In the context of deepening globalization and the accelerating internationalization of education, China’s higher education system faces the dual tasks of strengthening national cultural confidence and incorporating aesthetic education into talent cultivation. The core aesthetic values of China’s excellent traditional culture-including harmony, the Doctrine of the Mean, artistic conception, and spiritual vitality-provide important guidance for cultivating well-rounded, innovative, and culturally confident talent. However, aesthetic education in higher education has long been marginalized due to utilitarian tendencies, resulting in fragmented curricula, limited aesthetic literacy among faculty, and a disconnection between aesthetic and professional education. This paper explores the essential aesthetic characteristics of China’s traditional culture and clarifies their theoretical and practical significance for higher education. On this basis, it proposes specific pathways for integrating these aesthetic implications into university teaching, campus cultural construction, and institutional development. Through literature review, comparative analysis, and case studies, combined with interviews to obtain first-hand data, this research finds that the effective integration of aesthetic implications requires the development of an interdisciplinary curriculum that embeds traditional aesthetic values in general and specialized courses, the reshaping of campus cultural environments and spatial aesthetics, and the improvement of teachers’ aesthetic education capabilities. In addition, new digital technologies-including online platforms, virtual reality, and digital resource databases-expand access to aesthetic education and enhance interaction. Integrating the aesthetic significance of excellent traditional culture into higher education should be regarded not as a supplementary task, but as a strategic necessity for cultivating talent with cultural confidence, aesthetic competence, and creativity. Finally, the study proposes a long-term vision for building a Chinese-characterized aesthetic education system that integrates tradition and modernity, promotes interdisciplinary cooperation, and advances educational modernization.

Wanting Lian. The Aesthetic Implications of China's Excellent Traditional Culture in Higher Education Research. Frontiers in Educational Research (2025), Vol. 8, Issue 8: 79-86. https://doi.org/10.25236/FER.2025.080813.

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