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Nanfang Metropolis Daily--A Zhuhai Enterprise Donated 25 Million Yuan to Improve Students' Handwriti發布時間：
The donation will be calligraphy teachers for primary and middle schools nationwide and calligraphy teaching researchers at the levels of province, prefecture and county
Yesterday, Yang Feng, chairman of the board of Zhuhai Great Aim Group (left) donated 25 million Yuan to China Literary and Art Foundation.
Under the impact of computer and mobile devices, Chinese calligraphy is in a shortage of inheritors. Yesterday, an entrepreneur who is enthusiastic in calligraphy went to Beijing and donated 25 million Yuan to China Literary and Art Foundation, which will be used to cultivate calligraphy teachers for primary and middle schools. According to some insider of Chinese Calligraphers Association, it was the greatest donation received by the "Calligraphy Teachers Training Program for Primary and Middle Schools".
Promoting the training of calligraphy teachers
At around 3 pm yesterday, witnessed by guests such as Zhao Shi, party group secretary, vice chairman and secretary of the secretariat of China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, Hu Zhenmin, a member of Standing Committee of CPPCC, vice director of the Committee of Education, Science, Culture, Health and Sport, and director of China Literature and Art Foundation, Su Shishu, a member of the Standing Committee of CPPCC and chairman of Chinese Calligraphers Association, Zhuhai Great Aim Group donated 25 million Yuan to China Literary and Art Foundation for a calligraphy teachers training program undertaken by Chinese Calligraphers Association.
The reporter of the daily learned that the calligraphy teachers training program was launched on August 15, 2015, which was co-hosted by the Ministry of Education and China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, and jointly organized by China Education Society, Chinese Calligraphers Association and Chinese Education Calligraphy Association. The core content of the project is: From 2015, it will train and cultivate about 7,000 calligraphy teachers for primary and middle schools nationwide and calligraphy teaching researchers at the levels of province, prefecture and county in around five years, thereby promoting the popularization and improve the quality of calligraphy education and training in primary and middle schools.
"With the development of technology, the keyboard has taken the place of writing tools. Without a keyboard, a lot of youngsters can't write." Mentioning the original intention for the donation, Chairman Yang of Zhuhai Great Aim said, characters and calligraphy are both national quintessence of Chinese people. However, nowadays the calligraphy works passed down by our ancestors make no sense to many young people, which must come with a neat edition below the works.
Yang hoped that through the donation, the calligraphy teachers training program can set an example and promote the calligraphy teachers training for primary and middle schools across China.Zheng Xiaohua, secretary general of Chinese Calligraphers Association, introduced, this is the largest sum of donation received by the program up to date, which will be used to cultivate calligraphy teachers for primary and middle schools nationwide and calligraphy teaching researchers at the provincial, prefectural and county levels. "It's expected to cultivate more than 1,000 teachers each year."
Chinese people are increasingly weaker in handwriting
On the signing and donation ceremony held at the office building of China Federation of Literary and Art Circles. Several calligraphers who attended the ceremony said, under the impact of technology products such as computer and mobile devices, the calligraphy and handwriting ability of Chinese people has been weakening.
One calligrapher told the reporter of the daily, more than 50 years ago, every day they had a calligraphy class of 30 minutes. However, nowadays many kids do not practice calligraphy. Many young people resort to a computer even if for writing a letter. They can't write well. The problem has become increasingly prominent. "In 2009 Chinese calligraphy was listed by the UN as an intangible cultural heritage, which indicates that calligraphy has encountered a crisis. The problem has had a long history. There are many reasons, but the largest problem is a shortage of calligraphy teachers."
Some time ago, Professor Yuan Guanyu of Wuchang Shouyi University became an "online sensation" for criticizing the poor handwriting of students in the class of College Physics in Class 1407 of the electrical specialty. He showed his exercise book 40 years ago to the students, which was called "superb works" by quite many students for its neat handwriting.
Zhuhai is also faced with similar problem. "Nowadays other than students, teachers like me cannot write well, with a poor performance in blackboard writing" A junior high school teacher surnamed Liu said, who remembered a calligraphy class in which students usually practiced calligraphy for around ten minutes.
Su Shishu, a member of the Standing Committee of CPPCC and chairman of Chinese Calligraphers Association, said that he was touched seeing a Zhuhai enterprise so devoted to calligraphy and charity. "We have the responsibility and obligation to let our kids write Chinese characters well" Su said, the inheritance of calligraphy is faced with many problems. Like, as a result of the pursuit of a high score in College Entrance Exam, many students do not pay attention to their handwriting skill, for a poor handwriting does not affect their score. It has become urgent to enhance the handwriting skill of primary and middle school students. The most important issue is the issue of teachers. Quite some schools are in a shortage of calligraphy teachers.
Su Shishu, a member of the Standing Committee of CPPCC and chairman of Chinese Calligraphers Association, said that he was touched seeing a Zhuhai enterprise so devoted to calligraphy and charity. "We have the responsibility and obligation to let our kids write Chinese characters well" Su said, the inheritance of calligraphy is faced with many problems. Like, as a result of the pursuit of a high score in College Entrance Exam, many students do not pay attention to their handwriting skill, for a poor handwriting does not affect their score. It has become urgent to enhance the handwriting skill of primary and middle school students. The most important issue is the issue of teachers. Quite some schools are in a shortage of calligraphy teachers.