Pushing open this door on Wukang Road, with a sense of suspense, Ba Jin | Former Residence | Wukang
"Can you come in now?" "When will the former residence of Ba Jin open?"... On July 23rd, the former residence of Ba Jin opened its iron gate and welcomed the first batch of young readers to participate in the "Visit Ba Jin's Home: 2023 Ba Jin's Summer Theme Event". This is the first time in three years since the former residence was closed to the public.
On the day of the event, it coincided with the scorching heat and occasional raindrops, which did not stop the children from jumping forward. Just after 1 pm, more than 20 selected children and their parents came to the former residence of Bajin one after another. They curiously stepped into the residence, looked around, and embarked on this journey of getting close to classic literature tailored for teenagers.
"Welcome everyone to the former residence of Bajin, enter the 'museum at the doorstep', and visit Mr. Bajin's home. Next, everyone will receive a visit manual. Please carefully read it, pay attention to the questions and games, and slowly find answers in my explanation. Under the guidance and explanation of Bajin's former residence staff member Ru Jia, the children will enter Bajin's former residence with the manual to visit and listen to the explanation with tasks.".
A half hour visit is not too long, but it requires concentration and attention to detail in order to have confidence and seize the opportunity in subsequent activities. "What is serving as a desk under the white tablecloth in the sun?" "Who is this person sitting in the group photo on the exhibition hall wall?" Ru Jia explained while throwing out a series of questions, and the children were chattering and competing to answer. In the exhibition hall, a girl carefully read a passage from Mr. Ba Jin in a childish voice: "I write and translate foreign literary works. It's not that I have talent or proficiency in foreign languages, but that I have emotions. I have infinite love for my country and people. To express this emotion, I picked up my pen."
After the visit, please come to the steps of the former residence garden, take out the visitation manual, turn to page four, and start filling out. The content on this page is based on the text in "Home" about young people eating Chinese New Year's Eve dinner and playing with flying flowers. The children have all filled out the activity application form, and filling it out on site carries a sense of pressure and competition. Everyone is writing hard. According to the order of answering questions, Ru Jia asked the children to raise their hands and share their answers and evidence. Together, everyone judged right and wrong and gave their reasons.
Most young readers are visiting Ba Jin's former residence for the first time, and this suspenseful visiting method allows children and parents to gradually enter the text of Ba Lao's works from the architecture of the former residence.
"Tang poetry is a reflection of daily life. The 50000 Tang poems left to this day are written by a variety of authors, with different styles of poetry. Some are more refined, while others are popular and easy to understand. Poetry plays a role in daily life, such as Mr. Ba Jin's family playing the flying flower sign during the Chinese New Year. It is clear that they are very familiar with poetry in daily life, and poetry has become a way to enhance emotions and communicate with each other. Tang poetry is classic, but fundamentally a part of life. Understanding the classics is important, but it is not necessary to consider them as a superior existence." Chen Yinchi, a professor of Chinese literature at Fudan University and the director of the library, edited by Zhonghua Book Company. The "Chinese Classic General Education" series includes books such as "General Education". In his "literature class", two classmates shared their favorite Tang poem and its reasons, and received comments from Chen Yinchi. "Reading poetry, reading classics, reading what you can understand. The true classics, the truly good things, are actually still alive in our current language," said Chen Yinchi.
After the "Literature Classroom", the activity enters the fourth section - playing the "Flying Flower Order" game. The final three contestants can obtain the "General Knowledge" provided by Ba Jin's former residence and signed by Chen Yinchi. "When people are idle, osmanthus flowers fall." "When flowers fall, I meet you again." "Thousands of trees and pear blossoms bloom." Children come and go, the atmosphere is tense and lively, and applause occasionally rings.
It is understood that Ba Jin's former residence has launched a series of interactive experience activities for teenagers since 2017. The "Doctor Cat" takes you to taste the former residence in 2017- Ba Jin's former residence series interactive experience courses, and the 2018 Sculpture Time - Ba Jin's former residence printmaking experience series activities have been running throughout the year. After the closure and renovation phase of Ba Jin's former residence, the focus of youth activities will shift to online activities. The "Youth of Literary Masters" series in 2018, the "Traveling with Scholars in Hometown" series in 2019, the "Sharing Food with Literary Masters" series in 2020, and the "Youth Cultivation Handbook in Summer" series in 2021 are all summer reading topics designed for the psychology of young people. Ru Jia said that the original intention of launching a series of interactive experience courses for teenagers is to cultivate their interest in classic literature and attract them to read classics in a more acceptable mode for teenagers. Each experience event sets a theme, allowing visitors to embark on a unique museum journey like playing online games or enjoying immersive theater. Follow up events will also be held this year.
