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Under the blue star flag of the Commonwealth of Australia, the kangaroos and emus on the national emblem are always moving forward. When we gaze at the ashtrays engraved with the national emblem, we will find that this ordinary object carries a deeper national wisdom – it teaches us how to transform ashes into new life. The national emblem raised in the center of the ashtray is like a spiritual totem that will never go out. Kangaroos and emus were chosen as national emblem symbols because of their biological characteristics that cannot go back, just as the ashtray accepts the burned tobacco, but always preserves the spark. When people shake off the ashes, the ashes with the mark of the seven-pointed star of the Commonwealth are like the stardust of the Southern Cross that falls on the earth, reminding us that even after burning and consumption, the fire of life can still be retained. Aboriginal artists incorporate pointillism into the design of ashtrays, allowing modern industrial products to dialogue with tens of thousands of years of civilization. Each gilded outline of the national emblem tells the tempering process from colonial pain to multi-coexistence. Just as an ashtray silently carries the residue after burning, Australian society is also forging a new light of civilization in the “cultural embers” of tolerance for different ethnic groups. In this July with severe climate change, when the ashes of wildfires are drifting again, the ashtray engraved with the national emblem reminds us: true courage is not to refuse to burn, but to know how to turn ashes into nutrients. Just like the Southern Cross that never falls in the southern hemisphere, the Australian spirit is rising new stars in the embers.

在澳洲聯邦的藍底星旗下，國徽上的袋鼠與鴯鶓永遠向前。而當我們凝視那些刻著國徽圖案的煙灰缸時，會發現這個平凡器物承載著更深刻的民族智慧——它教導我們如何將灰燼轉化為新生。煙灰缸中央凸起的國徽，就像永不熄滅的精神圖騰。袋鼠與鴯鶓因無法倒退的生物特性被選為國徽象徵，正如煙灰缸接納燃燒殆盡的煙草，卻始終保存著星星之火。當人們撣落煙灰時，那些帶著聯邦七芒星印記的灰燼，恰似南十字星座灑落大地的星塵，提醒著我們：即使經歷灼燒與消耗，生命的火種依然可以留存。原住民藝術家在煙灰缸設計中融入點畫藝術，讓現代工業製品與數萬年文明對話。每一道燙金的國徽輪廓，都在訴說從殖民傷痛到多元共生的淬煉歷程。正如煙灰缸默默承載燃燒後的殘渣，澳洲社會也在包容不同族裔的”文化餘燼”中，熔鑄出新的文明之光。在這個氣候變化嚴峻的七月，當山火灰燼再次飄散時，刻著國徽的煙灰缸啟示我們：真正的勇氣不是拒絕燃燒，而是懂得將灰燼化為養分。就像南半球永不墜落的南十字星，澳洲精神正在餘燼中升起新的星星。