First, the significance of protecting intangible cultural heritage
The biggest feature of intangible cultural heritage is that it is not divorced from the special way of life and production of the nation, and it is a vivid embodiment of national personality and aesthetic habits. For the process of intangible cultural heritage inheritance, human inheritance is particularly important.
China's intangible cultural heritage contains the unique spiritual value, mode of thinking, imagination and cultural consciousness of the Chinese nation, which is the basic foundation for maintaining China's cultural identity and sovereignty.
Strengthening the protection of intangible cultural heritage is not only the need of national and national development, but also the inevitable requirement of civilized dialogue in international society and the sustainable development of human society. Therefore, we must fully understand the significance of protecting it ideologically.
Intangible cultural heritage is a precious cultural information resource and a true witness of history. Protecting and making good use of intangible cultural heritage is of great significance to the sustainable, comprehensive and coordinated development of economy and culture.
With the strengthening of globalization and the acceleration of modernization, the living conditions of intangible cultural heritage have been greatly impacted, and it is urgent to strengthen the protection of intangible cultural heritage in China.
Intangible cultural heritage is a variety of traditional cultural expressions and cultural spaces that people of all ethnic groups have passed down from generation to generation and are closely related to people's lives. Intangible cultural heritage is not only a witness of historical development, but also a valuable cultural resource.
Second, why should we protect intangible culture?
The rich and colorful intangible cultural heritage created by the people of all ethnic groups in our country in the long-term production and life practice is the crystallization of the wisdom and civilization of the Chinese nation, the bond linking national feelings and the basis for safeguarding national unity.
Some cultural heritages passed down orally and by actions are disappearing, many traditional skills are on the verge of extinction, a large number of precious objects and materials with historical and cultural value are destroyed or lost abroad, and the phenomenon that intangible cultural heritage is abused at will occurs from time to time.
Intangible cultural heritage is the crystallization of the wisdom of our ancestors, which directly reflects this important process of human social development, has specific historical, social, scientific, economic and aesthetic values, and is an indispensable material evidence for social development.
Protecting intangible cultural heritage can help people of all ethnic groups widely absorb the nutrients of national spirit, and cultural relics play an irreplaceable role. Protecting intangible cultural heritage is the historical basis for protecting the ideological and moral, scientific and cultural quality of people of all ethnic groups.
Intangible cultural heritage is the accumulation of national spirit and culture of the whole people. Protecting intangible cultural heritage is an acknowledgement of the 5,000-year history of Chinese civilization, which is of great significance for inheriting civilization and building advanced culture.
Therefore, the protection of intangible cultural heritage is to protect the inheritance of human culture, cultivate the foundation of social culture, maintain cultural diversity and creativity, and protect the sustainable development of society, which has great historical significance.
Third, the value of cultural heritage.
China's intangible cultural heritage contains the unique spiritual value, mode of thinking and imagination of the Chinese nation, and embodies its vitality and creativity. It is the crystallization of national wisdom and the treasure of all human civilization.
Protecting intangible cultural heritage and maintaining national cultural heritage are prerequisites for connecting national emotional ties, enhancing national unity, maintaining world cultural diversity and creativity, and promoting common development of mankind.
Intangible cultural heritage, as the historical remains of human natural and social activities, reveals this specific historical phenomenon from different aspects and fields, embodies the ideological, moral and scientific level of ancient people, and its value and function are eternal.
Protecting intangible cultural heritage can help people of all ethnic groups to absorb national spiritual nutrients widely; Cultural relics play an irreplaceable role in patriotism and revolutionary tradition education; Protecting intangible cultural heritage is the historical basis for protecting the ideological and moral, scientific and cultural qualities of people of all ethnic groups.
Intangible cultural heritage embodies the deep-rooted cultural genes of the Chinese nation, is the memory of human life, the spiritual source of human creativity, the crystallization of human wisdom and the eternal spiritual home of human beings.
To sum up, it is of great significance in view of the non-renewable characteristics of intangible cultural heritage. Therefore, the protection of intangible cultural heritage is the need of human production and development.