非物质文化遗产的特征和价值界定

Determination of the Attribute and Value of Cultural Heritage

中国是一个拥有五千年灿烂文明史的古国,中国的历史变幻莫测却从不间断,源远流长的同时也有着不可抵挡的魅力。因为中国不仅是一个世界上少有的非物质文化遗产宝库,也是一个历史文化遗产保护任务异常艰难繁重的国家。当然,我们在从事遗产的保护和研究之前,首先要科学精准把握它的特征和价值。如果我们对非物质文化遗产特征的把握以及价值的界定,缺乏科学而可操作性标准,就会在短期利益的驱动下形成"泛文化遗产论",这极其容易使非物质文化遗产保护泛滥成灾,不但耗费了大量的人力财力物力,更使文化遗产认知在一定程度上形成流俗趋时,淹没了非物质文化遗产的精髓所在。保护非物质文化遗产,对于弘扬中华民族精神,增强中华民族文化认同感,保卫国家文化安全,建设社会主义先进文化具有不可估量的价值意义。

China is an ancient country with a five-thousand-year continuous history of civilization. Accordingly, it has an outstandingly great non-material cultural heritage, which contributes to the immensity of the protective task. For that reason, before the protection of and the research into the heritage, the scientific and accurate determination of its attribute and value should be taken into consideration. Otherwise, for lack of scientific and feasible criterion, a pan-cultural-heritage theory would be of more possibility, driven by profits. In that case, the floodgates of cultural heritage protection would be open, causing a grave waste on the labors, facilities and finance. Moreover, it would have an unfavorable impact on the construction of modern advanced civilization.