| Culture is the soft power of national strategic level, has a very special function. The party’s seventeen plenary session of six will be the first "culture" as the Central Committee issues, and for the first time put forward "construction of cultural power" the goal of socialism. The cultural industry is more and more attention by the state, local governments have promulgated the promotion of cultural construction measures, and the cultural construction of new countryside has become the priority among priorities. The day the earth is wide, the socialist culture to achieve rapid development, must pay attention to the rural culture, rural culture construction is an important content of the construction of socialist spiritual civilization, the development of rural culture must rely on the farmers. Public art is the working people to participate in a wide range of a group of recreational activities, good physical and mental health, the important role it plays in the daily life of farmers in. Yuxi is located in central Yunnan Province, known as the "Lantern town" reputation, mass cultural activities in various forms, Yunnan Province, how to strengthen the construction of new rural culture in the new historical conditions, is a very worthy of study.This paper mainly discusses five aspects. The first part is an overview of public art and cultural construction of new countryside. Firstly, the relationship between the connotation of popular art forms and the masses art and mass culture concept; secondly, different interpretations of the concept of "culture" scholars, finally discusses the main content definition of new rural culture and the construction of new rural culture and strategic significance for China’s construction of a harmonious society. The second part elaborated Yuxi lantern in the cultural construction of new countryside in Yuxi. Through the historical evolution and cultural heritage of Yuxi lantern, extended the protection and development of Yuxi festival lanterns, paper lanterns as various functions and effects of a mass art traditions in the new rural construction of documents. The third part analyzes the relationship between public art and the construction of new rural culture from the aspects of logic, dialectical relationship. The relationship between public art development environment analysis and rural culture construction. The fourth part is to restrict public art plays an important role in the cultural construction of new countryside analysis. From the development of rural economy, rural cultural development, farmers’ values, the rural culture management system, in-depth analysis of restricting factors in the development of public art. The fifth part mass art development in new rural culture construction exploration. Starting from the main problems restricting the development of Arts, explore the development way of public art in the cultural construction of new countryside from six aspects. |