美丽农业：宋代的植物染料-《中国农史》

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Author(s):: CHENG Min-sheng; （School of History and Culture, Henan University, Kaifeng 475001）

摘要:: 宋代的有机染色植物种类丰富，性能良好，是文化色彩实现的主力军。这些染料主要用于纺织品，还用于染纸、美容美发，乃至美化饮食。故而官府大量征购，民间广泛买卖。宋人充分发掘红花、苏木、蓝草、紫草、黄栀、橡实等染色植物的色彩美和灵性，促进了染色植物的普遍种植和染色业的发展，是一项重要的农业、手工业和商业行为，拉动起色彩经济的繁荣。染色植物具有多重的经济价值、文化价值、医疗保健价值，尤其是向人们提供了美的享受，使社会多彩靓丽，丰富了宋人的精神生活和物质生活，可谓美丽农业。

Abstract:: Being the main force in the realization of cultural colors，the organic dyeing plants in the Song Dynasty were rich in species and good in performance. These dyes were mainly used for spinning, paper dyeing, hairdressing and even decorating food. Given that, the government made a large number of purchases, and people took part in commercial trading of a particular commodity widely. As important activities involved the industries of agriculture，handicraft，and commerce, people of Song dynasty fully made good use of the color beauty and spirituality of dyed plants such as safflower, hematoxylin, bluegrass, comfrey, yellow gardenia, acorn, etc., and promoted the widespread planting of dyed plants and the development of dyeing industry，driving prosperity of the color economy. Dyeing plants had a variety of values, including the values of economy, culture, and medical and health care. In particular, they provided people with the enjoyment of beauty, made the society more colorful , and enrich people’s spiritual and material life in Song dynasty，which can be praised as beautiful agriculture.