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INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE IN CHINA
中國非物質文化遺產
ABOUT INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE IN CHINA
關於中國非物質文化遺產
In December 2004 China ratified UNESCO's Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, and in 2005, under the coordination of the Ministry of Culture, the Office of Ministry Level Joint Conference was established to undertake the work of making the guidelines and policies for Chinese intangible cultural protection, and to examine, approve, and coordinate protection programs for Chinese intangible cultural heritage.
As of 2015, China has 38 elements inscribed on UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. The first batch of The National List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of China, released by the Ministry of Culture on 20 May 2006, included an ambitious 518 different items. Most of the nation’s province-level administrative units followed suit, drawing up lists of their own, as did many municipal- and county-level administrative units such as prefecture-level cities or districts.The number of elements is testament to the tremendous variety of arts and culture found in a country as geographically vast, historically rich, and ethnically diverse as China.
It is clear that in order for the many and varied traditions making up the cultural heritages of China to be given the comprehensive attention they deserve, local organizations, government and non-government alike, must play a significant role.
2004年12月,中國認可聯合國教科文組織關於保護非物質文化遺產的公約,並於2005年在文化部的協調下,成立了部際聯席會議,展開對中國非物質文化遺產的保護工作。
截至2015年,中國有38項非物質文化遺產獲聯合國教科文組織的認可,列入人類非物質文化遺產代表作名錄之中。首批中國國務院審批的國家非物質文化遺產名單,由文化部於2006年五月20日發布,包括518項不同的“文化遺產”。其後,不少國內的省級行政單位亦制定了自己的名單,亦因為當有不同省縣級行政單位的參與,許多個別城市特色的文化元素得以顧及,漸漸發展出龐大而豐富的名單,當中遍及具藝術內涵和特色的非物質文化,亦展現出中國歷史豐富,種族多元的一面。
為了讓中國眾多文化特色得到更好的保護,地方單位、政府以至非政府組織都需要互相協調,肩負起守護文化遺產的重要責任。
2438
The number of total items on the National Lists (batch 1-4)
8786
The number of total items on the provincial level ICH lists
1.15 million
Number of folk artists visited in China's first ICH census
(2005-2009)
970,000
The number of projects counted in China's first ICH census
(2005-2009)
THE NATIONAL LISTS OF ICH
國家級非物質文化遺產名錄
PROVINCIAL, SPECIAL REGIONS, & NATIONAL CENTRAL CITY LISTS OF ICH
省級及國家中心城市級非物質文化遺產名錄
Website (Chinese) overseen by the Ministry of Culture and run by the China Art Research Institute
網站主管:中華人民共和國文化部 主辦:中國藝術研究院
Contains complete National Lists and item descriptions.
Website (English) overseen by the Ministry of Culture and maintained by Chinadaily.com.cn
網站主管:中華人民共和國文化部
主辦:中國日報網
Contains news, articles and events related to Chinese culture.
Part of chinaculture.org, but Chinese portion. Contains descriptions for some of the items on the National List.
The UNESCO website has a list of elements from China inscribed on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
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