西楚文化是指以宿迁及其周边地区为中心的、以传承古楚文化为内核的地域文化体系。传承、保护、利用和发展好西楚文化资源,对学校进一步开展素质教育,提升西楚文化内涵,发挥文化软实力功能具有重要意义。结合中学艺术教学的实际,将西楚文化与艺术教育相互渗透,从理论和实践角度阐述了西楚文化进课堂的意义和操作的策略。 West Chu culture refers to the Suqian and its surrounding areas as the center, to inherit the ancient Chu culture as the core of the regional culture system. It is of great significance to inherit, protect, utilize and develop the cultural resources of the West Chu so as to further develop the quality education in schools, enhance the connotation of West Chu culture and give play to the function of cultural soft power. Combined with the reality of art teaching in middle schools, the Xichu culture and art education are interpenetrated with each other, and the meaning and operational strategies of Xichu culture into the classroom are expounded in theory and practice.