Beijing primary and secondary schools in September 2019 will successively use Beijing opera teaching materials

New semester in September next year, Fengtai District will be the first in the first freshmen to open the Beijing opera local courses, "Beijing opera into the school" will really into the students' classroom teaching. The reporter learned on the 25th, "Beijing local junior high school elective course Peking Opera textbook" has been Beijing primary and secondary schools local textbook validation committee validation through the whole set of teaching materials covering the first to the third semester, by the visible Peking Opera "," listen to understand Peking Opera "," learn will be Peking Opera "three volumes, the Chinese Academy of Chinese Opera, the State Peking Opera Theatre, the Beijing Theatre, the Beijing Opera expert celebrities involved in the teaching materials preparation. It is worth mentioning that the Peking Opera faces and other patterns appearing in the textbooks are all hand-drawn by the authors of the textbooks. It is reported that with the Peking Opera into the classroom teaching, next year's new enrollment of the first year students, in the 2018 midterm examination will likely encounter the Peking Opera knowledge related to the examination questions.

Middle school first put into use elementary school version then launched

Peking Opera local teaching materials writing team responsible for the introduction of Yu Guiyuan, the city launched the first set of Peking Opera local teaching materials by the Beijing National Art Heritage Promotion Association sponsored by the People's Teaching Society, published by the current has been validated through the junior high school version of the Peking Opera is divided into the "see the Peking Opera", "listen to understand the Peking Opera", "learn to will be the Peking Opera" in three volumes. In the future, there will be an elementary school version.

"Peking Opera is a national treasure and involves many artistic disciplines, so how can students draw on them and learn about the treasures precipitated by traditional Chinese culture is a keynote of the teaching materials in the process of preparation." Yu Guiyuan said, for example, in the "Learning to be able to learn Peking Opera", in addition to allowing students to learn some of the Peking Opera programmed stances and gestures, but also to let students feel that China has been a state of etiquette since ancient times, many of the programmed stances and gestures in Peking Opera, are derived from the ancient norms of etiquette.

For example, the sitting posture in Peking Opera is very similar to traditional etiquette. When a man takes his seat, he stands up straight with his back to the chair, and then sits on the front half of the chair. The sitting posture should be chest out, back straight, back not against the back of the chair, hands lightly on both knees. When the lady is seated, her back is to the chair, her body stands straight at a 45-degree angle, her left foot is slightly in front of her, and she sits gently on the front half of the chair, her left hand rests on her right hand, and she puts it below her abdomen.

The textbook is illustrated with the author's hand-drawn illustrations of costumes and faces

In order to give students a more visual presentation of the art of Peking Opera, the entire textbook takes the form of illustrations and illustrations to show and explain the various professional knowledge of the art of Peking Opera. For example, in "Visible Peking Opera," the actors' faces, costumes, props, and the stage itself, which are directly in front of the eyes, are given a very straightforward presentation in the form of drawings.

"Peking Opera is an art, and by using this graphic form, we are trying to introduce students to this art, so that they can learn and experience it in the process of appreciation and immersion."

Yu Guiyuan said that in the section on face painting appreciation, the textbook uses hand-painted works by the author. "Different colors of face paint images symbolize different types of character personalities, and the hand-painted faces make the various characters of Peking Opera seem to jump off the page. The red color indicates valor and justice, such as Guan Yu's red courage and loyalty, he is sketched with a red face; the yellow color indicates bravery and brutality, such as Dian Wei in the Battle of Wancheng and Pang Juan in the Maling Road, he is painted with a yellow face; and the white color indicates treachery and scheming, such as Cao Cao, who is a white face."

The classroom focuses on the practice of each lesson arranged thinking and inquiry board

Unlike other courses, taking into account that the art of Peking Opera is more practical and operational, the textbook arranges a thinking and inquiry board in each lesson. For example, in the lesson time of face painting study, the textbook arranges for students to have a discussion, "The portrayal of characters by Peking Opera face painting is prone to a situation where the characters are high and mighty, fake and ugly on one side, please use Cao Cao as an example, and discuss in groups the difference between the Cao Cao in Peking Opera and the historical Cao Cao."

Yu Guiyuan said, in order to y understand the Peking Opera stances and techniques, as well as the traditional culture of "benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, wisdom and trust" embodied in the back of these performances, students also need to carry out in-depth practice, and the textbook also added a special section of the famous appreciation of the contents of, such as the "Empty City Plan", "guillotine", and so on.

In addition, in September next year, before the new semester materials put into use, the Chinese Academy of Opera experts will also go into the textbook using schools, school teachers for professional training. Some schools specializing in Peking Opera will also serve as base schools for Peking Opera training, and students from other schools will be able to come to the practice rooms of these base schools to experience and feel the process of practicing Peking Opera and try to perform Peking Opera.