Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c10.s2.t20.50

v2.c10.s2.t20.50

Since the 1950s, Tagore’s poem *Do Bigha Zameen*, *Gitanjali* and other 35 works were selected to be incorporated in the high school textbooks. In March 2000, the Chinese Ministry of Education revised the junior high and high school Chinese language syllabus, for the first time it was explicitly formulated that the middle school students required reading literary classics, including 10 for middle school and 20 for high school, and foreign literary classics accounted for 15. *Selected Poems of Tagore* including the *Gitanjali*, *Crescent Moon*, *The Gardener*, *Stories and Poems* and other collection of poems were the most prominent of them. China Education Council Professional Committee Organisation of secondary/middle school language teaching, compiled a book on middle school students reading literature, for this organisation by the experts. The introductory text Masterpiece poetry circles and philosophers is the one dealing with Tagore ‘s life. As for the university, Tagore is one of the most important foreign poets as far as foreign literature courses are concerned. These initiatives have made Tagore a household name in China.