Why is folk art lost?

Quyi Team is a very important cultural team in rural areas and plays a very important role in farmers' cultural life. However, since the 1980s and 1990s, folk art has generally declined, and the number of artists has been decreasing. Many folk arts with a long tradition are struggling, shrinking and declining until they die out. It is very important to strengthen the cultural construction of new countryside and the construction of folk art team. In our province, there are four main problems in the folk art team:

First, the team is aging and older. There are very few artists under the age of 50 in rural areas, most of them are 60 or 70 years old or even higher, while there are very few young and middle-aged artists under the age of 40. There is a serious shortage of successors, no vitality and no stamina, and many folk arts are in danger of being lost.

Second, the cultural level of folk artists is generally low. The culture below junior high school accounts for the vast majority, which brings difficulties to the innovative development of Quyi and the improvement of the overall quality of Quyi team.

Third, the lack of effective management of folk artists, basically in a state of fragmented. Without contact, communication and dynamic feedback, it is difficult to organize and guide regularly.

Fourth, there is no effective mechanism for the protection of folk artists, and many practical difficulties of folk artists have affected the protection and inheritance of folk art.

The reasons for the above problems are:

First, the role and status of folk artists have not been clear for a long time, and they have not been paid enough attention to, failing to put folk artists in an important position in the construction of new countryside and the protection of intangible cultural heritage.

Second, the overall decline of folk culture has made the situation of folk artists worse and worse, and folk artists have become more and more marginalized, losing their enthusiasm and enthusiasm for artistic inheritance.

Third, the idea of valuing economy over culture makes folk artists get a cold shoulder, and many folk arts are no longer popular. In addition, many rural folk arts are actually difficult to generate economic benefits, which also leads to a large number of loss of folk artists.

Fourth, the folk artists are not included in the important team of new rural cultural construction, and there are no specific measures to protect and play the role of folk artists, and there is no plan to cultivate and inherit a new generation of folk artists.