"Actually, this is what I discovered during this inspection trip to the island country." Zhou Zhi said: "In the process of communicating with several senior collectors in the island country, I was very interested in their classification method of cultural heritage."
"It seems that when you were in high school, you did exegesis of the dialect of your hometown and sorted out various traditions and folk culture, right?"
“Yes, I have been interested in these things since I was a child.” Zhou Zhinan smiled and said, “So after I heard about such a law in the island country, I felt...”
"It feels like I have found a soulmate. What I want to do, I have someone do it in front of me, right?"
"Hehehehe..." Zhou Zhi could only giggle.
In fact, he has been very sensitive in this aspect since he was a child. Under the influence of his godfather, he has almost developed a habit of collecting various local cultural heritage since childhood. It can be said that the cultural heritage of Jiachuan is basically organized by him and his godfather Wu Lingjun. came out.
This was the case in both generations. When the country joined the Convention for the Protection of Intangible Cultural Heritage, the two of them communicated on the phone and celebrated each other even though they were in two places.
This generation Zhou Zhi's influence is much greater, but he has turned from a supporter to a promoter, and started advocating for the relevant departments ten years in advance.
Of course, these things have nothing to do with Minister Liu. The opportunity to go to Japan and South Korea for inspection just happened, so all the motivations can be attributed to what he saw and thought during this inspection.
South Korea also followed the example of island countries in establishing its own protection system in 1964. It also divided the cultural heritage that the country should protect into tangible and intangible.
"After seeing this law in the island country, I asked it to study it," Zhou Zhi said: "In general, it is good, but the natural heritage part actually includes scenic spots, protected areas, cities with tourism value, etc. Wait, I think it’s a bit nondescript to be mixed with cultural heritage. In our country, that should be a matter for the tourism bureau.”
“ The remaining cultural heritage is, of course, the main building of our ministry, but the classification definitions used by Japan and South Korea in terms of tangible and intangible are actually not accurate.”
“After returning to China, I looked up the information and found that UNESCO. , as early as the 1970s, when formulating the heritage protection plan, it was proposed that cultural heritage consists of tangible heritage and intangible heritage."
"This is a new term. In the French text of the United Nations, it is expressed as PATRIMOINECULTURELIMMATERIEL, which is literally translated into Chinese as 'intangible cultural heritage'."
"And INTANGIBLECULTURALHERITAGE in the English text, The word INTANGIBLE means unable to be touched or not having physical presence in the dictionary. The meaning of the latter word is consistent with French, but in more contexts, it does have a higher meaning - invisible, untouchable. "< br>
"So I think the French text is more accurate. According to the French meaning, it is more accurate to divide cultural heritage into tangible cultural heritage and intangible cultural heritage. It is also much better than directly using Japanese and Korean concepts."
" Tangible cultural heritage is cultural relics with historical, artistic and scientific value; intangible cultural heritage refers to various Traditional culture that exists in an intangible form, is closely related to the lives of the national people, and is passed down from generation to generation.”
“In this way, the cultural heritage and folk heritage defined by the island country are combined. For cultural heritage, only Instead of dividing intangible heritage into culture and folk customs like the island countries do, It's a bit nondescript, and it's not in line with our domestic tradition." Minister Liu nodded: "In fact, we have been studying this issue in recent years."
"In November 1989, the United Nations. At the 25th General Conference of UNESCO, the “Recommendations on the Protection of Traditional and Folk Culture” were adopted , in this proposal, a precise definition of the concept of "traditional and folk culture" was formally proposed, which refers to something from a certain cultural community, based on tradition, expressed by a certain group or some individuals, and considered to be consistent with traditional and folk cultural communities as expressions of their cultural and social identity;"
This sounds a bit brain-burning, but Minister Liu immediately gave a more straightforward definition: "In other words, it is an art form whose principles and values are passed down orally through imitation or other means. Including but not Limited to language, literature, music, dance, games, mythology, etiquette, customs, handicrafts, architecture and other arts. ”
This explanation is quite powerful, but Zhou Zhi immediately brought up two things that are unique to the Chinese nation: "Our nation also has two unique arts, calligraphy and traditional Chinese painting."
"The difference between calligraphy and traditional Chinese painting Works such as "Preface to the Lanting Collection" and "Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains" should certainly be counted as material cultural relics; however, these two arts are extremely Methodical art has a specific philosophical structure, aesthetic structure, organizational structure, brushwork methods, etc., but these belong to the category of intangible cultural heritage.”
These two points are the same as Minister Liu. I had never thought about it, and couldn't help laughing: "You are really thoughtful, but what you said is indeed reasonable. For example, Qi Lao, according to the island country's It is not too much to give it the title of 'National Treasure in the World'."
"That's what I want to express." Zhou Zhi nodded: "It's cultural, historical, and valuable. Heritage that has been passed down and has an inherent cultural logic system is the crystallization of human wisdom and should belong to cultural heritage.”
"It doesn't matter whether the rest is material or immaterial."
"Then your scope is too broad." Minister Liu said with a smile: "If you think so, then Mr. Wang is teasing a cricket. , should it also be included in the intangible cultural heritage?"
"Indeed!" Zhou Zhi said of course: "But we also have to distinguish between calligraphy and painting techniques, Guqin fingering, and Kunqu opera singing. "
After saying that, he smiled at Mr. Wang who was standing beside him and said: "We might as well move those things in the old man's "Heap of Brocade". It doesn't matter if we protect them later. Ha?"
"Ha!" Mr. Wang couldn't help but be happy: "I didn't expect those things to be taken seriously, but I just thought it would be a pity not to write them down."< br>
Minister Liu also smiled and said: "I am a young man after all. He has a really good appetite and is not picky about food!"
"Hey, Minister Liu, to elaborate, I think we have several major Chinese cuisines, especially among them The cooking methods of traditional dishes can also be regarded as intangible cultural heritage." Zhou Zhi quickly added.
“Yes, according to your definition, China’s five thousand years of civilization and intangible cultural heritage are really too many.” Minister Liu smiled and said: “But we still put them Let’s bring the topic back first.”
“If you don’t set rules, it’s impossible to achieve success!”(End of this chapter)