古鏡今照

楊小亥

這些年來，“盛世收藏”一詞被人們越來越多地提及。在眾多的收藏品中，銅鏡卻一直不多見。今年3月30日，在浙江省博物館孤山館區(qū)，一場名為“古鏡今照——中國銅鏡研究會成員藏品精粹展”忽然走進了我們的視野，集中展出大大小小300面銅鏡，讓人眼花繚亂。更可貴的是，這些銅鏡都由民間藏家私家珍藏并征集而來，一場展出，見證了趨于多元化發(fā)展的中國民間收藏。

法國的凡爾賽宮中，有一個鏡廳。廳內(nèi)群鏡流光，萬象盡攬，虛虛實實中，好似營造了一個大千世界。而今天的浙江省博物館里，也出現(xiàn)了兩個這樣的鏡廳，與凡爾賽宮不同，它運用中國傳統(tǒng)的古銅鏡，為我們反射出數(shù)千載豐富多姿的華夏歷史，為我們折射出千百年來古人的人生觀和審美觀。本次展覽的“鏡廳”，貫通今古，穿越時空。雖然古銅鏡映照起來不如玻璃鏡那么清晰。但朦朧美感伴隨著鏡子背面精心打造的圖案紋飾，還是給人以美輪美奐的享受。

本次展出的發(fā)起人之一、中國銅鏡研究會會長狄秀斌介紹說，近些年來，古銅鏡收藏漸熱，成為民間收藏領(lǐng)域一支重要的生力軍。全國古銅鏡藏家人數(shù)多，藏品質(zhì)量高，但迄今為止，還沒有舉辦過一次上規(guī)模的銅鏡主題展覽，讓諸多藏家引為憾事。也正因此，中國銅鏡研究會對這次展覽信心十足，他談到，展覽組委會各成員不辭辛勞奔波全國各地征集展品，一共征集到古鏡藏品400多件，經(jīng)過大家精心討論和選擇，展出其中300面。選出的銅鏡可以說是精品中的精品，它們內(nèi)容涵蓋廣泛，制作工藝各異。展出時間持續(xù)兩個月。在此期間，游人都可以來浙江省博物館孤山館區(qū)觀展，與傳統(tǒng)文化親密接觸。

身為中國銅鏡研究會會長，狄秀斌率先垂范，為大展提供了罕見的銅鏡,其中包括宋金時期的單龍戲珠紋鏡、清代髹漆描金天仙送子鏡等。上海銅鏡收藏家馮毅則將自己一件寶貴的藏品——唐代海獸葡萄鏡提供展出，此鏡構(gòu)思奇巧，造型獨特，繁縟富麗，體現(xiàn)出大唐文化的繁榮。

中國銅鏡研究會常務(wù)副會長丁方忠為大展提供了一面東漢時期的半圓方枚神獸鏡。這面古鏡的紋飾極富特色：鏡緣為獸紋和云紋，相互交織，飄逸灑脫。鏡面主體為半圓紋和方枚紋，兩者之間，用浮雕刻有青龍、白虎、朱雀、玄武四靈，以表四方。這面銅鏡體現(xiàn)了古人對宇宙的看法，是對古籍記載的有力印證。同時，鏡面上還刻有“君宜高官，位至三公”的銘文，表達了古鏡主人的人生理想。

作為中國銅鏡研究會成員藏品精粹展的組委會成員，中國銅鏡研究會副會長劉東是眾多古鏡藏家中頗具代表性的人物。在展出現(xiàn)場，我與他有了一段不算太長的交流。

老家在陜西、現(xiàn)居深圳的劉東語速很快，外表既睿智又平實，像是綜合了這兩個地區(qū)各自的特點。在大展現(xiàn)場，他親自上陣，為媒體記者和前來觀摩的時任浙江省文物局長鮑賢倫講解所展出的銅鏡的背景來歷與藝術(shù)價值。劉東說，他少年時期就開始了郵票和錢幣收藏。上世紀90年代，他無意中買到了自己第一面銅鏡即漢代昭明鏡，悠久的歷史和精美的紋飾吸引了他，也開啟了他的銅鏡收藏生涯。到今天已經(jīng)20余年，藏品不算最好，但他已是國內(nèi)藏家里屈指可數(shù)的“老人”了。

講到這次“古鏡今照”展覽，全程參與的劉東完全打開了話匣子。他說，2011年中國銅鏡研究會成立以后，10月份將舉行銅鏡展覽提上了議事日程，12月份研究會理事會的舉行，落實了銅鏡展的舉行時間及地點，初步定在了三四月份、浙江省博物館，同時也組成了大展的籌委會。劉東負責(zé)具體落實各項工作。

話說起來很是簡單，但是從展品的圖片征集，初步篩選，到專家組篩選，再到大展以及同步圖錄的編寫及布展工作，在短短的三個月內(nèi)，有大量、繁重的工作等著劉東及大展組委會去完成。

而一套隨大展發(fā)行的書籍《中國銅鏡研究會成員藏品精粹》，也由劉東及組委會的成員們負責(zé)編寫、校對、編輯圖錄、設(shè)計排版等一系列工作。短短幾個月時間，這本目前中國銅鏡書籍中的翹楚在大展期間與眾多銅鏡收藏愛好者見面。

大展雖然舉辦兩個月之久，但畢竟會謝幕，然而它留給舉辦地杭州、留給中國銅鏡收藏界的文化傳承，必定成為一份恒久的文化遺產(chǎn)。

本次大展的主辦方——中國銅鏡研究會自成立以來對弘揚銅鏡文化不遺余力。去年，研究會相繼創(chuàng)立了中國銅鏡網(wǎng)和《中國銅鏡》雜志，以“普及銅鏡文化，認知銅鏡價值，強化銅鏡交流，推動銅鏡收藏”為宗旨，力圖讓銅鏡收藏從小圈子走向大社會。而這次的銅鏡展和《中國銅鏡研究會成員藏品精粹》一書的發(fā)行，更是把銅鏡收藏的聲勢推到高潮。

長期以來，銅鏡收藏的研究落后于迅猛發(fā)展的銅鏡收藏實踐，這是擺在所有熱愛銅鏡收藏者面前一個嚴峻的課題。幾代致力于銅鏡文化研究和傳播的前輩專家學(xué)者為此付出了畢生的努力和心血。

在大力建設(shè)文化強國的今天，隨著藏寶于民越來越多元化，銅鏡收藏進入百姓家，對于推動中國銅鏡收藏事業(yè)的發(fā)展、弘揚和發(fā)掘銅鏡文化,具有不可替代的現(xiàn)實作用和深遠的歷史意義?！?/p>

Exhibition of Bronze Mirrors in Hangzhou Attracts Attention

By Yang Xiaohai

2012 Photos of Zhejiang by Foreign Friends, a photo contest jointly sponsored by Zhejiang International Cultural Associa-tion, Zhejiang Association of Friendship with Foreign Countries, and Zhejiang Radio and Television Group, was launched in April. Cultural Dialogue is a partner of this event. This contest is open to foreign friends who have visited Zhejiang or foreign friends who are now in Zhejiang. All entries for this years contest must be re-ceived by August 30, 2012. Foreign friends now living in Zhejiang may have an opportunity to take part in a photography tour called “Zhejiang and I” across the province The contest is to have two first-prize winners, four second-prize winners, eight third-prize winners, and a certain number of winners for excellence prize. Win-ners will be presented with cash awards and a certificate of award. Prizewinning photos will be displayed in an exhibition and put into a publication. The award-issuing ceremony and the exhibition are scheduled to take place in October 2012.

The exhibition opened to the public on March 30 and will con-tinue until May 30. The exhibition is a big event for China Research Institute for Bronze Mirrors. On display are 300 bronze mirrors, all from members of the institute. The organizers had traveled across the country for soliciting exhibits. In fact, the number was over 400 pieces. After much contemplation and selection, the organizers de-cided upon the 300.

Bronze mirrors have been on display here and there across China, but there has never been an exclusive event for the ancient beauty device. Di Xiubin, director of the institute and one of the organizers of the exhibition, comments that bronze mirrors are an important part of antique collections across the country. The quality and the quantity of these collectors items are great. For years, collectors had been regretful about the lacking of a national opportunity to display their bronze mirrors.

Though collectors in China have long since set their eyes on pre-cious bronze mirrors, the institute came into being in 2011. As soon as the institute was founded, the people of the institute decided to enhance the publics awareness of the beauty of bronze mirrors in their private collections. They decided to hold an exhibition, set up a website, publish a collection of bronze mirrors, and run a publication at regular intervals. The website has been running since last year and the collection has been published to go with the exhibition.

There are some eye-catching mirrors at the exhibition. The institute director Di Xiubin contributed some rare mirrors: one shows a pattern of a dragon playing with a pearl and the other shows a pattern painted in gold powder. Feng Yi, a collector of Shanghai, contributes a mirror of the Tang Dynasty (618-906) in the shape of a sea animal and grapes. Ding Fangzhong, a vice director of the institute, displays a mirror in the shape of a magic animal and richly decorated with patterns of magic ani-mals. □