In the middle school art teaching, we can carry forward our country's traditional culture and cultivate the national spirit from the following aspects: 1. Teaching traditional art skills: Through teaching traditional art skills, students can understand the treasures of China's traditional culture, such as calligraphy, painting, porcelain, etc., so that students can feel the unique charm and artistic value of China's traditional culture. 2. emphasize the national style: in the art teaching, we can emphasize the unique style and characteristics of our country's traditional art to let students understand the unique style and aesthetic taste of our country's traditional art, so as to cultivate students 'national pride and identity. Inheriting the spirit of traditional culture: China's traditional culture has a profound spiritual content such as patriotism, unity and mutual assistance, honesty and friendliness, etc. It can be passed down in art teaching to let students understand and feel these traditional cultural spirits, so as to cultivate students 'social responsibility and citizenship. 4. Carry out cultural themed activities: Through carrying out cultural themed activities such as holding traditional art exhibition, holding cultural lectures, organizing students to visit cultural relics, etc., students can have a deeper understanding and experience of our country's traditional culture, so as to enhance their understanding and love for traditional culture. Using modern technology to spread traditional culture: You can use modern technology such as the Internet, television, radio and other information and resources to spread our traditional culture so that students can understand and experience the charm of traditional culture. Through the comprehensive application of the above methods, we can carry forward our traditional culture and cultivate the national spirit in the middle school art teaching, so that students can have a deeper understanding and experience of our traditional culture, thus enhancing the understanding and love of traditional culture, and also cultivate students 'social responsibility and citizenship.