The time resources taking holidays, memorial days and the happening time of important events as the main contents are important resources to launch ideological and political education activities and disseminate the mainstream ideology. The time resources, with important function of ideological and political education, play an active role in the perspective of inheriting advanced traditional culture and enhancing national cohesion. The development and exploitation of time resources for ideological and political education should be attached importance from such three aspects as setting up scientific time notion, good at mastering the status quo and optimizing activity carriers.