Champion of Mid-Autumn Festival Poetry Conference in 2020. At the age of 7, he fought in China Poetry Conference. The number of poems recited by the conference has expanded from more than 580 at the beginning to more than 800.
Seeing these data, do you lament "other people's children" like me?
When lamenting this data, I have to say that the effort behind this data is mainly reflected in these two keywords.
It is said that interest is the best teacher, which is obvious to Wang Hengyi. Wang Hengyi has always been enthusiastic and interested in reciting poems. From his performance at the China Poetry Conference, we can see that the poems he has mastered are not only the words of the poems themselves, but also the profound meanings contained in them, which truly "thoroughly" understand these poems.
Moreover, his favorite thing is to go to the seaside and read his favorite poems aloud. It must be said that behind mastering hundreds of poems, interest is the best internal driving force. He said, "Singing and reading poems make me extremely happy". Nothing is more precious to a child than "happiness".
Wang Hengyi's poems have been taught by his grandmother since he was one or two years old. Grandma teaches every day, and along the way, it is the persistence of children and grandma, which has made Wang Hengyi today. As someone said, "the road to success is not crowded, because fewer and fewer people stick to it." This insistence on reading poetry every day makes Wang Hengyi stand out. At the same time, the process of reciting poems has become a habit. It is much easier to stick to this habit all the time.
Recently, Niu also became interested in poetry. I unconsciously recite the poems taught in kindergarten at home. Moreover, I copied it in my notebook a few days ago, which made me dumbfounded. Thinking about whether the child is interested in poetry, I also did my homework and wanted to prepare some enlightenment books for her.
It is found that many people do poetry enlightenment, not from reciting 300 Tang poems, but from 1000 poems.
Poems of a Thousand Families is one of the most popular books in Ming and Qing Dynasties, but after a long time, the popular version of Poems of a Thousand Families is very suitable for children to use as enlightenment books. It collects five-character quatrains and seven-character poems, most of which are masterpieces of people in Tang and Song Dynasties. In terms of content, it is arranged in the order of change in spring, summer, autumn and winter. Poetry is rich in subject matter, short in length and concise in words, which is easy to recite and understand as an enlightenment reading material.
As for the 300 Tang poems, there are many familiar Yuefu poems, all of which are very long, such as Pipa Xing and Song of Eternal Sorrow, which are only found in junior high school textbooks. Reading and understanding are difficult for children in the primary stage. Therefore, in comparison, Poems of a Thousand Families is more suitable for children's poetry enlightenment.
To sum up:
For enlightenment books, its important purpose is to interest children. Therefore, simple poems are catchy to read and easy to recite and understand. This makes it easier for children to have a sense of accomplishment and stimulate their desire to read. If you take out a long poem from the beginning for your child to remember and understand, maybe your child will be scared by the long length, let alone interested.
When children are familiar with Poems of a Thousand Families, they can continue to recite 300 Tang poems. This is also a gradual process, from simple to difficult.
Zhu Guangquan, the host of CCTV, played a joke about the benefits of reciting ancient poems. After laughing, he thought it was true:
This poem well explains the significance of reading poems and books widely. In fact, there is no need to be utilitarian in the matter of children reciting poems. It is enough for children to fall in love with ancient poetry. Poetry will make his life richer and more meaningful.