扬州的竹子家居北方,很少看到竹子,年前在湖南长沙见到一片,就有些不相信那是真的竹,给我的感觉倒像是塑料做的,装饰北方暖气管子的那种。思来想去,恍然大悟,问题出在竹子的颜色上,在我的印象里,竹子是墨色的,而不应该是绿色的,绿色的就显得生分了。这与我经常看郑板桥的墨竹有关。郑板桥的竹子,是生长在他心地上的,汲取的是精神的阳光,吸收的是性灵的养分,渐渐脱去了俗色,只剩下天地黑白之精华。特别喜欢扬州博物馆藏的那幅《墨竹 Bamboo home in Yangzhou in the north, rarely see bamboo, saw a year ago in Changsha, Hunan, some do not believe that it is really bamboo, I feel like plastic rather like, the kind of decorative northern heating pipe. Thought to want to go, suddenly realized, the problem lies in the color of bamboo, in my impression, the bamboo is inky, but not green, green appears to be a subsistence. This is related to the bamboo that I often see Zheng Banqiao. Zheng Banqiao bamboo, is growing in his heart, the spirit of the sun is absorbed, the absorption of the spiritual nutrients, gradually off the vulgar color, leaving only the essence of black and white world. Yangzhou Museum in particular like the piece of possession of "ink bamboo