Sow the seeds of traditional Chinese culture in the hearts of children. On the afternoon of April 13th, the "Huating Children's Learning Club" boutique class was held in Songjiang District Women and Children's Development Center. Under the leadership of professional architects, more than 20 children explored the cultural codes in ancient Chinese architecture and felt the charm of traditional culture.
"Why are some bridges arc-shaped and some straight-lined?" and "What kind of bridge is the Okura Bridge in Matsue?" ...... Before the class officially started, the main teacher, Xu Yang, was surrounded by curious children, many of whom "came prepared" and knew a lot about China's characteristic architectural design.
"The Okura Bridge in Songjiang is a five-hole arched stone bridge, and the ancient bridges in China can be divided into four categories: beam bridges, cable bridges, arch bridges, and pontoon bridges, and some bridges will also appear beams, pavilions, corridors and other structures. Xu Yang patiently answered the children's questions, and at the same time used the design of ancient Chinese bridges as a starting point to introduce the ingenuity of traditional Chinese architecture to the children. I saw Xu Yang holding the microscopic model of the Zhichun Pavilion of the Summer Palace in Beijing in the palm of his hand, and carefully showed the children the traditional architectural structures such as dougong, beam head, and hanging, and also introduced the traditional Chinese mortise and tenon structure used in the Zhichun Pavilion. After the theoretical explanation, Xu Yang also distributed a splicing model to the children, so that the children could have a deeper understanding of the design principles of traditional buildings in the stacking and interspersing.
During the activity, the children were engrossed, and some of them also drew in circles in their notebooks and wrote down a lot of "experiences". "I usually take him out on a trip to see that he is more interested in these ancient buildings, and today I take the opportunity to let him study more deeply. Yu Haoqi's child's mother said with a smile.
Text, pictures: Shen Siyun
Editor: Zhou Jiayao