The pure theory of aesthetics is philosophical. However, when aesthetics faces the reality, one of its vital functions will be aesthetic education. Aesthetic education is the education of man's technique, desire and wisdom. It is applied to cultivate sound personalities and to carry forward the humanistic spirit. It is part of man's complete education and an important way of man's self-fulfillment. In contemporary China, there overflow three main problems which are nihilism, technicalism and hedonism. People have a tendency to lose faith, become slaves to technology, and pursue material things excessively. Under these circumstances, aesthetic education needs to perform its mission in the three aspects which are talent strategy, personality building and the re-construction of the humanistic spirit. Only in this way will aesthetic education be able to help to promote the rebuilding, purifying and formation of man's personality, regain man's nature, and help to promote the construction of the social economy, culture, politics and a harmonious society for a more beautiful future through the three transformation which are from techniques to art, from desire to love and from knowledge to wisdom.