Experts hit out at list of China's national treasures
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June 13, 2011, Monday
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EXPERTS have criticized the commercial orientation of the selection of China's intangible national treasures.
Yuan Li, a researcher with the Chinese Academy of Arts, said cultural heritage should not be selected according to its commercial value.
China now considers 1,219 of its cultural practices as "intangible" national treasures after adding 191 candidates, according to a new list published by the State Council.
Folk literature, traditional music, dancing, opera, arts and crafts, folk customs, acrobatic performances and the traditional medicine of ethnic groups are on the newly amended list.
Yuan said that brand-name teas, foods and alcohol often dominated the list, while practices and products of lesser commercial value has little chance of being added.
Emphasis should be placed on the rarity of the practices and products, Yuan said, suggesting that large, modern companies should be left off, while individual practitioners and craftsmen be included.
Qi Qingfu, a member of the working committee on intangible cultural heritage protection, said that priority should be placed on protection, rather than production.
"If 'hand-made' crafts are instead produced by machinery, they are no longer an intangible national treasure," said Qi.
Yuan Li, a researcher with the Chinese Academy of Arts, said cultural heritage should not be selected according to its commercial value.
China now considers 1,219 of its cultural practices as "intangible" national treasures after adding 191 candidates, according to a new list published by the State Council.
Folk literature, traditional music, dancing, opera, arts and crafts, folk customs, acrobatic performances and the traditional medicine of ethnic groups are on the newly amended list.
Yuan said that brand-name teas, foods and alcohol often dominated the list, while practices and products of lesser commercial value has little chance of being added.
Emphasis should be placed on the rarity of the practices and products, Yuan said, suggesting that large, modern companies should be left off, while individual practitioners and craftsmen be included.
Qi Qingfu, a member of the working committee on intangible cultural heritage protection, said that priority should be placed on protection, rather than production.
"If 'hand-made' crafts are instead produced by machinery, they are no longer an intangible national treasure," said Qi.
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