Interview with Ma Shengde: It has witnessed human creativity and is an important resource for sustainable development.
[Global Network Culture Channel reporter Dai Yu] Intangible cultural heritage (referred to as "intangible heritage") is an important part of excellent traditional culture, which embodies the wisdom and creation of people of all ethnic groups and provides the broad masses with a continuous sense of identity, pride and gain. It is a valuable cultural wealth of people of all ethnic groups.
Since Kunqu Opera was selected as UNESCO’s "Masterpiece of Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity" in 2001, in just over 20 years, China has not only won the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage List with 42 intangible heritages, but also created a model of intangible cultural heritage protection with China characteristics and embarked on a road of intangible cultural heritage protection with China characteristics, providing China experience and China’s plan for regional and international intangible cultural heritage protection. These vivid practices have highlighted the image of China as a country with intangible resources and reflected the responsibility of a big country.
Recently, during the 7th China Intangible Cultural Heritage Expo, Ma Shengde, former deputy director of the Intangible Cultural Heritage Department of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and a first-class inspector, was interviewed by a reporter from the Culture Channel of the World Wide Web to talk about the "past lives" of intangible cultural heritage protection and share his thoughts on the protection and inheritance of intangible cultural heritage.
"Intangible heritage is an important resource for sustainable development. The most precious thing is the embodiment of cultural creativity. "Ma Shengde said that our ancestors transformed their imagination of distant beauty into thinking and exploration, and finally formed a rich and colorful intangible cultural heritage, which brought us the knowability of China culture, which was a great incentive for people’s creation today.
He emphasized that intangible heritage should enter modern life, which is not only an important concept of intangible heritage protection, but also conforms to the basic laws and characteristics of intangible heritage’s own development. Today, rural revitalization has given intangible heritage protection a new starting point, which requires people to further realize that the core of intangible heritage protection is the inheritor; We should attach importance to and spread the outstanding Chinese traditional culture and spiritual value carried by intangible cultural heritage. In the active protection and inheritance of intangible cultural heritage, we need to grasp the scale of "intervention", follow the concept of holistic protection, build a sustainable intangible cultural heritage protection ecosystem, and contribute China’s strength and China’s wisdom to promote the harmony, friendship and cultural sharing of human society.

People-oriented is live transmission’s legacy.
"China’s non-legacy protection for the past 20 years is not too long, but many of our ideas are ahead." Ma Shengde told the World Wide Web cultural reporter that compared with the developed countries that started intangible cultural heritage protection as early as the middle of last century, the systematic intangible cultural heritage protection work in China was gradually carried out under the framework of the UNESCO Convention for the Protection of Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2003. The Convention on Intangible Heritage emphasizes the important concepts of "inheritance from generation to generation", "liveliness" and "re-creation", but there is no concept of "inheritor". In practice, China initiated the identification of representative inheritors of intangible cultural heritage projects on the basis of drawing lessons from international intangible cultural heritage protection experience, which is the development of UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage Convention and an important exploration and vivid practice of intangible cultural heritage protection with China characteristics.
Why should we identify "representative inheritors"? First of all, we need to correctly understand what intangible cultural heritage is-nonmaterialExperts have verified this concept, and its original meaning in French and English is: untouchable. That is to say, things can be touched, and immaterial things cannot be touched; Japan and South Korea call immateriality "intangible cultural wealth", as opposed to material heritage. Material is tangible, the Great Wall and the Forbidden City are tangible, but immaterial is intangible. Such as: our twenty-four solar terms, the superb skills of the inheritors, and the "looking, smelling, asking and feeling" of the master of Chinese medicine. The existing way of this skill is the accumulation of various social practical experiences of individuals, groups and nations in the long historical process, and this accumulated experience is finally transformed into a knowledge system of human beings and exists as a cultural memory and way of thinking. Therefore, "experience, knowledge and skills" are the core elements of non-genetic inheritance, Ma Shengde emphasized.
Intangible heritage skills need to be passed down from generation to generation, which is the characteristic of intangible heritage and the unique charm of intangible heritage. The reason why the Intangible Heritage Convention emphasizes heritage is thatFrom generation to generation, first of all,This is because the inheritance of intangible cultural heritage is based on people. People can’t live for thousands of years, but things can last for thousands of years. For example, Notre Dame de Paris in France has experienced more than 800 years, and Yingxian Wooden Pagoda in Shanxi Province in China has lasted for 1000 years, which is the characteristic of material heritage. The inheritance of non-legacy depends on the inheritance of living people from generation to generation, and the intergenerational inheritance can not be interrupted and its vitality can be continued. This is the characteristic of non-legacy. So it is called "live transmission". UNESCO changed the original management department of intangible heritage from "intangible heritage office" to "living heritage office", which strengthened the living characteristics of intangible heritage.
Secondly,The concept of "passing on from generation to generation" conforms to the inheritance characteristics of intangible heritage, such as the inheritance of intangible heritage, family inheritance and other modes, and the inheritance pedigree between each generation is very clear. This way has become a common phenomenon in human social practice, a consensus law that has been influenced by others, and a very familiar local knowledge system. For example, many ethnic groups in China have a tradition of genealogy, and the inheritance of the family is clearly recorded in the genealogy, which is very rigorous and scientific. Genealogy is a sacred thing of a family, which should be handed down from generation to generation and protected.
Again,People are the main carrier of inheritance, and its skills are difficult to be recorded by means of written classics. In addition, many of our ethnic groups have languages but no words, and the inheritance of the heritage mainly depends on oral instruction, word of mouth, and words and deeds. There is a classification of intangible heritage in the Convention on Intangible Heritage called "oral tradition and expression", which pays attention to the existence and importance of oral traditional expression in the inheritance of human cultural heritage. The most typical case is the three epics of King Gelsall, Manas and Jianger in China, which have been in the form of oral tradition since live transmission. There are many heritages, such as traditional opera, traditional dance, traditional music and other performing arts. It takes a long time to pass on the skills between master and apprentice. There are also some things that can only be understood, such as artistic charm, style, vivid and superb artistic expression, which have a strong personalized color. The learning and grasping of these elements depends on the individual’s understanding, talent, artistic feeling and the teacher’s constant inspiration. The inheritance of such cultural heritage cannot be completed by means of written classics. Therefore, these characteristics determine that the way of inheritance of intangible cultural heritage pays more attention to the way of "handed down from generation to generation and live transmission" between people. The key core here is the role of "people".
Up to now, there are 3,062 national intangible heritage inheritors, of which more than 400 have passed away. Ma Shengde said that the greatest significance of identifying the representative inheritors of intangible cultural heritage lies in: "We realize that the core of intangible cultural heritage protection is’ people’, especially the inheritors who have mastered superb skills. In the protection of intangible heritage in the past 20 years, we have realized the protection of intangible heritage. Without people, we can’t talk about the inheritance and protection of living conditions. This is an important feature of the practice of protecting China. "
The institutional advantage of concentrating on doing great things
Late start and "rich family background" are the characteristics and difficulties of intangible cultural heritage protection in China. Ma Shengde said that the institutional advantage of concentrating on major events is the key to the outstanding achievements of intangible cultural heritage protection in China. "In the past 20 years, cultural institutions at all levels in China have set up special departments for the protection of intangible cultural heritage", especially a four-level protection list with countries, provinces, cities and counties as units. "Declare from bottom to top, and finally select the project that is the most representative and influential of China’s outstanding traditional culture from the national intangible cultural heritage projects and declare it to the United Nations." Ma Shengde said that this is also the intangible protection mode practiced in China.
Ma Shengde pointed out that the Party and the government attached great importance to the protection of intangible cultural heritage, and invested a lot of manpower, material resources and financial resources, so that the protection of intangible cultural heritage in China can achieve today’s achievements. Since 2005, we have spent five years conducting a nationwide survey of intangible cultural heritage, systematically registering and cataloguing intangible cultural heritage resources, and basically finding out the intangible cultural heritage "property" scattered among the people, with nearly 870,000 intangible cultural heritage projects. On June 1st, 2011, People’s Republic of China (PRC) Intangible Cultural Heritage Law was officially promulgated and implemented, which marked that China’s intangible cultural heritage began to enter the track of legal protection and pushed the intangible cultural heritage protection into a new era of vigorous development. In the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, in the state-led intangible cultural heritage protection planning and deployment, we will further strengthen the systematic protection of intangible cultural heritage, improve the inheritance system of intangible cultural heritage protection, improve the inheritance level of intangible cultural heritage protection, increase the intensity of non-genetic broadcasting, and promote the cause of intangible cultural heritage protection to make greater progress.
Non-legacy protection and inheritance of Chinese cultural genes
In June this year, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and other ten departments issued the Notice on Promoting the High-quality Inheritance and Development of Traditional Crafts, further strengthening the rescue records of traditional crafts and encouraging the inheritance practice, and helping traditional crafts to play a greater role in the people’s better life. Ma Shengde recalled that in March 2016, the first traditional craft workstation in China was established in Hami, Xinjiang.
The local Uyghur embroidery in Hami is deeply influenced by the Central Plains culture. On the basis of accepting Suzhou embroidery and Beijing embroidery in the Central Plains and integrating with the local ethnic customs and aesthetic tastes, it has created "Hami Uyghur embroidery" with distinctive ethnic characteristics and rich regional customs, which is unique in Xinjiang’s national embroidery art. However, with the impact of modern lifestyle, Hami Uygur embroidery was once weak.
After the establishment of Hami traditional craft workstation, teachers and students from Tsinghua University Academy of Fine Arts collected and recorded the traditional patterns of Hami embroidery in a rescue way. A group of fashion designers have designed and developed new products such as earphones, wallets and furniture products based on the traditional patterns and raw materials of Hami embroidery, and even applied Hami embroidery to haute couture fashion, making it shine on the international runway. While accepting orders, Uyghur embroidered mothers re-inspired their enthusiasm and vitality for traditional embroidery art.
Ma Shengde said that this government-led working mode of establishing a platform conducive to the protection, inheritance and market development of intangible cultural heritage not only allows more embroidered mothers to actively participate, but also establishes an industrial product chain with the help of external forces, so that the skills can be protected and passed down in production, so that intangible cultural heritage can move towards today’s social life and attract more younger generations.
"The core pattern of Hami embroidery is peony. Peony flower is a traditional auspicious pattern from the Central Plains, and it is the cultural gene of this heritage. " Ma Shengde told the World Wide Web cultural reporter that Hami embroidery is the most powerful witness of the cultural exchange between Uygur and Central Plains in Hami, Xinjiang in the history of China. The cultural genes and symbols inherited in Hami embroidery not only have its visible cultural elements, but also tell the historical story of national friendship and cultural integration invisibly-this is the core spiritual value of our non-genetic inheritance.

Beware of misunderstandings and establish a correct concept of intangible cultural heritage protection
In recent two years, Ma Shengde has been busy writing new books. He condensed the vivid cases and personal experiences of intangible cultural heritage protection that he has devoted himself to for many years, and traveled all over the country and many countries and regions in the world into this manuscript in the form of pictures and texts, in order to popularize and spread the correct concept of intangible cultural heritage protection to the public.
Ma Shengde emphasized that intangible cultural heritage belongs to a living culture, and the protection and inheritance of intangible cultural heritage should be the inheritance of people-oriented skills and cultural spirit, not material inheritance. "The behavior of paying too much attention to the economic value and market benefit of the heritage has led to the deviation in the direction of intangible protection in some places." In the investigation, Ma Shengde found that in the declaration of the fifth batch of national intangible cultural heritage projects, all the projects with no market value and economic value were removed in some places, and all the folk literature projects were not declared in some areas. Even these heritage projects have high social awareness, but they are neglected because they cannot produce direct economic benefits. These practices seriously deviate from the correct direction of intangible cultural heritage protection. This is a phenomenon that Ma Shengde noticed when he visited various places in recent two years, which caused him to be uneasy as a researcher.
He said that there are ten categories of intangible cultural heritage in China, among which traditional skills, traditional fine arts and traditional medicine processing skills with commodity attributes can be applied to "productive protection". For example, tea-making, wine-making, brewing and catering projects, as well as spinning, dyeing, weaving and embroidery, etc. These projects have commodity attributes and market attributes, and can enter the market as commodities, so the concept of productive protection is in line with the characteristics of this kind of heritage. At the same time, some projects in other categories do not have the ability to directly generate income. If we only pay attention to the heritages with economic value and neglect other heritages that cannot generate economic value and market benefits, it will inevitably lead to the imbalance between the whole non-legacy projects, which will cause different feelings for the non-genetic inheritors, and also lead to the deviation in orientation at the overall level of society, and the non-legacy protection will enter a misunderstanding. In fact, this is a retrogressive phenomenon in the concept of intangible protection. Ma Shengde reminded that once it deviates from its own development law and original intention of protection, it will destroy the ecosystem of intangible cultural heritage protection.
"Intangible heritage itself is a carrier of spirit, and intangible heritage is the most precious spiritual value, which is the core of intangible heritage protection. Based on such an important cognition, we compare the intangible heritage to: the spiritual home of the Chinese nation, the DNA of Chinese culture, and the symbol of national cultural identity. " Ma Shengde, for example, said that folk literature has always been a difficult point in the work of intangible cultural heritage protection. It cannot directly produce economic value, but it has built a spiritual home for mankind. The most typical is the epic in folk literature, which is a very grand spiritual and cultural pillar of a nation. Epic praises national heroes, whose names and images have spiritual symbols. The worship of heroes has formed a group’s common values.
Therefore, in the protection of intangible heritage, it is necessary to develop in a balanced way, give consideration to all fields of heritage, establish a holistic heritage view, and develop in an all-round and coordinated way.

Cultural revival is integrated into modern life.
When it comes to intangible cultural heritage, many people associate it with the ancient way of life, but in Ma Shengde’s view, the most precious thing of intangible cultural heritage is creativity. "The wisdom of the ancients needs awe, and we also need sustainable development.". The protection of intangible cultural heritage is not to make it a "giant panda" in the zoo, nor to copy ancient artifacts, but to find spiritual connection with contemporary people in live transmission.
"We propose a cultural renaissance, not a cultural retro."Ma Shengde emphasized that it is our ultimate goal to make the intangible heritage of ancient traditions enter modern life and become an important way of life for people. Live transmission’s legacy in today’s world should conform to modern people’s aesthetics and lifestyle, blend into the new atmosphere of the times, and do not advocate keeping it intact. Like the evolution of Chinese characters in China, the fonts from Oracle Bone Inscriptions, inscriptions on bronze, seal script, official script, regular script … are not static, but the hieroglyphics of square characters remain unchanged. From the writing on bamboo slips to the display on mobile phones and computers today, although the external expression has changed, the cultural genes of Chinese characters have always been passed on.
Intangible heritage is ancient and traditional, and it doesn’t mean that the longer it exists, the more precious it is. Ma Shengde pointed out that this is also a common misunderstanding in people’s understanding of intangible heritage. Whether it’s the four great inventions or the twenty-four solar terms ….. these once creative labor wisdom embodies the strong vitality and creativity of Chinese culture, and they are all great contributions made by the Chinese nation to human development. Therefore, the object of intangible cultural heritage protection is not that the longer a project exists, the more valuable it will be, but whether it can meet the needs of sustainable development. Is there any innovation? Non-genetic inheritance is always the excellent traditional Chinese culture.
"Chang ‘e V", "Yutu", "Zhu Rong" and "Tiangong No.1" … In today’s China aerospace project, the most advanced scientific and technological products and the names of space stations all come from ancient myths in Chinese civilization. "These names are very accurate and strongly consistent with our ancient people’s exploration and yearning for the universe and the sky in myths and legends. They are all stories that exist in our folk literature classics and have been in live transmission. " Ma Shengde pointed out that we didn’t use such names as "Athena", "Apollo" and "Zeus", but looked for inspiration from ancient national myths, which is the continuation and rebirth of China’s excellent traditional culture today. "Clever integration of high-tech products with traditional culture is an excellent practice of national top-level design for intangible cultural heritage modernization. These impressive’ China names’ have attracted worldwide attention and become the best overseas spread of China culture. It is this charm that folk literature heritage has. "
Non-legacy innovation and communication, grasp the "scale of intervention"
How can intangible cultural heritage be better integrated into modern life? Ma Shengde believes that this is a very important proposition in the protection of intangible cultural heritage. Because heritage is a great creation of our ancestors and a precious legacy left by our ancestors, we need to grasp the scale and measure when we protect and utilize intangible heritage and integrate it into modern life, that is, the scale of intervention. In the protection and utilization, we need to have a heart of awe first, and we need to treat the heritage carefully, and we can’t rudely exercise and "hurt the bones" to transform the heritage.
For example, the epic Gesar is a folk literary heritage that spreads in Tibet, Qinghai, Gansu, Sichuan, Yunnan, Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang and other regions, and celebrates the story of King Gelsall, a great hero. Qinghai Guoluo is the main spreading area of Gesar epic. In 2016, the Ministry of Culture established the "Gesar Culture (Guoluo) Ecological Protection Experimental Zone" in Qinghai Guoluo to protect this heroic epic regionally. During the protection and utilization of intangible traditional crafts in the ecological protection zone, the rich resources of Gesar epic were fully tapped. In the cooperation between the local and the Academy of Fine Arts of Shanghai University, the cultural elements of Gesar heroic epic were extracted and cooperated with Shanghai’s "Hero Brand" pens to create a set of "Hero Brand" pen gift combinations, which made people see the charm of the old brand and the intangible cross-border.
"The two" heroes "are well combined." Ma Shengde said that it is necessary to encourage this kind of adherence to the laws of cultural heritage, so that the intrinsic value of intangible cultural heritage can be properly combined with external manifestations-that is, the "scale of intervention" can be better grasped.
Ma Shengde pointed out that in recent years, our research and training programs for Chinese intangible cultural heritage inheritors, China traditional craft revitalization program and traditional craft workstations have all made positive and beneficial explorations in the field of intangible cultural heritage entering modern life. However, we must also be clear that the active protection and inheritance of intangible cultural heritage cannot be separated from certain dissemination and sharing. Especially in today’s information age, we should make good use of modern technology and means in content carrier and communication mode. For example, it is difficult to protect national languages and dialects, but at present, there are films with dialect interpretation, which are performed by influential stars in dialects, and dialect protection and mass communication are well realized.
In addition, animation adaptation is also an effective way to activate intangible cultural heritage. The domestic animated film "Lion Boy" tells the story of a group of teenagers who love and inherit Guangdong’s non-legacy "Lion Dance". Ma Shengde was also moved by the arduous journey from lion dance practice to winning the championship. He believes that it is a good way to popularize and spread the intangible cultural heritage for young people to make innovative expressions in the form of animation that young people like.
Now that science and technology have changed our lives, we must make full use of these means to play a role in integrating intangible cultural heritage into contemporary life. According to different levels of audience, we should explore various ways of inheritance and communication. Only with a certain communication surface can we create a better environment and conditions for inheritance. "We encourage more people of insight to actively and boldly explore the modern communication methods of intangible heritage, so that our younger generation can learn more about intangible heritage through modern technology and communication methods, so as to achieve the purpose of inheritance and protection." Ma Shengde Road.

Cultural sharing to build a new chapter of human sustainable development
At the opening ceremony of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, the "Twenty-four Solar Terms Countdown" surprised the global audience, especially for Ma Shengde. He once served as the head of the delegation of China’s application for the 24 solar terms, and went through the whole application process.
"In an international large-scale sports event, it is not only a cultural heritage, but also a promotion and dissemination of excellent cultural heritage to share this intangible heritage with the world by using one of the excellent traditional cultures of the Chinese nation as an idea." Ma Shengde said that the twenty-four solar terms have the widest recognition, and they are timeless, interdisciplinary, ethnic, regional and ideological, and there is no hierarchy. From ancient times to the present, emperors and ordinary people must follow the laws of solar terms. Especially today, we look at the peak of wisdom and creation that the ancients once reached. "It gives people an incentive today and increases the cultural confidence and pride of our nation. Intangible heritage provides a vivid case of national culture live transmission, which needs to be learned, studied and learned in our future sustainable development. "
"The twenty-four solar terms also reflect the extensive sharing of intangible cultural heritage around the world." Ma Shengde believes that there are many ways and ideas that can be used for reference to solve the relationship between people and between nations, regions and countries.
Ma Shengde, for example, in Xinjiang, China, there is a non-legacy named "Maixi Refu", which means "gathering" and "place" in Uygur language. It is a comprehensive folk entertainment activity that integrates folk songs and dances, musical instruments, competitive performances and games. On holidays, after the harvest, at weddings, and at all times when people are happy, people who can sing and dance will gather in droves, hold the Maixirefu and dance the cheerful Maixirefu. Among them, there is also a kind of apology called "Maxi Refu", which is held for the negligent parties to ask for understanding, remove grievances and mediate relations.
"If there is a contradiction or dispute between people, the elders in the village will come forward to preside over the Maixi hot, prompting the two parties to re-establish friendship, worship tea and apologize to each other." Ma Shengde said that such an ancient and traditional way can make people turn swords into spears in music and dance, which is a way we can learn from today to deal with contradictions. "In the protection of intangible cultural heritage, we encourage this way to resolve contradictions in the bud and deal with disputes. Bring its enlightenment and significance to the sustainable development of our mankind. " If some disputes among the people have to be resolved in court, it will inevitably lead to mutual embarrassment, more disharmony in people’s relations, and even deeper grievances from now on! Then, it is the most harmonious relationship to deal with it in such a way as "apologizing to Maixi Refu". The cultural connotation of these heritages is worth exploring in our protection.
Ma Shengde pointed out that the earth is the home of human survival. Just as environmental protection and climate issues have become issues of common concern all over the world today, non-legacy is also of great significance to the sustainable development of mankind. "UNESCO promotes the protection of non-legacy from the international level, and it is also that various countries have realized the pivotal role and great potential played by non-legacy." Therefore, the United Nations encourages the sharing of heritage, so that cultural heritage can be shared worldwide. It is hoped that countries and regions will understand each other, respect each other and share the harmonious relationship and peaceful environment brought about by cultural heritage.
According to the declaration rules formulated by UNESCO, heritage projects with "homologous sharing" can be jointly declared by heritage sharing countries or separately. In the process of joint declaration, joint protection and joint sharing of intangible cultural heritage, friendship, cooperation, exchange and cultural sharing between nations and nations can be enhanced. For example, China and Mongolia jointly declared the Mongolian "long-tune folk songs" and Malaysia jointly declared the "ship delivery king". The legacy of "Falcon Domestication" has been jointly declared in 24 countries around the world.
The greatest charm of intangible cultural heritage bears witness to human creativity.
Intangible heritage bears witness to human creativity, is a melting pot of cultural diversity, and is also a symbol of a regional or national cultural identity. "Our culture can’t be built on the basis of rootless trees and passive water, but must be carried forward in excellent traditions. Many of our folk cultures were difficult to appreciate in the past, but they showed a strong vitality, which was like an underground river. This vitality is also an important resource for us to achieve sustainable development. " Ma Shengde said that the key core of UNESCO’s promotion of intangible cultural heritage protection is to provide experience for the challenges faced by the survival and development of human society through the human creativity and cultural diversity embodied by the intangible cultural heritage of all ethnic groups around the world, so as to realize the sustainable development of man and nature, man and society. This is also the greatest charm of the legacy. For example, our folk customs such as festival ceremonies play an irreplaceable role in building contemporary social harmony, family harmony, national unity and cultural identity. We also have many non-legacy projects of productive protection of traditional skills, which have great potential in improving the quality of life of contemporary people, enriching people’s diversified living needs and promoting employment. In the national policy of helping the poor and getting rich vigorously promoted by the China Municipal Government, the projects of non-legacy traditional skills have played an active role. There are also our Kunqu Opera, Peking Opera, Dong folk songs, flowers, Miao Xiu, guqin, epics, traditional dances, etc. These heritages not only bear witness to human creativity,But also an important resource for the development and re-creation of our contemporary culture.
Just like the legend of "butterfly lovers" in China, it was originally a tragic oral literature project, but later a series of artistic products were derived from such a legendary story. Many works of art appeal to both refined and popular tastes, and are well received by the general public, such as violin concerto, symphony, film, opera, ballet, various traditional opera arts and other hundreds of cultural expressions. The plot of "become a butterfly" in this heritage is the crowning touch of this legendary story, full of imagination, which sublimates this tragic story to a superb level. Such a cultural heritage is the crystallization of human wisdom and the creative product of culture, which fully embodies the imagination and creativity of human genius.
"The plot of’ become a butterfly’ in Liang Zhuzhong is wonderful!" Ma Shengde told movingly that "become a butterfly" embodies Chinese’s aesthetics and emotions, which is a valuable intangible cultural heritage and can be shared with the world as an intangible beauty of China. He stressed that,The ancient cultural heritage embodies the wisdom of many ancestors. "In the past, we didn’t pay enough attention to these heritages. Now we should study, extract and apply them better to provide better spiritual guidance for contemporary human life."(End)