Through on-the-spot investigation and study, the structural principle of art and local customs and culture are analyzed, and the investigation methods such as photography, copying, sketching, notes and recording are comprehensively used to record, sort out the artistic composition of the investigation area, sort out, understand and understand the history and present situation of China's traditional art heritage, deepen the knowledge and understanding of traditional culture and folk art, and apply this knowledge and understanding to actual creation and design projects.

This course is a compulsory course and an important teaching link in art education and teaching in colleges and universities. The purpose is to cultivate students' social practice ability and creative thinking through field visits to a certain area.

The course of art investigation is full of curiosity and freshness for students. Because it is different from the usual classroom teaching after all, it is far away from the so-called discipline in the classroom and comes to a strange environment, which needs to face all kinds of oncoming problems. These things touch the society in a way that young people like.