Recently,theMinistryofEducationlaunchedanewreform,specifyingthatPekingOperabesetaspartofthecompulsorycoursesatprimaryandmiddleschools.
Thereformhascausedanenormousamountofcontroversyinsociety.
ManypeopleinfavorofitagreethatitmaycontributealottopromotingtraditionalChineseculture.
Butevenmorepeopleareagainstitfortheythinkitisnotquitefeasibleinteachingpractice.
Astothisissue,myviewisthatPekingOperashouldstepintoclassroom,notasacompulsorycourse,butasanoptionalone.
Ontheonehand,teachingPekingOperaatschoolcouldpopularizetraditionalartsothatmorepeoplewillknowandloveit.
Ontheotherhand,however,tosomeextent,settinganewcompulsorycoursewilladdtostudents’academicburdenwhichhasbeenalreadyheavyenough.
Therefore,bysettingPekingOperaasanoptionalcourse,studentsmayhavemorefreedomtodecidewhethertotakeitornot.
Inaword,promotinganddevelopingtraditionalculturecannotmerelydependon“revitalizingPekingOpera”.
Thekeyliesinimprovingtheculturalawarenessofthewholenationsubstantially.
