Ancient Travel Literature And Chinese Teaching In Middle Schools

Ancient travel literature is one of the essences of the Chinese culture. It is a crucial effect in the long river of the Chinese literature. It is various in forms and it changes with the times. During the period of the earlier Qin Dynasty, there are poems and songs, prose and diction verses in the travel works. During the period of Han Dynasty, there are Han verses. During the period of WeiJin, northern and southern Dynasty, the works patterns about travel are much richer, such as verses about the distance of journey, travel verses, poems and sketches about mountains and rivers. Poems and songs, prose and travel notes occupy a main place during the period of TangSong Dynasty. Very mature and perfect works about travel prose appear during the period of MingQing Dynasty. These works have much space in our Chinese textbooks in middle schools. For our middle school students, it is very helpful to get good grades in Chinese and raise the literature qualities. The rigorous structures of the works , the skilled expressions and abundant cultural foundations can make people derive endless benefits. The truth, the good and the beautiful in the works and excellent art essences are necessary mental food for the contemporary middle school students.In the passage, the writer first illustrates the developing process of the ancient travel literature and the characteristics of each period, then emphasizes the present conditions of the ancient travel literature in Chinese teaching materials. Next, he introduces the illustrative means to the ancient travel literature in Chinese teaching for middle school students. And discuss how the works about the the ancient travel literature affect the Chinese teaching materials. Finally, the writer raises his own ideas on the developments of the local literature resources in the Chinese teaching.