General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that the essence of ideological and political courses is to convey truth, emphasizing the need to explain these reasons in depth, thoroughly, and vividly. Since 2018, the Ministry of Education has been organizing evaluations for high-level, innovative, and challenging first-class undergraduate courses, referred to as "golden courses." The essence of ideological and political courses and "TwoCharacteristics,One Challenge" of "Golden Courses" are not contradictory in the construction of ideological and political courses. However, the unique characteristics of ideological and political courses dictate that it is not enough if we only construct the ideological and political courses according to "TwoCharacteristics,One Challenge", conversely, it is not enough if we only construct the ideological and political courses solely based on its essence. In practice, it is essential to implement the natureof "TwoCharacteristics,One Challenge"by conveying truth deeply and thoroughly, thereby promoting the deep alignment of the two standards and facilitating the high-quality development of ideological and political courses.