Music is an important component of aesthetic education, which is indispensable in the integration of the five domains of education i.e., moral, intellectual, physical, aesthetic and labor education. The integration of the five domains of education is the basic education strategy in the new era to foster character and civic virtue, impart knowledge and educate people so as to cultivate qualified builders and reliable successors of the socialist work. Music education is an integral part of the integration. This is a historically consistent educational policy expression. Music education has unique advantages in promoting the integration of the five domains of education. Accumulating experience in the practice of music education promoting the integration of the five domains of education has practical significance for students’ holistic and specialty development and education for all-round development.