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      今天发表第八期：五峰山女娲炼石补天

原文：

往古之时，天柱倾折，地维崩绝，天倾西北，日月星辰西移；地不满东南，江河潦水东流。野火燎原，洪水滔天，猛兽噬民，鸷鸟攫老弱，人间惨状，目不忍睹。     女娲氏见之，心裂如碎，遂欲补苍天。闻泌阳有五峰山，山出五色石，红如霞，黄似金，蓝若海，黑如墨，白如玉，皆蕴天地之精。氏遂往，陟彼山峦，寻采石英，历九九八十一日，集齐五色石各万枚。     既得石，于五峰之巅筑炉，引日月之华，聚雷霆之气，炼之。烈焰腾空，万丈光焰照彻寰宇，历七七四十九日，石融化为浆，五色交融，灿若云锦。女娲氏以神力擎浆，飞腾九天，补缀天穹裂痕。红浆凝而天有朝霞，黄浆固而日生暖光，蓝浆结而穹显碧色，黑浆凝而夜生星斗，白浆定而月放清辉。     天既补，女娲恐其复裂，斩巨鳌四足以立四极，杀黑龙以济冀州，积芦灰以止淫水。由是，天清地宁，日月有序，江河归道，民得安。    今泌阳五峰山，传为女娲炼石处，山石犹带五色之晕，草木因之含灵。后世感其再造之功，立庙祀之，世代不绝。

简中译文：

女娲炼石补天

在遥远的上古时代，支撑天空的巨柱突然断裂，维系大地的神力也崩毁断绝。天空向西北方向倾斜，太阳、月亮和星辰随之向西偏移；大地向东南方向塌陷，江河湖泊的水流全都奔腾向东。野外的大火蔓延燃烧，吞没整片原野；洪水汹涌澎湃，漫过天际；凶猛的野兽四处窜扰，撕咬百姓；凶猛的禽鸟俯冲而下，抓走年老体弱的人，人世间的凄惨景象，让人不忍心去看。

   女娲看到这般惨状，内心如同碎裂一般痛苦，于是决心修补残破的天空。她听闻泌阳有座五峰山，山上出产五色石，红色的像朝霞，黄色的似黄金，蓝色的如大海，黑色的若墨汁，白色的同美玉，每一块都蕴含着天地间的精华。于是女娲前往五峰山，登上高高的山峦，搜寻采集五色石，历经整整八十一日，终于集齐了每种颜色的石头各一万枚。集齐石头后，女娲在五峰山的山顶筑起炼石炉，引来日月的精华，汇聚雷霆的力量，开始熔炼五色石。熊熊烈火腾空而起，万丈高的火焰照亮了整个天地，经过七七四十九天的炼制，坚硬的五色石终于熔化成了粘稠的石浆，五种颜色相互交融，灿烂得如同天上的云霞。女娲凭借超凡的神力托起石浆，飞身腾跃到九天之上，用石浆修补天空的裂痕。红色的石浆凝固后，天空出现了绚丽的朝霞；黄色的石浆凝固后，太阳散发出温暖的光芒；蓝色的石浆凝固后，天空呈现出碧蓝的颜色；黑色的石浆凝固后，夜晚升起了璀璨的星斗；白色的石浆凝固后，月亮洒下清冷的光辉。

   天空修补好之后，女娲担心它再次裂开，于是斩断巨大神鳌的四条腿，用来支撑天空的四方；杀死作乱的黑龙，来拯救冀州的百姓；堆积芦苇烧成的灰烬，用来阻挡泛滥的洪水。从此，天空变得清澈明朗，大地恢复安宁稳定，日月星辰运行有序，江河水流回归正道，百姓终于能够安居乐业。

   如今的泌阳五峰山，相传就是当年女娲炼石补天的地方，山上的石头还带着淡淡的五色光晕，山间的草木也因此蕴含着灵性。后世的人们感念女娲拯救天地、重建人间的伟大功绩，修建庙宇供奉祭祀她，这种祭祀世代延续，从未中断。

英译文：

Nüwa Smelting Stones to Mend the Sky

In the distant ancient times, the giant pillars supporting the sky suddenly broke, and the divine power holding the earth also collapsed and ceased. The sky tilted toward the northwest, and the sun, moon, and stars shifted westward accordingly; the earth sank toward the southeast, and the waters of rivers and lakes all rushed eastward. Wildfires spread and blazed, devouring the entire wilderness; floods surged violently, reaching the horizon; ferocious beasts roamed everywhere, tearing and biting the people; fierce birds swooped down, snatching away the elderly and the weak. The tragic scene on earth was too heartbreaking to behold.

   Seeing such a terrible situation, Nüwa felt as if her heart was shattered with pain, so she resolved to mend the broken sky. She heard that there was a Wufeng Mountain (Five-Peak Mountain) in Biyang, which produced five-colored stones: red like the morning glow, yellow like gold, blue like the sea, black like ink, and white like fine jade—each containing the essence of heaven and earth. So Nüwa went to Wufeng Mountain, climbed its high peaks, searched for and collected the five-colored stones. After eighty-one days, she finally gathered ten thousand stones of each color. Once the stones were collected, Nüwa built a stone-smelting furnace on the top of Wufeng Mountain, drew the essence of the sun and moon, gathered the power of thunder, and began to smelt the five-colored stones. Roaring flames soared into the sky, and the towering fire illuminated the entire heaven and earth. After forty-nine days of smelting, the hard five-colored stones finally melted into thick stone paste. The five colors blended with each other, shining brilliantly like the clouds in the sky. With her extraordinary divine power, Nüwa lifted the stone paste, soared up to the highest heavens, and used the paste to mend the cracks in the sky. When the red paste solidified, brilliant morning glows appeared in the sky; when the yellow paste solidified, the sun emitted warm light; when the blue paste solidified, the sky took on a clear blue color; when the black paste solidified, bright stars rose at night; when the white paste solidified, the moon shed a cool radiance.

  After mending the sky, Nüwa worried that it might crack again. So she cut off the four legs of a giant divine turtle to support the four corners of the sky; killed the black dragon that was causing chaos to save the people of Jizhou; and piled up the ashes from burned reeds to block the flooding waters. Since then, the sky became clear and bright, the earth returned to peace and stability, the sun, moon, and stars moved in an orderly manner, rivers and waters flowed back to their proper courses, and the people finally lived in peace and contentment.

  Today’s Wufeng Mountain in Biyang is said to be the place where Nüwa smelted stones to mend the sky. The stones on the mountain still carry a faint five-colored glow, and the plants and trees in the mountains are thus infused with vitality. Later generations, grateful for Nüwa’s great achievements of saving heaven and earth and rebuilding the human world, built temples to worship her. This tradition of worship has continued from generation to generation and has never been interrupted.

短评：

五色石光映千秋——女娲炼石补天传说的精神价值与文化自信内核

植根于泌阳五峰山的女娲炼石补天传说，是镌刻在中华儿女精神图谱上的经典叙事，它不仅塑造着中华民族独有的世界观、人生观与价值观，更成为筑牢民族文化自信的精神根基。

   从世界观而言，这则传说蕴含着先民对天地秩序的朴素认知与主动建构意识。天倾西北、地陷东南的灾异图景，是上古先民对自然现象的具象化想象；而女娲炼五色石补天、断鳌足立四极的壮举，则彰显出“人”并非被动承受天地变迁，而是可以凭借智慧与力量修补天地、重整秩序的积极观念。这种“人能弘道”的信念，打破了对自然灾异的盲目敬畏，奠定了中华民族既尊重天地规律、又勇于改造现实的世界观底色。

   在人生观层面，女娲的形象诠释了“担当奉献、救世安民”的崇高追求。面对天地崩摧、百姓蒙难的绝境，女娲没有退缩，而是远赴泌阳五峰山寻石炼浆，以一己之力扛起补天重任，更斩黑龙、积芦灰平息灾祸。这种“为生民立命”的大无畏精神，为中华民族树立了“心怀苍生、勇担大义”的人生标杆，让“天下兴亡，匹夫有责”的担当意识融入民族血脉，激励着后世之人在危难时刻挺身而出、守护家园。

   于价值观维度，传说凝练出“自强不息、坚韧不拔”的精神内核。女娲采集五色石耗时八十一日，炼石补天历经七七四十九天，其间的艰辛不言而喻，但她始终未曾放弃，最终重整天地秩序。这种不惧艰难、持之以恒的意志品质，构建了中华民族“天行健，君子以自强不息”的价值取向，成为支撑一代又一代人跨越困境、砥砺前行的精神动力。

   而在文化自信的建构中，泌阳女娲炼石补天传说更是具有不可替代的意义。其一，它锚定了泌阳作为中华创世神话重要发源地的地位，五峰山上留存的五色石传说与祭祀传统，印证了中华神话文化的源远流长与地域根基，让文化自信有了具体可感的历史依托；其二，传说中蕴含的担当精神、民本思想与奋斗意志，历经数千年依然与当代社会的价值追求高度契合，彰显出中华优秀传统文化超越时空的强大生命力；其三，女娲作为中华民族共同尊崇的创世母神，其补天救世的形象早已成为民族精神的象征，这则传说也成为向世界展示中华文化独特魅力的重要载体，让民族文化自信拥有了深厚的精神底气。

   五峰山的五色石光跨越千年，女娲的精神丰碑屹立不倒。这则源自泌阳的古老神话，正以永恒的力量塑造着中华民族的精神品格，为我们在新时代坚定文化自信、勇毅前行注入不竭动力。

Short Review:

The Radiance of Five-Colored Stones Shines Through the Ages — The Spiritual Value and Cultural Confidence Core of the Legend of Nüwa Reforging Stones to Mend the Heavens

The legend of Nüwa reforging stones to mend the heavens, rooted in Wufeng Mountain of Biyang, is a classic narrative engraved on the spiritual map of the Chinese nation. It not only shapes the unique world outlook, outlook on life and values of the Chinese nation, but also serves as the spiritual foundation for consolidating national cultural confidence.

 From the perspective of world outlook, this legend embodies the ancient ancestors’ simple cognition of cosmic order and their consciousness of active construction. The catastrophic scene of the sky tilting northwestward and the earth sinking southeastward is a visualized imagination of natural phenomena by the ancient ancestors; while Nüwa’s magnificent feat of smelting five-colored stones to mend the sky and cutting off the legs of a giant turtle to prop up the four poles demonstrates the positive concept that humans are not passive recipients of celestial and terrestrial changes, but can rely on wisdom and strength to repair the heaven and earth and restore order. This belief that "humans can promote the Dao" breaks the blind reverence for natural disasters, laying the foundation of the Chinese nation’s world outlook that respects the laws of heaven and earth while daring to transform reality.

 At the level of outlook on life, Nüwa’s image interprets the lofty pursuit of "shouldering responsibilities, making dedication and saving the people and stabilizing the nation". Faced with the doomsday scenario of the heaven and earth collapsing and the people suffering, Nüwa did not flinch. Instead, she traveled far to Wufeng Mountain of Biyang to search for stones and smelt them into slurry, shouldering the heavy responsibility of mending the sky with her own efforts, and further slaying the black dragon and piling up reed ashes to quell the disasters. This fearless spirit of "securing a stable life for the people" has set a life benchmark of "caring for all living beings and bravely undertaking great justice" for the Chinese nation, integrating the sense of responsibility that "everyone has a duty to safeguard the rise and fall of the nation" into the national blood, and inspiring later generations to step forward and defend their homeland in times of crisis.

 In the dimension of values, the legend condenses the spiritual core of "self-improvement and perseverance". It took Nüwa eighty-one days to collect the five-colored stones and forty-nine days to smelt them to mend the sky. The hardships during this process are self-evident, yet she never gave up and finally restored the cosmic order. This quality of fearlessness in the face of hardships and perseverance has constructed the Chinese nation’s value orientation of "as heaven maintains vigor through movements, a gentle man should constantly strive for self-perfection", becoming the spiritual driving force that supports generations to overcome difficulties and forge ahead.

 In the construction of cultural confidence, the Biyang legend of Nüwa reforging stones to mend the heavens holds irreplaceable significance. First, it anchors Biyang’s status as an important birthplace of Chinese creation myths. The legends of five-colored stones and sacrificial traditions preserved on Wufeng Mountain confirm the long history and regional roots of Chinese mythological culture, endowing cultural confidence with tangible historical support. Second, the sense of responsibility, people-oriented thought and striving will contained in the legend are still highly consistent with the value pursuit of contemporary society after thousands of years, demonstrating the powerful timeless vitality of excellent traditional Chinese culture. Third, as the common revered creator goddess of the Chinese nation, Nüwa’s image of mending the sky and saving the world has long become a symbol of the national spirit, and this legend has accordingly become an important carrier for showing the unique charm of Chinese culture to the world, endowing national cultural confidence with profound spiritual strength.

 The radiance of the five-colored stones on Wufeng Mountain has spanned thousands of years, and the spiritual monument of Nüwa stands firm forever. This ancient myth originating from Biyang, with its eternal power, continues to shape the spiritual character of the Chinese nation, injecting inexhaustible motivation for us to uphold cultural confidence and forge ahead courageously in the new era.

来源于 赵宪尧 泌阳县玉德堂书院   2025年12月27日 21:06 河南