爱国主义是中华民族的传统美德。本文阐述了在当代必须进行爱国主义教育及在爱国主义教育中应重视的几个方面。当前爱国主义教育的主体是青少年一代 ,强调对青少年要进行热爱有中国特色的社会主义教育 ,培养他们居安思危的民族忧患意识等 ,并提出了如何进行爱国主义教育的一些措施。 Patriotism is the traditional virtue of the Chinese nation. This article elaborates on the aspects that must be patriotically educated in contemporary times and pays great attention to in patriotic education. At present, the main body of patriotic education is the generation of young people. It emphasizes that young people are to carry out socialism education with Chinese characteristics and raise their awareness of national crisis in peace time. Some measures are put forward on how to carry out patriotism education.