The purpose of this paper is to study the meaning of the cultural education in lifelong learning society that is focused on 'culture'. Accordingly, this paper examined the possibility of the practice for the cultural education in the life phase, moreover discusses preparing for the basis of a lifelong learning. Cultural education can provide all persons with a subjective experience for the cultural learning and cultural socialization. Most of the cultural socialization is made at home, in school or at a workplace. We can understand cultural socialization as a processing for obtain a cultural competence. Therefore, cultural education has to be related to educational system for the chance of actively socialization. There is little discussion about the role of cultural education in schooling. As a matter of fact, cultural education and learning has been dealt at the outside of schooling and almost ignored in it. If cultural education is so important for general human education, first of all, it must be treated in educational contents and goals in the education system. In other words, the cultural education has to come to light in the whole category of education. The cultural education has to be researched the theoretical background and developed the applying and practicing strategies to the educational field as well.