The period from the Western Zhou Dynasty to the early and middle Spring and Autumn Period was the stage when Chinese aesthetic education thought emerged. The outstanding symbol of this stage is the emergence of the concept of "ritual".
Introduction to aesthetic education:
Aesthetic education, also known as aesthetic education, is the use of artistic beauty, natural beauty and social life beauty to cultivate the educated’s correct aesthetic viewpoints and to feel, appreciate and create beauty. The education of beautiful ability. China is cultivating all-round socialist builders and successors, and aesthetic education is an important part of this. However, the development of aesthetic education did not happen overnight, but went through a long development process.
The history of Chinese aesthetic education thought:
Confucius first proposed the idea of ??aesthetic education. Confucius mentioned in his own educational thoughts that "as for Tao, it is based on virtue, it is based on benevolence, and it is based on benevolence. Art" and "prospered by poetry, established by etiquette, and accomplished by music." !Explanation: "Taking Dao as the ambition, virtue as the basis, benevolence as the reliance, and enjoying the six arts of etiquette, music, archery, chastity, calligraphy, and mathematics."
Look at Confucius from this point of view Attaching great importance to the role of music education and emphasizing the use of music education to cultivate sentiment can be regarded as the germination of Chinese aesthetic education thought.
Cai Yuanpei is the master of modern Chinese aesthetic education thoughts and proposed "replacing religion with aesthetic education." In the "simultaneous development of five educations" proposed by him, aesthetic education occupies an important position. He believes that aesthetic education includes three aspects: family aesthetic education, school aesthetic education and social aesthetic education. He believes that aesthetic education is progressive and free and should replace compulsory and conservative religious education.
The history of Western aesthetic education thoughts:
1. Plato and Aristotle were the first to propose systematic aesthetic education thoughts.
The ancient Greek city-state of Athens was civilized and harmonious, and was famous for its comprehensive and harmonious education. Therefore, the educational content was not limited to philosophy, science and other subjects, but also attached great importance to aesthetic education. Plato and Aristotle were deeply influenced by its impact. Plato paid special attention to music education in aesthetic education. As the first educator to propose the Four Studies, music firmly occupies one of the Four Studies.
And Aristotle more comprehensively recognized the role of artistic aesthetic education. In addition to music, he also valued the education of poetry. It is proposed that the highest purpose of education is the pursuit of virtue, which contains rich thoughts on aesthetic education.
2. Schiller first proposed the concept of aesthetic education.
Established an independent research theory. Schiller’s book "Aesthetic Education Letters" first proposed a comparative system and A comprehensive theory of aesthetic education expounds the importance and outstanding significance of aesthetic education. Schiller believes that aesthetic education can be used to cultivate comprehensively developed people, perfect people, and idealized people who can use aesthetic education to overcome human weaknesses.
Aesthetic education is no longer regarded as a supplement to moral education. It is a progress for the aesthetic education thought of ancient Greece and has an important influence on the world's aesthetic education thought.