[Explanation] Speaking of "night school", many people will think of a teaching model in which young people 20 or 30 years ago used evening time for re-education in order to improve their professional skills.

Today, in Shanghai, the "night school" has re-entered people's vision in another form.

　　Recently, the spring class of Shanghai Folk Art Night School in 2021 ushered in a new batch of students.

At 7 pm on April 20th, the Xuhui Cultural Center, one of the four pilot campuses of the Art Night School, was brightly lit.

The reporter saw on the spot that the teacher of the belly dance experience class was instructing the students on the basic movements of belly dance, while the teacher of the introductory theater performance class was teaching the students theoretical knowledge.

　　Feng Jing, a Shanghai citizen who lives near the Cultural Center of Xuhui District, told reporters that she had always been interested in belly dancing and signed up as soon as she saw the news of the opening of the class.

　　[Concurrent] Shanghai Citizen Feng Jing

　　I sat motionless in the unit all day, and then almost froze.

I think (learning belly dancing) this way I can relax a bit and make my body softer.

This has also enriched my life after work, and I hope to have more activities like this.

　　[Commentary] Ms. Zheng, a student of the introductory class of drama performance, said that drama can cultivate one's empathy.

To this end, she also enrolled her child in a drama English class. This time, she can study in the evening art school just to make progress with her child.

　　[Concurrent] Ms. Zheng from Shanghai

　　I saw it by chance, and then I thought it was quite interesting and participated.

On the one hand, it is also because my son participated in a drama English (class), and then at that time the children (acting), (we) would watch them perform, and then their teacher would also ask the parents when arranging activities I'll do it too, so I think this is quite interesting, and I think I can learn a little bit of this skill.

　　[Explanation] It is understood that in 2021 Shanghai Folk Art Evening School Spring Class will launch a total of 46 courses, including Hanfu Dance Experience Class, Ukulele Experience Class, Coffee Aesthetics Course, etc. 1,200 places will be "snatched" in less than 5 minutes And empty".

To explore the reasons behind its popularity, Mr. Zhao, a “post-85” who lives in Pudong and takes more than an hour to learn by car, said bluntly that the art night school is targeted at young and middle-aged people, digging interest and cultivating sentiment is one of the reasons for its popularity.

　　[Concurrent] Mr. Zhao from Shanghai

　　I think that in addition to work and family, I should also be able to seek some of my own interests. I think it is also to improve a person's quality of life and cultivate a person's sentiment, I think it is actually very meaningful.

It may be more for children or colleges for the elderly, but I think it is relatively vacuum in our age group. I think one of the reasons for its popularity is here.

　　[Explanation] Dai Feifei, director of the Cultural Center of Xuhui District, told reporters that 70% of the applicants for the evening school are "post-80s" and 20% are "post-90s", reflecting the high demand for night public cultural services by the working population.

Zero basic requirements, a public welfare price of RMB 500 for 12 lessons, and high-level teaching quality can be described as "direct pain points". In the future, more courses will be opened to meet the needs of the public.

　　[Concurrent] Dai Feifei, Director of Xuhui District Cultural Center

　　Through our entire training, it should be possible to reach a level of basic entry.

Then we will also look at the effect of one of the trainees' training, whether we will set up an advanced class for the next setting of this course.

Our autumn class will offer more courses. There may be a training of our intangible cultural heritage series, and there will also be some training of our static type, such as art and calligraphy, we are also considering.

　　Reporter Xu Yin Kang Yuzhan reports from Shanghai

Editor in charge: [Li Ji]