Accept the influence of beauty, feel the beauty of emotions, things, and culture, so that you can poetically inhabit the land of reality.

·To like ancient poetry without any utilitarianism and from the heart, and enjoy the edification and enlightenment they bring to the soul, this is the "correct way" to open ancient poetry.

·Utilitarian goals are not conducive to students’ learning and understanding of ancient poetry. The key is to give full freedom and space, and patient guidance, so that students can experience the artistic conception of ancient poetry from an early age.

The second season of CCTV's "Chinese Poetry Conference", which was popular during the Spring Festival, has finally settled. The topic of ancient poetry education should not be a flash in the pan, rising up and then disappearing.

Some people say that the Poetry Conference has found the right way to open up traditional Chinese culture, while others say that it is more of a performance and cannot change the reality that the inheritance of excellent traditional culture is declining. What needs more attention is that after the program was broadcast, various ancient poetry training classes have sprung up. Many parents want to train their children to become the next Wu Yishu and Chen Geng.

Wu Yishu, the champion of "Chinese Poetry Conference"

The usefulness and futility of ancient poetry education

The second season of CCTV's "Chinese Poetry Conference" attracted the most topics What is surprising is that Wu Yishu, a freshman girl from the High School Affiliated to Fudan University in Shanghai, won the championship. This "post-00s" girl's classical temperament, sharp reactions and calm attitude have made many fans exclaim that she "fulfills all their fantasies about talented women in ancient times".

Meng Man, associate professor at Minzu University of China, commented: "The truth, goodness and beauty of poetry penetrated into her heart. Wu Yishu's humility was not pretended, but there was poetry in her heart. She stood there calmly. Poetry comes out when you are idle. This is the so-called "poetry and calligraphy in your belly""

Indeed, if there is any difference between Wu Yishu and most of her peers, it is: Others' bookshelves are filled with math, physics and chemistry exercises, and she also has a book of poetry; others admire contemporary rich and famous people, and she calls Lu You a "male god."

Not just Wu Yishu, in the second season of "Chinese Poetry Conference", many "post-00s" Shanghai girls appeared, all of them academic masters, but also beauties with elegant temperament and calm attitude. Jiang Wenye, a sophomore at Shanghai Middle School, was asked why he came to participate in the recording of the program when he was about to take the college entrance examination. He replied that it was because he liked poetry and "had enough energy to study." Her college entrance examination ambition was to major in finance, which had nothing to do with ancient poetry. Hou Youwen, a girl in the first grade of Wenlai Middle School, is only 13 years old. She is the youngest contestant to enter the challenge from the 100-member group. According to the comment teacher, "'Pingping is more than 13 years old', which is the cardamom age." Although she is young, she is still the same Not a bad performance.

The accumulation of a large number of classical poetry recitations has cultivated a certain sexual temperament in them, and also cultivated their values, aesthetic methods and expression methods. Even in the competition field, they don't have the common competitiveness, youthful spirit, sensitivity and nervousness. For most of the contestants, reading poetry every day is not a waste of time, but the most important part of life. "Accept the influence of beauty, feel the beauty of emotions, things, and culture, so that you can poetically inhabit the real world." "

Some scholars commented on this, not because ancient poems and prose can bring convenience to enter a higher education, or to win honors in competitions, or to show off intelligence and success, but because they are non-utilitarian and come from the heart. I really like ancient poems and articles, and enjoy the edification and enlightenment they bring to the soul. This is the biggest difference between the players, and it is also the "correct way" to open ancient poems.

As Mengman said, for most of the contestants on this show, "What is important is not the reserve of poetry, but the love for poetry. It is not to memorize poetry to participate in this competition, but to participate in this competition." I came here to enjoy poetry."

Li Shan, a professor at the School of Literature at Beijing Normal University, also said, "The Chinese nation is a nation of poetry, and the Chinese people have a unique cultural complex towards poetry, and this cultural complex is. The most cherished thing at the moment”

Looking for the “correct way” to open up ancient poetry education

Not long ago, the General Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the General Office of the State Council issued opinions and announced. We will implement the inheritance and development project of China’s excellent traditional culture, comprehensively revive traditional culture, and integrate China’s excellent traditional culture throughout national education, with primary and secondary school classrooms and teaching materials being the focus. The time node to achieve the goal is set in 2025.

Achieving the goal is obviously not easy. Some scholars have analyzed that there will be a large number of wrong answers among the 100-person group selected by the "Chinese Poetry Conference" that are originally famous poems that are "known to all women and children." This shows that there is a lot of room for improvement in the ancient poetry education of Chinese people, especially young people.

How to improve? According to Jia Wei, deputy director of the Shanghai Municipal Education Commission, schools are the inevitable main channel for ancient poetry education.

During the interview, the reporter learned that traditional cultural education has become a common practice in the Fudan High School where Wu Yishu is located. She casually recited "The Book of Songs in July", which is the first volume of "Reading Chinese Ancient Poetry" compiled by the school. All students in the school must study "The Analects of Confucius", "Guanwen Guanzhi" and selected passages from hundreds of scholars, and read ancient poems every morning.

As a national comprehensive education reform pilot zone, Shanghai has invested heavily in traditional cultural education in recent years, building a system based on "into textbooks", "into classrooms", "into extracurriculars", "into the Internet" and "into the Internet". The "six-in" long-term mechanism of Chinese excellent traditional cultural education with the main contents of "team building" and "introduction evaluation system" promotes the integration of socialist core values ??and excellent Chinese traditional culture into the whole process of school education. The Shanghai version of the Chinese language textbook places more emphasis on traditional culture such as poetry. Compared with the national version of the textbook, there are more poems and articles. For example, classical Chinese for grades 4 to 6 accounts for about 20% of the total text. For grades 7 to 9 and high school basic courses, Accounting for 40%.

Of course, among Shanghai’s successful experiences, what is most worth learning from is not the requirements for poems and essays, but the teaching philosophy.

“Parents often question why students spend so much time on silent writing of ancient poems and essays, which only account for 6 points in the college entrance examination?” Teacher Huang Ronghua, head of the Chinese teaching and research team at the High School Affiliated to Fudan University, said frankly, “It is this kind of writing that uses the minimum amount of time. The utilitarian thinking of investing more and obtaining the highest output and scores has caused Chinese language education in primary and secondary schools to go astray, causing many students to lose their ability to appreciate the artistic conception of ancient poetry and their interest in reading.”

The High School Affiliated to Peking University. Chinese language teacher Sun Yulei also believes that "utilitarian goals are not conducive to students' learning and understanding of ancient poetry. The key is to fully give them freedom and space, and to give patient guidance so that students can feel the artistic conception of ancient poetry from an early age."

“When approaching ancient poetry, there is another important layer, which is to have a deep understanding of the story behind the poetry.” Ni Wenjian, associate professor of the Chinese Department of East China Normal University, believes that “the most important thing is to guide students through reading and Learn to feel the beauty and artistic conception of ancient poetry, and feel the charm of the profound Chinese traditional culture."

Expand the background of life and find cultural identity

The popularity of "Chinese Poetry Conference" has made it popular. Many parents are determined to train their children to become the next Wu Yishu and Chen Geng, and require their children to memorize more ancient poems and participate in various ancient poetry training classes held in the society.

Although experts are happy about this, they are more worried. In their view, learning ancient poems for young children focuses on cultivating their sense of language, cultivating their temperament, and focusing on diverse forms. They should never learn early, memorize, follow the trend, and blindly increase the burden on children.

Jia Wei reminded parents that learning ancient poetry is not as early as possible, and asking children to memorize poetry too early is not in line with the development laws of brain science. Traditional Chinese cultural education is a long-term accumulation process. We must avoid eagerness for quick success and must follow students' cognitive rules and the characteristics of ancient poetry and prose education.

“Only 30% of students who really like ancient poetry and prose may account for only 30% of the students who really stand out.” Jia Wei said that at the primary and secondary school level, ancient poetry education is Starting from the students' interests and habits, we do not ask the children to simply recite, but to improve their aesthetic realm and find cultural identity through dialogue with the ancients. In the process of accumulating ancient poetry and prose, the teaching forms and evaluations must be diverse. It is important to avoid blindly learning early, rushing to learn, memorizing by rote, and turning the training process into exam-oriented techniques. The reason why the contestants' performance in the program is eye-catching is not because of their performance, but because of their good qualities influenced by traditional culture.

Some scholars pointed out: after playing a thousand tunes, the sound will be known, and after observing a thousand swords, the weapon will be recognized. Starting from interest, focusing on the cultivation of aspirations, and aiming at cultivating a sound personality, we should not arbitrarily raise the requirements and add unnecessary burdens, but also focus on cultivating students' personality and strengths, and assign homework in a targeted manner so that interested students can The child's "longboard" is made longer.

In Sun Yulei’s view, the ancient poetry education that students receive should be different at different stages. “It should be a step-by-step process. At the primary school level, teachers can let students feel the beauty of poetry through teaching. , cultivate their elegant temperament. At the middle school level, elective courses on poetry can be offered at different levels to gradually improve the appreciation of poetry. The education process should be scientific. ”

The reporter saw during on-site interviews that many Chinese teachers in primary and secondary schools across the country have now focused on stimulating students' love for the motherland's language and characters in the education of ancient poetry and literature, allowing students to grasp key images in repeated readings. For children in lower grades, Use methods such as drawing "poems and paintings", role playing, and telling stories to make learning more interesting. In addition to the sound of reading in Chinese classes, in many primary and secondary schools, you can also hear students reciting ancient poems during the two-minute preparation time of each class. The sound is heard and the sentences are absorbed in the heart, and the beautiful artistic conception is comprehended in the reading. , taste the inner rationality and cultivate the moral character.

“The most important thing about traditional cultural education is the education of national spirit and national culture. Only by truly internalizing the education of ancient poetry and literature can we truly promote the inheritance of Chinese traditional culture.” Li Shan said.