Ethnic Cultural Ecological Protection Zones: the Chinese Model for the Overall Protection of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Ethnic Minorities
WANG Wei-jie1, XIAO Yuan-ping2
1. Research Base for the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Southern Ethnic Minorities, Guizhou Minzu University, Guiyang, Guizhou, 550025; 2. Office of President of Guizhou Normal University, Guiyang, Guizhou, 550025
Abstract:The ethnic cultural ecological protection area is an important innovation in China’s practice of overall protection of the intangible cultural heritage of ethnic minorities. Our experience provides the world a “Chinese model” in this regard: adhering to the principle of prioritizing protection above development, setting up ethnic cultural and ecological protection zones in areas rich in intangible cultural heritage resources of ethnic minorities, so as to provide overall protection for all kinds of resources in the areas, and establish a multi-subject participation mechanism which involves specialists, communities and organizations. At present, there are still some problems in the construction of ethnic cultural ecological protection areas, such as inconvenient management of trans-regional protection, insufficient participation of the people in the protection areas, excessive development and lack of special legal system and management mechanism. In order to realize the scientific and well-organized development of China’s ethnic cultural ecological protection areas, we should actively explore approaches for the future development of ethnic cultural ecological protection areas, and attach more importance to social participation in the construction of protection areas. We should solve the management problem caused by the overlap between protection areas and administrative divisions, and establish a coordination mechanism for the construction and development of the protection areas. We should increase financial support and actively expand fund source for the protection areas. We should try to make the intangible cultural heritage in the protection areas to be listed in higher-level directories. We should speed up the construction of laws and regulations in the protection areas, and build a reasonable construction mechanism for them.
王伟杰, 肖远平. 民族文化生态保护区:少数民族非遗整体性保护的“中国模式”[J]. 《深圳大学学报》(人文社科版), 2020, 37(5): 28-37.
WANG Wei-jie, XIAO Yuan-ping. Ethnic Cultural Ecological Protection Zones: the Chinese Model for the Overall Protection of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Ethnic Minorities. , 2020, 37(5): 28-37.