The Life Practice of Cultural Organism:The Logical Approach of Intangible Cultural Heritage to Carry on Chinese Cultural Gene
Cultural gene is a cultural organism composed of natural habitat,historical context and creative subject.The Chinese cultural genes embodied in intangible cultural heritage,which represent the concepts of human and nature,human and society,and human relationships,are manifested in hierarchical clustering order of individuals,communities,ethnic groups,countries and human societies,and they fulfill mutual nesting and convergence in a genealogical way.The cultural organism refers to both the cultural genes contained in intangible cultural heritage and the intangible cultural heritage generated with cultural gene as the core.In the course of the historical development,the intangible cultural heritage continuously produces and inherits the core genes of the"shared meaning"of Chinese culture,and condenses into the genetic lineage of Chinese culture and its value consensus and connotation essence.People of all ethnic groups rely on the life practice of different types of intangible cultural heritage and the continuous extension of cultural organism,highlighting the historical memory of the nation,enhancing understanding,mutual assistance and complementation in exchanges and integration,forming many common cultural characteristics.Inheriting and developing the intangible cultural heritage is to interpret and use the Chinese culture gene,so as to extract and display the spiritual sign of the excellent traditional culture and its cultural essence with contemporary value and world significance.It provides ideological foundation and cultural nourishment for fostering and solidifying the Chinese national community sense,and promoting the systematic protection and activation practice of intangible cultural heritage in the new era.
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