Do you want your children to read the lingering sentence of "spring is silent and precious, and the shade of trees shines on the water and loves sunny and soft", or do you want to read the overall goal of "promoting XXX in an all-round way, being proud of XXX and being ashamed of XXX"? Later, he remembered what he said as a child. Remember "the grass is delicious and English is rich and colorful" or "ask aunt to give you candy?"
For example, if you can choose, do you want your child to listen to Schubert, Kunqu Opera and Pingju "Henan pendant" when he was a child, or let him listen to "Erase everything and accompany you to sleep"?
When I was a child, the voices in my memory had an influence on the spiritual world. Poetry, even if it doesn't understand the meaning, just rhymes, so it's better for him to learn to recite when listening than to read and recite some vulgar words.
As for worrying that children don't understand ... how can poetry be so complicated?
The advantage of poetry is purity.
"Guan Guan Luo dove, in Hezhou; My fair lady, a gentleman is good. "
Explained in everyday language, birds sing softly and land on the river; Beautiful girls are good targets for young people.
This is too complicated. The world is full of crystal clear poems.
"Bamboo whispers that the laundry girl returns, and the lotus leaves bend before the fishing boat."
This kind of sentence, the meaning will be understood as soon as you read it. What's so hard to understand? What is more difficult than everyday language?
Of course, after the Song Dynasty, poetry loves reasoning and allusions. It's a long story. Then teach some 19 ancient poems, some Han Yuefu, some Wang Wei and Meng Haoran. There are so many poems in China that there is no need for children to recite Song of Eternal Sorrow.
In "Eternal Dragon Slayer", before Zhang Wuji left Binghuo Island, Xie Xun forced him to recite many secrets of martial arts, and said, "Although you don't understand now, remember first, and you will understand later."
Many things written down are rooted in the heart. In the future, you will understand.