[My Ideological and Political Course]Innovate and promote the art of seal cutting and create a new pattern of ideological and political courses

Author: Zhang Yuexi, director and professor of the “Important Window” Research Institute of Zhejiang University of Foreign Languages; Xiang Chunyong, principal of Shankou Town Primary School, Qingtian County

　　Qingtian Shankou Town Primary School is located in Shankou Town, the birthplace of “Qingtian Stone Sculpture”. The school is rooted in the cultural characteristics of soil and stone carving, and has put forward the school-running concept of “morality first, diversified development” and the educational goal of “integrity, kindness, optimism, and tenacity”. In line with the idea of ​​”thinking casts the soul, culture first, and activities to educate people”, use “seal cutting” to promote moral education to build ideological and political courses, strengthen the innovative integration of seal cutting art and school moral education work, and create a new pattern of ideological and political courses.

　　The school pays attention to cultivating students with the tenacity spirit of “dropping water through the stone”, the craftsman spirit of “pointing a stone into gold” and the contract spirit of “turning the stone into gold”. The seal carving course teaching and ideological, political and moral education are organically integrated, relying on Qingtian China Stone Sculpture City, “carving life in every square inch”, which not only inherits the excellent traditional Chinese culture and folk crafts, but also cleverly “buttons the first button of students’ life”. . To this end, the school has issued a set of regulations and measures to strengthen standardized management. The school has introduced a moral education brand innovation management system and measures related to ideological and political courses. The first is course activity innovation and service measures, and proposes an organic integration plan for connecting the first, second and third classrooms. In addition to the special school-based courses that are arranged every week (the first and second grade students practice “Seal Script and Calligraphy” class, the third to sixth grade “Seal Carving” class), the school has also launched Happy Friday course activities and innovative service measures, which will expand the original Friday class. Combined with the evening care time, a series of art development courses or specialty courses are launched, and the teaching of physical and art interests and specialties is strengthened by teaching students according to their aptitude, which effectively helps students establish a correct outlook on life, values ​​and world outlook; the third is to improve the evaluation mechanism. Creatively launched the “Shankou Town Primary School Stone Frog Climbing the World Passport-style Evaluation System” to scientifically evaluate students’ learning and innovative development. Relying on China Stone Carving City and rich stone raw materials, we “drip water through stone” and “point stone into gold” with stone Promote morality and promote the all-round development of students.

　　It closely follows the theme of the times and enriches the content of ideological and political courses. On April 26, 2017, the school launched the “Promoting Socialist Core Values” seal cutting competition to conduct education on socialist core values. On May 29, 2019, a seal carving competition with the theme of “promoting the revolutionary spirit of southwestern Zhejiang and helping the construction of a healthy and beautiful garden” was held to conduct red spiritual education. In October 2019, 100 teachers and students jointly engraved 100 squares of “Hundred Lian” seals on site, which are now permanently collected by Qingshi Museum in Yamaguchi Town. At the end of September 2020, the “National Day Celebration” calligraphy and seal cutting exhibition will be held to carry out patriotic education. In February 2020, the whole country worked together to fight the epidemic. We actively participated in the “Red Scarf Helps Fight the Epidemic” activity, and each seal engraved “Safe Wuhan, Angels in White, God Bless China” to express the responsibility and responsibility of a Chinese. In 2021, the school will carry out the activity of “Participate in the History of the Party, Hundreds of Teachers and Students Heart to the Party”, which will better stimulate the enthusiasm of teachers and students to love the Party and patriotism.

　　On paper, I feel shallow at the end, and I absolutely know that this matter has to be done. The school has fully offered the “Seal Carving” class from the third grade, one session a week. A special class of “Seal Carving” has also been set up, and intensive training is carried out every week. We take the opportunity of themed education and holidays to carry out various innovative practical activities. Such as seal engraving competitions, works exhibitions, etc. Through the study of seal carving knowledge, technique operation, art appreciation, etc., the students will further understand the seal carving spirit of “perseverance, gold and stone can be carved”. The craftsman spirit of “touching stone into gold” is internalized in the heart and practiced in action.

　　Ask Qu that how clear it is, for there is a source of living water. The source of the ideological and political course “Seal Carving” promotes the all-round development of students’ “unity of knowledge and action”. In the world of seal engraving, only steadfast, stroke-by-stroke, can a satisfactory work be engraved. The same is true of being a person. Only by being down-to-earth, honest and trustworthy, can we understand the spirit of the contract of “the turn of gold and stone”. The rise of great powers, ingenuity to build dreams, the new era needs the guidance of the spirit of craftsmen. Relying on Qingtian China Stone Sculpture City, we organically integrate seal cutting with moral education and teaching, so that students can create brilliance in their lives, inherit Chinese excellent traditional culture, promote socialist core values, and compose the song of laborers in the new era.