As an important content of college ideological and political education under the new normal situation, the mental health education of college students has a very close relationship between its development and traditional culture. Culture has the function of characterizing, constructing, arousing and directing individuals in cultural entities. The cultural adjustment of mental health is the process of adapting mental health through the various functions of culture. Traditional culture not only provides rich educational resources for the cultural adjustment of college students' psychological health, but also can serve as an excellent traditional culture and cultural adjustment medium. It can provide important guarantee for the mental health of college students by arousing national spirit, cultivating noble sentiment, guiding life practice and building campus culture.