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How to carry out architectural culture education in southern Fujian among large class children
Architecture is people's living space, which contains the cultural temperament of a specific era. Minnan architecture has a long history, rich in unique local artistic style and superb architectural technology. The architectural culture of southern Fujian, which has experienced thousands of years of development, is a good teaching material for children living in southern Fujian. Children in large classes have a strong thirst for knowledge. They love learning, have a strong thirst for knowledge, and have diversified expressions. Therefore, it is feasible to carry out Minnan architectural culture education among large-class children, inherit, enrich and develop this precious cultural heritage. It can not only broaden children's horizons and enrich their knowledge, but also maintain and carry forward local national culture, thus "carrying forward national culture and inspiring national spirit" and cultivating children to establish national pride and self-confidence from an early age. First, in the search and collection of related architectural and cultural materials in southern Fujian, we can understand the characteristics of southern Fujian architecture. The new syllabus emphasizes that children should learn through active exploration. There is a lot of information about Minnan architecture around and on the Internet. After stimulating children's interest, curiosity and thirst for knowledge in Minnan architecture, they can be given a period of time to find, collect and sort out information. In this process, children take the initiative to understand the characteristics of Minnan architecture, rather than the teacher's monotonous indoctrination. First of all, the children discussed where to collect information, and some said to look online; Some say "take photos in Gulangyu"; Some ask architects; The children living in the countryside said, "Come to my grandmother's house to play, she lives in an old house" ... After the children know how to get the answer, they will move by themselves. For the pictures, photos and written materials collected by children, we should also guide children to share, sort out and summarize the consensus. Therefore, we have established the "Minnan Architecture Database", and children are most interested in Minnan residential buildings, especially mountain houses, stone houses, Fanzilou, palace-style buildings and earth buildings. After understanding the children's interests, the teacher can further guide the children to explore the residential buildings in southern Fujian. In the exploration, we know that the red brick walls in southern Fujian reflect the regional style and form the so-called southern Fujian style. The decoration and color patterns of Minnan dwellings, especially the masonry and walls, are unique in the architectural history of China, so some scholars believe that the dwellings in this area belong to the "red brick cultural area". Therefore, it is an interactive learning process between children and parents, children and children, children and teachers, children and children, children and teachers. In this process, the children got a preliminary understanding of the characteristics of Minnan architecture, and also experienced the fun of autonomous learning. Second, in the activities of visiting and appreciating Minnan architecture, we can further perceive Minnan architectural culture, stimulate emotional interest in Minnan architectural culture, and cultivate children's love for Minnan architectural culture. It is the best teacher and an important foundation for developing Minnan architectural culture education. After collecting, sorting out and sharing information about Minnan architecture, according to the fact that children's cognition is mainly based on figurative thinking, through a series of visits and appreciation activities, children can further perceive Minnan architectural culture and stimulate their feelings of loving Minnan architectural culture. Such as: visit Minnan Folk Museum, visit Zucuo and Hongwacuo, watch DVD short films and enjoy Minnan architectural crafts. During the visit and appreciation, the children found many features of Minnan architecture, such as dragons and unicorns carved on the four corners of the roof; The legs are decorated with white stones and bluestones, and the patterns and images are mostly tiger feet, horses stepping on auspicious clouds and lions playing with balls; There are many kinds of windows, such as brick windows, stone windows, porcelain windows and wooden windows. The relief of knowing the rolling waves represents the realm of harmony between fire and water; The octagon symbolizes auspiciousness, the circle symbolizes perfection, and the money pattern symbolizes wealth; The red color of red bricks is a kind of palace color and festive color; The appearance of folk houses reflects the economic and cultural identity and status of residents, as well as the culture contained in Minnan architecture. Third, in the architectural environment of southern Fujian, imitating the life of the ancients and deducing Piaget's theory of interaction between traditional cultures in southern Fujian tells us that children's cognitive development is obtained through their constant interaction with the environment. Yes, the environment is like a teacher who can't speak, silently playing its special and potential educational role. In teaching practice, I feel the same way. The creation of environment has the value of educating children and promoting their development. After the mistake of taking the children to visit the site, the children became interested in the ancient houses, so we mobilized parents and children to create an environment that embodies the "Minnan architecture". First of all, I divide the environment into three parts, one is air, the other is walls below one meter, and the third is the ground space for children's activities. In the theme of developing architectural culture education in southern Fujian, we can post the collected pictures and photos of various buildings in southern Fujian in different categories, such as: we designed and posted the History of Residential Development, Southern Fujian Dwellings, Chua's Ancient House, Gulangyu Architecture Expo, My Big Ancient Building and Tulou. Children's paintings, decorations and houses were also displayed, and some of them were hung up. The activity room is divided and arranged as: Tulou District, Red Brick Workshop, Shoujinliao, Tianbaozhai and Fuanbao. The corridor game area has farmyard, Dacuojiao, teahouse, Minnan snack bar and craftsman's workshop, which allows children to imitate the life of the ancients and interpret the traditional culture of Minnan in the simulated ancient buildings. Fourth, in various forms of activities, according to children's learning methods, inherit, develop and create Minnan architectural culture (1) and construct games: games are the basic activities of kindergartens. Construction game is one of the three major games in kindergarten. With strong hands-on operation and rich thinking, it is deeply loved by children in large classes. After having a certain understanding of Minnan architecture, children like to construct such traditional architecture through their own operations. In terms of material preparation, we should prepare some materials that can reflect the architecture in southern Fujian, such as pebbles, mud bags, square red plastic inserts, red paper bricks of different sizes, building blocks of different lengths and wooden boards; It can also be a wall (cardboard) decorated by some children according to the color patterns of Minnan architecture. In the process of construction, it can be deepened from a single building to the whole building group, such as mountain houses and stone houses, to the whole red brick building group, earth building group, palace building group, Gulangyu building group and so on. Of course, we can't ask children to construct it vividly, as long as they prefer ancient buildings and are more willing to express their understanding of ancient buildings in their own pleasant hands-on operation, the goal will be achieved. (2) Art activities: Presenting Minnan architecture in the form of art is also a favorite method for children. In addition to showing some model paintings of Minnan architecture and taking photos for children to appreciate and paint, you can also provide various pigments, color palettes, brushes, spray brushes, white cloth, etc. Let the children debug the color pattern of the building wall in southern Fujian; Can also provide paper rolls, beverage tubes, packaging paper, various colors of colored paper, straws, eggshells and other waste items. Let children try and operate independently and boldly imagine and create. For example, children proposed to transform the "Chat Bar" into a "house" with Minnan architectural style, called a "small post station", where children could chat, read books or listen to stories. After discussion, the children decided to highlight the architectural style of southern Fujian mainly on the walls and roofs. They found large cardboard boxes to make "walls", painted them all red, painted textures on strip-shaped colored paper and pasted them on the "walls", and divided the walls into pieces of red bricks, that is, they imitated Cai's red brick mosaic style. Children think this method is better than decorating pieces of "paper bricks" and then overlapping them. In the decoration of the roof, children use "green tiles" to do exaggerated "lifting" on the eaves, and creatively hang relief ornaments made of "paper tube" and plasticine at the "lifting". Looking at this "small post" with red bricks and green tiles, a child suggested, "If only this beautiful old house could be built with many floors like a modern high-rise building" ... Respect children's ideas, let children express their understanding of Minnan architecture in their favorite way, and seize the opportunity to stimulate children's imagination, which can better promote children to inherit, develop and create Minnan architectural culture. Architecture is a language that has been solidified for thousands of years, with a smart life, which can be interpreted by people of any era, and Minnan architecture is the natural voice in this language. Architectural culture education in southern Fujian has a long way to go, and preschool education is the foundation of basic education. As a kindergarten teacher, we have the obligation to publicize the local national culture and let it enter the kindergarten. However, how to combine Minnan architecture, an ancient architectural style, with modern architecture, and how to make traditional architectural culture closer to children's lives are worthy of our continued exploration. (Author: Haicang Experimental Kindergarten in Xiamen, Fujian Province Chen Editor: ls)