/kloc-0.4% of the students mistook foreign festivals for traditional festivals in China, and some students mistook Little Turtle for the Chinese Zodiac. A few days ago, about 60,000 fourth-grade pupils in Shenyang, Liaoning participated in the comprehensive evaluation of education quality, involving four subjects: Chinese, mathematics, English and basic literacy. Local educators said that research and monitoring found that students' reading ability was generally weak.

In the fourth grade of primary school, it is incredible that some people drag the little turtle into the zodiac and regard the foreign festival as a traditional festival. Although only one or several evaluations may not reflect the true level of primary school students' traditional cultural knowledge, it is really meaningless to make such "low-level" mistakes and "cater" at will.

This phenomenon should be highly valued. In reality, some parents are more concerned about the Olympics, whether it is "new knowledge" such as English and early education, or fitness programs such as dance, ball games and taekwondo. Children's interests are often attracted by games or fantasy books, and their world is full of rich and complicated knowledge, which is another kind of "keeping pace with the times". As for the traditional cultural common sense that has been washed over the years, many of them have been abandoned and even become exclusive to "grandma". China's zodiac signs, traditional festivals, the 24 solar terms and, of course, the history and geography of many people in China are all the same. Among them, The History of the Three Kingdoms has a slightly better fate, but many children have learned the knowledge of the Three Kingdoms even from online games. ...

Is traditional cultural common sense really out of date? Not to mention that a lot of knowledge reflects China people's world outlook, which is a self-contained epistemology. Even as far as the knowledge system of modern society is concerned, it is inseparable from these traditional cultural common sense. To some extent, the more modern society develops, the more it presents some new changes, and the more it can reflect the importance of traditional cultural common sense. This is a kind of complementarity in itself and a frame of reference for understanding the world and self.

Therefore, it is necessary to strengthen the education of traditional culture common sense in school education. This is not retro, nor is it a return. It is in this process that China people's inherent knowledge is retrieved and more fully recognized. The comprehensive evaluation of Shenyang is only a standard, and there are still many things to be done. For example, how to acquire these traditional common sense? How to integrate it into daily education and teaching? How to convey it in a way that students like, instead of instilling it? ...

At present, Chinese textbooks in primary and secondary schools have increased the proportion of traditional culture courses, and some schools are also organizing activities such as classic reading regularly, but these are not enough. Implanting traditional cultural elements into the knowledge system of the new generation of students can not be supported by a few ancient poems or allusions. To really attract the attention of schools and parents, we must find ways to create a rich learning atmosphere.

Common sense of traditional culture is not a simple accumulation of knowledge, but an attitude towards life. We often emphasize that China people should have cultural confidence now, but where does cultural confidence come from? It comes from traditional culture. Only by inheriting, absorbing and immersing can we have confidence in the collision with the outside world. If you lack common sense of traditional culture, even if you have more skills, you are still lame.

It's time to attach importance to common sense education in traditional culture. A person's reading history is his spiritual development history. Whether a nation's spiritual development is sound, whether it can inherit traditions and absorb new knowledge, the key lies in whether it has awe of its own history and culture. In this sense, what Mr. Qian Mu said should be "tenderness and respect" for history and should be a wake-up call.