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Tutoring and Teaching Innovation for Vocational English Speaking Competition
高职英语口语大赛辅导及教学创新

定出的一个节气，常被看作我国二十四节气的起点。由于冬至标志着一年中重大
的气候节令变化，古人对冬至极为重视，民间流传有“冬至大如年”的说法。
冬至起源于汉代，兴盛于唐宋，一直延续至今，是一个流传了两千多年历史

的古老节日。在唐代，为庆祝冬至，帝王携群臣祭天、举办朝会，百姓们举办庆
贺仪式，以此迎接新的一年的到来。如今，人们对冬至的庆祝主要体现在南、北
地区各不相同的饮食习俗方面。在北方，相传名医张仲景为防止百姓冻伤耳朵，
曾制作饺子让人们食用，便有了“冬至吃饺子，不会冻掉耳朵”的说法，于是在

冬至这天，北方地区的人们大多会吃饺子或馄饨；而南方地区的人们则有冬至吃
汤圆、米团和长线面的习俗，借此表达他们的美好愿望。

Topic 2 书

Calligraphy
Calligraphy is the writing law of characters and the artistic expression of the
beauty of characters. Calligraphy is an important component of Chinese traditional
culture, which is likened to wordless poetry, motionless dance, non- illustrated painting
and silent music.

The main body of calligraphy is Chinese characters, which are also the basis of
its survival and development. Calligraphy emerged when Chinese characters were
created. It exudes unique charm all the way from oracle bone inscriptions to Jinwen

(inscriptions on ancient bronze objects) and Dazhuan (great seal characters) in the
Western Zhou Dynasty (1046 BC-771 BC), to Xiaozhuan (small seal characters) and
Lishu(clerical script)in the Qin Dynasty(221 BC-207 BC), and then to Caoshu (cursive
script),Kaishu(regular script) and Xingshu (running script) in the Eastern Han (25 AD-
220 AD), Wei and Jin Dynasties (220 AD-420 AD). The Wei, Jin and Southern and

Northern (420 AD-589 AD) Dynasties saw the prime of calligraphy, during which
many excellent calligraphers and calligraphic works emerged, including The Preface
to the Orchid Pavilion Collection by Wang Xizhi, Jizhi Wengao(Draft of the Eulogy

for Nephew Jiming) by Yan Zhenqing, Ode to the Goddess of the Luo River by Wang
Xianzhi,and Zhonglang Tie (a letter informing the receiver that a government official
passed away) by Xie An.

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