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With the approaching of the school season, a special sense of ceremony has become popular on social platforms-parents hold a first-grade entrance ceremony for their children who are promoted to elementary school.
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During the ceremony, a big red banner and a red ribbon with the words "Study hard and make progress every day" are usually essential.
Accompanied by the familiar background music such as "The Farewell March", the entrance ceremony opens an agenda, such as family members sending gifts and messages one by one.
Gifts also have their own meanings, such as knocking on the pot means "getting together", green onions means "smart", apples means "safe and healthy", oranges means "good luck", lollipops mean "getting better" and so on.
Data map: The teacher points cinnabar for freshmen in the first grade.
China News Agency reporter Liu Xinshe
Why is there a ceremony for admission?
In fact, people are not unfamiliar with the entrance ceremony.
It is said that in the past, the entrance ceremony was regarded as one of the four major ceremonies in life, on a par with adult ceremonies, weddings, and funerals.
The ancient entrance ceremony usually includes the steps of dressing up, paying tribute to the teacher, purifying the hands and purifying the heart, and opening the wisdom of cinnabar.
Today, many primary and secondary schools still follow the example of the ancients and hold traditional entrance ceremonies.
The intention is to let the children experience traditional culture through the ceremony, understand the book, respect the teachers, and establish a "good" and "right" code of conduct, which also means that a new journey will start from now on.
Data map: In the "Pointing Zhu Qizhi" link, the teacher put cinnabar on the foreheads of the school children, which means that the children will be enlightened from now on, and their eyes will be bright.
Photo by Xiaodong
However, this kind of entrance ceremony is usually a group ceremony, similar to today's opening ceremony.
In recent years, more and more parents have begun to focus on holding the entrance ceremony for their children from the perspective of the family, especially at the beginning of the new school period.
Some netizens commented that the admissions office has a sense of "coronation" ceremony.
Some netizens said that with good intentions, they will also give their children a whole one next year.
Some netizens ridiculed, "It's more grand than my marriage."
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Why hold an entrance ceremony, just for fun?
Yu Lei from Dalian, Liaoning believes that a child's entry into primary school is the beginning of a new stage of life. Primary school is the stage of developing behavioral habits and learning methods. The learning content is also the basis for future learning, which is very important and critical. .
Therefore, their whole family regarded their children's primary school as very important, so they prepared this ceremony to let the children know that this stage is completely different from the previous kindergarten and preschool classes, let him feel the changes, and know that his parents will accompany him to pick up down elementary school.
"The child is very happy, he said that he is still a little excited, and he is full of expectations for the start of school. We have a very happy family in this ceremony. As parents, we hope that our children will have a happy childhood full of memories, and cultivate good interests and hobbies in primary school. Good study habits and methods, and be a primary school student with noble sentiments, full of vitality and creativity." Yu Lei said.
Data map: First-year freshmen show their own wish cards.
China News Agency reporter Liu Xinshe
Is this sense of ritual necessary?
However, the sense of ceremony of admission also faces a lot of controversy.
Previously, many schools followed suit and held various entrance ceremonies, which caused netizens to complain.
Many netizens believe that the entrance ceremony should focus more on connotation rather than a form.
Some experts said that as an entrance ceremony, it is still necessary for the school to hold an entrance ceremony, but what kind of concept to hold the entrance ceremony is very particular.
The main purpose of the entrance ceremony is to teach children how to be a person and respect professional knowledge.
Data map: The first-year freshman shows the herringbone written by himself.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Zhang Bin
Another year of the school season is approaching, and parents' holding a first-grade entrance ceremony for their children has also caused discussions on the Internet.
Some netizens believe that there are too many tricks and it is not necessary to make them complicated.
Some netizens suggested that this kind of ceremony is too grand and will put pressure on children.
In response to this, some parents responded on social platforms, "The banner and ribbon are a total of 20 yuan, just want to give the child a sense of ritual in the first grade within the scope of his ability, and encourage him to study hard."
Other parents generalized that the ceremony was "low-cost and satisfying."
Li Xi from Sichuan told a reporter from Chinanews.com that in the past, their family had not held other ceremonies except birthdays.
Recently, the child is about to enter the first grade. She discussed with her family and prepared an entrance ceremony in order to leave a staged memory for the child.
The aunt wrote the speech, the second aunt came to host, the younger brother was the atmosphere group, and the whole family participated.
"We ourselves got the happiness brought by this ceremony, and the children also felt very novel and happy, and felt that the whole family paid more attention to him going to primary school." Li Xi said.
Data map: First-year freshmen put their own wish cards into the wish box.
China News Agency reporter Liu Xinshe
According to Sun Yunxiao, vice president of the China Family Education Association, researcher at the China Youth Research Center, and chief expert on family education, the sense of ritual is an educational art, and children need a sense of ritual.
When a child enters the first grade of primary school, it is a transition from a "play-oriented" child's life to a "learning-oriented" child and adolescent life.
In the face of this major change, through some ritualistic activities, let the children pay attention to it psychologically and generate a sense of glory, which is beneficial to the children's growth.
"Of course, this sense of ritual requires attention to the orientation, that is, 'what is a good primary school student'. If you are polite, love learning, and willing to explore, you are a good student. Don't strengthen your ability to be a top student, let alone set the top three in the exam. , compete for percentage points, because the utilitarian orientation is not good for children." Sun Yunxiao said.
He emphasized that there are many important turning points in life that can have a sense of ritual, such as joining the Young Pioneers, going to school, celebrating birthdays, etc. Parents can encourage and guide their children in time.
(At the request of the interviewee, some names are pseudonyms) (End)