In recent years, Shangqiu Normal College has implemented the fundamental task of establishing moral character, insisted on integrating the excellent traditional Chinese culture into classroom teaching, into academic research, into professional practice and into the second classroom, educated people with literature, educated people with culture, and strived to cultivate new people of the times who would take up the big responsibility of national rejuvenation.
Integrate excellent traditional culture into classroom teaching. Courses such as "Chinese Traditional Cultural Literacy and Cultivation", "Appreciation of Chinese Art", and "Appreciation of Chinese Classical Folk Songs" are offered, covering a wide range of disciplines such as literature, art, philosophy, physical education, history, and politics, etc. Courses such as "A General History of Shangqiu Literature", "Study of Fan Zhongyan and Yingtian Academy", "Study of the Famous Clans and Literature of the GuiDe Prefecture in Ming and Qing Dynasty", and "Classical Modeling and Singing for Local Opera" are launched successively. The establishment of the "Folk Art Master Studio", inviting folk artists as mentors in the industry to teach courses such as "Traditional Paper Cutting", "Siping Tune Singing", etc., guiding the students to approach the excellent traditional Chinese culture and enhancing their cultural self-confidence and cultural consciousness.