Calligraphy education, for China people, is not only a skill teaching, but also a cultural accomplishment and spiritual accomplishment.
For thousands of years, it has guided the students of Mongolian children such as Jiugongge, Mi Zige, Double Hook Painting and Copy Calligraphy to experience, practice and realize in the practice of calligraphy-integrating rules, self-cultivation, aesthetics, nourishment and pleasure, which is the most wonderful combination of culture and spirit in China's traditional "learning".
At the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, when "Western learning spread to the east" became a fashion, the new generation took calligraphy as "honor" and brush calligraphy became a bad habit for all ages. Not only that, the New Culture Movement "overthrew Kongjiadian" and "opposed feudalism", but also blacklisted Chinese characters, arguing that China's backwardness and humiliation were related to the complicated Chinese writing system and strongly advocated it. It can be seen that the traditional culture and national culture of China at that time have been fundamentally denied. In this case, calligraphy education is naturally "influenced" and quietly combined in the series of "literacy education", losing its independent position.
However, the calligraphy art of China's calligraphy still enjoys a high status in the art, academic and political circles. For example, the calligraphy art of Sun Yat-sen, Chiang Kai-shek, Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, Yu Youren, Guo Moruo, Qi Baishi and Lu Xun has been greatly respected. The school has also carried out some calligraphy education without basic requirements and standards while "literacy education". After the arrival of the "microcomputer era", this situation has even declined. Calligraphy education has completely withdrawn from the conventional writing process and gradually drifted away, becoming a kind of residue in education and a kind of "luxury" in culture, and finally achieving the eternal pain in the hearts of all "watchers of traditional classic culture and art" with the "blank" of several generations.
There are many reasons for the decline of calligraphy education. First of all, the technical approach of computer keyboard input method is to replace handwriting. At the social level, the process of information dissemination and document generation is being mechanized and technical, handwriting is being transformed into input, and even school teaching is being courseware; Secondly, since the modern writing tools developed from soft pens to hard pens such as pens, ballpoint pens and signature pens, the writing tools of Chinese characters have undergone revolutionary changes, and the use of brush, a writing tool used by China people to write and practice calligraphy, has gradually withdrawn from school education; Third, the variety of school courses in contemporary China is increasing, and students need a hard pen with faster writing speed to complete their homework; Fourthly, with the popularization of computer keyboard input Chinese characters, the input technology is simplified and easier to operate, and information culture communicators from all walks of life (including journalists and teachers) are more accustomed to using computer typing instead of hard pen writing; Fourth, with the development of information technology, the computer generation needs faster and more efficient office tools; Fifth, with the improvement of school teachers, a large number of teachers who have not received calligraphy education in the course of school study have gradually taken up their jobs. They lack the awareness of writing and calligraphy, and they can't write Chinese characters well, which determines their inability to educate students on calligraphy. Sixth, cultural practitioners in the whole society generally have the cultural charm of forgetting words, and writing is not valued by society; Seventh, school education has entered the utilitarian road of exam-oriented education, and writing education has naturally been forgotten.
Calligraphy is a treasure of China traditional culture. Calligraphy teaching with Chinese characters as an important carrier is not only a kind of aesthetic education, but also has the comprehensive effects of moral education, intellectual education, fitness and aesthetics.
Many students have made remarkable progress in their academic performance by practicing calligraphy. In Zhang Song's teacher's training center, it took less than a month to tutor children whose grades have not improved for more than half a year. When parents lamented the magic, Zhang Song said that he just asked the children to get rid of some of their behavior habits in the process of practicing calligraphy. For example, training children to concentrate and not make small moves, the homework that was originally more than an hour was successfully completed in only half an hour, and it will be rated as excellent homework by the teacher. Indeed, practicing calligraphy can exercise a person's serious, calm and good character. Day after day, students' good behavior habits will be formed unconsciously. Guo Moruo once said: "Cultivating students' literacy can make people think deeply, concentrate their will easily and be good at observing everything. It's easy to make things so-so, so-so, find a new way, and it's easy to screw things up. You can overcome these problems by practicing calligraphy. "In the process of practicing calligraphy, only one stroke and one picture, one word at a time, can we master the writing skills, thus cultivating students' rigorous learning attitude and perseverance.
Strengthening calligraphy teaching is also conducive to helping students understand national culture and form national pride. Teacher Zhang Song has led students to participate in overseas calligraphy exchange activities for many times. The children were very moved to see the excellent calligraphy works of overseas Chinese children, and they studied more actively after returning to China. Calligraphy education has many functions in quality education, such as cultivating morality and enlightening wisdom. Some foreign scientists have tested human intelligence many times, and the result is always that China people have the highest IQ. One of the reasons is related to China's unique Chinese characters. The research results show that through the study of Chinese characters, people's intelligence can be developed, their intelligence level can be improved and their multiple intelligences can be developed.
Calligraphy education is related to cultural inheritance, and calligraphy can best reflect the cultural spirit of China. China culture is profound and has a long history, which depends on Chinese characters. It can be said that the history of China's calligraphy is also the cultural history of China. China traditional culture education should start with writing.
According to the Book of Rites and other ancient books, there was "National Studies" in the Western Zhou Dynasty, and the educational content was "Six Arts", among which "Books" were listed. In the Spring and Autumn Period, Confucius said, "Books are based on Tao, while poems are based on expressing aspiration", and "poetry" is as important as "book". During the Han and Tang Dynasties, students were required to "learn Chinese characters and write a piece of paper every day". After the Tang and Song Dynasties, calligraphy has always been one of the important criteria for selecting scholars in imperial examinations. For thousands of years, ancient people in China attached great importance to calligraphy education, so China culture can be passed down to this day. (Wu)