Measures of Chizhou Municipality on the Protection of Intangible Cultural Heritage

Article 1 In order to further strengthen the work of intangible cultural heritage, inherit and carry forward excellent traditional culture, and promote the construction of a culturally strong city, these Measures are formulated in accordance with the People's Republic of China (PRC) Intangible Cultural Heritage Law, the Anhui Intangible Cultural Heritage Regulations and other laws and regulations, combined with the actual situation of this Municipality. Article 2 These Measures shall apply to the protection, inheritance and utilization of intangible cultural heritage within the administrative area of this Municipality. Article 3 Intangible cultural heritage as mentioned in these Measures refers to various forms of traditional cultural expressions handed down from generation to generation by people of all ethnic groups as part of their cultural heritage, as well as physical objects and places related to traditional cultural expressions. Including:

(1) traditional oral literature and the language as its carrier;

(2) Traditional arts, calligraphy, music, dance, drama, folk art and acrobatics;

(3) Traditional skills, medicine and calendars;

(4) Traditional etiquette, festivals and other folk customs;

(5) Traditional sports and entertainment;

(6) Other intangible cultural heritage.

Articles and places that are part of intangible cultural heritage belong to cultural relics, and the provisions of laws and regulations on the protection of cultural relics shall apply. Fourth intangible cultural heritage work should implement the policy of giving priority to protection, giving priority to rescue, rational utilization and inheritance and development; Adhere to the principle of government-led, departmental responsibility and social participation. Article 5 The people's governments of cities and counties (districts) shall strengthen their leadership over the protection of intangible cultural heritage, establish a system of joint departmental meetings, coordinate the protection of intangible cultural heritage in a unified way, and incorporate the protection, inheritance and utilization of intangible cultural heritage into the national economic and social development plan at the corresponding level.

City, county (District) people's government shall include the intangible cultural heritage protection funds into the fiscal budget at the corresponding level. Cultural and financial departments should strengthen the management and supervision of intangible cultural heritage protection funds and special funds to ensure earmarking and pay attention to practical results.

City and county (District) people's governments shall regularly carry out publicity, commemoration and exhibition activities of Chizhou intangible cultural heritage every year.

The administrative department of culture of the people's government of the city or county (District) (hereinafter referred to as the administrative department of culture) is responsible for the work of intangible cultural heritage within its administrative area.

The relevant functional departments of the people's governments of cities and counties (districts) shall be responsible for the work of intangible cultural heritage within their respective functions and duties.

Intangible cultural heritage work involving more than two administrative regions shall be coordinated by the people's government at the next higher level and its cultural authorities.

The township (town) people's government shall do a good job in intangible cultural heritage within the scope of its duties. Article 6 Encourage, support and guide citizens, legal persons and other organizations to participate in the protection, inheritance and utilization of intangible cultural heritage in the form of donation, funding and the establishment of foundations according to law. Seventh city and county (District) people's governments shall, according to the needs of the protection, inheritance and utilization of intangible cultural heritage, organize the investigation of intangible cultural heritage. The competent cultural department is responsible for the investigation of intangible cultural heritage within its administrative area.

Other relevant departments of the people's governments of cities and counties (districts) may investigate the intangible cultural heritage within their scope of work.

Cultural authorities and other relevant departments shall identify, record and archive the intangible cultural heritage when conducting an investigation of the intangible cultural heritage, and establish and improve the information sharing mechanism of the investigation.

When conducting an investigation of intangible cultural heritage, the competent cultural department and other relevant departments shall collect representative objects as part of intangible cultural heritage, sort out the information obtained in the investigation, and keep them properly to prevent damage and loss. Copies of physical pictures and materials obtained by other relevant departments shall be handed over to the competent cultural department at the same level.

The competent cultural department shall establish intangible cultural heritage archives and related databases. Unless it should be kept confidential according to law, the archives of intangible cultural heritage and related data and materials should be made public for public inspection. Article 8 The people's governments of cities and counties (districts) shall legally identify the representative items of intangible cultural heritage at the corresponding level (hereinafter referred to as representative items), establish a list of representative items at the corresponding level, include intangible cultural heritage items that embody excellent traditional culture and have historical, literary, artistic and scientific values in the list for protection, and recommend them to the competent cultural department of the people's government at the next higher level for inclusion in the list of representative items at the next higher level. Citizens, legal persons and other organizations may submit applications or suggestions to the competent cultural authorities for inclusion in the list of representative projects. Citizens, legal persons and other organizations with the conditions can carry out rescue, record and inheritance protection for intangible cultural heritage projects that are not included in the list. Ninth identification of representative projects, the implementation of expert review system. The cultural administrative department of the Municipal People's Government shall establish a representative project evaluation expert database composed of experts with high academic level. Expert database resources shall be enjoyed by cultural authorities at all levels.

The competent cultural department shall organize an expert review panel and an expert review committee. The expert review group is responsible for the preliminary evaluation of the projects included in the list of representative projects with applications, suggestions or recommendations, and the expert review committee is responsible for the consideration of the preliminary evaluation opinions.

The competent cultural department shall publicize the projects that have been reviewed and approved by the expert review committee and are to be included in the list of representative projects at the corresponding level. The publicity time shall not be less than twenty days. During the publicity period, citizens, legal persons or other organizations may raise objections. After investigation, the competent department of culture of the people's government at the same level believes that the objection is established, and it shall organize experts to review it; If the objection is not established, it shall inform the objector in writing within 20 days from the date of receiving the objection and explain the reasons.

The competent cultural department shall, according to the deliberation opinions and publicity of the expert review committee, draw up a list of representative projects at the corresponding level and report it to the people's government at the corresponding level for approval and promulgation. After the publication of the list of representative projects, it shall be reported to the competent cultural department of the people's government at the next higher level for the record.