1, school aesthetic education. Cai Yuanpei asked to look at it from an artistic perspective, to discover its beauty, and to use it as the material of aesthetic education, to stimulate students' interest in learning and to cultivate their hearts. He also demanded that school education should not be rigid and mechanical, and students should be allowed to choose independently according to their own love of beauty.
2. Family aesthetic education. Cai Yuanpei advocated that aesthetic education should start from prenatal education, "starting from public prenatal education institutions and nurseries". His imaginary "two houses" should be located in a place with beautiful scenery, fresh air and tranquility, surrounded by courtyards, squares for walking, light exercise and the ability to watch the moon and stars. There are animals with beautiful feathers and elegant songs among flowers and trees, but we must avoid ugly things.
3. Social aesthetic education. Cai Yuanpei believes that people should learn a pure and noble mind, promote social progress and preserve their personality. He asked the environment around the school to "arouse the pure interest and lofty spirit of scholars" and encouraged students to experience beauty, study beauty and create beauty in nature.
Replacing religion with aesthetic education is a distinct and prominent viewpoint in Mr. Cai Yuanpei's aesthetic education thought, and it is also his concrete expression as a bourgeois revolutionary and educational reformer in modern China. The viewpoint of "replacing religion with aesthetic education" requires the liberation of new education from religious monopoly and feudal superstition, and makes aesthetic education an independent content in the new education policy.