An Educational Investigation of Chinese Painting and Calligraphy Art from the Perspective of Cultural Generation Mechanism: Taking the Inheritance and Aesthetic Education Value of Yuan Dynasty Painting and Calligraphy as an Example

At present, there are problems in Chinese painting and calligraphy teaching, such as overemphasizing techniques and stressing rote memorization of rigid knowledge. Based on these practical concerns, this study, from the perspective of cultural understanding, takes the painting and calligraphy of the Yuan Dynasty as an example to explore the cultural nature and educational value of Chinese painting and calligraphy art from aspects such as the cultural generation mechanism of Yuan Dynasty painting and calligraphy art, the relationship between the artistic style and cultural connotation of Yuan Dynasty painting and calligraphy, and the inheritance and aesthetic education value of Yuan Dynasty painting and calligraphy art. The research finds that the artistic style and cultural connotation of Chinese painting and calligraphy are mutually generated, influenced, and interacted in the operation process of the cultural generation mechanism of Chinese painting and calligraphy. Under the perspective of the cultural generation mechanism, by using the experiential teaching mode and the three-step learning method of image cognition, guiding students to analyze Chinese painting and calligraphy works can more easily excavate and exert the profound inheritance and aesthetic education value of Chinese painting and calligraphy art, achieve the contextual cultivation of students’ artistic literacy, and also be more conducive to the development and innovation of Chinese painting and calligraphy in the new era.