The actor's handwritten letter went viral! If you want to practice good handwriting, you can do this

In the past two days, the handwriting of Wang Anyu, a male actor from Ningbo, Zhejiang, has become a hot topic. In the recent hit drama "Alley People", Wang Anyu plays Lin Dongzhe. As the drama came to an end, Wang Anyu wrote a letter to bid farewell to the character. The words were sincere, and this beautiful handwriting also won praise from many netizens: "The person is like his handwriting, and the freedom is like his person." "Too few boys with beautiful handwriting nowadays!"

Good handwriting is often called a person's "second face". Many actors have gained a lot of fans with their beautiful handwriting. For example, actor Jing Boran often shares his handwritten texts on Weibo; Pan Yueming often writes the titles of the dramas he starred in, which has won praise from many netizens.

In the comment section, some parents also asked sincerely: How can we help our children have good handwriting? With these questions, Chao News reporters interviewed several teachers.

The test paper can get 2 to 3 more points . It is very important for primary and secondary school students to write well.

"The first question in the Chinese language test for middle and high school students in primary school is handwriting, which is usually worth 5 points. Children who write carefully can easily get full marks, while those who write sloppily may only get 1-2 points." Liu Chong, a Chinese teacher at Hangzhou Yongtian Experimental Primary School, said that standard handwriting is very important in Chinese learning. "In the subsequent reading and writing, the score of the paper has a greater impact. The time for marking the paper is limited, and neat handwriting can leave a good impression on the teacher, and it is more likely to get a higher score than those with messy papers."

Li Xiaojun, a senior Chinese teacher at Hangzhou Wenhai Middle School, said: "Neat and beautiful handwriting will definitely be looked at with higher regard by the examiner. The essay can get at least 2 points more than poorly written essays with the same content, and the reading questions can also get 2 to 3 more points."

Based on Teacher Li’s experience of teaching Chinese for more than 30 years, the role of good handwriting in Chinese learning cannot be underestimated, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is the top priority. “Nowadays, more and more children in the class have neat handwriting. Writing itself can cultivate one’s sentiments, and standard handwriting can also enhance children’s self-confidence in learning, because they will be praised by teachers and recognized by classmates.”

"Be quiet to cultivate yourself." Hangzhou Yongtian Experimental Primary School is an experimental school of the Chinese Calligraphy Education Committee. It has been carrying out calligraphy education since 1988 and has been committed to Chinese traditional culture education for more than 30 years. Fan Yiting, a calligraphy teacher at the school, told reporters, "Learning calligraphy can not only help children get higher scores on the test paper, but more importantly, it has a sense of 'immersion', which can gradually calm down the impetuous mood."

Students from Yongtian Experimental Primary School are taking a calligraphy class. Photo provided by the interviewee

Young children can also exercise their observation skills by learning calligraphy, because calligraphy learning usually starts with copying. From the layout of a piece of calligraphy to the structure and strokes of a single character, students need to observe and copy carefully. "This observation ability is also helpful for learning other subjects," said Teacher Fan.

Soft pen or hard pen ? Regular script or official script ? Here’s how to start your child’s calligraphy practice

All parents will let their children practice writing, but how should they start? Should they practice writing with a soft pen or a hard pen? Should they learn regular script or other fonts?

Teacher Fan said that the structure of the characters is the same whether it is soft pen calligraphy or hard pen calligraphy. Children who are good at hard pen calligraphy may be a little weak in lines and pen strokes when writing with a brush, but the structure of the characters is generally very good; and children who are good at soft pen calligraphy will not be bad at the structure of hard pen calligraphy.

"Whether a character is good-looking or not mainly depends on its structure, and different strokes and pen tips are like different decoration styles of the same house, which can be a matter of personal opinion."

At present, the calligraphy textbooks for primary and secondary schools in Hangzhou are published by the Xiling Seal Society. Most of the textbooks use Yan Zhenqing's "Duobao Pagoda Stele" as a model, which is a rigorous and regular regular script.

"But it takes a lot of time to practice regular script well. If the child is not very interested in calligraphy and is eager to see results, they can also start with official script and seal script." Teacher Fan said, "Official script has relatively simple strokes and symmetrical structure, which can train children's pen control ability; seal script can train the structure of the font. Start with official script and seal script, then move on to regular script, running script, cursive script... After the basic skills are solid, the child can practice whatever font he likes."

For hard pen writing, you can also start practicing by controlling the pen, first writing horizontal and vertical strokes. If the child finds it boring, you can also draw rays, spirals, or even use these patterns to form a small painting to increase the fun.

How to keep practicing calligraphy ? Calligraphy teachers have some tips

During the interview, teacher Li Xiaojun repeatedly emphasized that calligraphy practice must start early! Because in junior high school, it is difficult for children to have time for more systematic writing training, and pursuing good calligraphy at this time is often counterproductive.

At Yongtian Experimental Primary School, every student has a calligraphy class starting from the third grade, one class a week, each lasting 40 minutes. Teacher Fan remembers that many third-grade students had bright eyes when they took their first calligraphy class.

But practicing calligraphy is not an overnight process. Some children could not write the horizontal strokes straight at the beginning. Teacher Fan explained the brush techniques to them bit by bit and demonstrated with a brush dipped in water. He was so detailed that he even explained repeatedly in slow motion whether the tip of the brush should be opened or closed when making a stroke.

Practicing calligraphy every week, checking in every day at the Calligraphy Culture Festival... with practice day after day, the children's handwriting will become neater little by little.

During the interview, Teacher Fan also gave parents some tips to encourage children to keep practicing calligraphy. She suggested that parents can buy some exquisite cultural and creative products, such as blank bookmarks, and invite children to leave their own calligraphy works on the bookmarks, or when children finish writing a satisfactory calligraphy, parents can make exquisite small peripherals and collect them. "Children will be encouraged to see their satisfactory calligraphy works repeatedly in daily life, and the continuous, small sense of accomplishment is also the motivation to persist."

Even if they cannot become calligraphers, several teachers hope that children can practice diligently, and at least be able to write in a standard way in daily life, with horizontal and vertical strokes being straight, and strokes being well-controlled.