国民族音乐是中国音乐文化的"母语"，它体现着我们民族的心理素质、文化传统和审美观念。民族音乐教育作用是通过美的感受来完成的，它影响着人们的心智、情感，对人的思想进步和道德情操的提高有着重要的促进作用。荀子在《乐论》中指出："乐者乐也"，说明人们通过对音乐作品中鲜明生动的音乐形象的欣赏，领会了每部音乐作品中所显现的真理和作者所寄托的思想感情，会引起感情的愉悦，获得精神上的满足。因而，人们在愉悦中受到了教育，体现了音乐艺术愉快作用，同时也起到了音乐艺术的素质教育作用。优秀的民族音乐作品中都凝结着作家的崇高精神，可以起到感染人、激励人、教育人、激发人们热爱生活、热爱祖国的作用。(Chinese folk music is the "mother language" of Chinese musical culture, embodying our national psychological quality, cultural traditions and aesthetic ideas.The effect of folk music education is accomplished though aesthetic feelings, which has an influence on people's mind and emotions, and plays an important role in promoting ideological progress and improving moral sentiments.Xunzi pointed out in On Music:"Music itself is a reflection of happiness", meaning that through appreciation of vivid images in music pieces and understanding of truths manifest in each music piece and of thoughts and feelings of the composer, the audience will have a joyful feeling and a sense of spiritual satisfaction.Therefore, the audience are educated in the joy, which is a demonstration of the pleasing effect of music and the positive role it plays in quality-oriented education.An outstanding piece of folk music is the embodiment of the composer's noble spirit, which can play a part in influencing, encouraging, educating and inspiring the audience to love life and the country.)