"The photo wall behind me gathers 115 representative inheritors of national intangible cultural heritage in this exhibition. Some people may wonder why some photos are in black and white? Yes, there are 16 in total. When we recorded, They're still alive in this world, but they're gone when they're recorded. As time goes on, there are more and more black-and-white photos, and the speed at which these color photos fade urges us to take the The records of the cultural heritage shared by the Chinese nation they carry are preserved for future generations." Tian Miao, deputy director of the China Memory Project Center of the National Library of China (hereinafter referred to as "National Map"), spoke very seriously.

On June 10, sensitive readers noticed that the second floor of the north area of Guotu had changed: there were two more hanging curtains in the elevated space of the reader hall. The exhibition boards in the row display the work done by Guotu for the protection of intangible cultural heritage over the years, as well as the photos and text biographies of 115 inheritors. This is an exhibition held for the 17th Cultural and Natural Heritage Day, "Time Evolves, Skills and Memories Last - The 4th National Intangible Cultural Heritage Representative Inheritors Recording Work Achievements Exhibition Month and Work Retrospective Exhibition".

Age is easy to grow old, a word that touches people's hearts.

In 2015, the work of recording the representative inheritors of the national intangible cultural heritage was officially launched. Entrusted by the Department of Intangible Cultural Heritage of the Ministry of Culture, National Map China Memory Project Center undertakes standard formulation, training consultation, dissemination and display, acceptance and preservation, etc.

There is no unified international standard for the preservation of intangible cultural heritage by means of records. The center has developed a set of methods for complete documentation of the inheritors of intangible cultural heritage, which has been generally recognized by the industry: one is to collect and digitize documents; The inheritor conducts oral history interviews, completely records the practice process of intangible cultural heritage, and records the characteristic methods and important contents of inheritance teaching. Because some secret and subtle information, that is, the taste of the expert and the temperament of the master are often referred to, it is difficult to grasp and express, and the essence can only be grasped in the inheritance process of the master and the disciple.

"Up to now, China has a total of 3,062 national-level intangible heritage heirs, and there are about 2,560 people alive. They are our national treasures." Tian Miao said that since 2015, all provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities across the country have established intangible cultural heritage centers. The organizing team has recorded more than 1,800 of them, and the record results of 872 inheritors have been accepted. The 115 documentaries shown this year are among the outstanding works.

These documentaries involve rich and diverse themes and subjects, novel and unique shooting creativity and technical means, through the practice of the inheritor's project, inheritance teaching and oral history, etc., to three-dimensionally display the life experience and skill level of the inheritor, presenting the beauty and harmony of intangible cultural heritage. The unremitting efforts of intangible cultural heritage protection workers.

The reporter scanned the QR code on the exhibition board and saw a review film of Liu Yongan, the inheritor of the puppet show (Shaoyang puppet show). A village old man in his 70s, at the age of 16, he gave his uncle the burden of acting. He climbed the mountains and learned while watching. After 10 years of silence, he reappeared in the arena. "For the first time, people gathered 5 pounds of rice to ask me to play, and my hands were shaking." It was a one-person troupe—footing on gongs, cymbals and cymbals, chanting with different identities of men and women, old and young, holding dolls in their hands, and taking time to play suona, flute, and erhu. "I just killed Monk Sha for a while, but his killing method is not good..." The singing of Qi Opera and Shaoyang Huagu is very interesting. However, his grandson was tired of puppetry and did not want to learn it, because after the 1990s, with the popularity of television, there was no market for puppetry. But Liu Yongan felt that this thing was worth passing on.

In the 2022 "Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Lecture Month" event held by the National Map, the public can display the results of the intangible cultural heritage records online through the official website of the National Map, or the official website of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Xinhuanet, Guangming.com, Learn to strengthen the country · Learning platform, Douyin, Xigua Video, Toutiao, Youku and other platforms to watch the screening videos.

For the first time, Guotu invited 182 libraries of all levels and types across the country to jointly host this exhibition in the form of industry linkage. Among them, 106 libraries will hold offline exhibitions at the same time, and 72 libraries will organize offline screenings, aiming to encourage the public Walk into the library around you, learn about the protection of intangible cultural heritage, and appreciate the precious spiritual wealth of the Chinese nation.

Guotu also launched four themed lectures, inviting intangible cultural heritage scholars and front-line workers from Beijing, Liaoning, Yunnan, and Tibet to talk about the cultural symbiosis between intangible cultural heritage projects and the places where they are rooted, and to show how to carry forward and "revitalize" with vivid examples. "Traditional culture, to explore new ideas for the inheritance of intangible cultural heritage in the new era.

The Chinese nation has a history and tradition of recording intangible culture. As early as the Zhou Dynasty, there was an official who collected poetry.

Confucius said, "The Poetry" is three hundred, and it can be summed up in one sentence, "Thinking without evil". To protect and rescue traditional culture is to preserve the culture and history of the nation, as well as the kindness and innocence of human nature.