The Folklore Museum is an important place for the inheritance of urban Chinese. It enables the preservation and circulation of the city's traditional culture by displaying the city's traditional folk culture, which is of great significance for maintaining the diversity and uniqueness of the city's culture. In addition to this role, the folklore museum has several other functions:
Promote the development of tourism: As a unique cultural attraction, the Folklore Museum can attract a large number of tourists and visitors, thereby promoting the development of urban tourism and bringing economic benefits to the city.
Educate the public: By displaying the city's folk culture, the folk museum can allow the public to better understand and recognize their own cultural roots, and enhance the citizens' sense of identity and belonging to their own city. At the same time, it can also serve as an educational platform to teach various cultural knowledge and skills to the public.
Provide employment opportunities: The operation and management of the folklore museum requires certain human resources, which can provide certain employment opportunities for the city and alleviate the employment pressure of the city.
Promote urban renewal and development: The construction and operation of folk museums often require corresponding urban renewal and transformation, which has a certain role in promoting urban renewal and development. At the same time, the folk museum can also become an important representative of the city's image, enhancing the city's popularity and reputation.
Strengthen inter-regional cultural exchanges: The Folklore Museum is not only a place to display local folk culture, but also a platform for inter-regional cultural exchanges. Through exhibition and exchange, the cultures of different regions can be more widely disseminated and exchanged, and mutual understanding and friendship between regions can be promoted.
Provide leisure and entertainment places: As a cultural and tourist attraction, the folk museum can provide citizens and tourists with leisure and entertainment places, and enrich people's spiritual and cultural life. 
In general, the urban folklore museum plays an important role in cultural inheritance, economic development, public education, employment provision, urban renewal and development. But at the same time, it needs to be constantly maintained and innovated to adapt to the changing times and meet the needs of the public.