"Actually, UNESCO adopted the Convention for the Protection of World Cultural and Natural Heritage as early as 1972." Minister Liu seemed to be an expert on this issue and continued: "Of course, due to historical reasons , our country did not join this convention until 1985.”
“This convention will have special value. Of course, the protection content of the convention at this time does not include intangible cultural heritage, but this can be regarded as a heritage of all mankind. A good start.”
“Since the 1980s, the world has realized that with the economic Due to the social changes and changes in the human living environment brought about by economic globalization, intangible cultural heritage is more fragile than tangible cultural heritage and more susceptible to natural or man-made damage."
"So there are eight. The nine-year "Recommendation on the Protection of Traditional and Folk Culture"
"The Recommendation requires the State Party to implement According to the respective legal provisions, take legislative means or other necessary measures to protect traditional culture and folk culture. "It needs to be pointed out here that the "Recommendation" mainly focuses on the recording, preservation and research of heritage," Minister Liu said. Intangible cultural heritage is still not listed on the same level as tangible cultural heritage.”
"Last year, South Korea proposed to the UNESCO Executive Board the creation of a 'Living Treasures of Humanity' system. The 142nd session of the UNESCO Executive Board made a resolution to encourage its member states to establish similar protection systems in their respective countries."
“This system is actually similar to the island country’s ‘National Treasures on Earth’ protection system. Although our country has not yet There is such a system, but it has always been dedicated to "national folk culture." The martial arts craze, calligraphy and painting craze, national music craze, Go craze, etc. that have emerged in recent years are actually realistic responses to the effects of protection and promotion. ”
“Of course, it is difficult for this system to combine 'elegance and fine culture' with ancient court art and tradition. It is difficult to unify categories such as traditional religion and culture, and it is difficult to cover the recently proposed 'human oral heritage' such as Mongolian, XZ and other epic folk songs such as "King Gesar" and "Danjul"."
< br>"In general, it is the form of cultural heritage definition currently proposed by various countries around the world and recognized and adopted by the United Nations. , it is difficult to apply to our country with a long history, numerous ethnic groups, extremely rich cultural diversity, and extremely rich cultural heritage categories.”
“At least from the current point of view, it is really just the material culture you proposed. The classification of heritage and intangible cultural heritage is the most scientific, most reasonable, and most suitable for our country’s national conditions.”
Zhou Zhi said: "We need new normative tools to protect our cultural heritage. And I also believe that from decades of protection work by the international community, the value of intangible heritage will continue to be understood and gradually deepened, and the value of intangible heritage will gradually deepen. The scope of intangible cultural heritage will also continue to expand "The new classification method must meet the requirements of the times, comply with historical development, and have practical significance," Zhou Zhi said seriously. believe that we can use the characteristics of our own cultural heritage to , first formulate our own 'national standards', and then put forward our own suggestions at UNESCO."
"I see that you have generally recorded some in the report?"
< br>"I wrote everything I could think of into the report." Zhou Zhi smiled and said: "Folk literature, traditional music, traditional dance, traditional drama, folk arts, traditional sports, entertainment and acrobatics, traditional fine arts, traditional skills, traditional medicine, and folk customs."
"If it doesn't work, we will continue Add something else?”
"It doesn't matter. As you just said, your classification is based on the characteristics of our country's cultural heritage." Minister Liu smiled and said: "If we want to make suggestions to UNESCO, then we need to Do you have any good suggestions to replace the ones from our country with those from the world?”
“Then translate our twelve categories: Intangible cultural heritage refers to all ethnic groups around the world. people Various traditional cultural expressions passed down from generation to generation and regarded as part of their cultural heritage, as well as the physical objects, tools and places related to these expressions."
"Specifically, it should include-traditional oral literature and actions. The language of its carrier;
Traditional arts: art, calligraphy, music, dance, drama, folk art and acrobatics;
Traditional crafts: techniques, medicine and calendar;
Traditional rituals: etiquette, festivals and other folk customs;
Traditional sports and entertainment;
and other intangible cultural heritage. ”
“Is this statement more in line with the way foreigners understand it? ”
"Is this what you are thinking now?" Minister Liu took out a pen and notebook: "I have to remember this, it is not in your previous report."
While recording, he said: "By the way, I also need to Thank you for donating the statue of the Three Holy Saints with ramie and ramie to the country. There will be a donation ceremony at the National Museum later. Let’s go there together?”
“I really can’t afford this.” Zhou Zhi waved his hands repeatedly: "The Three Holy Statues were rescued from the foundation... um, sorted out from the material cultural heritage."
Minister Liu showed an understanding expression. The Three Holy Statues were first swallowed by three Bodhisattva, that thing doesn’t qualify as a cultural relic, it doesn’t qualify as a building component, and it doesn’t qualify as an antique. Now that we have this new term, it’s really easy to use, right?
“At the beginning of the establishment of the foundation, an agreement was made. Everything that can reach the level of cultural relics should be handed over to the state. Therefore, the Three Saints statues originally belong to the state.” Zhou Zhi said: “So for a while The handover ceremony should be represented by Sister Wanqiu, the secretary-general of our foundation. I am just an ordinary staff member in the foundation and my level is not high enough.”
"Hahahaha..." Minister Liu couldn't help but burst into laughter: "Stop talking nonsense here. When did the director become an ordinary employee?"
"No matter what, you are a key party and the discoverer of the national treasure. , You really don’t know the story of Zilu Sengniu? You have to show your face about this.”
Zhou Zhi had no choice but to smile: "The main reason is that I'm afraid that the plane will be delayed and I won't be able to make it back, and I have to go to class tomorrow. Since you said so, I will definitely obey."
In fact, this type of national treasure donation handover ceremony is not complicated at all. , because the amount of information itself can easily attract national attention, so there is no need to create a huge spectacle to receive the media.
Donors are often quite influential figures. Although today’s media reporters are known as the “uncrowned kings”, units like the National Museum do not need to please them at all. They have good cooperation with Yangma Relationship, if you send a notification, they will naturally come to cooperate with the work. (End of chapter)