New socialist countryside construction needs to strengthen the ideological education for farmers.Through the analysis of Korean Saemaul Undong,it is concluded that Korean Saemaul Undong changed the mental outlook of Korean farmers by means of ideological education,such as positive incentives education,inculcating and introductory education,model demonstration education,affective communication education,etc.By using the successful experiences of Korean Saemaul Undong as reference and taking the reality of China into consideration,this paper put forward several countermeasures and advices to strengthen ideological education in the rural areas as follows:paying attention to farmers’ selfeducation in the ideological education,attaching importance to farmers’ spiritual training and ideal and belief education,encouraging the variety of educational methods and making the ideological education a breakthrough of relieving the pressure of homecoming migrant workers.