Establishing New Modern Design Education System By Deriving from Henan Folk Art

Henan folk art is popular with both home and abroad for its pronounced nation art tradition and unique local color besides its plain and natural in style. From the eye of art education, learning nation spirit should be more stressed than teaching the modern design art in the course of educating, in order that the accomplishment of design students can be compre-hensively developed. Studying and developing folk art also impel us to think and research the design way of Chinese nation's characteristics. Therefore, it is necessary to take education policy of pushing tradition as well as modernity in college art design teaching, to strongly call for Chinese style and manner of research.