How many recitations of ancient poems will be added to the new high school Chinese language curriculum?

On January 16, the Ministry of Education held a press conference to introduce the general high school curriculum plan and new curriculum standards for Chinese and other subjects. Among them, the Chinese curriculum standards integrate China's excellent traditional culture and revolutionary culture into all parts of the Chinese curriculum, and set up learning topics. The original standard "recommended reading passages" was changed to "recommended passages for recitation of ancient poems", and the number of passages was increased to 72; at the same time, , requiring the recitation of famous poems by revolutionary ancestors, enhancing cultural confidence and implanting red genes.

According to the person in charge of the Teaching Materials Bureau of the Ministry of Education, the Chinese curriculum standards have changed the most, and the content of China’s excellent traditional culture runs through all parts of compulsory, optional compulsory and elective courses.

The first text of the new curriculum slogan is more comprehensive. In the "Suggested Readings in and Out of Classroom" section, in addition to retaining the original "The Analects", "Mencius" and "Zhuangzi", cultural classics such as "Laozi" and "Historical Records" have been added, requiring students to read extensively various ancient poems and articles, covering the pre-Qin Dynasty to the late Qing Dynasty various periods. The second is more weight. It is clearly stipulated that “1/2 of the in-class readings should be excellent ancient Chinese works.” Third, the requirements are higher. While comprehensively strengthening the program, we also set up a special topic for studying excellent Chinese traditional culture to conduct in-depth study and discussion of classic works of Chinese traditional culture. The original standard "recommended passages for recitation" was changed to "recommended passages for reciting ancient poetry and prose", and the number of recommended passages was also increased from 14 (first) to 72 (first), which improved the learning requirements.