National spirit education is an important content of ideological and political theory courses in colleges and universities.Currently,national spirit education should follow the development vein of national spirits.The development of the Chinese national spirits follows the development vein from the emergence of national consciousness,to self-denial of the national spirits,to its self-affirmation.Meanwhile,the development vein of the national spirits includes the characteristics of inheritance,times,and development of the national spirits.Thus,all the above constitute the basic teaching content of national spirit education in China.