<p>This paper studies a local intellectual of the late Qing Dynasty China, who actively participated in the School Song Movement. The School Song Movement, which existed between the late years of Qing Dynasty and the early years of the Republic of China, sought to teach children school songs and hold music seminars in order to popularize music education. Since most people who participated in the movement had been overseas students in Japan, prior research on the movement primarily focused on their thoughts about education and the composition of songs. However, prior research did not sufficiently address the role that local intellectuals without overseas experience who also participated in the movement. This study focuses upon Jiang Weiqiao, an intellectual with no overseas learning experience, who held a music seminar in Chang Zhou. Based upon the analyses of his activities during the movement and a re-examination of the whole movement, this paper proves the following. First, most intellectuals who participated in the School Song Movement were not music professionals. Second, seminars given by both those who studied in Japan and local intellectuals primarily focused on the popularization of music education, rather than professional music training. Third, in regions where music education had not existed, local intellectuals' promotion of nationalism through music education played an important role in making the idea of music education much more popular.</p>