the main exhibiting work, supplemented by 100 selected works by 53 senior, middle-aged and young calligraphers and painters of Xukou to promote the image and charm of Xukou in the form of calligraphy and painting so as to showcase the city's glory. The works exhibited are novel in concept with prominent themes, involving calligraphy, landscapes, flowers and birds and other painting themes. They fully and vividly demonstrate the practice of the economic and social development of Xukou Town.

考诸地理，中国至少有两个胥口镇，一在浙江，一在江苏。二者皆为古镇，且传说都与伍子胥有关。而伍子胥的活动更多是在今江苏境内，或因这个原因，江苏胥口的历史记载似乎更丰富一些。范成大《吴郡志》说：“胥山，在太湖口，上有伍子胥庙，舟行自此入太湖，故名胥口。”多少年来，美丽的太湖滋养着这一方古镇，也牵动着文人骚客对胥口的描摹赞美。皮日休《胥口即事》曰：“波光杳杳不极，霁景澹澹初斜。黑蛱蝶黏莲蕊，红蜻蜓袅菱花。鸳鸯一处两处，舴艋三家五家。曾把酒船偎荻，共君作个生涯。”查慎行的《晓发胥口》这样描绘，“半浮半没树头树，乍合乍离山外山。借取日光磨一镜，吴娘船上看烟鬟”。从唐代“塑圣”杨惠之、宋代书法家米芾，到明代画家董其昌，也都描绘过胥口的模样。岁月之河不断冲击和改变着胥口的物理样貌，这些诗词、画作却经受住了时间的考验，积淀出一个文化的胥口、精神的胥口，给后人以想象，令我们神往。……