Why strengthen the education of Chinese excellent traditional culture

In March 2014, the Ministry of Education issued the Guidelines for Improving Education in Chinese Excellent Traditional Culture (hereinafter referred to as the Outline), which provides planning and guidance on how to strengthen education in Chinese excellent traditional culture in the new situation. The Outline not only explains and emphasizes the importance and urgency of strengthening education in Chinese traditional culture, but also gives specific instructions on how to implement and promote traditional culture education from many angles and levels, some of which are innovative and reforming, making this education reform show some promising highlights.

First of all, the Outline points out that the excellent traditional Chinese culture is the landing point of the Chinese dream. Article 1 of the Outline states: "Strengthening the education of Chinese excellent traditional culture is an important part of deepening the education of socialism with Chinese characteristics and the propaganda and education of the Chinese dream. ...... For guiding young students to more comprehensively and accurately understand the historical traditions of the Chinese nation, its cultural deposits, and the basic national conditions, and to recognize the The historical inevitability of socialism with Chinese characteristics, and to strengthen the ideals and beliefs of taking the road of socialism with Chinese characteristics and realizing the Chinese dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, is of great and far-reaching historical significance."

Junior wisdom is the wisdom of the country, and junior strength is the strength of the country. What height China will stand on the world stage in the future depends on the growth trajectory of the current students. Only with an in-depth understanding of the rich history and splendid culture of the Chinese nation will young students form a conscious self-confidence in Chinese culture and a firm conviction in the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. Strengthening the education of Chinese traditional culture is a new direction of education reform, which is to find a practical starting point for the ambitious goal of the "Chinese dream", a road to try.

Secondly, the Outline also helps to promote the implementation of the fundamental task of "establishing moral character". Article 7 of the Outline emphasizes: "Strengthening the education of young students in Chinese excellent traditional culture should be centered on the promotion of the spirit of patriotism, focusing on the education of family and national sentiment, social care and character cultivation, and focusing on perfecting the moral qualities of young students, fostering ideal personalities, and improving their political literacy." In addition, in the description of specific promotional measures and curriculum arrangements, it is proposed to "give full play to the important role of moral education classes in primary and secondary schools and ideological and political theory classes in colleges and universities," and to try to incorporate the excellent traditional Chinese culture into the process of cultivating students' moral standards and personalities, and to positively influence the shaping of students' values by using the best parts of traditional culture.

The excellent traditional Chinese culture contains the strong sense of responsibility that "the rise and fall of the world is the responsibility of every man", the philosophy of getting along with each other with benevolence and love, and the concepts of "uprightness and sincerity" and "cultivating oneself and the family" for individuals. Cultivate oneself and family" moral and behavioral requirements, these excellent traditional culture nurtures a harmonious social value system, which has a certain positive significance to the practice of socialist core values. The promotion of Chinese excellent traditional culture education should be closely integrated with moral and personality development, guiding young students based on the excellent traditional culture, the spirit of the times, the modern flavor into it, the formation of patriotism, the world, the cultivation of three levels of values, the implementation of the "moral education" of the fundamental task.

Once again, the Outline reflects the richness and diversity of traditional culture education. From the copying of famous calligraphy, poetry and classical understanding of classroom teaching methods, we can see that the state for students can really experience and master the traditional culture of hope; from efforts to enhance the level of Chinese outstanding traditional culture teachers and play the role of the family, the construction of the Chinese outstanding traditional culture network education platform and a series of measures, we can see that the state advocates will be the school, the family, the community, these different places of socialization Integration of schools, families and society as different socialized places, *** together to accomplish the task of excellent traditional culture education; increasing the proportion of the content of excellent traditional Chinese culture in the examination for higher education, and evaluating and supervising the implementation of the curriculum of excellent traditional Chinese culture are also initiatives that reflect the determination and strength of the State to promote the education of excellent traditional culture. In addition, the state also fully mobilize the resources of all parties, encourage folk artists and other participation in teaching, the use of museums, memorials, heritage sites and other public **** cultural institutions, with the press, publication, radio and television and other departments, the use of research institutions and scientific research strength, the full implementation and guarantee the promotion and implementation of the Chinese outstanding traditional culture education.