Research on the Integration of Excellent Traditional Chinese Culture into College Music Education

Abstract

China's outstanding traditional culture serves as a vital carrier of national spirit and historical continuity. Integrating it into university music education not only enhances students' musical literacy but also significantly strengthens their cultural identity, aesthetic appreciation, and innovative capabilities in a globalized era. This empirical study focuses specifically on the Fengyang Flower Drum, a nationally recognized intangible cultural heritage project, to explore effective pedagogical integration. The research examines a sample of 80 musicology majors from a provincial university's Class of 2023 cohort. Through rigorous 12-week controlled experiments, comprehensive questionnaire surveys, and in-depth qualitative interviews, we quantitatively and qualitatively analyzed the practical effects of this cultural integration in daily teaching methodologies. The empirical results demonstrate that instructional programs incorporating the Fengyang Flower Drum content increased students' traditional music cultural identification by a notable 37.2%, while simultaneously and significantly improving their technical performance skills and creative innovation abilities. Furthermore, the integration fostered a deeper understanding of regional folk arts among the participants. Based on these robust findings, the study proposes actionable implementation pathways across four critical dimensions: comprehensive curriculum system restructuring, teaching model innovation, practical platform development, and targeted faculty team building. These strategic recommendations provide highly replicable practical references for advancing higher music education innovation, fostering cultural confidence, and preserving invaluable intangible cultural heritage through dynamic, sustainable inheritance practices within modern academic institutions.