"This 'advance and retreat' is played very well, and the charm comes out!" With the encouragement of guqin teacher Kong Qingjian, 70-year-old Xu Jinrongle blossomed. On the afternoon of April 12, the public welfare guqin class of Yiyuan Academy of Fangsong Street Community School ushered in the fourth class, and all 15 students arrived. Since the start of the class on March 15, the common feeling of the students is that their life has become more relaxed and elegant after learning the piano.
Xu Jinrong liked literature and art when he was young, he studied piano before retirement, and he has been fascinated by the guqin for a long time, but he has visited several piano halls and feels that it is not suitable for him. "Most of the teachers teach the children, but I'm an older learner and a slow learner, and I'm not comfortable sitting among the young people. Xu Jinrong said that it was not until the end of February this year that he grabbed a place in the guqin class of the community school online, and he really felt that he could realize his dream, "The teacher taught very hard, and the students were all retired seniors, and the learning atmosphere was very relaxed and stress-free." ”
Compared with other zero-based students, Ms. Song, who just retired this year, has a foundation, so she was elected as the class president. Many years ago, she studied in a guqin club, but later became rusty because she was busy with work and practiced less. "This time, I started to learn the most basic fingering, and the harvest was quite big. Song Nu said with a smile, "In addition to class time, I usually practice at home, and in the past few days, I have been able to pop up the "Sunshine Three Stacks", "Guan Shanyue" and "Gull and Heron Forget the Machine" that I played before. ”
Dressed in a robe and full of silver hair, Kong Qingjian looks quite immortal. After a class, he was not in a hurry and tutored each student one by one. Before his retirement, Kong Qingjian was a doctor with a lot of pressure, and playing the guqin was his favorite way to decompress. During his more than ten years of learning the qin, he also became the spokesperson and promoter of guqin culture. "Playing the guqin is very helpful for self-cultivation, and I have benefited a lot myself, so I also want to help more elderly people enrich their later life. Kong Qingjian said.
Wang Tingjun, principal of Fangsong Street Community School, introduced that on March 12 this year, the school was upgraded and unveiled on the basis of the Fangsong branch of Songjiang District Community College, and the teaching scale and training courses have been greatly improved. This year's spring class launched 44 courses for retirees, including online and offline teaching methods, and opened learning points in 4 residential areas of Fangsong Street, and also introduced social training institutions such as Yiyuan Academy and Anna Education, aiming to create a "15-minute learning circle" for the street, so that residents can enjoy high-quality public welfare art training at their doorstep.
Source: Shanghai Songjiang