MUSICAL ART AS A MEANS OF PATRIOTIC EDUCATION OF YOUNGER SCHOOL STUDENTS IN A SECONDARY SCHOOL OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

Abstract

The article examines the patriotic upbringing of younger schoolchildren in a comprehensive school of the People's Republic of China with the help of musical (singing) art, which should be carried out on song material of appropriate content, which is an example of true humanism, spirituality and morality, and aimed at preserving singing culture and spiritual traditions. In general, Chinese scholars agree that the art of music helps to carry out patriotic education with the help of collective singing, during which a special favorable environment is created, where students join the national musical traditions, learn to be responsible and attentive to each other, love their country and small homeland, to appreciate life and human communication, to listen to one's feelings and the feelings of other people, to feel national pride, which as a result creates a fertile ground for the formation of patriotic qualities. The article proves that in the patriotic upbringing of students of junior grades of comprehensive schools in China in the 20th century. in music-pedagogical education there was a combination of the traditional national approach, in particular the preservation of unison, which is usual for Chinese song culture, saturation of the content of education with traditional musical and singing repertoire, learning to play national musical instruments, and music-pedagogical innovations, including the direction of music education to solve an important task - individual creative and patriotic development of students; inclusion in the educational process of choral singing; enrichment of the musical repertoire with national song works, as well as world children's and classical musical works; development of new extracurricular and extracurricular forms of musical education of schoolchildren aimed at patriotic education; conducting large-scale cultural and musical events; creating a system of patriotic education in musical and pedagogical education.