What is intangible heritage?

Intangible heritage is intangible cultural heritage.

Intangible heritage is intangible cultural heritage. Intangible cultural heritage refers to various customs, performances, forms of expression, knowledge systems and skills, and related tools, articles, handicrafts and cultural sites, which are regarded as their cultural heritage by various groups, groups and sometimes even individuals.

"Intangible heritage" has a strong function of humanization, which is mostly the expression of ancestors' awe and attitude towards sadness, life and death, marriage, ancestors, nature, heaven and earth, and is a living culture that meets people's natural needs, social needs and spiritual needs.

The UNESCO Convention for the Protection of Intangible Cultural Heritage defines intangible cultural heritage as various customs, performances, forms of expression, knowledge systems and skills, related tools, articles, handicrafts and cultural sites regarded as their cultural heritage by various groups, groups and sometimes even individuals.

Intangible cultural heritage includes traditional oral literature, as well as language and traditional art as its carrier.

Overview of intangible heritage:

1. Ownership of ethnic and intangible cultural heritage: For intangible cultural heritage, we often focus on the rescue of individual ethnic minorities, especially endangered ethnic cultures with small population base. This is of course an important aspect of intangible cultural heritage protection, but it also raises a question for us: Can we break through the "intangible cultural heritage" of individual nationalities, local areas, specific times and certain industries in the Chinese nation?

2. Characteristics of intangible and intangible cultural heritage: Intangible cultural heritage refers to various forms of traditional cultural expressions that exist in intangible forms, are closely related to people's lives and are passed down from generation to generation. Intangible cultural heritage is a people-oriented living cultural heritage, which emphasizes people-centered skills, experience and spirit and is characterized by living changes.