What kind of gift is given to children when they enter school: the opening ceremony.
1. The pen-opening ceremony
The pen-opening ceremony is one of the four great gifts in the life of ancient scholars, and it is also commonly known as breaking the veil. During the opening ceremony, the teacher will use cinnabar to put a red mole on the students' eyebrows, which means that he hopes the students will be clear-minded in the future and can draw inferences about other cases in their future studies.
The pen-opening ceremony is a kind of etiquette that has emerged in modern times. It is a form of enlightenment education for children to start literacy and practice etiquette. The ceremony is based on some traditional customs. School children will get up early on the first day of school and come to school. The enlightenment teacher will teach them the most basic and simple principles of life, and teach them how to read and write. Then they will pay homage to the statue of Confucius before they can enroll in school. This ceremony is commonly known as "breaking the veil".
At the opening ceremony, the teacher was very attentive. He can calligraphy and painting, and has a strong foundation in ancient Chinese writing. The overall atmosphere of the opening ceremony was harmonious, and he appeared in uniform wearing Hanfu, showing respect for ancient Chinese traditional culture. The event is held to "build momentum" for learning calligraphy. It is hoped that through the novel ritual of using cinnabar to "enlighten one's wisdom", they will be attracted to learn calligraphy and the traditional calligraphy culture will be carried forward.
2. Main features
1. Combining ancient and modern times, with the characteristics of the times
In terms of clothing for participating in the opening ceremony, the Academy took the meaning of "opening the pen", Custom-made doctor's clothes, rather than copying the clothes worn by ancient scholars, are closer to real life.
2. Enlightenment education is easy to understand
When Enlightenment teachers teach about respecting teachers, valuing education, and being filial to parents, they do not recite ancient texts, but speak in a more understandable way. Cater to your child's needs.
3. Calligraphy education
At the writing ceremony, the calligraphy teacher held a brush, dipped it in thick ink, and wrote a "person" on the hanging rice paper. Character. "人" is a Chinese character with simple strokes but profound meaning. It means that learning to be a human being is the most important thing in the enlightenment stage of life.
4. Blessings
Then the teachers walked up to the children holding cinnabar, put a red mark in the middle of their foreheads, and wished them bright eyes and bright minds. Parents can also give cards filled with blessings to their children.