How to write the technical characteristics of the inheritors of intangible cultural heritage

Most areas of intangible cultural heritage, such as oral literature, folk paintings, performing arts, handicrafts, folk knowledge, etc., are generally passed on, continued and developed from generation to generation through the oral and heart-to-heart teachings of inheritors. In these fields, inheritors are important carriers and transmitters of intangible cultural heritage. With their superhuman intelligence and spirituality, they store, master, and carry cultural traditions and exquisite skills related to intangible cultural heritage. It is not only a living treasure house of intangible cultural heritage, but also the "baton holder" and representative figure at the starting point of the contemporary era in the "relay race" of intangible cultural heritage from generation to generation.

Jiang Haozhi, inheritor of folk Nuo noodle making and carving technician

The inheritor may be the successor who connects the previous to the next in family inheritance, or may be the successor who connects the previous to the next in social inheritance. At least in the categories of oral literature, folk art, handicrafts and folk knowledge mentioned above, the inheritance role of inheritors is very obvious. Of course it is not limited to these categories. Because these fields are more suitable for displaying personal skills and reflecting personalized creation. The reason why an inheritor becomes an inheritor is that the environment (the tradition of inheritance in the family, the guidance and teachings of the master, etc.) plays a decisive role, but the superhuman ability of the person concerned must be knowledgeable, intelligent, ingenious, and unique. Ability and personality such as ingenuity are also easier to highlight in these fields. [2]

In short, the cultural inheritance in these fields is not the extension of a single line or the displacement of the essence, but there is both attenuation and increment, and the accumulation of culture is achieved through innovation. Accumulation is the result of inheritance, and the core of accumulation is the innovation of the inheritors.

Ma Shengde, inspector of the Intangible Cultural Heritage Department of the Ministry of Culture of China, announced at a regular press conference of the Ministry of Culture on March 30, 2016 that since 2016, China has 1986 national-level representative inheritors of intangible cultural heritage. The subsidy standard will be increased to 20,000 yuan per person per year.