Chinese is a polysemous word, usually referred to as language, literature and culture for short. Its original meaning is "language". Chinese is generally regarded as a comprehensive subject of language and culture. Language and articles, language knowledge and cultural knowledge are inseparable from it.
Chinese is an important teaching subject in the basic education curriculum system. Its teaching content is language and culture, and its operating form is also language and culture. Chinese ability is the basis of learning other disciplines and sciences, and it is also an important humanities and social science, and a tool for people to exchange ideas with each other. It is characterized by the unity of instrumentality and humanity.
The origin of the name
The etymology of "Chinese" is "language and writing", whose abbreviation is "Chinese", which appeared in the 1980s of 19. 1905, after the Qing dynasty abolished the imperial examination system, it began to open new schools. Chinese was taught in ancient Chinese, so it was called "Chinese" at that time.
After the May 4th Movement broke out, Chinese classes were challenged by advocating vernacular Chinese and opposing classical Chinese, so primary schools were changed to "national language". The teaching materials have distinctive oral features, all of which are vernacular prose, children's songs and stories. Chinese classes are still offered in middle schools.