The construction of new liberal arts provides new opportunities and challenges for the cultivation of primary education majors in local undergraduate colleges and universities.This paper probes into the background and connotation of the construction of new liberal arts, analyzes the training programs of primary education majors in five local colleges and universities, and points out the practical needs and difficulties in the cultivation of primary education majors in local colleges and universities under the perspective of new liberal arts. It puts forward the cultivation path of primary education majors in local colleges under the new liberal arts perspective from the following three aspects: the innovation in the educational philosophy of new liberal art talents, the integration of cross-disciplinary and diversified curriculum system,and the construction of a strong multi-dimensional teaching force.