Zhihu: The 5-year-old daughter is now in the kindergarten class, and the Mid-Autumn Festival is coming soon. Ask her: Is the Mid-Autumn Festival happy? She said: happy. Ask her why she is happy? She said: Because it's a holiday.
In other words, for the concept of the Mid-Autumn Festival, children mean that they don’t have to go to kindergarten. At that time, not only will her parents take her out to play, but she can also buy all kinds of fun.
When discussing this issue with my colleagues in the company, I asked: Should let children learn about traditional festivals? colleague said: What is the use of learning this? As soon as the festival is off, I know it’s time to take the kids out to play!
This colleague is a post-80s and his attitude towards festivals is like this. As long as it's a holiday, it's a holiday! He believes that it is useless to understand these cultures! Because the holiday is now to take the children to visit, either to rest at home, or to take the children to play. On the topic that the taste of the year is getting less and less, most of them have this idea.
I personally value some traditional customs of this festival. Why do I think these traditional customs are more important? Let me talk about my personal opinion.
1. Cultivate children's gratitude.
In our hometown, we have the habit of visiting the New Year. In the past, there were many ceremonies for New Year's greetings. Now it's basically a drop in, and then just kowtow. I clearly remember that when I bowed my head to my parents for New Year's greetings, when I waited, it was really touching.
I think some habits of traditional festivals,In fact, it can cultivate children's gratitude. Today's children are almost at the top of a family, and everyone follows them. In this way, they also formed the habit of being proud. When they also know condescension, their character will become much more humble.
2. Understand Chinese culture.
There are many festivals and customs, which have been cancelled due to current living reasons. Take the setting of firecrackers as an example, it is not allowed to set them off. This is something we can't help but we should let the children understand that this is one of our ways of celebrating.
Behind these cultures lies the wisdom of our ancestors. Understand this, the child's mind is not empty, and the problem is not superficial. It is not necessary to use all the knowledge stored in the study. However, without reserve and understanding, people will become superficial and naive.
There was a street interview. I took a picture of Yuan Longping and asked the students who this is? 70% of the students don’t even know it. Such a result is the consequence of parents' utilitarian education.
Another point, even if this traditional culture is not used in daily life, it still exists. Take the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics, why are so many people complain about it? is because I really don’t think I can appreciate it too much. Our 2008 Olympic Games, starting from the four great inventions, can give people shocking effects. This is the power of culture.Even if it is not popular, it still exists. If you don't understand these cultures, you can't show the courage of a big country.
3. Tradition and development do not conflict.
Like many places, there will be traditional festival customs, such as making rice dumplings and racing dragon boats. This type of reservation actually attracts many people. If you don't know where to go during the holiday every year, these places are worth visiting. Because at the scene, everyone can feel a different festive atmosphere, learn knowledge, and understand folk culture.
Many scenic spots or local tourist attractions have developed in this way. Therefore, there is no conflict between preserving tradition and development. On the contrary, it can also drive development. In addition, the cognitive level of modern people is also improving. If there is nothing new or mistakes in traditional customs, it will affect the development. In this case, it is necessary to fully understand the traditional customs so that there will be no mistakes.
master of Chinese learning Zeng Shiqiang once said: The wisdom of Chinese learning is winding and rolling around. I think many people are superstitious about Western EQ and know how to behave. In fact, the wisdom of our Guoxue is the real great wisdom. It's just because western things are relatively simple to accept, and our national studies need to be understood. Some people like fast food and don't take the time to research. However, those who use their brains often become smarter and smarter.
So, I think children must understand what traditional festivals are? Also need to understand festival customs.Regarding the picture books of traditional Chinese festivals, I have a few sets that feel good, and you can also take a look.
1. "Our Festival": Suitable for children over 3 years old.
This is a gift box with three-dimensional inside. It is from the Chinese New Year to show children what are the traditional Chinese festivals. Each festival is also accompanied by a text introduction and a three-dimensional ceremony introduction.
, like twisting yangko, dancing lion, singing Peking opera, etc., are all three-dimensional images. If the child looks like this, the effect is more intuitive. The intuitive feeling is more convenient for children to remember.
Like hanging lanterns and guessing lantern riddles, they are all three-dimensional. Children can understand by themselves or guess by themselves. In short, the interactivity is very strong. Babies around 3 years old are basically interested.
2. "Our Traditional Holidays": suitable for 2~6 years old babies.
This set of picture books is also a three-dimensional flip book. There are 8 festivals introduced in it, namely New Year’s Eve, Lantern Festival, Ching Ming Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Qixi Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, Double Ninth Festival, and Laba Festival.
Take a look, this is one of the pages of the introduction, which is for the Qixi Festival. There are Magpie Bridge, Cowherd, Weaver Girl... also the way of combining pictures and texts. Although the bear is a bit ugly, I think it's quite interesting. Because my daughter likes to watch "Bear Infested",She was very happy to get this set of picture books.
3. "Traditional Holidays for Children": Suitable for children aged 6-12.
This set of picture books introduces partial text, and the content is relatively large, suitable for school children. In this set of books, there are more types of festivals, and there are more descriptions of customs. The reason why I think this set of books is appropriate is because the content is really comprehensive. Like the name dumplings, in addition to dumplings, there are flat foods and so on. In this set of books, there is an introduction to this little detail.
Xie Guimei, the author of this set of books, is a children’s literature writer and a reporter. In terms of professionalism, it is trustworthy. The traditional festivals she introduced to the children are cultural and interesting.
4. Twenty-four solar terms
(1) "Twenty-four solar terms in nature": suitable for children aged 3~6.
I think this set of picture books is also worth reading for children, because an older sister in our community, the child's Chinese homework is related to solar terms. However, the eldest sister did not know the correct answer. Therefore, I sent it to the owner group for answers.
At that time, I was wondering, is there anyone who doesn’t know about the twenty-four solar terms? So, I bought a set of such picture books for my child to learn some solar terms.
This set of picture books has more content and rich knowledge points. Because its author is very unusual, he is a research librarian at the China Agricultural Museum. Therefore, the content should be more professional. Because my husband is studying agronomy and has a little foundation, I chose this one.My child also likes flowers and plants, and he likes this book.
(2) "Twenty-four solar terms for children": suitable for children aged 3~6.
The content of this set of picture books should be more professional. Because the author is Liu Xingshi, a famous popular science writer. Therefore, picture books are also more professional.
The old man can be said to have won numerous awards, and they are all books with high gold content. The knowledge and content contained in these twenty-four solar terms, the old gentleman should talk more about it.
It is like the introduction of the three hous of solar terms. When I saw it, I felt that I underestimated the twenty-four solar terms. The knowledge in this is really sighing my ignorance.
(3) "World Travel Book for Children + Time Travel Book": suitable for children aged 3 to 14.
This set of picture books is an introduction to the customs of the world. Gifts are very suitable. Moreover, it is worth collecting. It's really too difficult to buy things for children now. Most of my friends buy books, I think it’s better.
is also a three-dimensional way, with text introductions to the customs and architecture of global cities. There are two copies in total, you can buy a single or a complete set.
5. "Open China": Suitable for children aged 6-15.
This is also a set of pop-up books,Mainly introduce Chinese architecture. I think festivals and culture are inseparable. Like the Forbidden City in Beijing, different festivals hold different activities. Therefore, I think it is necessary for children to understand the architecture of various places.
is also a way of combining graphics and text, and it is a three-dimensional form. Like this introduction to the Potala Palace, it is very detailed about trains and Tibetan costumes.
The most attractive thing is the Forbidden City, with lights. The button next to it lights up as soon as you press it. Of course, it's not just for fun, it's also introduced in text. The author of this set of books is Li Yang! It was recommended by Zhang Zhiyuan, a senior expert from the China Academy of Building Research, and Dr. Yu Feng from the Architectural Design Institute of the China Academy of Building Research. is trustworthy in terms of professionalism.
6. "Opening the Forbidden City": Suitable for children aged 3-14. Open the Palace Museum Haitong’s mother recommended Little Mammoth Children’s Book Open China Series (Hardcover
Why do you recommend this set of books? Because I think that the traditional etiquette of many festivals are actually passed down from the emperor. . The setting and improvement of ancient festivals should be more standard with reference to the emperor. For example, the Ministry of Rites is a special department.
If the page inside is opened, it will look like the entire Forbidden City, 3.2m long ,Especially shocking. The author of this set of books is Wang Wei, and Zhang Zhitao of the Palace Museum recommended this set of picture books.
is also a three-dimensional design, which can be said to truly restore this state. Of course, it's not a toy, there are still text introductions. This set of picture books is of great collection value.
7. "The Story of a Family Name Painted to Children": Suitable for children aged 7~10.
In addition to traditional festivals, the Chinese nation also has hundreds of family names. I think this set of "Surnames Painted for Children" stories can also be shown to children. This is because we have built an ancestral hall where the surname Zhang was born. Every year on May 18th, it is the ancestor worship meeting of Zhang's surname.
So, I bought a picture book like this for my child. Let the children understand why the surnames of father and mother are different? What is going on with each surname.
This set of picture books has a lot of knowledge and is also very interesting. If you buy it for a small child, you need an adult to read it to the child.
Recommendations for traditional picture books, that's all. I think traditional culture is not out of date. On the contrary, it is still very useful for children.
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