CAI Yuanpei Aesthetic Education Thought And Its Contemporary Value

CAI yuanpei is not only the Chinese educator, statesman, and it is an aesthetician.He paid special attention to this life aesthetic education, aesthetic education, aesthetic education as the enlightenment, cultivate emotion and healthy personality. He looked at the problems in Chinese education and culture aspects, and combining the situation of that time, put forward the aesthetic principle of salvaging the country and the nation. His aesthetic education thoughts of absorbing the traditional Chinese aesthetics, and combining with China's specific national conditions, with advanced western aesthetic thought innovation, formed the unique characteristics of the Chinese aesthetic education theory. In this paper the study of CAI yuanpei aesthetic education thoughts includes the following four aspects: the formation and development of CAI yuanpei aesthetic education ideology; The main content of CAI yuanpei aesthetic education thought; CAI yuanpei implementation of aesthetic education ideology; CAI yuanpei evaluation and contemporary value of aesthetic education thought.CAI yuanpei formation of aesthetic education thought, is he critically inherits the reasonable content of Chinese traditional culture absorption, including Kant and Schiller advanced western aesthetic thoughts, the product of development and innovation. In addition, in terms of background and academic background of that time,he thought to reverse one of China's weak wronged the status quo of road, is advocating the concept of education saving the aesthetic education theory, his aesthetic universality and aloofness as theoretical basis, the combination of aesthetic education to the cultivation of healthy personality and improve social practice, has a positive influence on modern Chinese society.CAI yuanpei aesthetic education thought mainly includes the basic content and characteristics of aesthetic education, aesthetic education for religion, don't forget to aesthetic culture movement and the implementation of aesthetic education from several aspects. He as the total length of education of the Republic of China, writing aesthetic education by the independent status in the national education policy, and finally form by national laws, which first established the legal standing to aesthetic education in the history of Chinese modern education. Since then, CAI yuanpei almost lifetime in advocating aesthetic education, and physically, to contribute.Contemporary aesthetic education theory and practice of construction and development to draw nutrients from the traditional aesthetic thought, more to absorbthe nutrition from the modern aesthetic education thought. CAI yuanpei of historical creation of Chinese modern aesthetic education thought, for we pointed out the direction of the development of the concept of modern aesthetic education ideology,also should keep pace with The Times, the penetration of Chinese and western,innovation. At the same time, the development of aesthetic education should stick to its independent character and his aesthetic education thoughts attaches great importance to the comprehensive education, emphasize exert students' initiative and creativity, can provide the beneficial enlightenment to the present quality education in China.