Reference answer: culture is the creation of human beings, the process of cultural creation is the process of education, and education is the process of culture. Once human culture comes into being, it becomes the external objective existence of human beings. The role of education in the preservation and development of culture constitutes the cultural function of education, which is embodied in: (1) the cultural transmission and preservation function of education. Education is an effective means to preserve culture. There are two ways to spread and preserve educational culture. One is vertical cultural inheritance, which shows the continuation of culture in time. The second is the horizontal cultural communication, which is manifested in the spatial flow of culture. (2) Education activates the function of culture. According to the form of existence, culture can be divided into two kinds: one is the culture of storage form, and the other is the culture of activity form. The process from storage form to active form is the process of cultural activation. (3) The cultural choice function of education. Cultural choice is the initial link of cultural change and development. The choice of culture by education not only promotes the development and change of culture, but also improves the ability of the educated to choose culture and promotes the development of people. (4) The cultural criticism function of education. The cultural criticism function of education means that education analyzes the cultural situation of social reality according to its value goals and ideals, makes positive or negative evaluations, and guides social culture to develop in a healthy direction. (5) The function of cultural exchange and educational integration. Education promotes cultural exchange and integration from two aspects: on the one hand, through educational exchange activities; On the other hand, the educational process itself chooses and creates culture by learning different cultures. (6) The cultural renewal and innovation function of education. Without the renewal and creation of culture, there will be no real development of culture. The most fundamental embodiment of the function of education to activate culture is cultural innovation.