On the Special Significance of Natural Aesthetic Education in Aesthetic Education

Abstract

Zhuangzi has said that "nature has great beauty without saying", which explains the aesthetic true meaning of all things in nature. Natural aesthetic education has a long tradition in China. Taoism also advocates that people should be close to nature and be the "pure children" and "babies" of nature. There is no essential difference between man and all things. Beauty is a kind of "grace" from nature to human beings, and natural aesthetic education should not be absent. Nature education in the aesthetic sense is different from that in the scientific (cognitive) sense, which is characterized by understanding rather than observation; not the determination of the facts of nature; not the division of man and nature, but on the contrary, the construction of the affinity between man and nature; not the training of skill, but the expansion of the mind. It is not only a supplement to art education, but also the premise of art education. To perceive all things in the world with my life and communicate with the world, natural aesthetic education not only points to peoples spiritual liberation and personality perfection, but also pays attention to the relationship between people and the natural environment, social environment and humanistic environment and the ultimate concern for the value of life.