Girls, you know what?
In "Journey to the West", one of the four famous works that have been circulating for more than 400 years, there is a big "bug":
There is a "problem" with the food of the four Tang monks and apprentices!
What exactly is the problem?
An 11-year-old girl gave the answer.
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The "food" on the westbound road is unreasonable
Ma Siqi, an 11-year-old fifth-grade student in Hangzhou, discovered:
On the way to the West Heaven, the four masters and apprentices ate "Chinese food".
For example: rice, flatbread, steamed buns, or vegetarian dishes such as mushrooms, fungus, tofu, etc.
The eating habits of monarchs and goblins are also roughly the same.
From the Eastern Tang Dynasty to the Western Regions, it passes through Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal and other countries.
It stands to reason that the diet is different in every country.
Ma Siqi further discovered that the reason for this was that the author Wu Chengen was a Huai'an native, and he brought the food he was familiar with into "Journey to the West".
The book "Journey to the West" has been circulating for more than 400 years, and no one seems to have questioned it.
Ma Siqi wrote her discovery into an essay - "Banquet Dishes on the Westbound Road", and the teacher praised her strong independent thinking ability, and also published the essay on the Internet.
After seeing it, relevant literary experts believed:
Ma Siqi's discovery, said to be a loophole in "Journey to the West", can also be.
Some people also feel that "Journey to the West" is a fantasy mythological novel, which is a kind of "dislocation" in writing, and there is no need to be true.
But in fact, what we really care about is not whether Ma Siqi's discovery is true.
What we admire is:
This child has the ability to find problems, the ability to dare to question authority, and the ability to think deeply and independently.
Having this ability will benefit the child for life.
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Children who dare to question can really change the world
Don't worry about being made fun of questioning authority, there's a saying:
"Authority is meant to break!"
In 2019, an 8-year-old boy in Fuzhou raised a question while studying the text "Nine Days of Yi Shooting".
He said that one sentence in the text reads: "He crossed ninety-nine great rivers and came to the East China Sea." ”
But just said earlier that "the water in the river has been evaporated", since the water has been evaporated, how can it "wade through"?
This......
The teacher could not answer, the little boy went home and asked his mother, who did not know how to explain, so he posted on social media for help.
Unexpectedly, the official Weibo of the Renjiao Society also responded to the little boy's question:
The word "蹚" is indeed inappropriate, and the textbook will be modified appropriately.
At the same time, he also expressed affirmation and recognition of the little boy's spirit of daring to question and think.
Learning is expensive, and only if there is doubt can you think.
At a young age, this is a child's flexible thinking and creative performance.
To put it in a big way, this is a prerequisite for the continuous progress and development of society.
Serfrans, Colorado, USA, has a strange rule:
Snowball throwing is prohibited, a regulation that has been in place for a hundred years.
A 9-year-old boy named Dane thought the rule was highly unreasonable and said he wanted to change it.
When my mother found out, she encouraged him and said, "If you want to change, go for it!" ”
So, Dane gave a well-founded speech at the town meeting:
The children of Severance want the opportunity to have snowball fights like children in other parts of the world.
Studies have shown that inactive children are prone to obesity, illness and depression.
This is a very outdated law, and we all want to snowball in the open!
In this way, a 9-year-old boy, single-handedly, overturned this century-old ban.
You see, children who dare to question can really change the world.
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Children who dare to question will be more productive in the future
There is a phenomenon in psychology called the "herd effect", which says that people will lose their self-judgment ability when they get used to it, and they will not or are too lazy to think.
This herd mentality can easily make people blindly follow, and blind obedience often leads people into the wrong way.
Children who are good at discovering problems and daring to question them follow the path of a few.
And it is such a few people who can really succeed and even change the world.
As parents, how can we cultivate this ability in our children?
First, children are always welcome to ask
Every human cub is a walking "hundred thousand whys"!
Women should have had the experience of being broken by a child and asking the end, right?
Children's quirky or nonsensical questions can sometimes really make you break down.
However, don't let your child be perfunctory because of irritability.
Everything is insightful, and the child's ability to ask questions shows that he has carefully observed and thought carefully.
We should be welcoming and encourage children to ask questions and answer them attentively.
Even if you really don't know the answer, you can say to your child:
"This mother really doesn't know, let's go find out the answer together."
Second, guide children to think independently
Only when children learn to think independently, can they not follow others, have unique vision, and discover problems that others cannot find.
We should not only learn but also guide and encourage children to learn to think independently from various details of life.
A colleague said that she had taken her daughter to Wanghai Villa, and before going, she asked her a question:
"Why is it called Wanghai Villa?"
In fact, the colleague did not know why, she just wanted to see what the child would think.
Colleagues said that the moment they climbed to the top, their daughter excitedly told her:
"Mom, I know why it's called Wanghai Villa, you see the endless sea of clouds looking down from here!"
The daughter gave her an unexpected and surprising answer.
Don't underestimate your child's ability to think.
I remember Xiaobao once asked me a question:
If the business trip is two consecutive months, exactly 62 days, what are the other two months except July and August?
I thought to myself that the 31-day month of the month would be:
January, March, May, July, August, October, December.
Except for July and August, the other months are not connected.
Looking at my puzzled look, Xiaobao told me the answer: December, January.
It dawned on me, yes, December and January next year are also continuous!
Third, encourage children to observe with questions
Scientific research shows that 80%~90% of the information obtained by the brain is absorbed through the eyes and ears.
Encouraging children to observe and think with questions stimulates their desire to explore and learn.
When children read a book, we can remind them to pay attention to whether there are typos in the book;
When children watch TV or listen to songs, we can guide children to find out the pronunciation and word mistakes of the actors or singers in the play.
On the way to school, we can encourage children to name the different trees on the side of the road and describe the differences between them.
From now on, guide children to ask bold questions and think independently,
You will gain a confident and creative child!