Focus on the Two Sessions | Wu Weishan: Strengthening National Aesthetic Education with the Spirit o

General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out, “The best inheritance of history is to create new history, and the greatest tribute to human civilization is to create a new form of human civilization.” To build the modern civilization of the Chinese nation and create a new form of human civilization, we must fully realize that The "distinguishing feature" of Chinese-style modernization is the huge population. Therefore, in order to turn the huge population into a resource and a powerful driving force for modernization, the quality of the population must be improved through the coordinated development of material civilization and spiritual civilization.

Chinese-style modernization has created a new form of human civilization and presented a new picture of modernization. The improvement of national literacy is the basis for the growth, development, innovation and creation of new culture. Therefore, promoting national aesthetic education is of great significance to improving national quality and promoting social harmony.

Aesthetic education not only involves the improvement of aesthetic literacy, but also the transmission of culture, the cultivation of the soul, and the cultivation of ideals. This proposal aims to promote Chinese-style modernization through cultural self-confidence and self-improvement by strengthening national aesthetic education, improving the quality of the population, strengthening the internal driving force of social development.

Understand the three dimensions of national aesthetic education:

National aesthetic education is a comprehensive and lifelong aesthetic education. It is not limited to a certain period of time, certain objects, or certain categories. It should break through the "walls" and coordinate the construction of a "big aesthetic education" work system that is designed in an integrated manner and implemented in stages.

National aesthetic education highlights the cultural education that embodies beauty. Youth and children receiving a beautiful education will lay a lifelong foundation for their physical and mental health and all-round development. This aspect has been taken seriously by more and more families, but from a social level and institutional mechanisms, further measures to avoid utilitarian tendencies need to be introduced. Beauty education is not only to cultivate children's understanding and appreciation of beauty, but also to comprehensively shape healthy aesthetics and outlook on life.

National aesthetic education helps create a beautiful environment. Aesthetic education is not only for teenagers. Young and middle-aged people working in an aesthetic environment can also adjust their work rhythm and improve interpersonal communication through art. A beautiful environment refers not only to specific artistic decoration, but also to the formation of a beautiful lifestyle and a beautiful living atmosphere, which can not only improve work efficiency, but also promote mental health and social harmony.

The importance of national aesthetic education is to provide the enjoyment of beauty. We see that more and more elderly people choose to study one or more arts after retirement and spend their later years in the appreciation of beauty. Participating in aesthetic education activities not only allows them to enjoy life, but also has a positive impact on future generations. The enjoyment of beauty helps to achieve high-quality elderly care, and make the elderly feel productive and happy.

Implementation strategies for national aesthetic education:

The first is to occupy the high ground on the Internet through high-quality aesthetic education resources and achieve network purification. We must be good at using the Internet to spread positive energy, promote the core socialist values ​​​​by displaying classic works of art, and promote the purification of the Internet environment. Through various new media and new technologies, we spread beauty, build brands, strengthen interaction, lead fashion, and enhance public aesthetics and cultural literacy.

The second is to improve the community environment while promoting aesthetic education for all. It is necessary to effectively combine national aesthetic education with community construction and community governance, promote public service advertisements in the community, enhance the aesthetic value of public spaces, and create a good community environment. Enhance the sense of belonging and cultural identity of community residents by beautifying public spaces and organizing cultural and artistic activities.

The third is to promote education reform through national aesthetic education: it is necessary to further emphasize the spirit of Chinese aesthetics in school education, integrate aesthetic education throughout the entire education system, and enhance students' patriotism and aesthetic ability. Let classic art be systematically introduced into textbooks and classrooms, create a high-quality aesthetic education curriculum system, drive changes in utilitarian thinking, and gradually cultivate students' artistic literacy and creativity.

The fourth is to promote aesthetic education for all through the popularization of calligraphy. The art of calligraphy not only embodies the spirit of Chinese culture, but is also an art form that is easy for the people to start and learn. At present, we can gradually promote and expand calligraphy from the very convenient and low-cost hard-pen writing to brush calligraphy, further popularize calligraphy education among the whole people, better experience the unique charm of Chinese characters, and enhance national pride and cultural confidence.

National aesthetic education is a systematic project that requires further top-level design, anchoring goals, clarifying ideas, sorting out specific steps, and achieving long-term success. Under the guidance of Xi Jinping’s cultural thoughts, we hope that through the joint efforts of all walks of life, aesthetic education for all will become an effective way to improve the quality of the people and become a beautiful landscape of the new culture of our era.