Schools rekindle interest in ancient Chinese classics
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THE popularity of the recent televised game show Chinese Poetry Conference has raised public awareness toward classical Chinese poetry education. But young students’ enthusiasm for ancient Chinese poetry was rekindled a long time ago in Putuo as the district’s Education Bureau had already included classical Chinese poetry into its program to preserve and inherit traditional culture.
Students have learnt to appreciate the distinctive charm of traditional literature through innovative textbooks on Chinese classics and curriculums and activities like poetry recitation.
Officials from the Education Bureau of Putuo District said that storytelling and recitation are good ways to learn and understand ancient Chinese poetry. Textbooks on ancient Chinese classics have been compiled and promoted in the district schools for extensive courses.
Around 40 percent primary and middle schools in the district have compiled classical poetry textbooks of their own. Some famous ancient Chinese poems have been adapted into beautiful songs.
Teachers from Chao Chun Center Primary School spent 4-5 years in compiling the textbook. Wang Jin, one of the teachers, said that recitation and singing have provided fun and light-hearted supplementary education for classical poetry, which is popular among the students.
Students from the school also created dramas based on ancient Chinese poetry. Many of them have been selected to compete in Shanghai’s classical poetry competition and quiz on traditional culture.
Changzheng Center Primary School, an experimental school, has included classical poetry education into its activities. During the afternoon break, the school teaches students how to appreciate ancient poems. Book corners for Chinese literature classics have been set up in the school. Students of different grades learn different classics including “Standards for Being a Good Student and Child,” “The Three Character Classic” and the poems of Li Bai (701-762 AD).
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