The proportion of Chinese and Chinese studies in junior high schools has increased to 35, and riddles and couplets have also been included in the textbooks

“In the newly revised junior high school Chinese textbooks, the proportion of Chinese studies topics has increased to about 35%.” Wang Xuming, president of the Chinese Language Press, told reporters at the 2015 Asian Education Forum Annual Meeting that the Chinese studies published by the press Chinese textbooks for primary and secondary schools will undergo changes. The newly revised Chinese textbooks for junior high schools have been submitted to the Ministry of Education for approval. If approved, these textbooks will enter school classrooms starting in September next year.

Wang Xuming said that in September last year, the agency started the revision process of this set of "Chinese Language" textbooks that had been used for 11 years, and increased the proportion of ancient poetry in the text from about 25% in the past to 35, in order to expose students to more excellent traditional Chinese culture.

Reporters found in interviews that it may become a trend to include more Chinese classics in the revised Chinese language textbooks for primary and secondary schools. Previously, Ren Xiang, director of the Institute of Chinese Education at Beijing Normal University, also said in an interview with the media that starting from September next year, the number of ancient poems in "Chinese Language" for the first grade of Beijing Normal University will be increased to 22, and there will be many poems in the entire elementary school. In 100 articles.

However, there are so many volumes of Chinese traditional culture classics. Which traditional culture and Chinese studies articles can be included in primary and secondary school textbooks? Wang Xuming said that when selecting Chinese studies classics, we should adhere to the principle of sublation and abandonment according to the changes of the times, and select the best ones. Chapters on contemporary value and cultural significance.

Faced with social doubts about whether the inclusion of a large amount of Chinese studies content in textbooks will increase the difficulty of the textbooks and increase students' learning burden, Wang Xuming told reporters that the newly added Chinese studies content not only includes ancient Chinese prose and ancient poems, but also riddles, couplets, etc. Simple content. In addition, the agency not only made additions to the textbooks, but also deleted some contents, so as to achieve both additions and subtractions.