This paper focuses on the inheritance and education of ethnic music art from the perspective of cultural guidance. It first clarifies its core connotation

including the educational objectives guided by cultural orientation and the integrated content framework of "skill-culture-transmission". Then it elaborates on the practical value of cultural guidance

covering ensuring precise educational goals

enhancing the depth of content systems

optimizing methodological adaptability

and strengthening connections with social and cultural development. Subsequently

it identifies challenges in education such as the disconnect between educational objectives and cultural guidance

fragmented and superficial content

lack of collaborative mechanisms among stakeholders

and absence of institutional cultural orientation. Finally

it proposes innovative approaches including reconstructing educational goal systems

establishing content frameworks

creating collaborative mechanisms among stakeholders

and improving institutional systems. The aim is to provide systematic theoretical and practical references for the inheritance and education of ethnic music art

promoting effective cultural preservation.