[Ma Zhiyao] Confusion and exploration of intangible cultural heritage protection

Content summary: To restore or reproduce endangered intangible culture, we must also protect those inheritors, especially the artistic spirit of the inheritors, which must allow performers to experience and live in the original environment.

But can cultural heritage be rescued and protected simply by enclosing land or through audio-visual and written records and research by experts and scholars? How can we make intangible cultural heritage gain long-term vitality? This article believes that: The ultimate goal of the protection of intangible cultural heritage is to obtain the excellent qualities of traditional culture from intangible cultural heritage and the humanistic spirit that can be understood and inspired by contemporary people.

More importantly, in the development of this work, the pride and sense of identity of the whole people in the country's excellent culture arouse the public's love and respect for our great traditions, recognize the value of true cultural heritage, and abandon cultural dross.

At the "Two Sessions" of Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture in Hubei Province, Yao Benchi, deputy secretary-general of the State Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, made a bold proposal to restore "naked fiber pulling" aroused controversy from all walks of life.

There were supporters, skeptics, accusations, and suggestions.

In this incident, everyone argued happily, but from the existing media reports, we found that the opinions of the parties involved and the trackers were missing.

Are these trackers willing to go naked and pull? What do they really think? If the trackers believe that this does not harm their dignity, then all arguments may be empty talk.

We don't know what most trackers think, which needs to be fieldwork.

But this also leads to a common phenomenon in the current protection of intangible cultural heritage.

What is true cultural heritage? What should we protect? Regarding the former, we need the guidance and recognition of experts and scholars.

However, how to protect not only the decision-making department but also requires listening to the parties involved and inheriting people's voices.

Otherwise, our protection work can easily be diverted from the will of officials and experts without leaving behind the inheritors.

It is doubtful whether such protection can be satisfied by the inheritors and the general public.

The question of protecting the "truth" of folk customs or intangible cultural heritage reminds us of the current protection of ancient villages.

In the protection of ancient villages, because most buildings have been in disrepair for a long time, in order to protect the building itself and the intangible elements in the architectural art, many places collect building materials and reuse some bricks and tiles of the demolished ancient buildings.

Either use these old bricks in reconstruction or put them in museums.

In some places, ancient villages are directly demolished and built, with building forms and materials preserved as much as possible, and new villages are built on the ruins.

Such protection methods may result in the "empty shell" of heritage.

The demise of ancient villages is a matter of time, but human development and utilization have accelerated their extinction, and the inheritance and protection of dead ancient materials and architectural forms is actually a failure of intangible cultural heritage protection.

By the same token, we have inherited some performance forms of intangible cultural heritage, but we lack exploration and research on the connotation, ignore the understanding and understanding of the deep cultural connotation of intangible cultural heritage objects, how to cultivate the interest of viewers, and how to let future generations have a desire to protect intangible cultural heritage objects.

At the same time, because researchers often get entangled in the analysis of intangible cultural protection, they forget that the purpose of intangible cultural protection is for the continuation and development of cultural heritage.

In the contradiction between protection and development, it is better to quarrel about which is right and which is wrong.

It is better to conduct an in-depth study of the "authenticity" and "current cultural nature" of intangible culture.

The purpose is to gain a greater and deeper discovery of the "cultural meaning" of cultural heritage itself.

Looking at the development of intangible cultural heritage from the perspective of folklore will make us realize that commercial development and the essential pursuit of folk culture are not contradictory.

As long as we recognize the cultural connotation and historical inheritance of intangible cultural heritage itself, study its authenticity (or original ecology) at the same time recognize the rheological nature of culture, and go deep into the essence and essence of culture, the so-called true and false folk customs can naturally be discriminated.

However, if commercial operations can follow the essential pursuit of culture, preserve the essence of folk culture to the greatest extent possible, and still retain the essence of folk culture despite changes in forms, the true purpose of protecting intangible cultural heritage can be achieved, and cultural protection and local economy can be benefited.

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