Preservation of folk paper-cutting in Yu County

The protection of Yuxian paper-cutting cannot be generalized. It should be protected in a targeted manner according to its two forms of existence: the early production tools of Yuxian paper-cutting, which are material cultural heritage forms, the works of paper-cutting masters of the past dynasties, and window grilles. etc., adopt static protection; while the inheritors of paper-cutting skills, traditional production techniques, and the folk culture contained in them, which are intangible cultural heritage forms, adopt dynamic protection. These two protective measures can effectively protect Yu County paper-cutting.

Intangible cultural heritage is explained in the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage promulgated by UNESCO as “all kinds of societies that are regarded by communities, groups, and sometimes individuals as part of their cultural heritage. Practices, conceptual expressions, expressions, knowledge, skills, and related tools, objects, handicrafts and cultural places. This intangible cultural heritage is passed down from generation to generation and is used by different communities and groups in the process of adapting to the surrounding environment and nature. and continuous re-creation in interaction with their history, providing them with a continuing sense of identity and enhancing respect for cultural diversity and human creativity.”

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According to this, in the process of implementing the protection of intangible cultural heritage, people have proposed the method of "living protection" for intangible cultural heritage. Carefully studying "living protection" and implementing it will become the protection of intangible cultural heritage. key to its realization. The concept of "living protection" is relative to "static protection". The objects of static protection are material cultural heritage, which are items placed in museums or similar environments, allowing people to quietly watch and appreciate the once glorious civilization. The object of living protection is intangible cultural heritage, which was created along with material cultural heritage and continues to this day. Compared with the former, it is a civilization that is still continuing.

In short, static protection and dynamic protection are complementary and inseparable. The former is to collect and organize the "tangible" cultural heritage in material form and protect the national cultural heritage; the latter is to collect and organize the "intangible" cultural heritage in intangible form."The promotion and continuation of cultural heritage is the inheritance of national cultural heritage. Only by carrying out the two protections at the same time and exerting their effects can we achieve true protection, making the protection of Yu County paper-cutting complete and in place.
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