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On the evening of August 4, outside the Beijing National Grand Theater, Liu Chuan, a Beijing parent who brought his children to watch a performance, told reporters that because his children like piano playing, he specially selected the British multimedia light and shadow children's play "Piano Travels". "While watching the story, you can also feel the beauty of classical music." Liu Chuan said that he hopes to accompany his children to spend a summer vacation full of cultural charm and artistic atmosphere.

The words of this parent represent the voice of many parents today. With the development of society, more and more people realize that aesthetic education plays an important role in the all-round development of individuals and the progress of social civilization. This summer, art study tours aimed at cultivating aesthetic ability and improving artistic skills have been widely sought after.

In a ceramic art experience store in Taoxichuan, Jingdezhen, Jiangxi Province, students from the art study group from Guangzhou are painting ceramic works. A student said that during this study tour, they visited the China Ceramics Museum, the Ancient Kiln Folk Customs Expo Area, Jingdezhen Ceramics University, and other places. They also visited creative markets such as Taoxichuan and the Sculpture Porcelain Factory, and watched the large-scale live performance "China". "This has given us a deeper understanding of ceramic culture and enriched our knowledge of painting and arts and crafts."

This summer, many primary and secondary school students and their parents came to the Imperial Kiln Museum in Jingdezhen to appreciate porcelain exhibits and learn about ceramic culture. According to statistics, since the summer vacation, the average number of visitors to the Jingdezhen China Ceramics Museum has reached 13,000 per day, and the average number of visitors to the Imperial Kiln Museum has also exceeded 10,000 per day, most of whom are students who come here to visit and study.

At the just concluded Paris Olympics, breakdancing made its debut and received widespread attention. The integration of art and sports has attracted more and more young people to learn street dance culture.

Driven by the Olympic fever, the number of applicants for breakdance training institutions in many parts of the country has increased this summer. In the summer, sports authorities in Beijing, Shanghai, Shandong, Gansu and other places have held breakdance training camps and competitions for young people. "Breakdance is very popular among young people nowadays, and its training courses generally include both art and sports." A relevant person in charge of the Beijing Sports Bureau said that they hope to improve children's dance level and cultivate their sportsmanship through more training camps and competitions.

As an important part of China's excellent traditional culture, opera carries rich historical and cultural connotations. By participating in opera study activities, students can not only learn the basic knowledge and skills of opera, but also feel the cultural value and artistic charm of opera.

Recently, the immersive Peking Opera "Three Strike at the White Bone Demon" created by the Fujian Peking Opera Theater was staged in Fuzhou. At the performance, the children put on facial makeup, held the golden hoop, followed the actors to learn the "bright monkey face" in Peking Opera, and completed tasks with the actors, feeling the charm of the national quintessence Peking Opera.

"We hope that through this play, more young people will know and understand Peking Opera, and experience the beauty of traditional Chinese opera culture up close." Sun Jinmei, secretary of the Party branch and director of the Fujian Peking Opera Theater, said that the Fujian Peking Opera Theater also held a parent-child study activity called "Watch Classics with Peking Opera", where students learned about classic stories and Peking Opera knowledge by studying excerpts from different themes such as "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", "Outlaws of the Marsh" and "Gangsters of the Yang Family".

"Today we drink to celebrate our success, and we will not stop until our ambitions are fulfilled. There is still a long way to go to show our abilities, and we are willing to shed our blood to write the history of the country." On the afternoon of August 6, the Beijing Zhongshan Park Concert Hall was very lively, and the "Entering the Grand View Garden of Peking Opera - Peking Opera Summer Camp" organized by the Beijing Peking Opera Theater ushered in a report performance. Classic excerpts such as "The Female Liberation", "The Lock of the Unicorn", and "The Matchmaker" were presented in the children's clear voices and graceful opera tunes, and the last song sung by teachers and students pushed the atmosphere to a climax.

"Entering the Grand View Garden of Peking Opera - Peking Opera Summer Camp" has been held for 18 consecutive sessions since 2007. This year's summer camp recruited 40 primary school students aged 4 to 14, divided into 9 small classes according to the four roles of Sheng, Dan, Jing and Chou, for personalized guidance and in-depth teaching. As a summer camp instructor, Xing Wenwen, a young actor from the Beijing Peking Opera Theater, said frankly: "Although the summer camp is only two days, our primary school students have not only learned the knowledge and skills of Peking Opera art through close study with teachers, but also learned traditional virtues such as 'benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, wisdom, and trustworthiness' from the repertoire. Peking Opera has truly played an important role in educating people on the high stage."

Fengyu Town in Dali, Yunnan, located at the top of Cangshan Mountain and the source of Erhai Lake, has been a popular place for art study tours in recent years. Different from the refined classification of urban art study tours, rural art study tours represented by Fengyu often use the world as a classroom, filling different art forms such as music, drama, and painting into the rural environment, allowing children to experience humanistic art education in an environment closer to nature.

In Fengyu, under the guidance of art instructors, children learn physical drama and hold rural concerts in the Rice Field Theater, experience folk arts such as plant printing and dyeing and Jiama woodcut prints in the ancient town, play in installation art works that blend with the mountains and rivers, read books and share knowledge in the public library...

"Since the summer vacation, 27 teams with 700 people have come to Fengyu for study." Chen Daizhang, secretary of the Party branch of Futang Village, Jiangdeng Village Committee, Fengyu Town, and general manager of Dali Qiansu Cultural Tourism, said that he hopes children can find, understand and create beauty in nature.