茫茫戈壁上，建设者的歌声在风雪中回响——《美术里的中国》带您回到当年青藏公路上大雪纷飞的日子

六十多年前，地质勘探队的驼铃声唤醒了亘古沉睡的戈壁荒滩，一条“天路”也唤醒了柴达木盆地的千年沉寂。著名画家黄胄在一次西北探访中的偶遇，创就了新中国美术史上的难得佳作——《洪荒风雪》。一瞬一世界。画笔晕染之下，风雪纷飞；写实与写意间，人物的动作、神态、速度乃至声音，都被完整记写下来。中央广播电视总台纪录片《美术里的中国》运用三维动画特效还原画作精彩瞬间，带领观者一同感受柴达木盆地那个寒冬里的北风呼啸、大雪纷飞、悦耳驼铃和建设者们的意气风发。

Deep in the Tsaidam Basin, in spite of the howling gale and blizzard, the camel bells are clearly audible. The snow is falling thick and fast, but the team forges ahead in this rugged northwestern landscape. The moment is elegantly captured in the poignant painting – "Snowy and Windy Foreworld." The creator, Chinese artist Huang Zhou, chanced upon this breathtaking view during his visit to Qinghai Province – a date with destiny that led him to redefine the country's fine art history.

"Fine Arts in China," a documentary series by China Media Group, uses 3D animation effects to restore the wonderful moments shown in the painting, making viewers feel they can almost experience for themselves the icy wind, heavy snow, tinkling camel bells, as well as the heroic spirit of those young builders in the cold winter of the Tsaidam Basin nearly seven decades ago.

《洪荒风雪》的创作构思来源于画家在青藏公路之行中的切身感受及所见所闻。当时，黄胄与同伴在戈壁滩艰难跋涉数日，不见人烟。突然，远处传来了驼铃声。一队地质勘探队员在当地牧民的带领下，冒着风雪、骑着骆驼迎面而来。这意外的惊喜使黄胄的精神为之一振，从而创作了这幅名画。他以近景仰视的角度突出表现了几名地质队员骑着高大的骆驼行进在风雪弥漫的荒原上的情景。画面中，近处的两头骆驼四肢稳健，若行似止；骆驼上的人物脸上洋溢着笑容，伴随琴声歌唱。整幅作品充满了强烈的生活气息，这正是黄胄的艺术特点；同时，他独创性地将速写融入中国画，拓展了传统国画的艺术语言。

图：黄胄作品《洪荒风雪》

在众多艺术评论家眼中，《洪荒风雪》的感染力在于尊重生活现实，鲜活地表现了新中国初期劳动者热火朝天投身社会主义建设的昂扬精神风貎，可谓是柴达木开发、青藏公路建设与沿线地区崛起的历史见证。这幅画是劳动者之歌，更是奋进年代的缩影。此作于1957年荣获第六届世界青年与学生和平友谊联欢节金质奖章，黄胄也因此成为了享誉国际的画家。

At the end of 1954, construction was drawing to a close on the Qinghai-Tibet Highway, the longest road built at such a high altitude anywhere in the world. Artist Huang Zhou showed up at the construction site and, despite the freezing cold, trudged around the snowfield. Suddenly, the sound of camel bells piercing through the wind stripped away any sense of desolation. Shortly afterwards, he realized it was a caravan of camels driven by a group of geological explorers, and reveled in the melody played by the high-spirited team.

These undaunted figures that chose to defy the almost primeval wilderness fired up Huang's imagination. He applied varying shades of ink to render his impressions of the snowy scene. A lowered point of view gave the camels a monumental heft; the figures and landscape soon materialized with remarkable spiritual essence. Completed in 1955, the painting combined the sounds, the visuals, and the power of the elements with a sense of both realism and impressionism. It was also Huang's tribute to the young pioneers who helped develop the nation. 

图：黄胄作品《洪荒风雪》局部

生活是创作的重要源泉。作为二十世纪中国最杰出的画家之一，黄胄主张“在生活中起草稿”，以速写入画。他擅长少数民族题材的人物画和动物画，尤以画新疆人物和驴著称。黄胄一生创作了四万余张速写，那些生活中普普通通的小人物在其笔下都成为了高光角色。1964年，毛泽东主席与国际友人谈及中国百年画史和艺术大师时曾这样说道：“黄胄是新中国自己培养出的、有为的青年画家，他能画我们的人民。”

图：黄胄速写作品《新疆舞》

上世纪九十年代初，黄胄又倾自己的丰厚珍藏与一生力作创建了我国首所民营大型艺术馆——炎黄艺术馆。它不仅收藏和展览了大量中华民族优秀文化艺术品，而且为中外美术交流做出了重要贡献。

As a well-established painter, Huang Zhou was adept at combining Western sketching skills with traditional Chinese painting techniques to capture the natural sense of movement of both people and animals. His figure paintings vividly depicted scenes of everyday life of Chinese ethnic groups and ordinary people, revealing the harmonious relationship between humans and nature. His works greatly enriched the subject matter of Chinese fine art.

During his lifetime, the artist produced some 40,000 sketches, many of which captured the quintessential heart and nature of their subjects. There are jubilant dancers, donkey riders, and farmers gathering in the harvest. All of these ordinary people are shown to be exulting with passion, vigor and energy on the canvass. 

In 1964, Chairman Mao Zedong explained the strengths of China's fine art masters to some of his foreign guests. He described Huang Zhou as an accomplished young painter, fostered by the nation, who excelled at depicting the common folk and their daily lives.

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