The general secretary gave important instructions on the protection of intangible cultural heritage, emphasizing that it is necessary to do a solid job in the systematic protection of intangible cultural heritage, better meet the growing spiritual and cultural needs of the people, and promote cultural self-confidence and self-reliance. It is necessary to promote the creative transformation and innovative development of China's excellent traditional culture, continuously enhance the cohesion of the Chinese nation and the influence of Chinese culture, deepen exchanges and mutual learning among civilizations, tell the story of China's excellent traditional culture, and promote Chinese culture to the world. The General Secretary's instructions emphasize the practical and far-reaching significance of safeguarding intangible cultural heritage, and point out the direction and goals of intangible cultural heritage protection.
China Chengdu International Intangible Cultural Heritage Festival is the fourth national-level international cultural festival brand officially approved, and it is the first large-scale cultural festival in the international community with the purpose of promoting the protection of human intangible cultural heritage. This fully demonstrates that China attaches great importance to the protection of the intangible cultural heritage of humanity at the national level. The establishment of a national statutory "Cultural Heritage Day" and the holding of an "Intangible Cultural Heritage Festival" every two years are the institutional guarantee for the "systematic protection" of intangible cultural heritage. The success of the Chengdu International Intangible Cultural Heritage Festival, especially the Chengdu Declaration and the Chengdu Initiative, reflects China's gratifying achievements in safeguarding intangible cultural heritage, and demonstrates its strong influence on the academic community of intangible cultural heritage at home and abroad. UNESCO's participation in hosting China's "Intangible Cultural Heritage Festival" is not only an affirmation and support for China's intangible cultural heritage protection work, but also a tribute to "exchanging and learning from China's excellent traditional cultural stories" and "Chinese culture to the world".
There is a long list on the China Intangible Cultural Heritage Network and the China Intangible Cultural Heritage Digital Museum, which is the "List of Representative Items of National Intangible Cultural Heritage". This is a report card on the fulfilment of our obligations as a State party to the Convention "in accordance with our national circumstances". It is an important basic work to establish a list of representative items of intangible cultural heritage, confirm the objects of protection, concentrate limited resources, and focus on the protection of intangible cultural heritage items that embody the excellent traditional culture of the Chinese nation and have historical, literary, artistic and scientific value, and are also the Chinese model and experience that have attracted the attention of the international community. The 1,557 items and their 3,610 children on the exhibition list will give rise to our national pride, and we will also admire the wisdom and diligence of our ancestors, so that we can maintain a clear understanding of "coming from ** to ** going". Roots, which always support the stems, branches, and leaves. We are all a leaf of the towering tree of the Chinese nation.
The author's hometown of Yancheng, Jiangsu Province, "Huai Opera", is a "traditional drama", listed in the national intangible cultural heritage list No. 703, is the second batch of new projects approved in 2008, the protection unit is Jiangsu Province Huai Opera Troupe *** Seeing this entry, I recalled the Huai Opera I was used to hearing in my childhood. At that time, I didn't understand that this was called a hometown play, but I just watched the play with adults as a matter of course and naturally. The feeling now is the echo of the distant years, and the cordial and heartfelt hometown sounds of the father and the old folk, immediately evoke a feeling of nostalgia for the hometown and reliving the old dreams of childhood. After I settled in Changzhou, I also watched Changzhou's tin opera. In October 2023, Changzhou will hold a tin opera development conference, and I wrote a small article "Changzhou is also the birthplace, how can the name "tin opera" be without "constant"?".believes that the name of "Tin Opera" should be restored to its original name "Chang Tin Opera", which has sparked heated discussions on the platform. In addition, he wrote a small article "The vitality of "Tin Opera" lies in whether there are one or two unique skills?"."I still have expectations for tin dramas. To be honest, I don't really like drama as a literary genre, including tin opera, of course. However, tin opera is the local voice of my second hometown, so I am also very happy that tin opera is listed in No. 704 of the list of intangible cultural heritage items, and the protection unit is Changzhou Tin Theater in Jiangsu Province.