駱戰(zhàn)紅
在玉環(huán)沿海散落的50多個島嶼中,大鹿島無疑是最閃亮的一顆珍珠,因為這里綻放著巖雕藝術(shù)之花。
這座孤懸于浩瀚東海的小島,面積僅1.7平方公里,卻因為種植著380多種海島植物,森林覆蓋率達87.5%,成為全省森林最好、植物最豐富的海島。
1985年,中國美術(shù)學(xué)院教授洪世清來到島上,歷經(jīng)16年,刻下99件巖雕,讓“大地藝術(shù)之花”在大鹿島盛開,劉海粟先生譽之為“海天奇觀”,并寫下《大鹿島巖雕銘》。
今天的大鹿島,已成為蜚聲中外的“美術(shù)島”。在浙江海洋經(jīng)濟發(fā)展示范區(qū)規(guī)劃中,大鹿島被列入省重點開發(fā)濱海旅游島。
神鹿浮游萬頃波
從玉環(huán)本島棧臺碼頭登上快艇,向東南航行4海里,就到大鹿島。
站在船頭遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)看去,波濤起伏的海面上,大鹿島猶如一頭神鹿浮游于驚濤駭浪之中。
這使得玉環(huán)人在相當(dāng)長的時期內(nèi),堅信父輩們說的那個神話是真的:天廷有兩只六瑤花神鹿,因為盜取仙果種子撒播人間,觸犯天規(guī),遭霹靂擊頂、天火燒身而墜入東海,形成了隆起的兩座相連的島嶼,形似鹿首傲視海面。故人們稱其為大鹿島。
玉環(huán)縣志則記載了另一個關(guān)于大鹿島的傳說。
有一次八洞神仙要到瑤池參加王母的蟠桃會,路過鹿城溫州歇腳。呂洞賓發(fā)現(xiàn)鹿城無鹿,一時興起找來了三只梅花鹿,想讓它們?yōu)槁钩翘聿?。可三只鹿不聽使喚,時辰又到,呂洞賓一不做、二不休,趁三只鹿沒提防,將它們推下海去。落海的梅花鹿硬撐著掙出海面,卻變成了大鹿島、中鹿島、小鹿島。
玉環(huán)現(xiàn)任文聯(lián)副主席黃立軒就是從這個傳說初識大鹿島的。黃立軒的老家坎門距離大鹿島6海里。出海的漁船從這里的海邊經(jīng)過,常有漁民說聽到風(fēng)中夾帶著啾啾的鹿鳴,如悲如泣地在訴說:“呂洞賓害我!呂洞賓害我!”
成年后的黃立軒,已記不清自己上了幾次大鹿島。而每一次進島,他都陶醉于這個小島仙境般的自然。他說:大鹿島的海是神奇的,有時候浪花簇?fù)?,有時候平滑如鏡,碧水銀波直連浩淼東海,令人心胸坦蕩。大鹿島的沙灘是迷人的,近山邊是粗沙,海岸處是細(xì)沙,中間鑲嵌著一顆顆鵝卵石,柔軟、潔白。
像回到了童年,黃立軒在大鹿島玩撬石頭、挖沙礫、筑沙城,在沙灘上追逐,偶爾也打幾塊水漂石。玩累了,就去沙灘上靜靜地躺著,將耳朵貼近沙面,聆聽著大海的搏動?;蛘邠鞄酌敦悮?,敲幾個佛手,與黃羊為伴,與自然作一次親昵的對話,慢慢地領(lǐng)悟那種超脫的意境。
“東海碧玉”寄風(fēng)情
今天的大鹿島,經(jīng)濟林、用材林、特用林、觀賞林以及海島防護林交匯錯落,一年四季綠林成蔭,林濤起伏。尤為珍貴的是,島上還種著一棵1972年美國總統(tǒng)尼克松訪華時贈予我國的美國紅杉分枝,如今也早已開枝散葉,挺拔俊逸,直入云霄。
當(dāng)游客漫步島上,不經(jīng)意抬頭,還可見北美的鵝掌楸、阿爾巴尼亞的海岸松、日本的扁柏迎客而立,迎風(fēng)婆娑。樹林間,無數(shù)叫不出名的鳥兒在飛轉(zhuǎn)或棲息,敏捷的黃羊,轉(zhuǎn)眼間不見蹤影。大鹿島的森林、四周浩瀚的大海和沿岸的礁灘巖雕,組成了獨具風(fēng)韻的山海勝景。
眼前的一切,讓一位名叫陳光秋的62歲游客禁不住喜極而泣。她不是一名普通的游客,45年前,妙齡少女的她,和5位平均年齡不到17周歲的女伴一起,被縣解放塘農(nóng)場派來大鹿島新建苗圃,綠化荒島。
時隔半個世紀(jì),當(dāng)她兩鬢斑白,重臨故地時,眼前的大鹿島已是滿山秀林,鳥語羊鳴。她禁不住呼喊:“美麗的大鹿島啊,您可記得,在您沉睡的45年前,我們這群妙齡少女曾給您梳過妝,幫您洗過臉,為您撒播過綠的萌芽!如今,您綠樹蔥翠、奇礁崢嶸,被譽為‘東海碧玉,我們當(dāng)年的夢想已成為現(xiàn)實。我們?yōu)槟湴?,為您自豪!?/p>
時光荏苒。1963年,一支40多人組成的青年造林隊響應(yīng)黨的號召,懷著綠化祖國的雄心壯志登上大鹿島,風(fēng)餐露宿,斬荊撬石,歷經(jīng)20多個春秋,使得海上荒島四季覆綠,植被豐厚。
陳光秋至今依然清晰地記得那奉獻青春的難忘歲月。
墾荒隊員們的夢想成真。1991年,獲林業(yè)部批準(zhǔn),大鹿島被定為省級森林公園。2007年被評為國家4A級旅游風(fēng)景區(qū)。...
而大鹿島也銘記下了這些奉獻者的足跡。在大鹿島風(fēng)景區(qū)小鹿島北面中麓地勢平坦處,一處2000多平方米的知青房至今保存完整。當(dāng)陳光秋再次走進當(dāng)初生活的營房時,45年前的那人、那事、那山、那水似乎還跟昨天一樣,“當(dāng)年的我們像深山野坳中的神秘女神,飄飄欲仙地在島上播種綠的希望?!标惞馇镎f。
海天奇觀美術(shù)島
今天去大鹿島的游客,首當(dāng)其沖是為了觀賞中國美院已故教授洪世清留下的絕世佳作——大鹿島巖雕群。
在洪世清教授的鑿“筆”下,大鹿島的巖礁被賦予了全新的生命:“魚兒”在游泳,“螃蟹”在橫闖,“海龜”在爬行,“海豚”在聽潮……它們有的伏臥在灘邊,接受驚濤駭浪的洗禮;有的高踞崖間,與海鷗彩云共邀明月;有的掩映在洞壑之內(nèi),似與海風(fēng)潮音竊竊私語。
這群石化的海洋生物共99件,洪世清教授以三分之一是天成、三分之一是人工、剩下三分之一有待時間去日曬、風(fēng)吹、雨打來完成的創(chuàng)作思路,依石賦形,讓它們千變?nèi)f化,卻又無不與大海、峭壁、沙灘、藍(lán)天、白云、綠樹、漁船相生相諧,組成既是天成又是人為的亙古永存的大地藝術(shù)景觀,給大鹿島披上了一件瑰麗的藝術(shù)霓裳。
于是,這座孤懸于東經(jīng)121°、北緯28°,甌江口外玉環(huán)本島東披山洋面的小島,開始蜚聲海內(nèi)外。香港《美術(shù)家》雜志的評論說:“這個觸目都是巖雕藝術(shù)的‘美術(shù)島,不但在中國,即使在全世界范圍來說,也是一個令人驚異的創(chuàng)舉?!眹鴥?nèi)外媒體也紛紛刊發(fā)評論,稱贊洪世清教授的大鹿島巖雕群為“大地藝術(shù)之花”。藝術(shù)大師劉海粟對洪世清只身深入孤島從事藝術(shù)創(chuàng)作的經(jīng)歷大加贊賞,稱大鹿島巖雕藝術(shù)為“永世不朽的杰作”,并欣然寫下《大鹿島巖雕銘》,由書法大家錢君匋書寫巨幅,鐫刻于大鹿島壽星巖左側(cè)石崖上。
洪世清教授于2008年11月13日因病逝世于杭州,享年80歲。他把人生寶貴的16年留給了大鹿島。
1985年,時年近60歲的洪世清教授第一次登上大鹿島,他走遍了這座小島,大為驚嘆這兒的險巖、陡壁、奇礁所保持的原始古樸的風(fēng)貌,當(dāng)即決定用自己的余生,在大鹿島上創(chuàng)作當(dāng)代巖雕,為后人留下一筆文化遺產(chǎn)。
很多人詫異于洪世清的決定。洪世清回答說,大鹿島巖岸線超過十分之九,巖石群天造地設(shè),千姿百態(tài),是巖雕創(chuàng)作的最好載體,而且這些奇石怪巖又有碧海和青林烘托,必定平添藝術(shù)魅力?!岸掖舐箥u是我在1948年從福建乘船去上海美專求學(xué)途中停靠過的地方,因此,特別有感情?!逼鋾r,洪世清教授已為尋找海島巖雕群的理想創(chuàng)作之地,走遍全國南北岸線。
1986年初,這位華發(fā)披肩、精神矍鑠的畫家風(fēng)塵仆仆地來到大鹿島,一頭扎進孤島,堅持創(chuàng)作16年,幾次從懸崖上、海潮里死里逃生,摔傷了躺在藤椅里仍叫人抬著繼續(xù)創(chuàng)作,不知疲倦。玉環(huán)縣大麥嶼街道嶺頭村石匠周良進也就是在這不尋常的歲月中,與洪世清教授結(jié)下了樸素、深長的情誼。
1999年,洪世清教授完成了他的巖雕作品創(chuàng)作,但他又有了一個新的創(chuàng)意。在他扎身大鹿島堅持創(chuàng)作的十多年時間里,他的經(jīng)歷和作品已引起世人的關(guān)注和贊賞,朱屺瞻、沙孟海、陸儼少等名家巨匠紛紛為大鹿島題字。洪世清決定將這些大家的書法作品制作成摩崖石刻。就在他到玉環(huán)當(dāng)?shù)靥暨x石匠的時候,有文化基礎(chǔ)的周良進走進了他的視線。
在洪世清教授的指導(dǎo)下,周良進在大鹿島留下了自己石匠生涯里的得意之作,精心摩刻下了劉海粟的“大鹿島”、朱屺瞻的“海上云岡”、沈定庵的“大樸不雕”、申石伽的“天籟”、洪世川的“龍宮將軍”、沙孟海的長、寬各2.5米的巨字“龍”等等。如今,這些名家巨匠所書的摩崖題刻,主要集中于大鹿島蟹山龍門橋“龍門賞石”景區(qū),倚賴名家的手筆和石頭的天然神韻出現(xiàn)在山海之間,成為大鹿島一絕,令中外游客嘆為觀止。
但洪世清教授對藝術(shù)研究創(chuàng)作如癡如醉的形象同樣深深地鐫刻在周良進的心底,令他敬仰至今。當(dāng)時洪世清教授已經(jīng)是67歲的老人了,每天都顫巍巍地拄著拐杖到海邊、沙灘、懸崖、峭壁中去找石頭,看作品。一天夜里聊天時,周良進打趣地建議洪教授在大鹿島刻下自己的大名,洪教授不以為然。就在整個石刻項目即將完工前的一天,洪教授突然約他出去轉(zhuǎn)轉(zhuǎn)。這天,洪教授隨身帶了筆墨,在大鹿島南面找了一塊礁石的小石縫,第一次寫上了“洪世清”三個字。
這是一塊毫不起眼的礁石,石縫里的每個字只有一寸不到的大小,不知情的人根本發(fā)現(xiàn)不了。那石縫狹窄到周良進幾乎沒法雕刻的地步。
周良進樂呵呵地說:“這個名字,是我親手為洪教授刻下的,具體在哪個位置,除了我,沒人知道!”
海風(fēng)拂面,滿島山花爛漫。散布在海灘崖壁上的近百件巖雕,取巖礁塊石的各種自然形態(tài),以石刻、浮雕、圓雕等手法,雕琢出富有秦漢繪畫構(gòu)圖風(fēng)格的海生生物。這些大地藝術(shù)作品結(jié)構(gòu)簡練,手法凝重,形態(tài)諧趣,“魚龍百變,頃成海天奇觀。”對洪教授“心高眼闊,涉海槌崖”,海粟老人“嘉其藝,賞其志”。
藝術(shù)家長年累月用自己的心血雕成的藝術(shù)豐碑,將永遠(yuǎn)矗立在東海人民的心中。石不能言,然而一陣陣啁啾的鳥鳴和著林中的松風(fēng)、海上的濤聲,不舍晝夜地傳誦著大鹿島上的巖雕故事……□
大鹿島巖雕銘
大鹿島危峰險峻,盤磴嶔嶇,草木豐茂,礁崖嶙峋。丙寅端月,學(xué)埭洪世清梯航登陸。嗟乎鴻蒙初辟之陳跡,還疑補天填海之剩痕。槌乃與石為新。衍漢墓魏窟絕藝,別開生面,為見闕鱗介傳神。世清素擅丹青金石。心高眼闊,涉海槌崖。依形取勢,審雕慎刻。海風(fēng)吹雨,潮音送夜。汗血十年,造像九十九座。魚龍百變,頃成海天奇觀。或翔懸崖,或臥沙灘,或隱洞壑,或躍水底。
果然石不能言,默助無為之法,筆補造化,潛因妙用而成。群雕意承秦漢,剛健有力,蒼郁多氣,無媚世俗態(tài),崇尚自然,與海天一體。風(fēng)蝕浪淘,人天同構(gòu)。洵藝史一家之言,會長駐南溟之間。余嘉其藝,尤賞其志,故撰文以識之。
——劉海粟
An Island of Stone Sculptures
By Luo Zhanhong
Of over 50 offshore isles along Yuhuan County in southern Zhejiang Province, Big Deer Isle is the most famous. It is famous not merely because the 1.7-km2 isle is the best forest-covered isle with the largest number of species of plants but mainly because the isle boasts 99 stone sculptures created over a period of 16 years by Hong Shiqing, a professor with China Academy of Art based in Hangzhou. A well-established artist, Hong won Lu Xun woodcut award in 1996, the top award for woodcut artists of China. In May 1997, he was awarded Lu Xun Prize for Literature and Art.
The forest covering the island is not natural. In 1963, about 40 young volunteers came to the isle. They worked 20 years to cover the isle with a forest. The forest they created is composed of dif-ferent tree species: cash trees, timber trees, ornamental trees and shelterbelt trees. In particular, some trees are from overseas, includ-ing a California redwood tree, American white wood, cluster pine and Japan cypress. The California redwood tree was planted with a branch from the California redwood tree brought to China as a gift by American President Nixon in 1972.
In 1991, the isle was designated by the Ministry of Forestry as a provincial forest park. In 2007, it was designated as an AAAA na-tional scenic zone.
Professor Hong Shiqing visited the isle in 1985 when he was 56 years old. After walking around and checking the isle out, he felt amazed and elated by the exotic and majestic arrays of rocks, cliffs and reefs, for he finally found an ideal venue for his dream dedica-tions in the rest of his lifetime. Professor Hong did not make the decision on the impulse of moment. Before he discovered and decided to recreate the isle, he had traveled around the country in search of an ideal isle for his rock sculpture in-spirations.
Fortunately, the art project was carried out without much red tape. In early 1986, the master came to Big Deer. He settled down there and started working. By 1999, he had created 99 sculptures around the isle. His creations are all threefold: nature, his work and nature again. That is, his designs were all based on the original size and shape of each rock; he carved his designs and then let the elements add fin-ishing touches. These rock carvings are not isolated. They merge perfectly and intelligently with the sea, the sky, the beach, clouds, and trees. Before his project was completed, the rock sculptures be-came known to the art circles and media at home and abroad. These sculptures received rave reviews.
Master artists and calligraphers including Liu Haisu, Zhu Qizhan, Sha Menghai and Lu Yanshao created inscriptions for Hongs crea-tions. Hong engaged a local stonemason named Zhou Liangjin to do all the inscriptions onto huge rocks. Hong engaged him largely because Zhou was one of the best-educated local stonemasons. Today tourists can view these carved inscriptions at Dragon Gate scenic spot on the isle. Zhou Liangjin urged the professor to get his name down in one of the rocks on various occasions, but the profes-sor brushed aside the advice. Toward the end of his stone-carving project, however, the professor politely asked the stonemason to take a stroll on the isle. The professor took a brush-pen and ink. They walked. The professor stopped on a reef in the south of the isle. In a small crevasse of the reek, the professor wrote his name Hong Shiqing, each measuring about a square inch. The reef was nondescript and the crevasse was so narrow that Zhou Liangjin had difficulty carving the name. He did it, anyway. He has never told anybody where the signature is on the isle.
Hong Shiqing passed away in November 2008 in Hangzhou. Though he is dead now, the rock sculptures he created on Big Deer isle live on. □