How to inherit and protect folk traditions?

First, the government leads and various social groups participate. Protecting intangible cultural heritage requires the joint efforts of the government and social organizations. The main responsibility of the government is to create a good social environment and improve the public's cultural consciousness by organizing the "intangible cultural heritage" census and other work. All kinds of social organizations should, under the banner of protection, stimulate the public's awareness of protection and enthusiasm for participation and promote the protection and inheritance of intangible cultural heritage by improving the subject system of intangible cultural heritage and carrying out activities such as folk art exchanges.

The inheritors of intangible cultural heritage who are active among the people are the disseminators of traditional culture. The Soviet writer Gorky once pointed out: "The death of a folk artist is equivalent to the destruction of a small museum." To the inheritors or groups of intangible cultural heritage, we should respect and treat them well, give them stable economic support, encourage them to develop folk art, and cultivate and bring up talents with traditional artistic characteristics.

The second is to give play to the role of the market and prevent excessive commercial development. In view of the shortage of funds for the protection of intangible cultural heritage, we can win more living space with the help of market forces. Giving full play to the role of market mechanism can not only provide a capital base and operating platform for intangible cultural heritage, but also promote the transformation of traditional cultural treasures into current cultural products, thus driving the development of cultural industries.

Of course, market development is differentiated and limited. In the process of development, we should pay more attention to the excavation and protection of humanistic connotation and traditional characteristics, rather than blindly catering to and succumbing to market demand and simply pursuing economic value and scale effect.

Third, timely innovation and key protection. Intangible cultural heritage must be close to the times, conform to the innovation of the times, integrate with the cultural elements of the times, better satisfy people's aesthetic taste, and thus maintain long-term vitality. Of course, innovation should conform to the natural evolution trend of intangible cultural heritage, draw inspiration and nutrients from traditional culture, maintain, restore and carry forward the traditional characteristics of intangible cultural heritage to the maximum extent, and let the wonderful flowers of traditional culture shine again.