How to stimulate students' interest in learning calligraphy

First, let students like to be infatuated with calligraphy art. Students should be guided to understand that "writing" and "calligraphy" are two completely different concepts. They have both internal relations and essential differences. It can be said that everyone can write Chinese characters. As long as you master the shape, sound and meaning of each word, you will pass the test if the structure is correct. Calligraphy, on the other hand, is a profound art, and it is the accumulation of comprehensive qualities such as university inquiry, high cultivation, pure technology and true temperament. It pays attention to the colorful changes of pen and ink and pursues the expression of emotional personality. The great writer Lu Xun likes calligraphy very much. He said: "Calligraphy is a treasure of the East. This is not a poem, but it has poetic charm. It is not a painting, but it is beautiful. It's not a dance, but it has a rhythm. It is not a song, but it has a singing melody. " Only China's Chinese characters can create such a wonderful art. As teachers, we should guide students to like and cherish the art of calligraphy, aspire to learn calligraphy well, and make constant efforts every day to temper their will and cultivate their character. Tolstoy, a great master of Russian literature, said that successful teaching needs not coercion, but stimulating interest. Confucius, a great educator in our country, said, "The knower is not as good as the doer, and the doer is not as good as the musician." There is no doubt that interest is the best teacher. Once teachers' interest guidance touches students' emotion, will and psychological needs, it will produce great energy.

Second, create an elegant calligraphy learning atmosphere. Calligraphy learning requires learners to be calm. Teachers can play soothing guzheng and piano music before class and cultivate students' interest in writing with beautiful music. You can also play a light music when students are tired of practicing calligraphy, so that students can calm their impetuous hearts and devote themselves to practicing calligraphy, so that they can concentrate on practicing calligraphy. The integration of class culture, campus culture construction and calligraphy art will create an elegant external environment for learning calligraphy, and will also have a subtle influence on students. You can open a painting and calligraphy garden, and put famous paintings, excellent paintings and calligraphy works of teachers and students and the history of calligraphy development around the gallery. The granite and landscape stones in the flower beds on campus are engraved with famous sayings and aphorisms written in calligraphy.

In addition, various forms of calligraphy works are hung in offices, classrooms and corridors. It makes students immerse themselves in the artistic atmosphere of learning calligraphy, enhances their strong awareness of learning calligraphy, purifies their hearts and receives the effect of "moistening things silently".

Third, explore the structure and evolution history of Chinese characters. First of all, understand the six methods of Chinese characters-pictographic, knowing, referring, pictophonetic, phonetic, transliteration and borrowing. These six word-making methods all have unique ideas. Taking pictographic characters as an example, it belongs to single word formation. For example, the word "moon" is like the shape of a bright moon, the word "fish" is a swimming fish with a head, a body and a tail, and the word "door" is the shape of the left and right doors. These hieroglyphs rely on lines or strokes to outline the external characteristics of the objects to be expressed. Secondly, we should understand the evolution history of Chinese characters. China's calligraphy has a long history. From ancient times to the present, the forms of calligraphy have experienced the evolution of Oracle Bone Inscriptions, bronze inscriptions, seal script, official script, regular script, cursive script and running script. Let students know the history of the evolution and development of Chinese characters and the different forms of the same Chinese character, so that they can not only understand the principles of Chinese characters, but also experience the writing skills and methods of different characters. Mastering the physical characteristics of Chinese characters improves the interest in learning calligraphy and avoids the boring feeling of writing a font.

Fourth, master the changeable forms of Chinese character writing. China's calligraphy is full of philosophy. A Chinese character may be unique in pronunciation and meaning, but its writing can be colorful. For example, there are as many as 100 kinds of seal script with the word "shou", which is called a century-old picture by the people. Such works are highly artistic and communicative, and can be used as decorative handicrafts or as gifts for friends. The changeable Chinese characters can help students practice writing on different characters, experience the characteristics of writing style and improve their interest in writing.

Fifth, with the help of color changes, enhance the visual effect. In order to enhance the interest of calligraphy classroom teaching and attract students' attention, teachers can innovate the traditional calligraphy learning methods. Traditional calligraphy mainly refers to writing on white rice paper with ink. We can also consider using a variety of colors for calligraphy study and practice. If we practice the writing method of "Hua", we can write colorful "Hua" in various colors. Students can choose color pigments according to their own preferences and write and create according to their own understanding of the shape, sound and meaning of Chinese characters, thus enhancing amazing visual perception and improving diversified aesthetic tastes.

Sixth, the art fusion method. Calligraphy itself is very tolerant. Calligrapher is a cultural person with high comprehensive quality. They can write lyrics, write poems, draw pictures, write couplets, dance swords and punch. They are generalists in life. Therefore, calligraphy art can be organically combined with music and paper-cutting.

Seven. Appreciation of masterpieces. There are many calligraphers' works in the sea of China's calligraphy. Teachers lead students to appreciate and taste famous works, which can help students discover the overall charm of calligraphy and appreciate the interest of pen and ink and the structure of words. Teachers can tell interesting stories about calligraphers while feeling and appreciating famous works. Appreciation of famous works can be carried out not only in class, but also after class, such as visiting museums and calligraphy exhibitions, so as to experience the charm of China culture and calligraphy and enhance learners' ability to distinguish calligraphy works.

Eight, according to local conditions. Calligraphy works are not only the art of pen and paper, students can make full use of existing resources and natural environment to learn calligraphy. For example, use water to write on the blackboard, on the ground or on paper, or even use tools to write on the beach and in the snow. This kind of calligraphy learning is not only repeatable and low-cost, but also close to life and nature, making it easier for students to participate and give full play to their imagination and creativity.

In a word, the effective combination of long-standing calligraphy culture, colorful teaching contents and lively and interesting teaching methods can cultivate students' strong interest in calligraphy, thus improving their enthusiasm for learning calligraphy.