First, chanting is the living state of China's ancient Chinese poetry. In chanting, there are many meanings that language itself does not have, and these meanings are also circulated with poetry. The mentality, modality and artistic conception of the ancients were the closest and most understandable only when chanting. Now there are only words left in ancient poems, and their meanings are different from those in ancient times, which modern people can't understand. Ancient poems that are not memorized are no longer the true colors of ancient poems.
Second, recitation is an efficient learning method. In this way, you can not only remember it firmly, but also understand it deeply. Recitation already includes a series of knowledge such as sentence reading, meter, structure and rhetoric, which are organically combined and entertaining. Recitation is particularly effective for understanding the thoughts and feelings of works. Reciting is also an important way to cultivate creativity and personality.
Thirdly, chanting is the core of the tradition of poetry and music. The ancient tradition is a school of poetry and music, which is the so-called tradition of poetry and music. In the tradition of poetry and music, the most important thing is to recite the tradition. Because not all the poems are sung, but all the poems here are recited and they are very enjoyable. Therefore, in ancient times, literati were poets and poets were musicians. Everyone will use their own music to express their feelings. Modern western culture has turned music into a professional thing, and the public can only appreciate it, but not create it. Everyone can only sing other people's songs. Rescuing and restoring the tradition of chanting can also restore the excellent tradition of China's ancient poems and songs, so that everyone can dare to sing their own songs.
Fourthly, chanting is an important means to inherit the cultural spirit of China. Chanting contains the essence of China's cultural spirit, and China's understanding of the world and life is permeated everywhere. The method of reciting, as well as the content of poems after reciting, show the spiritual essence of China culture and exert a subtle influence on students.
Fifth, chanting is an effective way to cultivate moral sentiment. The method and content of reciting all contain China's traditional literati character, and its spirit of integrity, nobleness, concern for life, dedication to society, worrying about the world first, and enjoying the world later, is what today's teenagers need to learn very much.
Sixth, chanting is also a means of fitness. Japan is quite developed in this respect, so chanting is also very prosperous in Japan.
Seven, chanting has high academic research value. It is the place where language, music and poetry are most closely combined, and it can reveal the relationship between language, music and poetry, thus proving the difference between the meaning of poetry and the meaning of language, why there is a difference, and how to determine this difference. If the meaning of each poem is changed, then the whole history of literature and literary theory will surely undergo major changes.
Recitation and Chinese Studies Education
First, the foundation of a nation lies in language, philosophy and religion. At present, traditional culture education in China hardly involves philosophy and religion, and there is no systematic teaching. On the contrary, art and technology are often taught systematically. In short, it is skill, not ideology. The same is true of western culture, which only teaches skills and does not talk about ideology. So China people have no faith, no ideal, no happiness and no boredom. There is only one China people, and it has been handed down from generation to generation, which is the root of China people's cohesion. But the phenomenon of eliminating Chinese is also everywhere. The loss of Chinese language sense is also worth worrying about. Classical poetry and prose, read by modern western recitation, is an example. Ancient poetry has the beauty of rhyme, flatness, length, competition, turbidity, gravity and disease. There are 106 rhymes and different tones. The initial styles of lips, teeth, tongue, throat and nose are different; There are eight tones of yin and yang, and all kinds of wonderful verve. Who's talking now? Only regard literature as words, only explain the content of words, analyze the social background, and completely ignore the meaning of form. Is that still literature? Imagine why few people can recite modern vernacular Chinese. Nowadays, information is exploding, and everyday vernacular is full of dust, but which one can be remembered? Because we don't pay attention to the phonological beauty of Chinese and the formal beauty of literature.
Second, the education of Chinese studies needs to return to ophthalmology from otology. Let the students recite many classics. Now the' Reading Chinese Classics' activity jointly organized by six ministries and commissions in China is a very good attempt. It's just that today's article is not systematic enough to pass on the ideological spirit completely. The best way to recite is to recite. Reciting is easy to remember, which is a recognized experience. Reciting is also easy to understand. If we want to analyze the theme, structure, style, background, image and artistic conception of traditional culture or classic poetry. In addition to explaining the meaning of words, it will take a lot of time, while students are young and most of them can't remember, which is even more difficult to understand. In ancient times, in addition to explaining the meaning of words, teachers didn't explain too much, but mostly poured their understanding into them by chanting and taught them to students. Students will remember to recite, such as reading sentences, mood, mood and so on. , and write it down together. When they grow up, they will be suddenly enlightened. Therefore, the ancients remembered more and experienced more. Now I explain too much, recite too little, I can't remember anything I said, and my recitation has no lasting appeal, so naturally I draw water with a sieve.
Third, chanting Buddha is only about his demeanor. It is peaceful and introverted, which can cleanse the surly spirit and cultivate the gentleman's style. Learning traditional culture, the most important thing is to learn the inner spirit. The form and content are not unified, and the spirit is naturally hard to find. Reciting is an effective means to learn traditional culture.
Recite overseas
1. There are many poetry singing societies in Japan, and it is said that there are millions to millions of members. His recitations include Japanese poetry and China poetry. The recitation of China's poems has been handed down from generation to generation. Recitation is often accompanied by musical instruments, which can be accompanied by dancing and singing, and it is very performative. In the last century, delegations often came to China for exchanges. There are also tourists now, but there are fewer. There is an aging problem in Japanese poetry singing clubs.
Second, South Korea and North Korea (actually including Koreans in China) also have a tradition of reciting Chinese poems. Korea and Li Chao are in their heyday. However, the situation of inheritance is far worse than that of Japan and similar to that of mainland China, which is in urgent need of rescue (but the Korean government and academic circles have not yet realized this problem). In Japan and South Korea, China's poems and essays are mainly pronounced in his mother tongue. Although their rhythms and rhythms have been passed down by China for thousands of years, there are still some similarities. Because its sound is mostly borrowed from the Middle Ages, and music is the characteristic of stressed language, it is of great research value. China's poems are also recited in Vietnam, but the specific situation is still unknown.
Thirdly, chanting is prevalent in Taiwan Province province. Traditional chanting is divided into Heluo, Fujian and Guangdong schools. There are many famous poetry clubs. Many universities have chanting activities or offer this course. At the same time, the form of singing poetry developed from chanting became more popular and entered the education system from kindergarten. It can be said that everyone in Taiwan Province Province can recite or sing poems. College students are better, and scholars of classical culture are more familiar with them.
Fourthly, the trend of Chinese chanting in Southeast Asian countries such as Malaysia is mostly in the Min dialect system.
The tradition of reciting by Chinese in Europe and America has not disappeared, and it has spread to the local area. Some foreigners learn to recite.
6. China's poems are sung. This is something that westerners have long known and admired, and it is also one of the charms of China culture in the eyes of westerners. But now many foreigners come to the mainland but can't hear chanting.