Traditional Culture "Paper-cutting" (I)
China is an ancient country with a long history and rich traditional culture. There are also folk arts and crafts ceramics, national art dramas, Chinese paintings, the customs and habits of dragon boat racing during the Dragon Boat Festival, Lantern Festival lanterns, etc., but the most noteworthy is folk art paper-cutting.
Paper-cutting is a treasure of China folk art and a wonderful flower of folk art, which makes people envy and admire. The content of paper-cut contains a strong flavor of life. Birds, insects, fish, animals, flowers and trees pavilion bridge scenery. These natural landscapes that people are familiar with and love have become patterns for people to cut paper. Whenever Chinese New Year holidays or happy events come, people will cut out some "blessings", "happiness" and "longevity" and stick them on the windows to celebrate.
Look, how interesting this paper-cut work is. A little mouse in a colorful coat dragged its long tail and looked round and round for fear of being caught stealing lamp oil. But god seems to be against him, and all the oil in the gourd flows to the ground. The little mouse jumped down from the lampstand at the fastest speed, squatted on the ground, stuck out its sword-like tongue and greedily licked the oil on the ground. That funny expression is really cute!
The paper-cutting artist's paper-cutting of the zodiac is also vivid and lifelike. Even foreigners are amazed and give a thumbs up. Print China's Zodiac animals into stamps and fly them around the world, so that people all over the world can know the profound paper-cutting culture of China.
It's beautiful! It embodies the intelligence of folk artists, shows the intelligence of working people and is the crystallization of traditional folk culture. I also want to cut out a pair of exquisite paper-cut works like folk artists and give them to foreign children, so that they can understand the art of paper-cut in China and make paper-cut a bridge for cultural exchanges between China and foreign countries.
Ten Analects of Confucius (2)
1, Confucius said: "Learn from time to time without speaking? Is it not delightful to have friends coming from distant quarters? Ignorance and dissatisfaction are not gentlemen? " ("learning")
Confucius said, "Why not learn knowledge and review it on time?" Isn't it a pleasure to have friends from afar (exchange and study)? Others don't understand themselves and don't dislike them. Isn't he a noble man? "
2. Zeng Zitao said, "I will save myself three times a day: I am unfaithful to others." Don't believe in making friends? Can't you learn? "(Learning)
Ceng Zi said, "I reflect on myself many times every day: Have I done my best for others? Is it sincere and frank to associate with friends? Have you reviewed the knowledge taught by the teacher? "
3. Confucius said, "Reviewing the past and learning the new can be a teacher." (Politics)
Ceng Zi said: "I check my behavior repeatedly every day: Is there any insincerity in treating people?" Is it dishonest to associate with friends? Is there anything the teacher has taught that he doesn't review? "Confucius said," Reviewing old knowledge and understanding new knowledge can help you become a teacher. "
4. Confucius said, "Learning without thinking is useless, and thinking without learning is dangerous." (Politics)
Confucius said: "Reading without serious thinking will confuse you;" If you only dream and don't study, you will be confused. "
5. Confucius said, "You know! Knowing is knowing, not knowing is not knowing, but knowing. " (Politics)
Confucius said, "Zhong You, do you understand what I taught you?" Knowing is knowing, and not knowing is not understanding, which is also smart. "
6. Confucius said: "Seeing the sage Si Qi is not introspective." ("Li Ren")
Confucius said: "When you meet a wise man, you should learn from him and hope to reach his level. When you meet a bad man, you should reflect on yourself."
7. Confucius said, "In a threesome, there must be a teacher. Choose good and follow it, but change it if it is not good. " ("Shu Er")
Confucius said, "When three people walk together, one of them can be my teacher, learn from his strengths and change his weaknesses."
8. Zeng Zitao said: "Scholars have a long way to go to strive for self-improvement. Isn't it important to think that benevolence is your responsibility? Isn't it far after death? " ("Taber")
Ceng Zi said: "An ambitious person must be broad-minded and determined, because he has a great mission (or responsibility) and a long way to go. Isn't it important to realize the ideal of' benevolence' as your mission? Don't stop until you die, isn't it far? "
9. Confucius said, "Cold tells the decline of pine and cypress." (Zi Han)
Confucius said, "It's cold at the end of the year, and I didn't know that pines and cypresses will wither at the latest."
10, Zi Gong asked: "Who has a word that can go all his life?" Confucius said, "I forgive you! Don't do to others what you don't want. " (Wei Linggong)
Interpretation: Zi Gong asked Confucius, "Is there a piece of advice that can be used all your life and followed all your life?" Confucius said, "Maybe it's good for others! Don't impose what you don't want on others. "
The Origin of Mid-Autumn Festival (3)
Mid-Autumn Festival has a long history. Like other traditional festivals, it develops slowly. The ancient emperors had a system of offering sacrifices to the sun in spring and the moon in autumn. As early as in Zhou Li, the word "Mid-Autumn Festival" was recorded. Later, aristocratic scholars followed suit. During the Mid-Autumn Festival, they watch and worship the bright and round moon in the sky to express their feelings. This custom spread to the people and formed a traditional activity. Until the Tang Dynasty, people paid more attention to this custom of offering sacrifices to the moon, and the Mid-Autumn Festival became a fixed festival. Emperor Taizong recorded the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15, which was very popular in the Song Dynasty.
The legend of Mid-Autumn Festival is very rich, and fairy tales such as the Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon, Wu Gang cutting Guangxi and Jade Rabbit smashing medicine are widely circulated.
Tomb-Sweeping Day Customs (4)
There is another saying in Tomb-Sweeping Day: It turns out that China people regard Tomb-Sweeping Day, July 30th and the first day of October as the three major ghost festivals, which are the time for ghosts to haunt and ask for help. In order to prevent the harassment and persecution of ghosts, people put willows and put them on. Willow has the function of ward off evil spirits in people's minds. Influenced by Buddhism, people think that willows can exorcise ghosts and call them "ghost trees". Guanyin dipped willow branches in water to help all beings. Jia Sixie of the Northern Wei Dynasty said in the Book of Qi Yao Min: "Take a willow branch and put it on the house, and a hundred ghosts will not enter the house." Tomb-Sweeping Day is a ghost festival. When wicker sprouted, people naturally inserted willows to ward off evil spirits.
China's Traditional Virtues (5)
The culture of the Chinese nation has a long history, and the virtues of oriental culture have been enduring for thousands of years. Everyone in China must have the traditional virtues of his own country. The Chinese nation has many virtues, such as comity, modesty, respecting the old and loving the young.
It's like telling the story "Let Pears in Kong Rong"! When he was very young, Kong Rong knew that he would give big pears to people older and younger than himself, but he took the smallest pear himself. This is one of the Chinese virtues-respecting the old and loving the young.
Uncle Lei Feng deserves our respect forever, because he shines with many Chinese virtues. Everyone can have Chinese virtues. The key is to see if you want to have them. Unite with your classmates and you will have Chinese virtues. Modest and studious, you will have Chinese virtues; Wash your parents' feet once, and you also have Chinese virtues. ...
Virtue is the crystallization of the most beautiful, purest and highest human nature. It comes from life and is integrated into life. As long as we feel it with our heart, we will find it everywhere. Only if you put your heart into it can we find it.
Reflect personal virtue in small things, honor and disgrace in the gesture. For example, there are many manifestations of respecting the old and caring for the young: helping parents to pour water once, and playing with younger brothers and sisters once … all these nuances can show a virtue. For another example, now some people throw things casually in the street, making the street full of garbage, plastic paper and melon peels everywhere, making the cleaning staff very busy every day, leaving early and returning late. What would you think if you were a dustman? Will it be hard? Therefore, I want to tell those who litter: "Stop littering and be a China person who can't litter!" "
Speaking of littering, I think of its twin brother: spitting. Spitting everywhere is also a bad habit. Spitting everywhere will cause air pollution, which is not good for you and me.
Actually, it's very simple. As long as you have this belief and a sense of honor and disgrace in your heart, this phenomenon of littering and spitting will not happen again.
China people's virtue also has a helpful side. When a classmate is in trouble, we must help him, not despise him. In other words, when there are empty seats on the bus, we should first look around to see if there are any elderly people or people with physical inconvenience. At this time, we should give our seats to those people. In fact, when a virtue is shared by the smallest habits, it may be a sublimation of quality.