Is erhu an intangible cultural heritage?

Erhu is an intangible cultural heritage.

on may 24th, 221, it was listed in the fifth batch of national intangible cultural heritage representative projects. On October 31st, 223, the List of National Intangible Cultural Heritage Representative Projects was published, and the Erhu Art (Erhu Art in Sun Shi, Jiangnan) project protection unit, Shanghai Fengxian Cultural Center (Shanghai Fengxian Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection and Inheritance Center), passed the evaluation.

Erhu, also known as Xiqin, originated from the Tang Dynasty in China, with a history of more than 1, years. However, in the ancient feudal society, the development of Erhu has not been really valued. It was not until the early 2th century that some scholars studied and innovated the erhu, which made the erhu culture gradually become a complete system.

Intangible cultural heritage

In China, intangible cultural heritage refers to various traditional cultural expressions handed down from generation to generation by people of all ethnic groups and regarded as part of their cultural heritage, as well as objects and places related to traditional cultural expressions. Intangible cultural heritage is the most dynamic and important part of cultural diversity, the crystallization of human civilization and the most precious wealth, bearing the wisdom of human beings and the civilization and glory of human history.

On October 17th, 23, the 32nd General Conference of UNESCO adopted the Convention for the Protection of Intangible Cultural Heritage, which is an important milestone in the protection of intangible cultural heritage in human history. By December 223, the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage List (roster) * * * included 73 heritage projects, corresponding to 145 countries. Among them, China is listed in 43 items, ranking first in the world in total.

above content reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Intangible Cultural Heritage