Different cultures in the children\'s mother culture of their countries and other countries to have such quick comprehension and expression ability, adult world of wonder, even serious international institutions--the Shanghai Cooperation Organization is in the myth of the six countries and the children to do something, Shao Dazhen proposed by the Chinese children\'s art in my hiep Arts Council planning into a large exhibition, which received national response of teachers and students. Finally, the render is 2005 years Liu·Yi in front of us in the Art Museum of China \"children paint fairy tale written by\" folk tales children\'s exhibition of the six countries--Shanghai Cooperation Organization, including China, the Russian Federation, Uzbekistan Republic, takejisitan Republic, Kyrgyzstan, Republic of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization member States of the six countries to local children and other folktales of colorful art creation.
Exhibition coincided with the international year of the fairy tale, and by the Secretariat of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization of the six countries, Chinese artists \' Association, the National Art Museum of China, Russia hosted Pushkin Museum of fine arts, China children\'s arts Arts Council and the National Art Museum of China in my hiep Sep plan hosting should be adults give children a gift of the world.
However, in face exhibition of beautiful and passion Shi, we and once is ashamed to found, children were given we of forever more: that is children were really dedication to world of brilliant innocent of Visual picture; is children were on old myth legend of enthusiasm wake has we on ancestors of emotion and again search children art by required of originated from traditional culture of situation and thread; is children were painting out heart fairy tale Hou of happiness makes we began thinking what is they real of is cannot speaking of spirit demand, we what the with what of art education to help children construction growth in the of soul? Open equal feelings of the children say also told us that as the world\'s peace and friendship, culture need to be more widely understood and respected.
Children\'s art and cultural identity
Spiritual perspective among the traditional? True admiration of the heart when we are able to face our ancestors, their own culture, and history of distant? When our children can decisively say: I am a Chinese, I come from history and culture? This is not the children held by the concerned is not required, but, compared with the international community, through arts education to help children build their own cultural identity, to form sound moral, values and ways of life, should also be held by the urgent need for exploration of Chinese children, cannot ignore the important issues.
On cognition of mother culture is the basis for construction of ethnic and cultural identity of the child and children\'s cognition, comparative cultures of the world in the future, promote local culture, innovation and development is all about. No basic cultural identity formation of children\'s stage started, is unable to talk about establishing the national self-confidence and loves outstanding traditional culture, will not be able to establish their own cultural identity, to have the ability to identify other countries \' culture and intelligence, there will be no formation of multicultural viewpoint.
However, today many China city learning art of children in the are know Picasso He Fangao, is almost does not know Lurker and Qi Baishi; many children known Ultraman Max, and Crayon small new, and rogue rabbit, is rarely can told \"Pangu open world\", more no heard had \"shanhaijing\"; increasingly more of took with international passport of China children puzzle Yu own is who, some even to suicide to answer. From a historical and social reasons, and even held by itself on the disregard of China\'s traditional culture and art have led to our children both from a Visual or mental are more and more away from truly nourishes their mother culture of the mind. We also have seen the cultural environment as a result tend to despise of Western art and pop culture of excellent traditional Chinese culture as a result of the children\'s lack of character weakness of native culture.
\"Children paint fairy tale written by\" so we were pleasantly surprised to see the children find the missing long beautiful warm and happy after the mother culture of language and reading also witnessed children\'s art to nurture children\'s cultural identity has a direct and profound effect.
Exhibition activities, children are focused on listening to ancient myths and legends, like hearing from mother language of the soul, they desire to understand ancestors great singularly strong, understand the feelings of the brave, kind and wise, and represent the national identity and pride for the ancestors. When you brush again, just like sucking breast milk undisturbed at ease. This is the spiritual needs of the child cannot express in words, is from the emotional and ethical identity of traditional culture, is also an established process of original cultural identity.
In fact, if the cause of Chinese children\'s fine arts station on the height of the cultural identity, by virtue of freedom and vitality of art itself, relying on the great tradition of excellent, exploring local art education method, it will be of great cultivation may become children\'s cognitive and love to their maternal culture in China\'s mind to a proven way to establish national cultural identity.
Chinese children\'s aesthetic environment (order) concern
Cultural environment for the growth of children, to their art cognition, expression, as well as the recognition of the cultural identity, have effect cannot be ignored. In the controversial society today, heavy flooding in film, television, video, advertising in various media, such as popular and even trash culture than ever strongly
Had an impact on Chinese children\'s emotional, mental development, lifestyle and values.The vast majority of China\'s cities, towns and even children in rural areas, have had no choice but to accept the landslides at the sight and sound of all cultural products, tide of audio-visual stimulation and novelty occupies almost all of the hearts of space. Spirit of concern and importance to thinking, cultural traditions, rich connotation and deeply thoughtful outstanding local art products have been rare, especially for children living Centre Visual Arts includes children\'s book publishing, film and TV, also due to profit-driven it is difficult to create help for kids think tank of their physical and mental development, the establishment of a better quality product. In this exhibition, China ran to collect folk tales and myths and legends of the Chinese and foreign excellent basic material difficulties, simplistic, conceptual children\'s cartoon books everywhere, and to local culture as a theme for the few, Chinese children will be reading these ugly things?
At the same time, large-scale urban construction also led to many not have beauty and aesthetic value, and then gradually disappears from the child\'s view of the remains of; Grand Prix without correct orientation of all kinds of painting and art examination into the controversial means to mislead parents spend money to buy for their children fame.
China children of culture environment was concerns, especially Visual aesthetic environment of deterioration, is difficult to let children were has a star pure quiet of soul and distinguished us and non-us of eyes of, eventually led of also will is China future of culture consciousness and art, including art of development in directional, and history sense and geographical sexual Shang of exception weak, and inevitable rendering out of \"no root, and transverse transplantation, and no continued sexual and culture inheritance sense of lack, another people worries of features ①\".
The exhibition, children on myths and legends represent the ancestors of common human emotion and ideals in painted as beautiful, full of love, which we have enough reasons to believe that: good visual image is truly seek and need for healthy growth of children\'s hearts. However, held by and through coordination with the economic development of the education sector policy support and the correct state of the art of children\'s art education theory and methods for Chinese children\'s culture and aesthetic environment optimization efforts also need to continually explore and concern of the whole society. We should also recognize that optimizing the environment of children\'s aesthetic is also in the protection of Chinese cultural survival in soil, and the roots of our national culture and the future.
Lack of local art education resources?
Shanxi Changzhi, ancient name for the party, is the myth of the village, \"Jingwei filling up the sea\", \"nuwa sky\", \"persistence\", \"Hou Yi shooting the Sun\" legend originated in this. Coupled with the revolution old area of Changzhi is red, open late, while maintaining a large number of monuments and folk art. Can said, has so rich of myth legend and folk art education resources of children and teacher are is happiness of, they also for own of home special to proud, they exhibition of works regardless of is ink form of comics, also is woodcut and paper-cut, are at great length to reproduction has children on ancestors and myth legend in the home of profound awareness, this once, children were apart from participate in works exhibition, also to travel, and makeup into myth in the of character, came participate in opening ceremony. Its pride and international Beijing\'s children is the envy.
In contrast, other developed cities of China there is no local arts education resources?
In exhibition in the, Beijing of children were because folktales of ancient, many works also natural to selection civil of material and modeling to performance: Xuanwu District of children with fan;, Chaoyang District, of children painting kite;, Dongcheng District, children\'s Palace of children to story painting in size varies of wood egg Shang; China children Center also build has \"myth stage\"; line know migrant workers children school wanted to participate in of children too more, exhibition venues small, they simply painting in various small flag Shang, to space development; and Xinjiang Iraq Lai red flag kindergarten of children were directly to legend painting in has tambourine Shang. Russia children to China of large cock with ribbons and silk to decoration, to Phoenix with metal processing was is has China culture of taste, original to they told story of zhahaluowa Dr I on love China folk art, years collection collection of art are into has she story in the to children demonstrates with of props, and each a times new of collection are became continuously of education footage and inspiration, is she of enthusiasm in constantly promote with six country children for China myth legend of creation.
Only a legend, can discover endless local art treasures. From giving children are vivid stories related to the story, let the children watch traditional costumes, folk toys, drawings of picture books, and then let the children from the vision to understand and imagine the scene in the story, until the creation of sth, one with States, peoples and regions local culture characteristics of children\'s art work is produced.
If society can established on China culture of confidence attitude and culture inheritance of values; if we of the policy functions sector no longer ignored but protection China culture in breed process in the by which development of unique history traditional and area customs; if those only to children art as skills sexual race and simple industrialization means of people can to children and culture for this, improve sense and literacy; if we of children art education can stressed contact area life environment and national traditional of local concept; if most children art education workers can to local culture for starting point, to China traditional culture for roots, to absorption, and develop, and innovation; so China of local of art education resources may than any a national are rich. We have found, as seen in the exhibition, is not only to develop the children\'s Western art to create vision, and like children and children with early human life and the original Chinese folktales and folk art in the State of health to better light the passion for child heart.
From the exhibition in the works, we also found that: children originated in civil national selection of artistic expression contains child on human culture from the bottom of deep emotion, this deep emotion is from \"collective unconscious\" to be beautiful out of myths and legends of the national
Of consciousness, deep in the hearts of the children, not inherent in children themselves have the most valuable resource?Cultural understanding and equal respect
As \"respect, national culture, strengthening friendship, and cooperation\" of the \"Shanghai spirit\". Art Exchange\'s primary purpose is to develop a more cultural platform of equality and mutual respect, to create human ultimate harmony and coexistence.
Organization of these six countries, including China, in Shanghai, has its own profound history and culture, and other countries, Chinese children\'s Visual World reflected in the eyes of the East and West, now and in the symbols and signs left by the past conflict. For integration of Eastern and Western culture and history of conflicts, and promote the common ideal of human differences and the respective outstanding arts and culture, children\'s art has, like the myth, magic, there is no prejudice and misunderstanding, fully express the brilliance of human nature.
\"Children painting described by of fairy tale\" exhibition is in civil promote, and official support Xia for of, as a to children for main, promotion friendship and culture exchange of international large show activities, undoubtedly promote has national between of good neighborliness and friendship and culture art of Exchange, but more important of is by children were understanding States national civil culture, and carried out imagine of creation process to again provides has a implementation different culture between of equal and mutual understanding respect of opportunity.
Encourage children to understand the excellent world culture, and experience different from their mother when the value of cultural diversity and differences, art museum education function and broad open platform is no substitute for Visual culture. In this exhibition in the, all of children free visit, line know migrant workers children School of 1500 name children stepped into has Museum of door, this may is they life in the of first times. China Museum to exhibition operators of identity bear has own-oriented social of public education duties, now Hou long-term of functions implementation may can overwrite China children in Museum has appreciation works experience of \"number insufficient 1%\" of proportion.
China artists Association children\'s art art Committee will Director He Yunlan professor said: children always can Frank to expression human most fundamental of emotion and wishes, this exhibition activities, children by painting each other of folktales, not only promote different national mutual of respect and friendship, also can let children in growth of process in the feeling to: to wants others of respect, first to respect own, respect own of culture blood, otherwise, innovation and development also lack Foundation and characteristics. As Dr daogelasi·bodun, Chairman of the international art education Association says: through art to learn and understand, this is an important way to promote a culture of international understanding and cooperation. We should be confident, work together to seek new ways to further understand the role of art in the formation of world culture; we have to find ways to more, by learning the art of understanding the way of mutual understanding and peace.
Mission not to be sneezed at
Exhibition activities provided not only for China\'s cause of children\'s art is about myths draw inspiration of the story, but how in the relevant cultural background resources and makes children feel better international communication, awareness and understanding of the excellent traditional culture and, more importantly, children\'s art and education should point to the exploration of the spiritual world, once again, the process itself is a traditional discovery and inheritance.
Exhibition and touching story behind the scenes, and the enthusiasm of thousands of children, we cannot avoid to see children of the parent cultural and spiritual home of desire, to be able to help them construct beautiful call of children\'s art education of the mind, as educators and researchers, how can we forget the mission. Following of words has very of significance: reverse past of deviation, beyond narrow of nationalism and area doctrine, in different level strengthening on local culture and the China culture consciousness of positioning and values of heavy frame, by overall long-term culture policy, and teachers training and the art education, training a concern and respect local and Chinese culture of atmosphere, support on local and the maternal culture of back, and research and protection, encourages children and teachers based on local and both China and international of vision and attitude, and to into China contemporary culture system made macro perspective prospect future of development, should is all still required continues to discussion and efforts of topics, is art education workers long-term of history mission ②. (Final)
Note: ① ②, Ma Guishun from the Hong Kong Institute of education after the discussion on the art education in Hong Kong during the colonial period of culture cognition in
