A pen-opening ceremony is held for school children entering school
1. Introduction to the pen-opening ceremony
The pen-opening ceremony is one of the four major gifts in the life of ancient scholars, commonly known as breaking the veil. 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 the opening ceremony.
The pen-opening ceremony is a form of enlightenment education in traditional Chinese culture for children to learn to read and practice etiquette. It is the first gift that ancient Chinese scholars received when they grew up. This ceremony is called "breaking through enlightenment" " is a national and folk cultural activity that promotes China's excellent traditional culture, explores and studies the moral values ????in Chinese classics, and promotes the ideological and moral construction of minors.
2. Preparation work
In terms of clothing for participating in the opening ceremony, the traditional Chinese national costume - Hanfu should be used. Teachers can wear Zhuzi dark clothes, male students can wear straight skirts, and female students can wear underskirts; when the enlightenment teacher teaches about respecting teachers, valuing education, and being filial to parents, the teacher does not directly recite ancient articles, but explains the articles. It is relatively easy to understand and caters to the needs of children. At the end of the opening ceremony, the school also arranged for the school children to watch a special puppet performance, combining movement and stillness.
3. Social significance
At the opening ceremony, the teacher from Enlightenment paid great attention. 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. This 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 brush calligraphy and carry forward the traditional calligraphy culture.
As society becomes increasingly open, children eat Western fast food, wear Western clothes, learn foreign languages, and play on computers. Most of the "new computer humans" can't even write handwritten pen words in a crooked way, let alone bother to practice calligraphy. words, and often turn their noses up at other excellent cultural traditions. The reappearance of the "opening ceremony" in Guangzhou is the beginning of efforts to correct this unhealthy tendency.
A grand ceremony will make children regard going to school to seek knowledge as a sacred mission and enhance their interest in learning. Today, although we no longer read the Four Books and Five Classics, and no longer take the imperial examination to become a scholar, the influence of traditional culture should still start from childhood.