2017-03-02 18:27

Chinese class can be like this? Principal Liu is really cool! This afternoon, Principal Liu gave a fresh class to the students of Grade 8, with the teaching of Shuidiao Getou written by SU Shi. At the beginning of the lesson, Principal Liu turned on the music, sang the ci with a composition, and asked the students to judge his singing. The students didn’t miss the chance to vent his bad singing skill. Principal Liu smiled and proposed to have some students compete about the song. After several rounds, the students started to doubt whether this is a Chinese lesson. At this time, Principal Liu asked in no hurry: Have you remembered the verse? It turns out that the competition is to make the students remember the verse unconsciously. A member of the Music Club was enlightened, and told Principal Liu that the Music Club will compose with the ci of Householder YI An, to elimiate the worries in reciting Song ci! Then, Principal Liu encouraged the students that be bold to practise, the idea will finally be implemented!

Note:

  1. Grade 8 is Junior Grade 2. Junior Grades 1~3 are also called as Grades 7~9, which follows Grade 6 in elementary school.
  2. Shuidiao Getou (水调歌头) is the name of a traditional Chinese melody. SU Shi (苏轼; 1037 – 1101) is a poet in Song dynasty, his work “Shuidiao Getou – Bingchen Zhongqiu” (水调歌头·丙辰中秋) is a famous ci filled in this melody.
  3. Ci (词) is a poetic form, a type of lyric poetry.
  4. Householder Yi An (易安居士) is the pseudonym of LI Qing-zhao (李清照; 1084 – ca 1155), a female writer and poet in Song dynasty.