erdEducation Reform and Development2652-53642652-5372Bio-Byword Scientific Publishing Pty. Ltd.10.26689/erd.v8i7.15907ArticleFrom Integration to Innovation: A Practice and Application Study on the Empowerment of Bai Opera in Western Guangdong to University Language Educationhttps://artdesignp.com/journal/erd/8/7/10.26689/erd.v8i7.15907ChenCai2026872026-08-13Bai Opera of Western Guangdong is a provincial intangible cultural heritage of Guangdong Province, China. It serves as a comprehensive embodiment of local dialect systems, folk customs and folk aesthetic wisdom, as well as a treasure trove of local linguistic and cultural resources. The fundamental goals of university language education in the new era are to consolidate students’ linguistic foundation, improve their language application ability and cultivate their cultural literacy. Traditional one-sided, theoretical teaching methods can hardly meet the demands of fostering virtue through education and cultural inheritance in the education sector. Focusing on the in-depth integration of Bai Opera in Western Guangdong and university language education, this paper sorts out the current development status of integrating local opera culture into university language education, and thoroughly analyzes the teaching value, cultural value and educational value of Bai Opera empowering language education. It hopes to promote the transformation of university language education from shallow cultural integration to in-depth teaching innovation, further enrich teaching resources for university language courses, and provide new ideas for the dual advancement of local intangible cultural heritage inheritance and the reform of university language education.

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