Primary school textbooks are supposed to use some positive and sunny characters, but this version of the People's Education Primary School textbook is uncharacteristic. The characters in it always make some weird expressions, such as a little boy rolling his eyes and sticking out

I believe that many people are concerned about the issue of graphics in textbooks that has been a hot topic recently. Primary school textbooks are supposed to use some positive and sunny characters, but this version of the People's Education Primary School textbook is uncharacteristic. The characters in always make some weird expressions, such as a little boy who rolls his eyes and sticks out his tongue, and specially marked sensitive parts. , the little girl who always looks in one direction has a strange and weird style of painting, which makes most parents feel uncomfortable.

Most people criticize from the concept of aesthetics. Even if there is no universal standard for aesthetics, such image-based teaching materials are too outrageous. The idea of ​​using ugliness to attract children's attention may not be justified. If things go on like this, this ugly image will subtly affect the children's minds.

How much impact do illustrations have on children's psychology ? The squinting eyes of the children in the

illustrations are a manifestation of hostility and represent distrust in interpersonal communication. There are also a lot of protruding genitals and sexual hints in the illustrations. When I was a child, there was a kissing scene in the TV series, and parents would ask their children to get a glass of water. Now that there are obvious sexual hints here, is this something that children can watch?

Textbooks represent a kind of "authority" of knowledge in children's minds, and most children will regard it as the truth. From the perspective of evolutionary psychology , images convey much more information than text, implying The effect will be stronger. Psychologists believe that children's mutated fantasies are an important reason why children suffer from neurosis . These fantasies are also derived from daily life. For example, some children who watch pornography at a precocious age are prone to unhealthy thoughts.

Moreover, correct art and picture education has now been applied to reform criminals to reduce the probability of criminals re-offending. It is conceivable that negative and negative works have a huge impact on children.

It is mentioned in philosophy that consciousness is a subjective image of the objective world. Just like some of the images of ghosts and gods drawn by the ancients actually have their material "prototypes" in reality. The so-called ghosts and gods are just reprocessing of the prototypes that exist objectively. That’s all. So this makes people wonder, does this kind of picture of monsters and ghosts have a cultural basis? Where did it come from?

First of all, what is certain is that such weird and ugly characters have nothing to do with Chinese culture. If they were related, Chinese people would not be so disgusted and would not cause an uproar. But if we look at Japanese culture, we will find something.

Japanese Fertility Festival

Japan once had a festival called Fertility Festival. Literally understood, most people should think that this festival is to promote fertility or to thank parents for their upbringing. But on the contrary, actually the main purpose of this festival is to let women worship certain parts of men!

There is a video recording the celebration of the Fertility Festival in Japan in the early last century. We are not the author of the textbook illustrations, and we cannot judge where the inspiration for their creation came from, but some of the weird movements of sticking out tongues and rolling eyes in the pictures are indeed similar.

Japan’s underworld culture

To say that these weird actions are not worth mentioning compared with the entire Japanese underworld culture. In the land of Japan, no matter where you go, whether it is day or night, you can always find "ghosts" on the road. Such gods are scattered in every corner of Japan, and they have become a part of Japanese daily life without any taboos. meaning. Japanese torii gates and shrines with unclear meanings are everywhere . Compared with the solemn and mysterious feeling brought to people by religious sites in other countries, Japan's culture has a somewhat weird flavor.

The local Shinto philosophy in Japan believes that all things have spirits, even the flowers, plants, trees, wind chimes, etc. that can be seen everywhere have spirits. Such ordinary items are called fusangshin after they are full of spirituality.From individual games, you can also get a glimpse of the Japanese Night Parade scene. The red-haired ghost with a big head, the samurai spirit with will-o'-the-wisps, the ghostly carp spirit, the dominating Shutendouji ... are all... The realistic style of underworld culture.

The opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics last summer could be said to have made the whole world feel their underworld culture. summons spirits, carries coffins, carries funerals, and dances with demons dancing wildly. It brings a bit of chill to people all over the world in the hot summer. It is really considerate. Although we value harmony without difference, it is indeed difficult to understand that this art form can still reach the level of elegance.

Some people may also think that this weird culture is different from our values ​​and cannot affect us. However, the influence of Japanese culture cannot be underestimated. Just look at the two-dimensional world. The number of two-dimensional groups in our country has been growing.

Japanese people like to flaunt their differences from others in terms of culture. They not only have a hair-raising underworld culture. There is also the two-dimensional culture that young people from all over the world are flocking to. The origin of the two-dimensional dimension is mainly comics. The world's first comics were produced in Japan in the early 12th century, called " Birds and Animals Characters Paintings " . This work has a total of four volumes and is considered a national treasure.

In the last century, Japanese comics thrived, gradually forming a culture in Japan, and then spread throughout the world. With the development of the Internet in the new century, the Japanese electronics industry has gradually emerged. Japanese comics have begun to be adapted into games. Through the material carrier of games, the two-dimensional culture has been radiated to the world.

Games that combine two-dimensional and ghost animations also have a strong audience. In a world where monsters are rampant, they are unique in their seamless combination of two-dimensional and underworld culture. Take the young people in our country as an example. Even if you do not belong to the two-dimensional group, you probably know what the two-dimensional thing is.

Weird textbook illustrations will only leave an impression on children's minds. In addition, this is actually a matter of principle. Most adults today, when they recall the heroic figures such as Lei Feng, Dong Cunrui, and Liu Hulan in textbooks, many people still feel excited because their heroic spirit has been deeply engraved in our bones. The illustration in the textbook shows a child wearing a Polo shirt similar to the American flag. This is a form of abuse for children and a form of cultural aggression.

It takes ten years to grow trees and a hundred years to cultivate people. If you want to destroy a country, you must start from the next generation and subtly change the education received by primary and secondary school students. When one day, we Chinese young people no longer believe in the teachings of our ancestors and China's excellent traditional culture, other countries will win without fighting. All in all, it is of course recommended that our domestic textbooks be more in line with our country’s characters, history and culture.