Cai Yuanpei’s Thoughts Of Aesthetic Education And Its Contemporary Significance

The second half of the nineteenth Century, the capitalist powers gunboats opened Chinadoor, also smashed the Chinese dreams, from national suffering humiliation, the land waswantonly segmentation, countries in the survival of the occasion, many patriots have launchedvarious forms of national salvation movement. Aesthetic education thoughts of Cai Yuan peiis also the emerge as the times require, he has devoted all his life to saving the nation througheducation, to arouse the Chinese people numb soul, although frustrating, but never give up.Cai Yuan pei is our country’s earliest modern advocate aesthetic people, known as "the fatherof aesthetic education"。He advocated the combination of aesthetic education thought is basedon Western ideas, has its own characteristics and special and profound connotation, not onlyhave important effects on the society at that time, but also has an important significance ineducation and development of contemporary society. Therefore, the study and discussion ofCai Yuanpei’s aesthetic education, is of great practical significance and the theoretical value.Introduction: mainly introduces the research concept, the research origin, researchsignificance, literature review, research ideas and method.The first chapter, mainly introduces the reasons of Cai Yuan pei’s aesthetic educationthought has far-reaching influence, respectively, from the background of that time, thewestern aesthetic enlightenment and the impact of traditional culture, this several aspects.In the second chapter, introduces the basic connotation of Cai Yuan pei’s aestheticeducation thought, mainly including the difference and the relationship between art, aesthetics,aesthetic education of the three generation of aesthetic education; religious thought; culturemovement should not forget the aesthetic education; aesthetic education content.In the third chapter, discusses the basic features of aesthetic education, including theindependence of aesthetics, universality and transcendence, the role of education, utilitarianand super utilitarian fusion.In the fourth chapter, Mainly discusses Cai Yuanpei’s thought of aesthetic education tothe contemporary significance, respectively expounds the influence of Cai Yuanpei’s aestheticeducation to modern education and the social spiritual construction. Including the effect ofEducation: the influence of family education and school education; including the aspects of social spiritual construction significance: increase the facilities to train people’s quality andbeautify the environment to cultivate people’s mind.The conclusion, through the above studies, theoretical significance of Cai Yuan pei’saesthetic education thought and contemporary effects are summarized and evaluatedcomprehensively.