China's aesthetic education thought began in the pre-Qin and Han Dynasties.

China's aesthetic education thought originated from Confucian aesthetic education in the pre-Qin and Han Dynasties.

Confucianism emphasizes the importance of ceremony and music, and holds that ceremony is the criterion to regulate people's behavior, while music is the means to reconcile people's hearts and cultivate their sentiments. Therefore, Confucianism advocates cultivating people's moral quality and aesthetic taste through the education of rites and music.

During the pre-Qin and Han Dynasties, Confucianism gradually became the mainstream of society, and its concept of etiquette and music education became the core of China's aesthetic education thought. This idea emphasizes the cultivation of people's aesthetic taste and moral quality through art education, so that people can better understand themselves and the world, and achieve the goal of physical and mental harmony and perfect personality.

At the same time, Confucianism also emphasizes the aesthetic concept of the beauty of neutralization, that is, the pursuit of harmony, balance and moderation. This aesthetic concept has been fully reflected in China's traditional art, such as China's painting, calligraphy, music and other art forms all pay attention to the pursuit of harmony, balance and moderation.

China's aesthetic education thought began in the pre-Qin and Han Dynasties, and the aesthetic education view based on Confucianism became the main source of China's aesthetic education thought. This thought emphasizes the cultivation of people's aesthetic taste and moral quality through art education and the pursuit of harmonious, balanced and moderate beauty, which has a far-reaching impact on China's traditional art and aesthetic culture.

Characteristics of China s Aesthetic Education Thought;

1. Pay attention to the expression of sensibility and emotion: China's aesthetic education thought emphasizes the expression of human emotion and perceptual experience through artistic works, and pays attention to the feeling and experience of beauty, not just the understanding and description of beauty.

2. Pay attention to moral education: China's aesthetic education thought emphasizes the combination of art and moral education, and conveys moral ideas and values through works of art, thus cultivating people's moral feelings and moral cultivation.

3. Pay attention to holistic thinking: China's aesthetic education thought pays attention to holistic thinking, that is, grasp the development law and essential characteristics of things as a whole, and pay attention to the internal relations and interdependence of things.

4. Emphasize individuality and innovation: China's aesthetic education thought encourages people to display individuality and creativity, and express their unique feelings and opinions through works of art, so as to achieve personalized artistic effects.

5. Attach importance to inheriting and carrying forward traditional culture: China's aesthetic education thought attaches importance to inheriting and carrying forward traditional culture, and inherits and carries forward the excellent traditional culture of the Chinese nation through works of art, thus enhancing national identity and cultural self-confidence.