Reflections on "Poems with Words, Small Universe with Words" (I): Poems with the word "One Sand, One World"
If we trace back to the method of creating Chinese characters, Mr. Lin used pictographic method in The Small Universe of Chinese Characters. Of course, this is also a unique form of Chinese characters.
After Mr. Lin's imagination and reconstruction, Chinese characters have become poems. This is another attempt after he created Chinese fairy tales. As the author himself said, "the association of these poems may not conform to the original meaning of Chinese characters, but they are interesting in the game."
For example, compare the word "moon" to "ladders and rails", such as the word "stars". The author wrote: "Stars are born in the sun! Don't believe it? You see: day+life = star! " These seem to be basically reliable. Others are purely imaginary. For example, in "The Rock", the author said it was a stone monkey at the foot of the mountain, and "Yue" was because the mountain was carrying the hill to see a doctor, but the "mountain" at the end said to "hill", Next time I feel comfortable, you will grow taller! So, what are the mountains above and below? It's a little meaningless. So, if you are serious, you are wrong. For adults with compulsive perfectionism, they need to ponder and choose carefully.
However, it was not Mr. Lin's intention to figure it out privately and sit in the right place. It seems that he put the game first and typed a handful of Chinese characters easily. If parents put knowledge learning first, it is estimated that the painting style will be somewhat different. In particular, give them a vaccination, and never let the children carry it! This is a game! This is a game! This is a game!
Playing Chinese characters for fun is the real meaning of the small universe of words. When it comes to learning, it is appropriate to read more about the contents in the book-"words borrowed from nature" are all mountains, rivers, the sun, the moon and the stars, "Chinese character biology class" is all animals and plants, "who is at home" is all a cover, "words that accidentally admit mistakes" are all confusing words, "hot words, words hidden in the door" and so on. Judging from these classifications, the author actually has a clear understanding. In particular, the appendix at the end of each poem-"Word Language" gives a more appropriate explanation of Chinese characters. Knowing that it was his intention to do it.
Speaking of which, I guess everyone can see the interesting things in Small Universe. The contents and appendices are serious, and the poems in the text are for fun. Look at the former if you want to learn knowledge, and look at the latter if you want to play tricks. Mr. Lin himself made it very clear. After reading this book, I hope that children can also create their own poems by creating associations. Whether it is artistic conception, imagination or story.
Well, everyone can get what they want.
Thoughts on "Chinese Character Poem, Chinese Character Small Universe" (2): The original words are fun.
-Comment on "Little Universe of Every Word"
When I open the book, from the description of the text, I will think of the Kingdom of Chinese Characters for Children that I have seen before, because I understand the mystery of Chinese characters from the pictographic structure. The difference is that this book is more associative. The former talks about the origin of Chinese characters, while the latter explores the charm of Chinese characters from imagination to story creativity and even children's poems.
Mr. Lin said: "People will grow up like people. From Oracle Bone Inscriptions to modern regular script, many characters were already unrecognizable when they were "dolls". Therefore, when I read the word association, I take regular script as the object, and I regard the words familiar to my children as images. Many times, it is fun from the disassembly of words, and sometimes it is from the form of words or from the feeling of words to add flavor.
Therefore, every word in this book is unique. For example, "Dan" is a sun skateboard and "Moon" is a short track. The author asked thoughtfully, "How does the train get up the hill?" Even "this month's X-ray examination-health!"
This anthropomorphic technique is particularly vivid when used in words. The author's logic is also very imaginative, such as "the stars are born in the sun!" " Don't believe it? You see: Sun+Life = Star! "This literal definition is especially suitable for children to read under children's poems.
Perhaps in the world of adults, it is a bit like copying mechanically, but in children's poetry, it is to abandon these rules and regulations, as long as they are interesting and fun, they are children's favorite books.
For example, Yue is full of stories. "Mr. Qiu is ill, and the kind mountain is carrying him to see a doctor ..." When we learn Chinese characters, we often understand the meaning of words from pinyin, radicals and even the literal meaning of phrases, but the collocation of authors has a stew flavor, which is not abrupt.
Just as "stone" is the stone on the top of the mountain, it extends to the story of Journey to the West, so the unconstrained association makes the words full of life and full of space for pondering.
In Chinese character biology class, Chinese characters also have a naughty taste, just like the tree on the left says, "Teach you to keep fit without having children. You see, as soon as you bear fruit, you crush yourself! " The tree on the right says,' This is a gentle burden and the sweetest imagination. I saw-more and more trees, dancing happily in the future wind! ”"
I especially like this children's poem, because it is not only an anthropomorphic parody, but also a positive poetic extension.
From the author's words, we can see the natural self, which is the kind of easy imagination, and interest is the essence of words. As a mother, I am particularly ashamed. I hope the child can learn letters well, but I don't want him to combine imagination. I just want him to know words from regular letters, and the author's word universe has reopened the vitality of words.
The painting style of this book is very childlike and insists on the literal meaning of the collaborator. Therefore, I hope my children can use this book as a guide lesson for games, know Chinese characters and play with them, so that they can know that mountains and rivers are your blackboard, plants are your friends and home is your paradise. ...
Reflections on Chinese Character Poems and Chinese Character Small Universe (3): Understanding Childlike Mind from Words
The legend of Cangjie word-making has been around for more than 6000 years. The appearance of words allows knowledge to be recorded and will not be lost through word of mouth. Some people praised the writing, "The invention of axes and hammers has enhanced human strength tenfold, and the invention of bows and arrows has extended human arms a hundredfold, so the invention of writing has expanded human wisdom infinitely. The appearance of characters is the symbol of prehistory and civilization. Similarly, the appearance of Chinese characters also marks the beginning of ancient civilization in China.
At present, the oldest Chinese character that can be verified is Oracle Bone Inscriptions in the Shang Dynasty. Since then, Chinese characters have experienced inscriptions on bronze, big seal script, small seal script, official script and regular script, and finally evolved into what we are familiar with today. For words, we know their shapes and sounds, and we learn their meaning and usage, but in the process of learning, we often ignore the origin and fun of writing creation. Today's children may be happier, because more people pay attention to the fun between words, so literacy is no longer just boring learning. The process of literacy can also be a wonderful journey of discovering nature and flying imagination. The small universe of every word is such an entertaining book.
Small Universe of Words belongs to a series of small poems of words. The writer is Jin Ding Award winner Lin. Lin graduated from Art College of Taiwan Province Culture University with a master's degree. He used to be the deputy editor-in-chief of English han sheng Publishing House, and now he is a full-time writer of children's books. His published works include Fourteen Windows, Goodbye Children, Universal Magic Printing Press, etc. As the author of children's literature, Lin has an unchanging childlike innocence. He can look at the things we regard as normal in life like a child, and words are one of them.
Every word of Lin has extraordinary charm in his eyes, and he can even write a fairy tale and a poem for it. In Lin's works, the sun, the moon and the stars are lively and agile.
"How are the stars formed? Is there a hole in the night sky? Did God accidentally puncture the black veil? Or did the little fairy who drove at night accidentally fall down and scatter pearls all over the sky? Hey, I know: stars are born in the sun! Don't believe it? You see: day+life = star! " Writing is not only a tool to express feelings, but also has its own world in Lin's heart.
In addition to his unique imagination of the sun, the moon and the stars, Lin also has amazing descriptions of other characters. Home, "the ancestors said: where there are pigs under the eaves is home." "The cow said: unfair! Why does raising cattle become a prison? " For home and prison, we only use words, and really never consider the interest of words from this angle. "The rabbit said: I am even more unlucky! You see, I was wronged as soon as I jumped into the house! " Why is the rabbit wronged? Because everyone thinks it stole a little from rice's head. It's really an eye-opener that words can be understood like this.
The explanation of words is not only interesting for children, but also full of wisdom. It can be said that The Little Universe of Words is not only suitable for children who have just learned words, but also for children who have already gone to school to find another kind of wisdom from it. This is the power of words and the addition of curiosity and imagination. The significance of learning lies in the combination of the two.
Reflections on Xiao Shi Zi Zi Xiao Universe (IV): Small print and big Kun
Chinese is one of the six working languages of the United Nations and the absolute dominant language in China, which accounts for nearly 20% of the world's population. But Chinese characters are notoriously difficult to learn and master. Although learning is very difficult, the composition of Chinese characters still has its own rules-it is logical to change from difficult to easy if you master the tricks. For young children, facing the dazzling array of Chinese characters, what kind of learning methods should be adopted in order to achieve the expected results in a relaxed and happy learning atmosphere, it really needs to use some brains. Lin, a poet and writer who specializes in creating children's books, finished the series of Chinese Characters Poems, which made a beneficial exploration. In the book, the author adds a layer of "brilliance" to every Chinese character through his rich imagination. Poems based on Chinese characters are not only poetic but also interesting stories. They can also help children to have a deep impression on how Chinese characters should be written and their structure unconsciously, thus facilitating subsequent study.
There is no conclusion about the total number of Chinese characters. But what is certain is that the number of commonly used Chinese characters is limited. 1988+65438 The List of Common Words in Modern Chinese published by the State Language Committee and the State Education Commission on June 26th is divided into two parts: common words (2500 words) and sub-common words (1000 words). According to sampling inspection, the coverage rate of 2,500 common words reached 97.97%, the coverage rate of 1000 sub-common words reached 1.5 1%, and the total coverage rate of 3,500 words reached 99.48%, which basically met the needs. So, what kind of rules do these 3500 words have in word formation and word use? Scholars in the Han Dynasty divided the composition and usage of Chinese characters into six types: pictographic characters, fingering characters, knowing characters, pictophonetic characters, transliteration characters and loanwords, which were collectively called six books, and adopted the order of Xu Shen's name and Ban Gu.
In fact, Oracle Bone Inscriptions in Shang Dynasty was already a fairly mature writing system. Before that, Chinese characters certainly had a long history of development. "Six Books" are six laws summarized by the ancients when explaining the structure and usage of Chinese characters. Xu Shen's definition of "six books" in Shuo Wen Jie Zi is: pictographic characters, painted into their own things, satirized by the body, the sun and the moon are also; Pointer, see and know, view and see, up and down is also; What do you mean by knowing people who are friendlier than others? Wu Xin is also; Voice, in the name of things, examples complement each other, rivers also; Those who pass notes and build classes agree to accept each other and keep taking exams; Under the guise of people, this book does not have a word, but also distinguishes things by sound.
However, children need a lighter and more effective way to learn and master Chinese characters. In this regard, Lin put forward his own solution in "Chinese Character Poem". Taking "Chinese character short poem, Chinese character small universe" as an example, through 57 carefully created children's poems, more than 70 key words are interpreted, and the Chinese characters that children need to read, practice and consolidate their memories are transformed into interesting stories in different scenes. The process of tasting stories is the process of learning Chinese characters, thus achieving very good results.
For example, the so-called "words borrowed from nature" such as "Dan", "Sun", "Moon", "Star", "Mountain", "Water" and "Rain" are actually pictographs, and children's poems are created according to the differences and deformations between glyphs and reality. For example, the author joked that "Dan" is a sun slide; The reason why the "day" is square and long, rather than round and bright in reality, is because it is "afraid of the teacher" and "dare not touch" when it enters the grid book! Of course, these reasons are not true, but they are vivid, vivid and interesting. When children read these poems, they are more impressed with the relevant Chinese characters and less prone to mistakes!
Except for children's poems, every time a word or a group of words is introduced, the authors tell their "whispers" about that word or a group of words in anthropomorphic handwriting, which really makes the children laugh again, but it is easier to grasp the structure and meaning of Chinese characters in laughter.
Six Books reveals the composition and usage of Chinese characters, and in Poems of Chinese Characters, Lin uses his imagination to create poems according to the structure or meaning of Chinese characters, so that every reader-not just children-can deeply feel the magic and beauty of Chinese characters in a divergent way. It is indeed a rare good book.
Reflections on "Chinese character poem, Chinese character small universe" (V): Children's poetic universe
Children's poetic Chinese characters are the gene bank of China culture and the heritage of human civilization. They show the magic and artistic beauty of words with vivid images, and also affect every Chinese son and daughter. As a primary school student, learning Chinese characters is the first lesson in life. Every Chinese character actually contains a lot of knowledge and stories, just waiting for us to explore patiently.
Chinese characters, the gene bank of Chinese culture and the inheritance of human civilization, show the magic and artistic beauty of Chinese characters with vivid images, and also affect every Chinese son and daughter. As a primary school student, learning Chinese characters is the first lesson in life. Every Chinese character actually contains a lot of knowledge and stories, just waiting for us to explore patiently.
Chinese characters, the gene bank of Chinese culture and the inheritance of human civilization, show the magic and artistic beauty of Chinese characters with vivid images, and also affect every Chinese son and daughter. As a primary school student, learning Chinese characters is the first lesson in life. Every Chinese character actually contains a lot of knowledge and stories, just waiting for us to explore patiently. As the first volume of the series of "Chinese Characters Poems", Little Universe of Chinese Characters first selects some relatively simple Chinese characters, such as "borrowing words from nature": Dan, Sun, Moon, Star, Mountain and Moon; "Chinese character biology": pine, fruit, tree, rice, sheep, frog and so on. To stimulate children's interest in reading; Then, in connection with life, teach children to recognize words with a treasure cover, words in a door box, words related to fire, words with overlapping structures or words that are easy to admit mistakes carelessly, so that children can learn to recognize commonly used words in reading.
Although there are countless literacy books on the market now, not many of them can become cultural and aesthetic masterpieces. The author of Little Universe with Words is Lin, a writer of children's literature in Taiwan Province Province. He loves the beauty of China characters, has a master's education background in Art College of Taiwan Province Culture University, and was once the deputy editor-in-chief of English han sheng Publishing House. He has published many books about fairy tales and children's poems. It should be said that he has a profound and professional understanding of children's works.
In "Little Universe of Words", the most prominent is the colorful pages, and the pictures of each word are full of childlike innocence, which can trigger interesting associations. And every poem created to teach Chinese characters is not only lively, but also inspiring and musical. For example, in the word "Dan", the poem will ask: "Is the sun a skateboard? Where does he want to play on foot? Has the sun weighed? " The word "rain" is used in the poem, and "tick ... tick ..." appears repeatedly.
Children's world is full of imagination, and their free association often amazes adults. They ask the most questions and always ask questions and give unexpected answers. The poems in the book capture the characteristics of children, imitate their language to express their observation and understanding of Chinese characters and the world, so that people who read this book can also spy on the wonders and secrets of the universe from the perspective of children.
The original intention of many creative literacy books is to open the space of imagination through one word, train children's ability to observe the world, think about problems, communicate and express, and learn knowledge and common sense in happy play. In order to facilitate children's reading, every poem is marked with Pinyin, and there are whispers about this word at the end of each word. Whispering is not pinyin, parents can tell it to their children when reading, and it can also be used as an enlightening reference for older children to think deeply when reading.
Poems with Chinese characters = words+imagination. When children learn to read, they can naturally create their own poems. Poetry has no boundaries. Like a pair of wings, it can give people the ability to fly and explore the mysteries of the whole human race and the universe through infinite imagination. Therefore, the sky is poetry, the earth is poetry, music is poetry, and Chinese characters are poetry. In the eyes of children, the world should also be a small universe full of poetry and free imagination, which should be explored, discovered and interpreted by them themselves.