自1995年赵朴初、冰心等九位德高望重的老人在第八届全国政协会议上提交《建立幼年古典学校的紧急呼吁》以来,经典诵读活动得到了海内外的广泛响应和推广,现已有近百座城市数百万人参加到这一活动中来。经典诵读通过让儿童接受经典诵读教育,使其接受传统文化的熏陶,在诵读过程中潜移默化地接受道德教育,提升人格品质,夯实做人根基。许多教师和家长都体会到:通过推广儿童经典诵读,自己的经典文化素养也得到了很大的提高。本期,我们和北京四海儿童经典导读教育中心联合推出《“经典诵读”夯实做人根基》刊中刊,以期待有更多的人关注并参与到这一意义深远的活动中来。——编者 Since 1995, such as Zhao Puchu and Bing Xin, the highly respected elders of the nine classic high-respected elders submitted the “Urgent Appeal for Establishment of Young Classical Schools” at the Eighth CPPCC National Committee. Since then, the classic recitation activities have been widely responded and promoted both at home and abroad. Millions of people in the city participated in this event. Classical recitation allows children to accept the classic reading education, to accept the influence of traditional culture, in the process of reading subtly to accept moral education, enhance personality quality, lay a solid foundation for life. Many teachers and parents have realized that their classical cultural accomplishments have also been greatly improved through the promotion of children’s classical recitation. In this issue, we jointly launched “The Classic Recitation” to reinforce the foundation of life based on the introduction of Beijing Sihai Children’s Classic Reading Education Center, aiming to attract more people to pay attention to and participate in this far-reaching activity. --editor