The Research On Protection Of Cultural Space Of Intangible Cultural Heritage

Chinese nation has a long history. In the long history of the development, she has left a rich cultural heritage. As early as the Western Zhou Dynasty, China has the custom to collect folk songs. The Book of Songs as China’s first poetry collection, of which there are records of folk songs. No doubt, China is one of the nations who earliest concerned the intangible cultural heritage. But in the long feudal rule and tortuous process of modernization, intangible cultural heritage was overlooked or even destroyed, because of the economic backwardness and concepts closed and other factors. When entering the modern society, especially in the last two decades, with the strengthening of the sense of national culture, the government attaches particular importance to the protection of intangible cultural heritage and rescued many cultural heritage which are in danger of disappearing. However, due to the impact of modern civilization, a lot of intangible cultural heritage is also facing a new survival dilemma, which requires more unremitting efforts of cultural workers and the community.Meanwhile, since the reform and opening-up, the exchange of China and the world have been increasing. In1970s, China restored the activities of UNESCO, and in2004joined the " Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage ".China’s intangible cultural heritage protection work has finally embarked on the platform of international exchange.Lots of positive and negative experiences are worth learning to broaden our horizons from the international community.Cultural space is also known as cultural sites. Cultural space is defined as:the place where traditional cultural activities held regularly or concentrated expression the traditional cultural expressions, both timing and space. Cultural space is very important to intangible cultural heritage, It is an important form of intangible cultural heritage and also an integral factor in its integrity, authenticity protection. However, due to various reasons, domestic institutions still do not pay enough attention to the research and protection of cultural space. So far, the World Intangible Cultural Heritage of China has not the project of culture space. The culture space protection is lagging behind compared to other countries of the world.Protection work must have solid research foundation. In-depth study has important significance, such as to deepen the understanding of the people, to enhance the attention of the government and society, thereby contributing to the smooth commencement of protection. The paper selected in Taoism shadow play in Huan county as a case, through the analysis of its cultural space, I strive to build the protection theory of intangible cultural heritage’s cultural space, to explore the specific protection methods for different categories of cultural space.The paper is divided into five chapters. The first chapter is the introduction which involves a description of the main reasons of selecting the topics, cultural space condition and a number of issues about this study. The second chapter is about the theory of cultural space. This chapter includes the previous understanding of the concept, connotation and characteristics of cultural space and a simple analysis of the concept of cultural space protection. The chapter also explains the relationship between cultural space and cultural landscapes, traditional festivals. Chapter III analyzes the Taoism shadow play in Huan county and its cultural space. I think we should focus on the protection of the Taoism shadow play’s cultural space. The fourth chapter is the Classification of the protection of intangible cultural heritage and cultural space. I hold that we should be targeted to take protective measures in accordance with the characteristics of the different cultural space. The fifth chapter is the conclusion part of the paper. I believe that the classification of cultural space is important and needs to be strengthened.