Homework 1,300 years ago reveals Xinjiang's school life in ancient times
STORY: Homework 1,300 years ago reveals Xinjiang's school life in ancient times
DATELINE: May 20, 2022
LENGTH: 00:01:42
LOCATION: TURPAN, China
CATEGORY: CULTURE
SHOTLIST:
1. various of China's Xinjiang
2. various of a document unearthed in 1969 in Astana ancient cemetery
3. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): DILINUR MAIMING, Docent at Turpan Museum
STORYLINE:
What was school life like in China's Xinjiang in ancient times? A document unearthed in 1969 in Astana ancient cemetery in Turpan, eastern Xinjiang, offers an intriguing glimpse.
The document is a 5-meter scroll, written by Bu Tianshou, a 12-year-old student in 710 AD, Tang Dynasty.
Bu transcribed several chapters of two books -- the annotations of the Analects of Confucius by famous scholar Zheng Xuan and The Thousand Character Classic, a Chinese poem used as a primer for teaching Chinese characters to children in ancient China -- both were assigned readings at that time.
SOUNDBITE (Chinese): DILINUR MAIMING, Docent at Turpan Museum
"This is a copy of Zheng
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