“北胡”“西域”盐色与丝路交通地理

Colors of Salt from Northern Nomadic Region and Western Regions and Transportation Geography of Silk Road

汉代以来盐史记忆中已经可以看到中原人对远方奇异盐产的印象。多处盐产地盐的异样色彩,与内地以往经济生产与饮食生活中的观察体会及消费经验有所不同。关于宿沙氏"煮海"传说盐色"五样"的情节,学者以为"异闻"。许多文献资料可见所谓"紫盐""青盐""黄盐""赤盐""黑盐"等记录。这些对于远方盐色的体会,是以长途交通实践为发现条件的。而早期丝绸之路史的记录,与相关盐史迹象存在某种关联。这一情形,值得交通地理与文化交流史研究者关注。

From the history of salt since Han Dynasty,w e can see Chinese people’s curiosity to the rare salt from foreign lands.Salt from multiple originations has bizzare colors that are different from w hat people from China Proper had been observing and purchasing in their economic production and daily diet.M any scholars consider the"five-color salt"mentioned in the legendary Susha clan’s"boiling sea"as a foreign anecdote.Records like purple,blue,yellow,red and black salt could be found in various documents.These experiences w ith colored salt from distant places w ere based on practices of the long-distance transportation.There is also a connection betw een early memories of the Silk Road and related evidences in the salt history.This connection deserves more attention from researchers in transportation geography and cultural history.