What has our government done to protect our cultural heritage?

The CPC Central Committee and the State Council attached great importance to the protection of cultural heritage. General Secretary Hu Jintao pointed out in the report of the 17th National Congress that it is necessary to "strengthen the excavation and protection of national culture and attach importance to the protection of cultural relics and intangible cultural heritage". In 2005, the State Council issued the Notice on Strengthening the Protection of Cultural Heritage, and the General Office of the State Council issued the Opinions on Strengthening the Protection of Intangible Cultural Heritage in China, which clarified the principles and policies for the protection of cultural heritage. With the attention and concern of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council, the strong support from all walks of life and the enthusiastic participation of the broad masses of the people, and through the joint efforts of local cultural departments, the protection work in chinese heritage has made remarkable progress:

The national, provincial, municipal and county four-level catalogue system has gradually taken shape. On May 20, 2006, the State Council approved the publication of the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage lists, item 5 18; Not long ago, the second batch of national intangible cultural heritage lists have also been publicized to the public; 3 1 Provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government have generally established provincial intangible cultural heritage lists. Some prefectures (cities) and counties have also established a list of intangible cultural heritage at this level.

The general survey of intangible cultural heritage is being actively promoted. As a large-scale survey of cultural resources in China in the 2nd/Kloc-0th century, the survey of intangible cultural heritage is being carried out actively and steadily, and gratifying achievements have been made. All localities have also explored and summarized a set of effective work experiences and practices. Yunnan, Zhejiang and other provinces have basically completed the census.

Name and identify the representative inheritors of national intangible cultural heritage projects. In order to inherit the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage projects, we have carried out the identification and naming of representative inheritors of national intangible cultural heritage projects. Last June, the Ministry of Culture announced the first batch of 226 representative inheritors of national intangible cultural projects, which were divided into five categories: folk literature, acrobatics and competitions, folk art, traditional handicrafts and traditional medicine. The list of 55 1 representative inheritors of the second batch of national-level list projects, such as folk music, folk dance, traditional drama, folk art and folklore, was also announced on February 15 this year. In the future, the Ministry of Culture will announce the representative inheritors of national intangible cultural heritage projects in stages.

Cultural and ecological protection is exploring useful experiences. On the basis of local active declaration, after on-the-spot investigation, scientific demonstration, evaluation and acceptance, on June 9 last year, the Ministry of Culture named the first national-level cultural and ecological protection experimental zone in Fujian Province-Minnan Cultural and Ecological Protection Experimental Zone. On June 8th this year, at 65438, Huizhou Cultural and Ecological Protection Experimental Zone was named to actively explore the overall protection of cultural ecology.

The publicity of the "Cultural Heritage Day" series of activities has been increasing. On June 9th last year, during the second "Cultural Heritage Day" in China, around the theme of "protecting cultural heritage and building a harmonious society", a series of exhibitions, performances, forums, commendations and other activities with rich contents and various forms were held. The Ministry of Culture specially organized exhibitions and performances such as "Exhibition of Rare Plays of China's Intangible Cultural Heritage" and "Special Exhibition of China's Intangible Cultural Heritage", and jointly held the Chengdu International Intangible Cultural Heritage Festival in China with the Sichuan Provincial People's Government. The Ministry of Culture also commended advanced workers, advanced collectives and advanced individuals who have been engaged in the protection of intangible cultural heritage for a long time and made remarkable achievements and outstanding contributions; The establishment of the "Cultural Heritage Day Award" to commend the units that have made outstanding achievements in the publicity and education activities of Cultural Heritage Day.

China actively participates in the international protection of intangible cultural heritage. China Kunqu Opera, Guqin Art, Xinjiang Uyghur Muqam Art and Mongolian Long-tune Folk Songs, which were jointly declared with Mongolia, are listed in UNESCO's Representative List of Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity, which is one of the countries with the largest number of selected "Representative Works of Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity" in the world. In June 2006, China was elected to the Intergovernmental Committee for the Protection of Intangible Cultural Heritage. In April 2007, the Chinese Intangible Cultural Heritage Festival, which was held at UNESCO headquarters for the first time, was also a great success.

This year is the Olympic year, and "People's Olympics" is one of the characteristics of Beijing Olympic Games. He said that the Beijing Olympic Games must be a good opportunity to better show the treasures of China's traditional culture to the people of the world. He said that a series of cultural activities will be held during the Olympic Games. These cultural activities should pay special attention to displaying the traditional culture of the Chinese nation. Through these exhibitions, the international community can learn about China, China's traditions and China's colorful traditional culture, "so that these national treasures of the Chinese nation can be better displayed in front of the people of the world by taking advantage of the Olympic Games and let the people of the world fully understand China".

Carefully plan the publicity and exhibition activities of intangible cultural heritage protection during the Olympic Games, hold national exhibitions, performances, forums and lectures, and publicize and display rich and colorful intangible cultural heritage. At the same time, actively create a strong atmosphere of respect, love and participation in national traditional festivals, vigorously carry forward excellent national cultural traditions, and further enhance the cohesion and identity of the Chinese nation. It is necessary to actively promote the cultural education of national traditional festivals into the important content of spiritual civilization construction, promote the inheritance and development of traditional culture, and make it an important carrier for traditional cultural education and patriotism education for young people.

China's intangible cultural heritage protection has just started and has a long way to go. Although the state and government have done a lot of work and achieved certain results, there are still some imperfections. Zhou Heping said: There is still a lot of work to be done in the future. For example, China has no legislation to protect intangible cultural heritage. Law is an important guarantee, and it is hoped that relevant parties will actively promote and step up the legislative process so that the protection of intangible cultural heritage can be based on laws.

"Doing practical things is very important for the growth of the younger generation." The Ministry of Culture, together with the Ministry of Education and other departments, will actively promote the inclusion of intangible cultural heritage in the national education system, primary and secondary school courses, folk songs and folk music in primary and secondary school music classes, paper-cutting and New Year pictures in art classes, and traditional skills in handicraft classes, so that primary and secondary school students can know, understand and love China's intangible cultural heritage. Organize intangible cultural heritage into universities, etc. Let teenagers feel and understand the excellent traditional culture of China at close range.