一勾一描，盡是東方故事

吳佳怡

因聯合國的一個邀約誕生了一部繪本

2020年夏末，葉露盈最新繪本《木蘭辭》由磨鐵圖書·浙江人民出版社正式出版，千年前的奇異畫卷躍然紙上，使傳統文化又一次綻放出那獨一無二的韻味。

其實早在2018年，在央視《國家寶藏》節目上，90后插畫家葉露盈的巨幅繪本《洛神賦》就讓觀眾驚艷萬分。再往前數，早在2016年，葉露盈就憑借全新演繹的《洛神賦》繪本，在法蘭克福書展上讓所見者沉醉。

本科從中國美術學院畢業后，葉露盈赴挪威奧斯陸國立藝術大學完成了碩士學業，現任教于中國美術學院插畫與漫畫專業。

葉露盈木蘭形象的創作始于兩年前。2018年，她接受聯合國郵政管理局的邀約，創作了3枚郵票的特別版小全張，其中的女性角色就是花木蘭。這是她第一次就花木蘭形象進行深入思考，也為繪本《木蘭辭》創作埋下伏筆。

在挪威學習，葉露盈開始有機會借助他山之石重新審視自己民族的文化與傳統，從而萌生了用符合現代審美的方式講述中國傳統故事的念頭。回國后，圖書館角落里翻看到顧愷之《洛神賦圖》的一瞬，她在其中看到了“中國繪畫美學的源代碼”，她知道自己找到了答案。兩年后，全新演繹的《洛神賦》繪本誕生。

她說，時代在發展，古典故事繪本更應該注入年輕血液，打上這個時代的標簽，保留魂，注入新顏。

她說，希望能將中國傳統文風、畫風與現代的漫畫技藝結合，使插畫將詩詞歌賦與繪畫融為一體，創造出具有中國傳統意味的綺麗世界。

她做到了。《洛神賦》繪本讓她一舉斬獲中國動漫金龍獎最佳插畫獎金獎，并登上央視《國家寶藏》，成為東晉杰出畫家顧愷之《洛神賦圖》的今生守護者。

外界的認可讓她堅定了繼續畫下去的決心。

基于葉露盈的長期資料儲備，木蘭（葉露盈喜歡這樣稱呼花木蘭）設計初稿的誕生并沒有花費過多的精力。在咖啡館等朋友的6小時，她就大致描繪出了木蘭的形象——一個掛著長長的眉毛、身邊總是追著兩只小兔子的勇敢的少女，她的寶劍、頭盔、著女裝時的發型，都是木蘭花的樣子。

繪本《木蘭辭》的創作基于北朝樂府民歌《木蘭辭》的原文。“唧唧復唧唧，木蘭當戶織”，這熟悉的文字，曾伴隨著無數人的學生時代。在葉露盈看來，千年前的《木蘭辭》本身就很有時空感，她認為這是一個小鎮少女闖天下的故事，她心中的木蘭是位兼具少女感和勇猛果敢的人，既能做到替父從軍、為國建功立業，又能在勝利回朝后不忘初心、不求功名，繼續做原本的木蘭。“雄兔腳撲朔，雌兔眼迷離，雙兔傍地走，安能辨我是雄雌？”伴隨著木蘭一同成長的雙兔更像是她的精神支撐，它們穿著木蘭同款的衣物和盔甲，伴隨著木蘭度過一個又一個苦悶與孤獨的夜，陪木蘭征戰、受封、返鄉。故事之末，隨著木蘭的成長、獨立，兔子也褪去了身上的衣物，做回了普通的兔子。

“在中國描寫女性的歷史線上，木蘭都是一個獨一無二的存在。你很難再找到一個同樣精彩的角色。再加上這個故事線中展示了一個女孩的個人成長軌跡，會引起很多人的共鳴，觀眾是可以跟著木蘭一起成長的。”葉露盈正是在這種很強的共鳴下對木蘭從軍的故事展開演繹的，她希望讀者可以從中看到一個擁有各種美好品質的女孩，從她勇敢、獨立的人格中汲取力量。

創作之初，找資料是要花很多工夫的，所有相關的資料，包括諸如《雌木蘭替父從軍》《雙兔記》等明清小說，都被葉露盈找來作為參考。

葉露盈曾糾結于用什么場景把這種淳樸的家庭氛圍和充滿溫馨的生活氣息展現出來，最后，她選擇了畫房子。“木蘭畢竟長在一個千夫長的家庭里，她愿意為家人犧牲，一定是出自她對家人的愛，她肯定是擁有一個非常溫馨的、想要讓她去保護的、朝氣蓬勃的家庭，”葉露盈說：“家庭一定帶給她很大的能量，讓她可以在年輕的時候作出勇敢的決定，一往無前地追尋理想。”

葉露盈筆下的房子一半參考了南北朝時的建筑樣式，一半源自葉露盈的想象，其中不僅住著木蘭的父母姐弟，更有因畫家私心加進去的木蘭的奶奶。2016年，葉露盈的外婆去世了，而此時還在讀研的葉露盈正在挪威留學，與親人天各一方的葉露盈甚至來不及趕回家見外婆最后一面。某種程度上來講，木蘭和自己有點像，都是年少背井離鄉、追尋理想。所以，在愛與溫暖下成長的葉露盈，也更希望通過手中畫筆呈現的木蘭充滿愛與溫暖的能量。

從南北朝到唐代、明清直至現代，木蘭的故事經久不衰，她像一個容器，在各個時代被注入新鮮血液。

木蘭是個經久不衰的故事，隨著《木蘭辭》的出版，葉露盈創作的木蘭形象及木蘭精神被多種形式推廣，更是在十六屆中國國際動漫節期間出現在杭州一號線和杭州江陵路地鐵站，吸引了無數乘客的視線和打卡拍照，讓我們在她的一勾一描間重讀千年東方故事。

Young Artist Illustrates The Ballad of Mulan ?

By Wu Jiayi

The summer of 2020 saw the publishing of a picture book featuring by Ye Luying， a young artist based in Hangzhou. It isnt the first picture book the 28-year-old artist created.

In 2016， her first ever picture book caused a sensation at Frankfurt Book Fair. It is based on a poetic fantasy written by Cao Zhi （192 –232）， a prince of the state of Wei?in the Three Kingdoms?period （220-280） of China， and an accomplished poet of his time. Gu Kaizhi （348-409）， a great artist of the following Jin Dynasty （265-420）， visualized the fantasy in a great painting. The 6.4-meter-long painting scroll is now in the collection of the Palace Museum in Beijing. Yes book of illustration was inspired by Gus masterpiece. In January 2018， Ye appeared with her visual interpretation of side by side with Gus masterwork in a phenomenal television series titled ?produced by and screened on CCTV， Chinas biggest television network. In the episode， she discussed details of Gus masterpiece and her picture book. The audience found her narrative amazing.

After her graduation from China Academy of Art based in Hangzhou， she completed her postgraduate course at Oslo National Academy of the Arts and obtained a master degree there. Now the 28-year-old artist teaches at China Academy of Art in Hangzhou.

The inspiration of making a book of illustrations of Mulan， the girl hero in the history of Chinese literature， emerged in 2018 when she was engaged to create a souvenir sheet of three postal stamps by the United Nations Postal Administration.

Her first sketch of the stamps emerged at a café where she spent six hours drawing the image of the legendary hero. She grew up with ， a narrative poem that is a special chapter in the history of Chinese literature. “You cant find a similar portrayal of a woman in Chinas literature. She is unique. The storyline shows how a young girl grows up to be a warrior. Such a life finds strong echoes in many people.

Ye did a thorough research on the subject. She even read stories about Mulan written in the Ming （1368-1644） and the Qing （1644-1911）. And she thought a lot about how to portray the home which Mulan grew up and left behind for the frontier and returned to after 12 years in war.

She decided to create a house， the center of Mulans world. “After all， her father is a government official and she loves her home and loves her parents and siblings when she decides to go to war. She draws courage and inspiration from her home and makes that brave decision and wants to do anything for her family when she is that young，” comments Ye Luying ardently.

The family house she created is half inspired by the architectural styles of the Southern and Northern Dynasties， and half out of her imagination. In the picture book， she creates Mulans grandmother， a character that doesnt appear in . The artist did so for a personal reason.

aternal grandmother passed away in 2016 when she was in Norway. She wasnt able to come back and see her before she died. Ye thought she was justified to add such a figure to her book of illustrations. After all， the story of Mulan and ?were edited and modified and adapted by writers and poets many times in ancient dynasties. In modern times， it has been adapted into films， operas， childrens books. And its popularity has long since spread overseas. In her own version， the grandmother embodies love， warmth， and care.

The posters featuring Mulan from Ye Luyings latest picture book appeared， during the 16^thChina International Cartoon and Animation Festival held from September 29^thto October 4 in Hangzhou， along Metro Line 1 and Jiangling station of Metro Line 1 in Hangzhou.